I appreciate how subtle the environmental message is early on in the movie. You can hear penguins talking about the lack of fish when Mumble was looking for his mother after he hatched.
Lol my dad hated this movie cuz he hated the environmental messaging. He hates lots of movies for similar reasons. I liked it tho, I thought it was a cute story about a tap dancing penguin. Maybe I’m just too oblivious tho (^ ^)’
@@shadamyandsonamylover to be fair I don’t think boomer penguins would give a shit about a movie warning of a possible famine that would affect humans on the other side of the world 😂 we came here to watch tap dancing penguins, not to see how commercial fishing results in penguin witch doctors
At some point of the movie Mumble gets kidnapped by humans brought into a zoo where her literally develops a psychosis because he's suffering since he's living in captivity. Also ,there was a Penguin named Lovelace who constantly had a plastic ring wrapped around his neck, and as far as I remember he almost suffocates at one point in the movie. So the destruction of the environment was really an on the nose theme through out the movie.
I remember as a kid being confused with the scene where Mumble is dancing in front of the people in the zoo, because that made me question if the film was live-action and not animated. Also the main singer/voice actress for Gloria was killed before the film was released, which is sad because from what I heard she was just starting out. Edit: she died after, my bad.
@@Intuitive-idiot (from wiki) An autopsy was performed the day after she died. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, in a report issued February 2010, said that the manner of death was accidental and that the cause of death was pneumonia, with secondary factors of severe iron-deficiency anemia and multiple drug intoxication.
I always liked how humans were treated as otherworldly aliens. The first humans in the movie are always just out of shot and the girl at the zoo is our first clear look at one. And that moment always gets me; Mumble has essentially given up trying to communicate with humans as no amount of screeching makes them react. And then this bored girl at the zoo notices him start to tap his feet when she taps the glass; her face shifts and she bolts to grab her mother. Suddenly we have a connection, he can get their attention! It reminds me of how cats don't meow much in the wild, they learned to do it because they realized how much humans respond to it. It's their way of getting humans to pay attention to them.
The one thing about this movie that strikes me, is how real it is. Not only the animation itself but the story While delivering an environmental message to audiences everywhere, they also make you wonder why wouldn't they accept Mumble because he can only dance, not sing? Well it's because the emperor penguins are highly religious, and they think he's a heretic, I'm sure those who are forced to follow traditions are relatable to Mumble
Or perhaps it was more of an anti-zealotry message rather than an anti-religious one. Following tradition isn't inherently a bad thing in and of itself.
I see it as a message about Mumble being born "special". He's not a "normal" penguin and he acts differently. Plus his father blames himself for how he turned out, even though Mumble cant help his urges to tap dance and is an over all kind, sociable guy. Combined with the heavy religious tones, this could totally be a movie about a mentally challenged (or just mentally different) child growing up in a judgmental society who dont take him seriously for being "different" and even accuse him of angering their God with his beliefs. This movie is insanely complex ngl
@@lupinsredjacket3191 Of course it isn't anti-religious. It doesn't condemn religion; it just admonishes the audience and cautions them against ostracization of people who are different is all.
@@alyssabullock6421 Mumble continues to be the best example of a disabled character in children't media, Happy Feet successfully captures how everyone's lack of acceptance for how he does things differently is the problem and not being born disabled, and even showing his methods can add to the world and he doesn't need to change himself. It showcased his autistic coding without overindulging in exploitively abusing him for sympathy points and ending it with he doesn't find love, some deep rooted eugenics belief like Disney's hunchback of Notre-dame movie for example falls into. I can't help but adore the movie for the disability representation that a lot people surprisingly don't know about, maybe it's because it's because they're penguins or it was respectful and relied on their merits in story telling.
I like the little attention to details that show how much care was put into it. When he gets his tail bitten by the leopard seal his tail feathers stay damaged for the remainder. When the tracker is removed he has a patch of missing down on his back. He still has his little "bow tie" as an adult. If you look at the scrapped concept of without the fluff you can see it a bit better. You even hear the Skua that told him about the "aliens" when the humans land in the rookery. Off topic: A penguin movie from 2006 still looks more convincing then some realistic CGI now I don't know if that's impressive or just depressing...
2006 was a wild year for animated movies! Not just Happy Feet, but Cars, Flushed Away, Ice Age 2, Barnyard, Open Season, Monster House, Over the Hedge!
I remember loving this movie as a kid. It, along with _March of the Penguins_ and _Surf's Up_ got me super into penguins for a while. I was pretty indifferent to the sequel, though.
MY TIME TO SHINE! I actually know a guy who worked on this movie (he's a friend of my dad and was one of the main writers!). The details I remember him telling me about the production are a bit fuzzy because I was told all this well over a decade ago, but what I do remember is that the film actually started out with one guy sitting on his bed listening to his iPod on shuffle. He daydreamed a bunch of dance sequences and penguins singing the songs before developing the idea into this magnificent movie. This film literally started off as a daydream! Another thing he told me is that the guys who did the sound editing were really, really pernickety about how lines should be edited and delivered, which seems on track for sound guys. One guy couldn't get a particular piece of background dialogue right so he literally roped my dads friend into saying stuff like "Come on, Let's go!" and some of his voice made the final cut. He also told me stories about Robin Williams, how he was a great guy to work with provided he wasn't in the same room as a certain kind of insufferable person. You know, the ones who wear too much perfume and act like they're hot shit, would look down on others and think plastic surgery is a substitute for a personality. I can't remember the exact details but apparently Williams had a headache on one of his recording days and someone had left the recording booth stinked up with perfume (Side note I don't think this was Happy Feet, again, the details are fuzzy) but after recording all of his lines, Williams exited the booth and started unleashing an absolute tsunami of profanity at a nearby wall. Like the man shrieked for at least ten minutes. I have a lot of warm memories associated with this movie and it's still one of my absolute favourites.
Talking about the animation side of the production... I was mentored by one of the artists who worked on the environments for Happy Feet... The movie ruined ice and snow for a lot of them, for like forever lol. Like seriously, imagine spending nearly a whole year sitting at a desk working solely on pieces of ice, you'd never look at the stuff the same way again. Animal Logic is still going strong by the way! They actually got bought out by Netflix recently, so we should be seeing a lot more from them soon.
@@dwaynat2068 Oh Sweet! Can't wait for new movies and shows. If they make some and Netflix doesn't cancel them after one season, that is. I can imagine working on nothing but ice and snow for several years would drive someone insane! Imagine ordering a drink at a restaurant and just sitting there, shuddering as you gaze upon your cold beverage. The only thing that could ruin ones relationship to snow further would be subjecting yourself to a polar research station. I imagine it would be quite ice-olating
@@dinosaurb Agreed about the perfume! In fact, I gotta give the man credit for unleashing all that frustration at a wall, instead of venting at a studio employee or fellow actor. Too many people easily allow themselves to lash out at unrelated people when they're negatively affected by stressors. Would it be terrifying in the moment to hear someone cursing the wall so badly the paint turned blue? Yes. But ultimately harmless, and kind of funny in retrospect. Personally, I get worried about stuff like my shampoo smelling too strong, not just because I know how it is to be sensitive to strong smells, but also because the maintenance workshop at my office is PLASTERED with signage banning perfume from the room because several of the maintenance guys are allergic, and I would be _so upset_ to find that I'd caused an incidental flare-up because my new shampoo was cloying and I didn't notice in time.
It makes me so happy to hear someone FINALLY appreciating this film! It has been absolutely dragged through the mud for years, and I just never understood that. The amount of effort put into the animation is commendable, and the result looked cutting edge at the time of release, and the story was actually pretty brilliant. I don’t know how more critics don’t see it.
This is still one of my favorite animated movies. the moment Mumble gets accepted for his dancing and the full musical number for Boogie wonderland still gives me chills. it's such a cathartic moment for me growing up and even now.
I love this movie, it’s one of my favorite childhood movies and it’s so quotable for me. “Put that ego away, Ramon, you’re gonna hurt someone!” “OHHHHHHHH! You’re so jealous! Just a moment! I hear people wanting something… MEEEEE!!!”
THE AMIGOS WERE SO FUNNY THEYRE MY FAVORITE PART "I heard a guy making that noise. They turned him around and he was dead." "Why are you hugging me?" / "He told me to."
I still hold this movie in high regard for how it manages to mix environmental messages, and the implications that Mumble could be a "special" child in a heavily religious society. Honestly, that scene where his own father tells his mother "Our son's all messed up!" while blaming himself for how Mumble was born because he "dropped" him hits deep man.
Sameee it's literally my childhood and first ever movie musics was exposed to. It didn't help I have a penguin obsession back then because of this movie that I keep rewatching it to the point of my parents being pissed at me I still watch this from time to time because I really love it LMAO-
Rewatching the movie as an adult, I can't help but think of it being somewhat of a metaphor for what it's like growing up neurodivergent, specifically being autistic and/or having ADHD. I really related to Mumble being excluded and not able to fit in with his peers and community because he was different. His inability to sing could be seen as a lack of social skills and understanding/relating to others, and of course I felt like his dancing could be a way of stimming or even an interest. That one scene where his dad tells him to just stop with the dancing and that he can control himself if he just tries hit really hard, especially when Mumble flat out told him he couldn't. I've never seen anyone else read it this way, though, so it may be a bit of a stretch but hey, it's my little headcanon XD
As someone who has Happy feet as her comfort movie, trust me when I say there have def been people reading Mumble's character and how he is treated in that way. If anything I think it's more of a metaphor for autism and neurodivergency than of the idea that it was a metaphor for him being gay, since Mumble's disability rendering him unable to sing was caused by him being dropped as an egg (which probably more than likely reference the "he was dropped on his head as a baby" phrase). But he was able to communicate it in another way, like some autistic people do with communications and stuff, but everyone didn't like that and he was basically called a demon for it, something unfortunately parents of autistic kids tend to think like how they are suffering with an autistic child and shit, and he was expected to change for them even when he knew he couldn't. Since if you change Mumble to not be a dancer and suddenly be able to sing, well, it's not him anymore is it? No. I'm autistic and I remember being expected to stop doing this or that when I was younger by my mother (to stop rocking, stop repeating things, etc etc) and expected to change when I couldn't. Honestly it make the fact that he had supporters that didn't think of him as weird for it comforting. The Amigos, his mother, and Gloria supported him initially (Gloria's lashing out at him later in the film I don't think was her being an ass but probably out of offense from Mumble pushing her away after clearly expressing her interest in him, even tho I doubt she'd get hurt in the journey tbf), and kept doing so afterwards and he was literally able to be himself around them. I really wish I had people like that in my life at the time. But basically you're not alone in that theory and frankly I've actually seen a lot of people express that theory.
no, i was just talking about this. i feel it's a great message about ableism and i especially related to it for the same reasons you listed although i didn't get diagnosed with ADHD until adulthood, i always knew something was different and no one quite understood. i love this movie so much
I was obessed with this movie as a child. I still own the video game for it and remember how I would try to to tap dance along to music to be like Mumble. Now everytime I hear Elijah Woods' voice or any of the original songs, the first thing that pops into my head is this movie. I don't know why so many people dislike it.
I had no idea the people were live action. I always thought they were animated !! It’s integrated so well. Elijah Wood always shines, really an underrated movie tbh!
i used to love this movie as a kid , and i only recently realized it’s because i related to mumble lol this movie was a surprisingly good allegory for autism
Happy Feet is one of my childhood movies! I had this movie on DVD and watched it over and over! Despite the horrific animation, I think the song covers are good and this is one of Robin Williams’ most underrated movies! That fact that he played two characters is wicked.
The part that always interested me the most about this movie was the impossibly bizarre but realistically possible imagery like the excavator falling out of the glacier, the rusty frozen shipyard, and the scenes with mumble, the five adelies and lovelace marching through the artic wind, as a kid, those scenes felt so surreal and set such a unique mood to me outside of the music and “funny haha kid movie with dancing penguins haha” that everyone else saw it as
4:45 sad you didn’t mention Britney Murphey in the star studded cast, she was in so many films back when she was alive and i remember being young watching happy feet and falling in love with her voice.
I knew about the Steve Irwin elephant seal thing when I was younger, and I would like to point out in order to get a bit of damage control, the elephant seal isn't the one who chased Mumble and the amigos. That was a leopard seal. The one voiced by Steve was one of the elephant seals chilling on the rocks later on in the movie, who gives Mumble some advice about the forbidden shore and the "aliens".
If you adore this movie then you should check out Guardians of Gahoole also animated by Animal Logic. It's absolutely stunning - no CGI film has ever matched it in how beautifully animated the owls feathers are! I'd love them to tackle the RedWall novels.... 🥰 those are BEGGING for a amazing animated film studio to give it life.
Legend of the Guardians was an amazing and beautiful movie. I wonder why it is not talked about more today, maybe because it wasn't from a large well-known studio. It is really underrated and I wish it would have gotten sequels.
I always loved that action scene when Mumble and the 5 or 6 little spanish dudes slid down the ice, it was constantly either picking up pace or making you think it was slowing down. Also, refreshing that somebodys not talking smack about Happy Feet. It definitely wasn't amazing but it sure wasn't bad, and the characters were just kinda fun
I remember Happy Feet being one of my top 5 animated movies (in which all feature birds for a curious reason), alongside gems like Rio, Surf’s Up, and Legend of the Guardians. Even though I’m no longer die-hard fans of these movies anymore, they definitely still have a special place in my heart, probably because these movies sparked up my endeavor as a 2D artist!
This movie really resonated with me as a kid because the discussion on "aliens" and Mumble being in an exhibit was so unsettling... he went through this journey of a character who was very likeable but the black sheep of his pack. I also love penguins lol but also 2006 is a year that resonates immensely with me because I went through a very hard loss and tbh I really sought out television and film as a means of escapism so I definitely never forgot this film. These environmental message films for some reason got me so hyped even before I knew the message behind the films. I for some reason had this obsession with wanting to watch wallee as well a few years later and that ended up having that environment message as well.
Man I love Happy Feet so much, I have the DVD and watched the entire thing on repeat. I felt like I related to Mumble because of his disability of not being able to sing but he can tap dance, different way of communicating yet the penguin society is ableist and rejected him for being different/disabled, calling him "freaky feet" or his dad telling him to stop dancing and "act normal" but he can't be normal if he is born that way. When you are disabled living in an ableist society you have to adapt to society and it can be difficult being seen as an outcast when you can't change yourself.
I loved this movie as a kid, and to this day I still enjoy watching it. It's nostalgic, and gosh darn the music is beautiful and the actions scenes are exciting! The intro to Happy Feet will be stuck in my head forever.
I used to be terrified of this movie and I'm not really sure why... Something about it just scared me, to a point that I avoided it a lot, which led to it scaring me more.
@@silvercandra4275 the entire second half of the movie has a really off vibe. i've always loved the movie but there's jsut a really weird mood going on in the last half, and i think it has scary vibes.
This movie has such a warm place in my heart. I was a nanny and the kids I was watching were my younger cousins. They loved this movie and we watched it everyday. 🥰 I can almost quote it word for word.
I don't remember if I watched this movie. But what I didn't know is that Robin Williams and Steve Irwin voiced in this movie! Two legends in the same film!
Happy feet is still one of my favorite movies. I've watched it so much I can recite what they're saying at the right time and I know the lyric to every sone in the movie word for word.
I remember not liking this one when I saw it in theatres as a kid, as the tone kind of felt all over the place as both a musical and an environmental drama, especially considering how much it was marketed as a cute, fun, fluffy, funky animal movie, so the super intense scenes like the zoo scene came off as left-field to me after seeing a bunch of penguins sing Puff Daddy and Queen (fun fact, I think this movie was the first time I ever heard Find Me Somebody To Love. ...Unless Ella Enchanted came first and I just completely forgot). Maybe I might appreciate the bold, outside-the-lines directing choices if I see it as a grown up, but to child me, it was all just incongruous.
I have watched this movie ever since it came out when I was a kid, it was one of my favorite things. And I NEVER knew until now that Trev was voiced by Steve Irwin.
Can't believe I forgot Steve Irwin was in this. In all the decades I've worked in animal-related fields, I don't think I've met a single person who wasn't inspired or moved in some way by him and his work. He really helped lay the ground for future generations of people who are in love with the world and all the creatures in it, even the 'ugly' ones lol
I loved Happy Feet as a kid and I still love it now. It have aspects that have aged poorly but overall I think it's a good jukebox musical with good messages. Love how they tackled established societal standards, tackled established religions, and tackled socially placed disabilities. Love this movie
Happy Feet 1 & 2 are films very near and dear to my heart. Growing up my whole family watched it on repeat constantly; it was just one if those movies that would have us all sit down and watch attentively
Ok so you mentioned the details of the petral gang dynamics, and if you love coming back to this film so much, I would recommend Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole! It's my favourite movie of all time, based on my favourite books of all time (can you tell I love owls?) It is animated by AnimalLogic and, in my biased opinion, absolutely amazing :) I think it doesn't get enough love and it definitely deserves to be talked about :)
dude, i love you for this video. im recovering from trauma, and along the way im recovering a lot of repressed memories from my early life. this brought me back to one of my favorite days, going to see happy feet in theater with my papa. he bought me a stuffed penguin, and i thought the movie was amazing. i cant believe i ever forgot that. thank you for bringing me back there and for affirming my love for happy feet.
i absolutely LOVED this movie as a child and for some reason i was very obsessed with mumble, i even had an animatronic toy that actually danced and everything. though i didn't realize until now that so many legendary voices were featured in it... that makes this movie even more of a gem to me 😭
Fellow Happy Feet fan here. You should totally watch the sequel, if you loved Happy Feet, you’ll enjoy the second one. I even have an idea for the plot of the third movie.
@@anayasalvador9976 Ramon gets taken by aliens and ends up in Brazil so Mumble, Eric, Bo, Atticus, Lovelace, Sven and the Amigos go to rescue him. I’m thinking there could also be a dinosaur subplot, but I don’t know 100% yet.
Still love the two movies with all my heart! ❤ I wish there was a 3rd movie where Erik's all grown up. R.I.P. to Britney Murphy, Steve Irwin, Prince Rogers Nelson and Robin Williams especially. 😢
As a gay kid this movie meant more to me than I really understood at the time. I watched this again as an adult and it hit differently. Such a good movie.
my cousin did one of the voices in this movie. i miss her dearly. I cannot watch this movie for that reason. It’s the best movie she did imo it fits her personality more so than the drama and comedy stuff.
i love the animation in this movie. its so good that the live action integration fits seamlessly. also, even though the penguins are realistic, they are so expressive!
I remember watching this as a kid over and over againg cuz that was like one of the only things my parents would let me watch, even then I considered it ,,weird,,.
This is still my comfort film. I watch it whenever I had a bad time. It's stupidly good, I can still quote nearly every line, even from the director's cut. Might not be the best movie in the world, but it's sure as hell mine
I remember seeing happy feet in theaters on a field trip when i was in high school. I also remember hearing some girls in the theater saying look at her chest when they saw the female penguin singing at the start of the movie
I adore this movie. You mentioned many reasons why I like it so much. Another reason is John Powell's amazing musical score. He did a great job with incorporated the songs into the musical score. The musical score itself showcases different musical genres, and it has some beautiful choral work from various musical genres. I did not like the sequel as much since the first movie's story had really been so complete that no sequel was needed.
The environmental message in this movie is insanely good and effective as a child when this came out and I’m now surprised Steve Irwin was involved. Ironically I am now a Marine biologist today who is focusing studying penguins, so yeah, pretty damn effective messaging. Also I love the aquarium scene, but half those penguins are warm weather penguins and this movie made every kid and adult (including me) believe penguins only live in the cold. Literally most live in hot temps lmao
Happy Feet was my favorite movie as a kid. I went through a penguin phase because of it. I remember I wanted my middle name to be addressed as "Penguin".
Sorta trippy movie. Always loved it as a kid. Great message of course, still a huge issue. But I mean Robin Williams! All the different species had a lot of character done well, I really like the Skuas for instance. Freaky birds. Also I remember as a kid thinking this movie ended earlier too, but I did end up watching it fully at some point I guess. But I remember it being feeling super odd, which I guess is intentional.
This movie has ALWAYS been a masterpiece to me. Even as a kid, i would sit and watch through the entire movie And would never fail to be entertained by every minute of it. Especially any scene with the Amigos, they're genuinely hilarious. That's why i don't understand when people online voice this shared hatred of the movie and don't even give it a chance- Its so frustrating!! And i agree- that the scene where they fall down the mountain is literally MIND BOGGLING and INSANE. My stomach would drop while watching that as a kid, it was so fun LOL
The thing is I really appreciate is how the predators of penguins are portrayed. Seals and orcas are seen as majestic or adorable to our human eyes, but the leopard seal chase scene and watching the orcas toy with Lovelace as they fling him around (which orcas do toy with live prey irl) really creates a sense of primal fear. It allows you to see the world not as a human, but how the character’s view their enemies. It’s rather well done.
I loved this film. The end taught me a lot about how environmental science works. I programmed with a “21st century” geosciences school track and worked with aquariums, wild fish, water quality testing, dinosaur bones and climate science and teaching kids what I’d learned… am a musician now and happy feet had a lot to do with that too xD
Happy Feet will always be regarded as a true masterpiece in my mind. The animation is stunning for the time and the live action elements genuinely took me by surprise as a kid. I actually couldn’t tell if they were cgi or live action. Overall it’s just an outstanding movie.
The craziest thing about Happy Feet that I didn't learn until much later is that George Miller directed it. Y'know, George Miller, the same guy that directed Mad Max
i cant keep this inside anymore, and since this is kind of an anonymous account i’m just going to pour my heart out right here: this movie has such a fucking special place in my heart and brain and that can never, ever be changed. this entire movie is the reason that i want to be a zoologist someday. this movie is the reason i look back on earlier days of my childhood and wonder what’s missing now that was there before. this movie had such a strong impact on my brain chemistry that made me appreciate the environment and begin to pursue such a career path, in such a fun and charismatic movie. i don’t care what the critics say, this movie was better than some of pixar’s earliest films. this movie was unique in both its plot style and animation style that no movie can ever match a vibe that is similar to it. i am 16 now… i work at my local zoo and i have been behind-the-scenes at the penguin house, as well as volunteering at my local aquarium, and work at a local nature reserve, but none of that would’ve happened if this movie never sparked my passion and love for the animal world. this movie is what motivated me to give a shit about the environment, even if i was only two months old during the time of its release. when i become one of the most successful zoologists and penguin researchers one day, i will pay all my respects to this fantastic project that is getting me and got me through some of the hardest times of my life, and that should never be buried, but rather celebrated. thank you happy feet. you shed a light on the world that needed a reminder of the natural worlds importance. i won’t let you fade away.
Crazy thing about this movie , when i was a kid it was one of my hyperfixations , watching it when i was going to bed when i woke up on repeat through the day . I now know every line to the movie by heart. All the songs all the dialouge , its imprinted in my brain now and forever.
I'm not sure whether it's in this movie or the sequel but the scene with the killer whales circling the shipwreck or something was so scary for me as a child
I grew up with this film and I still do like it Even if it’s a little boring I still like all the songs Even the second one (even though they add in more characters) it’s amazing how they did these movies
I appreciate how subtle the environmental message is early on in the movie. You can hear penguins talking about the lack of fish when Mumble was looking for his mother after he hatched.
Lol my dad hated this movie cuz he hated the environmental messaging. He hates lots of movies for similar reasons.
I liked it tho, I thought it was a cute story about a tap dancing penguin. Maybe I’m just too oblivious tho (^ ^)’
Subtle? It was the main plot 😂
@@TDArulesclub4 early-on is the keyword lol!
@@shadamyandsonamylover to be fair I don’t think boomer penguins would give a shit about a movie warning of a possible famine that would affect humans on the other side of the world 😂 we came here to watch tap dancing penguins, not to see how commercial fishing results in penguin witch doctors
At some point of the movie Mumble gets kidnapped by humans brought into a zoo where her literally develops a psychosis because he's suffering since he's living in captivity. Also ,there was a Penguin named Lovelace who constantly had a plastic ring wrapped around his neck, and as far as I remember he almost suffocates at one point in the movie. So the destruction of the environment was really an on the nose theme through out the movie.
I remember as a kid being confused with the scene where Mumble is dancing in front of the people in the zoo, because that made me question if the film was live-action and not animated. Also the main singer/voice actress for Gloria was killed before the film was released, which is sad because from what I heard she was just starting out.
Edit: she died after, my bad.
Gloria died? Dang.
R.I.P Brittany Murphy
Wait killed? Who killed her and why?
@@Intuitive-idiot (from wiki) An autopsy was performed the day after she died. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, in a report issued February 2010, said that the manner of death was accidental and that the cause of death was pneumonia, with secondary factors of severe iron-deficiency anemia and multiple drug intoxication.
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the drug intoxication being over the counter cold medicines to deal with the pneumonia.
I always liked how humans were treated as otherworldly aliens. The first humans in the movie are always just out of shot and the girl at the zoo is our first clear look at one. And that moment always gets me; Mumble has essentially given up trying to communicate with humans as no amount of screeching makes them react. And then this bored girl at the zoo notices him start to tap his feet when she taps the glass; her face shifts and she bolts to grab her mother. Suddenly we have a connection, he can get their attention!
It reminds me of how cats don't meow much in the wild, they learned to do it because they realized how much humans respond to it. It's their way of getting humans to pay attention to them.
The one thing about this movie that strikes me, is how real it is. Not only the animation itself but the story
While delivering an environmental message to audiences everywhere, they also make you wonder why wouldn't they accept Mumble because he can only dance, not sing? Well it's because the emperor penguins are highly religious, and they think he's a heretic, I'm sure those who are forced to follow traditions are relatable to Mumble
Or perhaps it was more of an anti-zealotry message rather than an anti-religious one.
Following tradition isn't inherently a bad thing in and of itself.
I see it as a message about Mumble being born "special". He's not a "normal" penguin and he acts differently. Plus his father blames himself for how he turned out, even though Mumble cant help his urges to tap dance and is an over all kind, sociable guy.
Combined with the heavy religious tones, this could totally be a movie about a mentally challenged (or just mentally different) child growing up in a judgmental society who dont take him seriously for being "different" and even accuse him of angering their God with his beliefs.
This movie is insanely complex ngl
@@lupinsredjacket3191 Of course it isn't anti-religious. It doesn't condemn religion; it just admonishes the audience and cautions them against ostracization of people who are different is all.
@@alyssabullock6421 Mumble continues to be the best example of a disabled character in children't media, Happy Feet successfully captures how everyone's lack of acceptance for how he does things differently is the problem and not being born disabled, and even showing his methods can add to the world and he doesn't need to change himself. It showcased his autistic coding without overindulging in exploitively abusing him for sympathy points and ending it with he doesn't find love, some deep rooted eugenics belief like Disney's hunchback of Notre-dame movie for example falls into. I can't help but adore the movie for the disability representation that a lot people surprisingly don't know about, maybe it's because it's because they're penguins or it was respectful and relied on their merits in story telling.
As an autistic adhd bisexual alternative woman, i really relate. Religion has targeted and spread bigotry towards every facet of who i am.
I like the little attention to details that show how much care was put into it. When he gets his tail bitten by the leopard seal his tail feathers stay damaged for the remainder. When the tracker is removed he has a patch of missing down on his back. He still has his little "bow tie" as an adult. If you look at the scrapped concept of without the fluff you can see it a bit better. You even hear the Skua that told him about the "aliens" when the humans land in the rookery.
Off topic: A penguin movie from 2006 still looks more convincing then some realistic CGI now I don't know if that's impressive or just depressing...
You can also see Mumble's adult feathers coming in slowly in the movie too
Wish they kept him the same in the sequel as in the end of the first movie
@Mark Aspen and also they combined irl footage with animation to make it more convincing. Its still good but yeah theres some parts that have aged.
One of the orcas also has huge scars from a ship propeller on its back.
2006 was a wild year for animated movies! Not just Happy Feet, but Cars, Flushed Away, Ice Age 2, Barnyard, Open Season, Monster House, Over the Hedge!
Classics
I never saw flushed away, is it worth it?
@@dreamof_me Oh, yeah, mate! You’ll love it!
All on CN or nick I hate being an adult
Meh open season was trash, but monster house and over the hedge were classics.
I remember loving this movie as a kid. It, along with _March of the Penguins_ and _Surf's Up_ got me super into penguins for a while. I was pretty indifferent to the sequel, though.
There was also the Penguins from Madagascar
Surfs Up is why i love surfing.
The sequel sucks!
It was a great time to be alive
I rewatched the surfs up board carving scene and honestly was just so much funnier than I remembered
MY TIME TO SHINE! I actually know a guy who worked on this movie (he's a friend of my dad and was one of the main writers!).
The details I remember him telling me about the production are a bit fuzzy because I was told all this well over a decade ago, but what I do remember is that the film actually started out with one guy sitting on his bed listening to his iPod on shuffle. He daydreamed a bunch of dance sequences and penguins singing the songs before developing the idea into this magnificent movie. This film literally started off as a daydream!
Another thing he told me is that the guys who did the sound editing were really, really pernickety about how lines should be edited and delivered, which seems on track for sound guys. One guy couldn't get a particular piece of background dialogue right so he literally roped my dads friend into saying stuff like "Come on, Let's go!" and some of his voice made the final cut.
He also told me stories about Robin Williams, how he was a great guy to work with provided he wasn't in the same room as a certain kind of insufferable person. You know, the ones who wear too much perfume and act like they're hot shit, would look down on others and think plastic surgery is a substitute for a personality. I can't remember the exact details but apparently Williams had a headache on one of his recording days and someone had left the recording booth stinked up with perfume (Side note I don't think this was Happy Feet, again, the details are fuzzy) but after recording all of his lines, Williams exited the booth and started unleashing an absolute tsunami of profanity at a nearby wall. Like the man shrieked for at least ten minutes.
I have a lot of warm memories associated with this movie and it's still one of my absolute favourites.
Talking about the animation side of the production...
I was mentored by one of the artists who worked on the environments for Happy Feet... The movie ruined ice and snow for a lot of them, for like forever lol.
Like seriously, imagine spending nearly a whole year sitting at a desk working solely on pieces of ice, you'd never look at the stuff the same way again.
Animal Logic is still going strong by the way! They actually got bought out by Netflix recently, so we should be seeing a lot more from them soon.
@@dwaynat2068 Oh Sweet! Can't wait for new movies and shows. If they make some and Netflix doesn't cancel them after one season, that is.
I can imagine working on nothing but ice and snow for several years would drive someone insane! Imagine ordering a drink at a restaurant and just sitting there, shuddering as you gaze upon your cold beverage. The only thing that could ruin ones relationship to snow further would be subjecting yourself to a polar research station. I imagine it would be quite ice-olating
@@dinosaurb Agreed about the perfume! In fact, I gotta give the man credit for unleashing all that frustration at a wall, instead of venting at a studio employee or fellow actor. Too many people easily allow themselves to lash out at unrelated people when they're negatively affected by stressors.
Would it be terrifying in the moment to hear someone cursing the wall so badly the paint turned blue? Yes. But ultimately harmless, and kind of funny in retrospect.
Personally, I get worried about stuff like my shampoo smelling too strong, not just because I know how it is to be sensitive to strong smells, but also because the maintenance workshop at my office is PLASTERED with signage banning perfume from the room because several of the maintenance guys are allergic, and I would be _so upset_ to find that I'd caused an incidental flare-up because my new shampoo was cloying and I didn't notice in time.
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Happy Feet is a freaking fever dream that I genuinely forgot existed
Me too!
I didn’t forget
It’s a fever dream I watched constantly!
yeah same with the polar express for me
I remember a little bit of it. I was like in 5th or 6th grade when this came out
It makes me so happy to hear someone FINALLY appreciating this film! It has been absolutely dragged through the mud for years, and I just never understood that. The amount of effort put into the animation is commendable, and the result looked cutting edge at the time of release, and the story was actually pretty brilliant. I don’t know how more critics don’t see it.
This is still one of my favorite animated movies. the moment Mumble gets accepted for his dancing and the full musical number for Boogie wonderland still gives me chills. it's such a cathartic moment for me growing up and even now.
I love this movie, it’s one of my favorite childhood movies and it’s so quotable for me.
“Put that ego away, Ramon, you’re gonna hurt someone!”
“OHHHHHHHH! You’re so jealous! Just a moment! I hear people wanting something… MEEEEE!!!”
THE AMIGOS WERE SO FUNNY THEYRE MY FAVORITE PART
"I heard a guy making that noise. They turned him around and he was dead."
"Why are you hugging me?" / "He told me to."
@@TDArulesclub4 "Get off me. Ramom!"
"No you like it!"
@Dazey Venom “I LIKE BIG TAILS AND I CAN’T DENY!”
"You.. me.. beautiful egg.. now"
"You? me?... fat chance"
"I have a chance, and it's FAT!!"
@@Cat-ih2ke Ramon was easily the best part of these movies.
I still hold this movie in high regard for how it manages to mix environmental messages, and the implications that Mumble could be a "special" child in a heavily religious society. Honestly, that scene where his own father tells his mother "Our son's all messed up!" while blaming himself for how Mumble was born because he "dropped" him hits deep man.
Happy Feet has such a special place in my heart
Same here.
Mine too
Same
Sameee it's literally my childhood and first ever movie musics was exposed to. It didn't help I have a penguin obsession back then because of this movie that I keep rewatching it to the point of my parents being pissed at me I still watch this from time to time because I really love it LMAO-
Exactly😄
Rewatching the movie as an adult, I can't help but think of it being somewhat of a metaphor for what it's like growing up neurodivergent, specifically being autistic and/or having ADHD. I really related to Mumble being excluded and not able to fit in with his peers and community because he was different. His inability to sing could be seen as a lack of social skills and understanding/relating to others, and of course I felt like his dancing could be a way of stimming or even an interest.
That one scene where his dad tells him to just stop with the dancing and that he can control himself if he just tries hit really hard, especially when Mumble flat out told him he couldn't.
I've never seen anyone else read it this way, though, so it may be a bit of a stretch but hey, it's my little headcanon XD
As someone who has Happy feet as her comfort movie, trust me when I say there have def been people reading Mumble's character and how he is treated in that way. If anything I think it's more of a metaphor for autism and neurodivergency than of the idea that it was a metaphor for him being gay, since Mumble's disability rendering him unable to sing was caused by him being dropped as an egg (which probably more than likely reference the "he was dropped on his head as a baby" phrase). But he was able to communicate it in another way, like some autistic people do with communications and stuff, but everyone didn't like that and he was basically called a demon for it, something unfortunately parents of autistic kids tend to think like how they are suffering with an autistic child and shit, and he was expected to change for them even when he knew he couldn't. Since if you change Mumble to not be a dancer and suddenly be able to sing, well, it's not him anymore is it? No.
I'm autistic and I remember being expected to stop doing this or that when I was younger by my mother (to stop rocking, stop repeating things, etc etc) and expected to change when I couldn't. Honestly it make the fact that he had supporters that didn't think of him as weird for it comforting. The Amigos, his mother, and Gloria supported him initially (Gloria's lashing out at him later in the film I don't think was her being an ass but probably out of offense from Mumble pushing her away after clearly expressing her interest in him, even tho I doubt she'd get hurt in the journey tbf), and kept doing so afterwards and he was literally able to be himself around them. I really wish I had people like that in my life at the time.
But basically you're not alone in that theory and frankly I've actually seen a lot of people express that theory.
"Don't ask me to change, pa.. Cuz I can't."
no, i was just talking about this. i feel it's a great message about ableism and i especially related to it for the same reasons you listed although i didn't get diagnosed with ADHD until adulthood, i always knew something was different and no one quite understood. i love this movie so much
@@stephorozco8911 That line will never not hurt aaaa
@@stephorozco8911 RIGHT IN THE FEELS OOF that hits way too close to home TAT
I was obessed with this movie as a child. I still own the video game for it and remember how I would try to to tap dance along to music to be like Mumble. Now everytime I hear Elijah Woods' voice or any of the original songs, the first thing that pops into my head is this movie. I don't know why so many people dislike it.
Yessss I loved the Gameboy game!!!
I think it's because of how uncanny the animation looks and that the tone was mean-spirited.
I had no idea the people were live action. I always thought they were animated !! It’s integrated so well. Elijah Wood always shines, really an underrated movie tbh!
i used to love this movie as a kid , and i only recently realized it’s because i related to mumble lol
this movie was a surprisingly good allegory for autism
Happy Feet is one of my childhood movies! I had this movie on DVD and watched it over and over! Despite the horrific animation, I think the song covers are good and this is one of Robin Williams’ most underrated movies! That fact that he played two characters is wicked.
Ah yes the penguin era, that was an amazing time in my childhood, we had Pingu, Happy Feet, Surfs Up. It was truly amazing
The part that always interested me the most about this movie was the impossibly bizarre but realistically possible imagery like the excavator falling out of the glacier, the rusty frozen shipyard, and the scenes with mumble, the five adelies and lovelace marching through the artic wind, as a kid, those scenes felt so surreal and set such a unique mood to me outside of the music and “funny haha kid movie with dancing penguins haha” that everyone else saw it as
l remember my heart sinking after Mumble was hallucinating his colony in the zoo and the scene dramatically zoomed out to space
I remember wondering how the excavator even got there, and wondered if there was a person inside that managed to escape before it fell into the sea.
Goddamn the excavator coming out of nowhere and sinking deeper and deeper into the pitch black depths of the ocean gave me shivers as a kid
4:45 sad you didn’t mention Britney Murphey in the star studded cast, she was in so many films back when she was alive and i remember being young watching happy feet and falling in love with her voice.
I knew about the Steve Irwin elephant seal thing when I was younger, and I would like to point out in order to get a bit of damage control, the elephant seal isn't the one who chased Mumble and the amigos. That was a leopard seal. The one voiced by Steve was one of the elephant seals chilling on the rocks later on in the movie, who gives Mumble some advice about the forbidden shore and the "aliens".
I love Happy Feet personally 2006 had a bunch of good animated films like Ice Age The Meltdown, Cars, Flushed Away, Over The Hedge.
2009 was also another year of good animated movies.
@@bighand1530 2007 also gave us some, as well as 2004
If you adore this movie then you should check out Guardians of Gahoole also animated by Animal Logic. It's absolutely stunning - no CGI film has ever matched it in how beautifully animated the owls feathers are! I'd love them to tackle the RedWall novels.... 🥰 those are BEGGING for a amazing animated film studio to give it life.
Holy fuck I watched that movie as a kid. I was seriously disturbed.
Legend of the Guardians was an amazing and beautiful movie. I wonder why it is not talked about more today, maybe because it wasn't from a large well-known studio. It is really underrated and I wish it would have gotten sequels.
I always loved that action scene when Mumble and the 5 or 6 little spanish dudes slid down the ice, it was constantly either picking up pace or making you think it was slowing down. Also, refreshing that somebodys not talking smack about Happy Feet. It definitely wasn't amazing but it sure wasn't bad, and the characters were just kinda fun
I remember Happy Feet being one of my top 5 animated movies (in which all feature birds for a curious reason), alongside gems like Rio, Surf’s Up, and Legend of the Guardians. Even though I’m no longer die-hard fans of these movies anymore, they definitely still have a special place in my heart, probably because these movies sparked up my endeavor as a 2D artist!
Same here, I loved Happy Feet, Rio and Legend of the Guardians, now I'm a 3D artist/3D animator, lol.
I wonder why Steve Irwin’s part got cut. I feel like that would’ve been an excellent way to honor him and for all he stood for.
finally someone isnt blindly hating on this movie for no reason, it was one of my favs I love it sm
This movie really resonated with me as a kid because the discussion on "aliens" and Mumble being in an exhibit was so unsettling... he went through this journey of a character who was very likeable but the black sheep of his pack. I also love penguins lol but also 2006 is a year that resonates immensely with me because I went through a very hard loss and tbh I really sought out television and film as a means of escapism so I definitely never forgot this film. These environmental message films for some reason got me so hyped even before I knew the message behind the films. I for some reason had this obsession with wanting to watch wallee as well a few years later and that ended up having that environment message as well.
Man I love Happy Feet so much, I have the DVD and watched the entire thing on repeat. I felt like I related to Mumble because of his disability of not being able to sing but he can tap dance, different way of communicating yet the penguin society is ableist and rejected him for being different/disabled, calling him "freaky feet" or his dad telling him to stop dancing and "act normal" but he can't be normal if he is born that way. When you are disabled living in an ableist society you have to adapt to society and it can be difficult being seen as an outcast when you can't change yourself.
I loved this movie as a kid, and to this day I still enjoy watching it. It's nostalgic, and gosh darn the music is beautiful and the actions scenes are exciting! The intro to Happy Feet will be stuck in my head forever.
The cast was PHENOMENAL! we were so spoiled with the voice acting back in the 90s. Similar to Prince of Egypt.
happy feet is my favourite film as a kid, I'm autistic and i can relate to feeling like a dancer in a choir.
I used to be terrified of this movie and I'm not really sure why...
Something about it just scared me, to a point that I avoided it a lot, which led to it scaring me more.
It was the orca scene. I loved this movie but I remember being so scared in the movie theater
@@jokerrfox354 I don't remember there being an orca scene, but that may me because my mind just decided to delete that
@@silvercandra4275 the entire second half of the movie has a really off vibe. i've always loved the movie but there's jsut a really weird mood going on in the last half, and i think it has scary vibes.
Also some maybe uncanny Valley vibes too
Unpopular Opinion: Happy Feet deserved that Oscar for Best Animated Feature Films.
It did win a Oscar for Best Animated Feature
@SamPerry-f5g I know, it's just when it's received the Award,alot of controversy of the winner due to used of Mocap and have some live action element.
This movie has such a warm place in my heart. I was a nanny and the kids I was watching were my younger cousins. They loved this movie and we watched it everyday. 🥰 I can almost quote it word for word.
I don't remember if I watched this movie. But what I didn't know is that Robin Williams and Steve Irwin voiced in this movie! Two legends in the same film!
Happy feet is still one of my favorite movies. I've watched it so much I can recite what they're saying at the right time and I know the lyric to every sone in the movie word for word.
*Dazz:* ohhhhh I feel like reminiscing
*viewers:* remin-icing?
The zoo scene totally fucked me up as a kid
I remember not liking this one when I saw it in theatres as a kid, as the tone kind of felt all over the place as both a musical and an environmental drama, especially considering how much it was marketed as a cute, fun, fluffy, funky animal movie, so the super intense scenes like the zoo scene came off as left-field to me after seeing a bunch of penguins sing Puff Daddy and Queen (fun fact, I think this movie was the first time I ever heard Find Me Somebody To Love. ...Unless Ella Enchanted came first and I just completely forgot). Maybe I might appreciate the bold, outside-the-lines directing choices if I see it as a grown up, but to child me, it was all just incongruous.
I've noticed that Mumble sounds like what every human would hear whenever a penguin talks, screams and sings.
I have watched this movie ever since it came out when I was a kid, it was one of my favorite things. And I NEVER knew until now that Trev was voiced by Steve Irwin.
This is such an underrated film if I’m being honest.
This movie was terrifying to me as a kid, it was so dark
Can't believe I forgot Steve Irwin was in this. In all the decades I've worked in animal-related fields, I don't think I've met a single person who wasn't inspired or moved in some way by him and his work. He really helped lay the ground for future generations of people who are in love with the world and all the creatures in it, even the 'ugly' ones lol
I loved Happy Feet as a kid and I still love it now. It have aspects that have aged poorly but overall I think it's a good jukebox musical with good messages. Love how they tackled established societal standards, tackled established religions, and tackled socially placed disabilities. Love this movie
Happy Feet 1 & 2 are films very near and dear to my heart. Growing up my whole family watched it on repeat constantly; it was just one if those movies that would have us all sit down and watch attentively
Ok so you mentioned the details of the petral gang dynamics, and if you love coming back to this film so much, I would recommend Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole! It's my favourite movie of all time, based on my favourite books of all time (can you tell I love owls?)
It is animated by AnimalLogic and, in my biased opinion, absolutely amazing :) I think it doesn't get enough love and it definitely deserves to be talked about :)
This is *such* an underappreciated movie.
dude, i love you for this video. im recovering from trauma, and along the way im recovering a lot of repressed memories from my early life. this brought me back to one of my favorite days, going to see happy feet in theater with my papa. he bought me a stuffed penguin, and i thought the movie was amazing. i cant believe i ever forgot that. thank you for bringing me back there and for affirming my love for happy feet.
I was always confused if that part in the zoo was CGI humans or not, it's nice to have closure lol
Happy feet two is my go to movie when I need to cheer up. It's even better that first one, especially the krill subplot X"D
i absolutely LOVED this movie as a child and for some reason i was very obsessed with mumble, i even had an animatronic toy that actually danced and everything. though i didn't realize until now that so many legendary voices were featured in it... that makes this movie even more of a gem to me 😭
Happy Feet Resurgence?... I'm here for it.
Ohhh I loved this movie as a kid! I remember it was one of those movies that would be on TV all the time.
This movie was the perfect go sit quietly kids movie while the parents cook in the kitchen time.
Fellow Happy Feet fan here. You should totally watch the sequel, if you loved Happy Feet, you’ll enjoy the second one. I even have an idea for the plot of the third movie.
what's your idea?
@@anayasalvador9976 Ramon gets taken by aliens and ends up in Brazil so Mumble, Eric, Bo, Atticus, Lovelace, Sven and the Amigos go to rescue him. I’m thinking there could also be a dinosaur subplot, but I don’t know 100% yet.
I remember borrowing this from a friend and "forgetting" to give it back. XD 16 years later and I still have it. 😂
Still love the two movies with all my heart! ❤ I wish there was a 3rd movie where Erik's all grown up. R.I.P. to Britney Murphy, Steve Irwin, Prince Rogers Nelson and Robin Williams especially. 😢
I still watch it now at 17 and cries when Gloria and monbo are together 😭
I still cannot believe this movie won the Oscar over Cars😮💨
Happy feet is what made me realize I was autistic
5:27 it’s a leopard seal, not an elephant seal!
*it’s still a seal*
As a gay kid this movie meant more to me than I really understood at the time. I watched this again as an adult and it hit differently. Such a good movie.
my cousin did one of the voices in this movie. i miss her dearly. I cannot watch this movie for that reason. It’s the best movie she did imo it fits her personality more so than the drama and comedy stuff.
i love the animation in this movie. its so good that the live action integration fits seamlessly. also, even though the penguins are realistic, they are so expressive!
Dazz: *begins to list movies at the end*
Me: Guardians of Ga'Hoole!? Dude these guys made two of my favorite childhood movies
I remember watching this as a kid over and over againg cuz that was like one of the only things my parents would let me watch, even then I considered it ,,weird,,.
This is still my comfort film. I watch it whenever I had a bad time. It's stupidly good, I can still quote nearly every line, even from the director's cut. Might not be the best movie in the world, but it's sure as hell mine
I remember seeing happy feet in theaters on a field trip when i was in high school. I also remember hearing some girls in the theater saying look at her chest when they saw the female penguin singing at the start of the movie
Impeccable timing since I had a dream about happy feet a couple of nights ago
god the steve irwin part brought me to tears
I adore this movie. You mentioned many reasons why I like it so much. Another reason is John Powell's amazing musical score. He did a great job with incorporated the songs into the musical score. The musical score itself showcases different musical genres, and it has some beautiful choral work from various musical genres. I did not like the sequel as much since the first movie's story had really been so complete that no sequel was needed.
The environmental message in this movie is insanely good and effective as a child when this came out and I’m now surprised Steve Irwin was involved. Ironically I am now a Marine biologist today who is focusing studying penguins, so yeah, pretty damn effective messaging. Also I love the aquarium scene, but half those penguins are warm weather penguins and this movie made every kid and adult (including me) believe penguins only live in the cold. Literally most live in hot temps lmao
Happy Feet was my favorite movie as a kid. I went through a penguin phase because of it. I remember I wanted my middle name to be addressed as "Penguin".
The last time I watched this movie was like 9 years ago and I only remember it being about penguins
I like how you can see Mumble grow up, as he looses his fur during the film
Fun fact: George Miller, the director of Mad Max:Fury Road, directed this movie.
Sorta trippy movie. Always loved it as a kid. Great message of course, still a huge issue. But I mean Robin Williams! All the different species had a lot of character done well, I really like the Skuas for instance. Freaky birds. Also I remember as a kid thinking this movie ended earlier too, but I did end up watching it fully at some point I guess. But I remember it being feeling super odd, which I guess is intentional.
Happy feet is like wine
Gets better as we get older
Ya I think I repressed some if this movie too. The WHALES scared me so bad!
This movie has ALWAYS been a masterpiece to me. Even as a kid, i would sit and watch through the entire movie And would never fail to be entertained by every minute of it. Especially any scene with the Amigos, they're genuinely hilarious. That's why i don't understand when people online voice this shared hatred of the movie and don't even give it a chance- Its so frustrating!!
And i agree- that the scene where they fall down the mountain is literally MIND BOGGLING and INSANE. My stomach would drop while watching that as a kid, it was so fun LOL
The thing is I really appreciate is how the predators of penguins are portrayed. Seals and orcas are seen as majestic or adorable to our human eyes, but the leopard seal chase scene and watching the orcas toy with Lovelace as they fling him around (which orcas do toy with live prey irl) really creates a sense of primal fear.
It allows you to see the world not as a human, but how the character’s view their enemies. It’s rather well done.
I hope you do cover the second one. I always liked it more as a kid and I think a lot of the pros from this film carry over
I loved this film. The end taught me a lot about how environmental science works. I programmed with a “21st century” geosciences school track and worked with aquariums, wild fish, water quality testing, dinosaur bones and climate science and teaching kids what I’d learned… am a musician now and happy feet had a lot to do with that too xD
9:14 was the first time after 16 years that I realized Mumble had a bowtie .
I saw this back in college and it became one of my favorite movies ever and cemented my love for penguins.
I LOVED this movie as a kid so much
Happy Feet will always be regarded as a true masterpiece in my mind. The animation is stunning for the time and the live action elements genuinely took me by surprise as a kid. I actually couldn’t tell if they were cgi or live action. Overall it’s just an outstanding movie.
Definitely gotta rewatch this movie as an adult. Saw it a bunch as a kid and really liked it, surely I'd be able to appreciate it more now
Also,Happy Feet is the reason Fury Road got development hell.
The craziest thing about Happy Feet that I didn't learn until much later is that George Miller directed it. Y'know, George Miller, the same guy that directed Mad Max
i cant keep this inside anymore, and since this is kind of an anonymous account i’m just going to pour my heart out right here:
this movie has such a fucking special place in my heart and brain and that can never, ever be changed. this entire movie is the reason that i want to be a zoologist someday. this movie is the reason i look back on earlier days of my childhood and wonder what’s missing now that was there before. this movie had such a strong impact on my brain chemistry that made me appreciate the environment and begin to pursue such a career path, in such a fun and charismatic movie. i don’t care what the critics say, this movie was better than some of pixar’s earliest films. this movie was unique in both its plot style and animation style that no movie can ever match a vibe that is similar to it.
i am 16 now… i work at my local zoo and i have been behind-the-scenes at the penguin house, as well as volunteering at my local aquarium, and work at a local nature reserve, but none of that would’ve happened if this movie never sparked my passion and love for the animal world. this movie is what motivated me to give a shit about the environment, even if i was only two months old during the time of its release. when i become one of the most successful zoologists and penguin researchers one day, i will pay all my respects to this fantastic project that is getting me and got me through some of the hardest times of my life, and that should never be buried, but rather celebrated.
thank you happy feet. you shed a light on the world that needed a reminder of the natural worlds importance. i won’t let you fade away.
Crazy thing about this movie , when i was a kid it was one of my hyperfixations , watching it when i was going to bed when i woke up on repeat through the day . I now know every line to the movie by heart. All the songs all the dialouge , its imprinted in my brain now and forever.
I LOVED mouse hunt ❤️ it was one of those movies your parents just bought you as a child because they didn’t know what it was either xD
the Spanish version of Ramon is so hilarious I lost my voice laughing to his lines🤣🤣🤣🤣
This movie traumatized me as a kid
I'm not sure whether it's in this movie or the sequel but the scene with the killer whales circling the shipwreck or something was so scary for me as a child
You are correct, it's the 1st
Only the first movie would go that hardcore
I grew up with this film and I still do like it
Even if it’s a little boring I still like all the songs
Even the second one (even though they add in more characters) it’s amazing how they did these movies