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| I saw this movie this weekend with Brad's nieces. It was cute, funny, and basically blamed all of man's problems on the fact that they are polluting the earth, not only with trash and toxins or whatever, but also with religion. And of course this refers to Christian people who go to church. Could a kids' movie really be that serious? Yes, since the penguins' mating rituals are definitely meant to appeal to the adults. Anyway, the unfavorable characters in this movie are the ones who are quoting scripture from the Bible, stealing money from people in exchange for false words of wisdom, kicking the main character out of the community because he is "different", and/or hooking up with multiple ladies (only one character is shown doing this, since penguins are usually monogamous and the women are actually called wives in the movie). To top it all off, just in case these characters' actions weren't enough, there is actually a shot seen of a typical Christian church with a graveyard (this is in the middle of Antarctica, mind you), which just happens to be right next to the area where "aliens" (humans) are working and polluting the earth and "taking all the fish" from the poor penguins. The movie starts with the penguins praying to their penguin god for food, but later in the movie, the main character says there is no god and the real problem is that the aliens are taking their food. Therefore, if we could just get in touch with the aliens and talk to them, maybe they would help us instead of harming us. This is basically the message of the movie which leads to a really weird over-the-top ending. Yes I admit there are crooked people in the church and false preachers, but this movie only showed the negatives aspects of being in a church community and I felt that was unfair. Just thought I'd let you know what this movie was about because I had absolutely no idea before I watched it. Tamara |