The Amigos think Mumble’s dancing is cool and even ask him to teach them. Mumble never really feels accepted by others until he meets The Amigos (we’re going to talk about how problematic they are but not rn).
Regardless, he keeps trying to get their approval and be a part of the gang. His classmates constantly bully him for not being able to sing. Mumble is excluded from class activities and is barred from his graduation. He’s constantly making it very clear that he’s ashamed of his son and projects his own insecurities onto Mumble (Drinking Game: take a shot every time Memphis is embarrassed of his son).īecause singing is so central to Emperorland society, it is the only thing taught in their school.
But this doesn’t stop her from being a loving, supportive and wonderful mother. She’s heartbroken that her little boy may never find love. Naturally, his mother, Norma Jean, is distraught.
Lil guy opens his mouth and sounds like he’s screaming in agony, it’s not cute. When two penguins love each other very much, their Heartsongs complement each other’s, and they sing a beautiful medley in front of the entire town. You see, in Emperorland, they don’t dance - they sing! It’s how they worship their penguin god ( The Great ‘Guin) and more importantly, it’s how they find their mates. His father, Memphis, immediately shames his minute-old son, when he sees him dancing: This is not exactly socially acceptable in the great nation of Emperorland where he lives. Mumble comes straight out of the egg tapping his lil gremlin feet. Our hero Mumble starts getting bullied from the moment he’s born. I have so much to say about all of this, however, today we’re just going to focus on the “embracing our differences” part of “Happy Feet.” But for some reason, it also tries to comment on 30 trillion other things and ends up doing a cruddy job (much like I will in this article). “Happy Feet” wants to tell us two things: (1) we should embrace our differences (2) pollution bad.
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If we want to be generous, we could say it is one movie that loosely follows the structure of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but that would be slander. Well, it’s because “Happy Feet” is really two different movies wearing a trench coat pretending to be one movie, à la Vincent Adultman. It’s weird and convoluted and the only good thing about it is the “ Boogie Wonderland” sequence.Īnyway, you’re probably wondering why I have such strong feelings about a children’s movie from almost 15 years ago. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s about Mumble, a tap-dancing penguin who’s an outcast in his community until his sweet moves solve a food shortage! Sounds cute right? WRONG. At a mere 99-minutes running time, this sequel feels like a long haul.The 2006 animated film “Happy Feet” is a monstrosity and I am obsessed with it. Few of the characters or plotlines have enough heft or originality to draw in a viewer. The problem with “Happy Feet Two” is that its profusion of storylines and characters leave it feeling hectic and overstuffed but without much of a payoff. In addition to Erik and Mumble, other major characters include Ramon (Robin Williams), a boastful penguin who falls for curvaceous Carmen (Sofia Vergara) Sven (Hank Azaria), a penguin whose ability to fly turns Erik into a worshipful acolyte Bryan (Richard Cater), a lumbering elephant seal and Will (Brad Pitt) and Bill (Matt Damon), two tiny, shrimp-like krill who leave their swarm behind to venture out into the ocean. Erik is feeling blue because, unlike his dad, he can’t dance, and unlike his mom, Gloria (Alecia Moore, aka the singer Pink, who takes over a role originated by the late Brittany Murphy), he’s not excited by singing. “Two” introduces a new leading character, Erik (Ava Acres), the adorable, fluffy penguin son of the original’s tap-dancing hero, Mumble (Elijah Wood).
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