If you've seen March of the Penguins...

[HunnyPots]

can you tell me a little about it? I am thinking of getting it for my daughter for Christmas but first I'd like to know of it's a sad movie or not. She is extremely sensitive about animals and I don't want to get her a movie that will make her cry on Christmas! If it's just a cute happy story then I know she'd love it. TIA!

 

[poohbear2]

My son is 11 and loved this movie. However, there are some sad momments. Typical things like survival of the fittest etc. Its really a beautiful movie and the photography is excellent.

 

[scrump]

Yes, it has some sad moments, but it's a great documentary. Just stuff you can't avoid in nature, I suppose.

 

[justhat]

Well it's real, so that kinda rules out the cute and happy! Well, okay, it's still cute, but it is sorta sad in parts because it shows what really happens in their life, and those penguins have a tough life. I loved the movie and have seen it twice and we plan to buy the dvd too.

 

[HunnyPots]

That's just what I needed to know!

 

[ladycollector]

I thought it was okay... I went to see it on my birthday and fell asleep, LOL. Not a bad movie, but I didn't get the hype either. It's inbetween happy and sad.

 

[Duchie]

It is a fabulous movie! Having said that, I have to admit it reduced my 7-year-old DD to tears. The true-life aspect of it, especially with the chicks, upset her. If your DD is sensitive to animals, she might get upset with parts of the movie.

 

[justhat]

Oh, I should add that my mom saw it last week and she is the ultimate animal lover, can't watch any sort of 'sad' animal show, but she really liked the movie. She thought it was very sad at times, and decided afterwards that someone should 'rescue' all the penguins and move them off of Antarctica. We spent Thanksgiving trying to explain the poor logistics of this but she didn't seem to care (no, she's not insane, just weird with animals).

 

[PooohBear]

My DD and I liked it, but I have to admit we won't watch it again because it brings us to tears ! It's really not the kind of movie a kid would watch over and over again (IMO)

 

[minnie56]

I saw it on a flight recently and had to take the earphones off and stop watching and I'm 49!

It's real life..I know this...But it is so sad....Things like this just bother me. I know it's survival of the fittest but I am a wimp

 

[Papa Deuce]

can you tell me a little about it? I am thinking of getting it for my daughter for Christmas but first I'd like to know of it's a sad movie or not. She is extremely sensitive about animals and I don't want to get her a movie that will make her cry on Christmas! If it's just a cute happy story then I know she'd love it. TIA!

It DEFINITELY has sad moments. One of my twins ran bawling from the room when she saw something she thought was sad. I don't rememeber what it was, even though I was right next to her when it happened. She was sobbing for 5 solid minutes.

 

[aprilgail2]

We were goin to see it in the theater but I talked to people and they said there were some really sad parts and I didn't end up taking my then 5 year old....last week we were on the parkway and some guy was driving home from hunting wit ha dead dear draped over the roof of his car...It upset me to see that but when my daughter saw it she cried the entire rest of the trip home, sobbing uncontrollably....I hate hunting season!

 

[Marseeya]

We were goin to see it in the theater but I talked to people and they said there were some really sad parts and I didn't end up taking my then 5 year old....last week we were on the parkway and some guy was driving home from hunting wit ha dead dear draped over the roof of his car...It upset me to see that but when my daughter saw it she cried the entire rest of the trip home, sobbing uncontrollably....I hate hunting season!

YOu mean you don't see them dead along the roadside all the rest of the year? We have a serious overpopulation problem.

Anyway, to the OP, the movie isn't a "story" as such -- it's a documentary with Morgan Freeman narrating. Just think of what you might watch on National Geographic channel.

My DD 10 loved it, but at 5 or so, I wouldn't have taken her because she would have been bored and wouldn't have wanted to listen to the narration.

 

[aprilgail2]

YOu mean you don't see them dead along the roadside all the rest of the year? We have a serious overpopulation problem..

Not around here we dont...

 

[Marseeya]

Not around here we dont...

Lucky! Do you just not have a high population or do you have a better dept of transportation that keeps the roads clean?

Still, it's different seeing them lying alongside the road than it is seeing one slung over a car at face level, staring right at you. Why don't they cover them up? Not everyone wants to see their "trophy." It bothers me too and I'm used to it!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Spoiler (highlight to read)

***There are penguin deaths in the movie. But that is nature--it is not graphic..but it is sad. The deaths are a mom when she returns to the water for food--and egg cracking (very very sad) and a hawk or something trying to get a baby--and it succeeds in getting one...as well as a baby dying from the cold.***

My 5yo and then 2.5 yo enjoyed the movie and didn't cry. In fact--they were fascinated with the entire film. I think that with a matter of fact approach--that is why they did okay. (and one of them is a bit on the sensitive side).

If your daughter is sensitive--she might not be ready for it.

 

[tevagirl]

It DEFINITELY has sad moments. One of my twins ran bawling from the room. She was sobbing for 5 solid minutes.

That would be me. I can't watch any kind of show about nature and animals. I never could. As a child I would be so mad at the camera man for not saving the "dinner" of the animal that was stalking it. I would be thinking the whole time "Why doesn't he yell and send that poor little white bunny running!" (Then I would think some things about the camera guy that would have gotten my mouth washed out with soap so I kept those thoughts to myself. I was sensitive but not stupid!)

 

[aprilgail2]

Lucky! Do you just not have a high population or do you have a better dept of transportation that keeps the roads clean?

no, we just don't have deer around where I live...there are some out east but I can't recall ever seeing any in the road around here...there are also some over by the beach but I guess if any are killed by the time we go to the beach they are cleaned up...

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Lucky! Do you just not have a high population or do you have a better dept of transportation that keeps the roads clean?

There was an article in the Washington Post about the trucks that do that road clean-up and those trucks don't over up their load, either. I haven't witnessed it, but I guess it's pretty bad. They are doing a necessary job of course, but no cover on the truck? Ewwwww

As to the movie, I haven't seen it, but we have it from Netflix. I don't do well with animal movies--hopefully I'm ready for the movie.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I don't do well with animal movies--hopefully I'm ready for the movie.

well I put the "bad/sad" parts in the spoiler. You can always read it if you aren't sure.


It is definitely a crier for the sad parts if one is prone to do that with movies. That only happens to me when I am pregnant--so I wouldn't watch it (even though I've seen it) during pregnancies. But that's just me.