March of the Penguins
After nearly three weeks of begging and just as I was about to just go see it myself, Amy finally agreed to go with me to see March of the Penguins. Ever since I can remember, I've always been fascinated by the tuxedo clad birds that appeared to me as if they were groovin' to some good tunes with their hands tucked in their pockets while walking.
The movie documents the annual migration of the Emperor Penguin from the Antarctic shore to the thick inland ice shelf to mate and raise their young. Typically, it's a 70 mile journey to the mating ground and is similar to the spawning of Salmon every year. But the Penguin march seem a lot more epic. First, the males and females journey 70 miles inland to mate and then hatch their eggs. Then the mothers return back to the shore (now 70-80 miles because more water has frozen), fill their bellies and make the 75 mile journey again to feed their now hatched offspring. The fathers incubate the eggs between their stomachs and feet and huddle together without food for almost 4 months straight until the mothers return with food. The fathers then journey to the see to bring back sustenance. Scientists do not know how the birds are able to navigate back to their exact birthplace year after year despite major changes in the landscape. Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
Some powerful scenes:
- The long, several hundred penguin queue on the initial inland journey
- The cries of joy from the males on the inital sight of the females returning from the sea with the first food for the babies
- The desperate cries of unbearable sorrow from a mother who finds her baby dead after a spring storm
- The baby Emperors huddled together without supervision during their first storm
- The eyes of the old male who just couldn't keep up, fell asleep and died
It's short but well narrated by Morgan Freeman and definitely worth watching on the big screen if you hurry.
August 20th, 2005 - 19:12
Kelly and Kiersten are going to go see the movie tomorrow. I am sure they will enjoy it.
Love, Ma
January 13th, 2006 - 17:17
hi nicole its a penguin
January 17th, 2006 - 11:05
omg how cute do you want to get…. my bf hates penguins :( they roxorz
February 9th, 2006 - 05:59
hi love the pic its great for my website have a look.
March 1st, 2006 - 12:36
omg they are soo cute !! i like wAnt one now
March 12th, 2006 - 11:24
THE BABY PENGUINS ARE SOOOOOOOO CUTE!!
I LOVE THEM! :)
March 22nd, 2006 - 08:04
I LOVE PENGUINS SOOOOOO MUCH!!!! THEY ARE AMAZING!!!!
March 26th, 2006 - 10:59
I loved the movie March of the Penguins it was soo cute!!! Penguins are cute too!!! :-)
September 5th, 2006 - 07:10
Penguins are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 24th, 2006 - 06:13
I love penguins and i printed the picture to give to a friend
February 2nd, 2007 - 06:07
penguins rock my world!illlllllllooooooooooovvvvvvvveeeeeeeee them sssssssssssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.
February 2nd, 2007 - 06:08
penguins rock my world!i love them so very much.penguins are the best!
February 24th, 2007 - 19:32
i love penguins they are my favorite animals
February 26th, 2007 - 07:01
i love penguins xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
March 29th, 2007 - 14:54
OMG!!!!!! I LOVE PENGUINS THEY R SOOOO FREAKING CUTE BUT IF THERE NOT INDANGERED SPEICEIS IM GETTING AN AFRICAN PENGUIN AND I ALREADY HAVE THE HAPPY FEET MOVIE I GOT IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT….IM GETTING PENGUIN BED SPREADS IF THERE IS ANY PENGUIN BED SPREADS……AND PENGUIN SHIRTS AND A NIGHT GOWN AND THEIR MY FAVORITE ANIMALS
April 13th, 2007 - 20:00
i love penguins there so cool if i was specail i would buy all the penguins in the world and keep them so they won’t die in the year 2050 anyways but yeah i have everything penguin there is to think of but i love penguins more than anyone else does that is why i am named evil penguin and all the people on here are liers they don’t like penguins as much as me
June 4th, 2007 - 17:09
I LOVE THESE CUTE LITTLE PENGUINS.THEY ARE MY FAVEORITE TYPE OF ANIMALS.THEY LOOKE SO CUTE AND CUDDLY!!!!!I WOULD LOVE TO HOLD ONE AND FALL FASY A SLEEP.THAT WOULD BE SO COOL.I LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THOME SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO O SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!!!! ya can ya tell♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
September 18th, 2007 - 07:35
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October 3rd, 2007 - 10:51
I love penguins and i love all kind of animals. i was searching for my backgrown and i saw a man killing them and a baby seal, to be honest if i was there i would of shot the guy and kill them all.they shouldnt allow this to happend i love those babies animal….pay me to kill those monsters who just kill the little ones…