bibliodragon

Not as good at the original. That one had the focus of being the emperor penguin life cycle told as a coming of age story (with tap dancing penguins) while with this one the story threads are more fragmented.

But it was worth watching for the cute, the 3D, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon as krill who actually manage to be entertaining (and where is the krill slash at?), and a stonking rendition of Under Pressure.

Picky nitpick time: I was disappointed to see Mumble's fluff was still there and had even managed to grow back. At the end of Happy Feet it was off up to his yellow bow tie markings under his chin and a patch on his back, where here it's the same as it was when his adolescent design first showed up. During early screenings there had been reports that he was going to sport a new look, so I can only guess that they did have him looking like an adult and the test audiences didn't like it. God damned test audiences, bad enough they ruined the symbolism of him losing his fluff in the first one!