Happy Feet
— Arctic penguins have an intolerable enough existence even without being voiced by Robin Williams.”
- Director: George Miller
- United States, 2006
On the one hand, Happy Feet is an entertaining demo for the future of CGI in movies. On the other, it’s a frank warning about the dangers of overexposure to Robin Williams.
2006 has shown us a cold plateau to the popularity of the high-tech cartoon, with market saturation being the major cause of a box office freeze. But Happy Feet broke the ice: it’s noisy, fast and has numerous roughly-hewn foreign accents.
Ultimately though, I was left cold. Unlike Toy Story or Monsters Inc, with this particular iced gem you weren’t allowed to forget the machines behind the images and the names behind the faces.
See also:
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- Originally published: 8 Jul 2007 in Film
Kika
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The last night of Hobson’s Choice
Treading the boards is John Savident as the cobbler who must tread carefully.
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2007 in Theatre
The Apartment
Daring subject matter for a comedy with an unexpectedly dark side.
- Originally published: 15 Jan 2007 in Film
Little Miss Sunshine
The heir apparent to Parenthood, a funny-poignant look at an American family struggling with American social mores.
- Originally published: 6 Feb 2007 in Film
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
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