Happy Feet: Two

Just imagine…

A penguin concert in an ice-covered emperor land, far away, where all the penguins sing & dance except little Eric (Ava Acres), the son of Mumble (Elijah Wood) & Gloria (Alicea Moore). Eric has two left feet & is mocked at due to his lack of talent, which instigates him to run away along with his two buddies. In another penguin land the kid-penguins meet “Swen”(Hank Azaria), a puffin that falsely claims to be a “flying-penguin” & is a self-proclaimed miracle-penguin. He Inspires Eric & gives him the secret of his success viz: If you want it, you have to will it; if you will it, it will be yours!

Everyone is tensed at the sudden disappearance of little-penguins. So a search operation is carried out by mumble, in which he succeeds. while returning, Mumble helps save the life of an elephant-seal, Bryan. No brownie-points for guessing that Brian will help Mumble in the later part of the movie!

Meanwhile, somewhere in the ocean, Will (Brad Pitt)-the krill, wants to get out of the regular “swarming” mentality. In the quest of an adventure Will, along with his best buddy, Bill (Matt Damon)-the krill sets out to find the ‘end of the world’! Frustrated about being at the bottom of the food chain, Will gets ambitious & wants to eat something with a face! Will this pair of krill survive? How would their adventure turn out to be?

On returning, mumble & company see that the emperor land penguins are stuck in a steep valley-like formation, due to a calamity (Ice-berg sliding). Cut off from Food, how will the penguins of Emperor land survive? Their only hope is Mumble, but how can he fish for such a huge population? What will they do to survive?

The story is a jumbled up mess, too preachy & confusing for the kids; too boring & predictable for the adults. It scores high on animation & given the fact that there is little scope to show expressions on a penguin’s face, Voice-overs have done an excellent job! The scoring point is the “story of the Krills”-will & bill.

If you are going to watch the movie keeping in mind the award-winning prequel then you are bound to be disappointed.

Watch it with a tub of popcorn & a can of cola, just to save you from Cold-Feet! 

L(ov+uc)