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Apr 10, 2014zipread rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The March of the Penguins --- DVD, narration by Morgan Freeman. This film tells a tale of great beauty and vulnerability; of tenderness and loyalty; of perseverance and love. The film itself is a work of great beauty and insight. Welcome to the world of the Emperor penguin, a bird that cannot fly but swims like an fish; that cannot walk but must waddle; and cannot run but must sled like a toboggan. Hey must survive winters of terrible cold and dark an d great wind; they must fast for months before they can take their next meal; they must evade seals and birds hungry to make them their next meal. Like aliens marching to be taking to their leader, they trek from the Antarctic coast to the interior of the ice continent where they make their nesting grounds. This isn’t entirely a “feel-good” mother nature story: bad things happen. Eggs break; chicks die; penguins get eaten. Oh, to have seen this on the big screen. Oh, to have had the film more judiciously edited: younger viewers (or myself for that matter) may find this film exceeds their attention span. P.S. Isn't it amazing how much we behave like penguins?