Happy? Feet

[Jazzmatazz49]

I've been gone all week, so if there was already a thread about this movie, just say so.

I should have researched it better before taking the 5-year-old. It was advertised as making you want to dance, as a family movie, mild scary scenes, etc. What?! This movie had the child crying before the first 30 minutes. Her mom took her out, we tried to stay for the rest. It was not a child's movie in my opinion. Did anyone else agree or disagree? It was totally a political point of view movie. Let me know next time, and maybe I'll go. But I don't like to be suckered.

[ChristineVA]

I took my 11 year old to see it yesterday. He didn't overly like it. Got bored after the first 45 minutes or so. He thought it was supposed to be a "comedy" and, I guess, parts of it were. I thought it was more geared toward the 8 year old set thought. There was a little girl in front of us--looked to be about 4 years old and she was having a FABULOUS time in this movie. Especially in the end with all the music and dancing.

I will agree that there were some intense moments (like when Mumble was being chased through the ocean by that *thing*). There were lots of kids in this movie and none left crying nor did I hear any crying so I'm not sure it was too intense. But the environmental issue was strong and I think was boring to most kids.

Christine

[DeeK]

A friend of mine is a real penguin nut. He went to see it and loved it. Of course, he's an adult and has no children.

For some reason, the trailers to the movie made me think it really wasn't suitable for children, although I can't put my finger on exactly what makes me think so. Could be Robin Williams' characters *attitude*. :confused:

Thanks for the heads up.

[Jazzmatazz49]

I'll admit my grandchild is a bit sheltered. She's not allowed to watch a lot of TV, and is sensitive to people hurting or having a bad time. It is rated PG, but so are a lot of good kids' movies. I just goofed on this one. I have a feeling it had a good opening weekend, but word of mouth might kill it. Especially since there are some really good kids' movies coming out around Christmas.

[foodlady]

I'll admit my grandchild is a bit sheltered. She's not allowed to watch a lot of TV, and is sensitive to people hurting or having a bad time. It is rated PG, but so are a lot of good kids' movies. I just goofed on this one. I have a feeling it had a good opening weekend, but word of mouth might kill it. Especially since there are some really good kids' movies coming out around Christmas.


My kids are also very sheltered from media -- not a bad thing at all, IMO! At 5, I don't think they're ready for this one yet. As a rule of thumb, PG is usually too much for them. G is just right. Curious George, anyone? ;)

[alisajean]

I thought it was a comedy from the trailers I'd seen at movie "previews." It was the most boring "kids" movie I've seen in years! DS who's 10 gave it a C for a grade (he grades all movies we see).

[ChristineVA]

I thought it was a comedy from the trailers I'd seen at movie "previews." It was the most boring "kids" movie I've seen in years! DS who's 10 gave it a C for a grade (he grades all movies we see).

Yep, *boring* is a good term. I know that when I'm in the movie theater and I feel the need to check my watch, that's a bad sign. I think I checked my watch three times during this film. But then, sometimes I think it's me because (with two kids who are 15 and 11) I am SICK of children's movies.

If anyone is interested, my 15 year old saw Flushed Away on Friday night and thought it was "really funny."

[ClaraB]

My 2 sons saw this movie over the weekend, and my 9yo thought it was the best movie he'd seen all year. My 12yo said he liked it, but nothing more than that. I can't comment on it myself, because they saw it with a friend.

[emncar]

I took a group of girls to go see this on opening night. My 5 year old fell asleep but the other 6 (ages 7-9) LOVED it. They all came out giggling and dancing in the lobby. My daughter even decided that for Christmas she wants to donate money to help animals.

[ChristineVA]

My 5 year old fell asleep but the other 6 (ages 7-9) LOVED it.

Yep, that was my impression--perfect for an 8 year old. I just felt like my son (who is almost 12) was a bit too old for it.

[RunnerKim]

I saw it this weekend with my 4 year old DD and my 9 and 7 year old nephews. My nephews had actually already seen it. I had member vouchers for our Omnimax that expired at the end of the month. I honestly didn't know much about it before going - other than it was about penguins. I didn't even know if it was animated or more documentary style (my sister thought Lainey would enjoy it and I hated to waste the tickets).

They all loved it (as did I). We came out of the movie with "happy feet" for sure. My nephews are in to penguins. I talked with Lainey about it being scary before hand and her cousins told her what would try to eat Mungle and she knew that he never got eaten. She was actually just fine during the movie. The oldest is the most sensative and still got a little bit scared a couple of times but handled it fine. We don't watch much TV and the only other movie DD has been to see in the theater was Curious George. She does watch the Land Before Time movies which definitely have scary scenes in them (and she often wants DH or I to sit with her during those parts). She still won't watch Nemo again b/c it's too scary and quite frankly I think a lot of classic children's movies are rather scary to young kids.

On the big wrap-around omnimax screen the scariest scene (imo) was towards the beginning with the birds. You felt like you were right there with Mungle! DD did ask after the opening "We're not really moving right?" It was a good movie to see at an Imax theater.

Lots of kids in the theater (including ones my DDs age) and I didn't hear any crying or notice anyone taking their kid out.

Kim

[colleency]

I still feel scarred from seeing it, and I'm an adult.

I thought the first part was well done and cute in a sort of a "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" vein. (The theme of not being accepted.) And the animation was very well done.

The second part was violent and scary. I know that the animals attacking are all natural enemies of penguins, but I wasn't expecting it in what I thought was a kids' movie.

The third part was an environmental message that made me feel horrible about the human race.

I really felt blindsided by the movie.

[leightx]

I didn't like it. I can appreciate the message (overfishing), but I really didn't care for the way it was presented. It was far too long, there wasn't much of a plot, and the humerous moments were few and far between (and not all that funny). The kids thought it was ok, but we all enjoyed Flushed Away much more.

My kids (6 & 7) are pretty sensitive to scary movies (they are just now able to watch Finding Nemo on DVD, but they're still convinced that scuba divers are evil :rolleyes: ). They didn't seem to have a problem with this one, although they did tense up some during the scary scenes. I wouldn't have taken them when they were any younger. Well, I might have taken them, but then regretted it afterwards!