March of the Penguins
Watched March of the Penguins w/ Fishface, Sherbet & T. From the trailer, I was kinda expecting the story to focus on a penguin couple, (and I hear the original French had voice actors for the penguins?) but instead, it's like a long nature show, narrated by Morgan Freeman. The documentary followed the adult penguins from their trek to the birthing grounds to the time the chicks were able to enter the ocean. Lots of camera focusing close up on the birds. I guess the only thing comparable that I've seen is Winged Migration, but there the documentary followed multiple bird species whereas Penguin followed just 1. I wonder if what we see is the whole of the penguin population, or if there are other birthing grounds elsewhere on Antarctica. And penguin chicks can get quite fuzzy fat.
Posted by curse at August 10, 2005 10:08 PM
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