Just perfect...

Absolutely Fantastic

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

We often hear about penguins and sometimes see them in zoos. But not until you see them in their natural habitat do you get a true sense of what their lives are. The Academy Award-winning documentary "La marche de l'empereur" ("March of the Penguins" in English) shows a number of emperor penguins walking - and sometimes sliding - back to their breeding ground for the winter. And remember, this is an Antarctic winter. The documentary tugs at the heart occasionally, since not every member of the group survives. After all, there's no room for error in Antarctica's winter.I understand that in some countries, the documentary gets narrated in first person, as though the penguins are conversing with each other. Since I've only seen the English-language version, I only heard third-person narration by - who else? - Morgan Freeman. Whatever the case, this is one impressive documentary. It deserved its Oscar win (although it did have strong competition in Alex Gibney's documentary about Enron). Good one.

Morgan Freeman narrates the saga of Emperor penguins in the harsh Antarctica landscape to mate, breed and raise junior penguins. A ritual that has been carried on for centuries as Emperor penguins make a great march to the same place each year with solid ice and a bit of cover from ice cold temperatures and blustery wind. All to procreate and endure the hardship of their wilderness as well as seeking to avoid predators.This documentary has amazing photography which is a delight to watch but I felt I wanted to know something more about the penguins and why they carry out this savage journey of 70 miles each year.The film also makes the mistake of making penguins out to be cuddly and human-like. They are not, they are birds and behave like birds which aspects of the documentary skates around from. Some of the romantic gloss the filmmakers added was really a bit silly.

This was one of the most uninteresting, boring and worst movies (or documentaries) that i ever saw in the cinema. When i saw it in 3d on a big IMAX screen it bored the life out of me. I know that no one ever followed penguins around so closely and yes,i also think that penguins are cute, but this was one of my personal "Top Ten: The worst and the Boring"... every 2nd regular BBC documentary manages to be somewhat cool and enlightening about some aspect of animal life. This movie should be 15 Minutes long, so i would have survived it without having to write my first review in such a smashing fashion. Hate it! After 15 minutes the movie stopped to be interesting to me and was just plain torture.

Morgan Freeman narrates this documentary about penguins in the Antartica or South Pole region where French scientists cover a year in their lives. The photography or cinematography is first rate and the documentary looks beautiful because of the scenery and it's characters which is a penguin colony. Here, the scientists observe and learn about the penguins' lives in the Antartica part of the world during the coldest weather. It's amazing to see Antartica so beautiful, so untouched nor destroyed by mankind to be allowed such crisp, clearness, clarity, pristine beauty, etc. Antartica should always be preserved and protected by the world. Anyway, the penguins are the major inhabitants. These beautiful creatures must endure harsh storms and predators seeking food. They are a community of parents and children where mothers and fathers leave their young to search for food in the ocean. It's an amazing voyage of watching the baby penguins grow and bond with their parents.