http://www.petergiles.net/2006/11/happy-feet/ by Peter Giles Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:39:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.petergiles.net/2006/11/happy-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Ben Goldsmith Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:13:43 +0000 http://www.aftrsmedia.com/digimedia/?p=42#comment-140 Have you seen Happy Feet yet? While I agree with all you say, and wholeheartedly commend the technical excellence of the film, the story (such as it is) is woeful, particularly the ending which is contrived and completely dependent on coincidence and raises many more questions than it answers, such as: how exactly did Mumbles tell the humans about the overfishing problem? If it was through interpretive dance, perhaps this should have made it to the screen. George Miller is doing the publicity rounds at the moment, and making a big noise about the intense story development that the team undertook... frankly, if this is the result of four years work then there is absolutely no hope - on the story level - for Australian film. Have you seen Happy Feet yet? While I agree with all you say, and wholeheartedly commend the technical excellence of the film, the story (such as it is) is woeful, particularly the ending which is contrived and completely dependent on coincidence and raises many more questions than it answers, such as: how exactly did Mumbles tell the humans about the overfishing problem? If it was through interpretive dance, perhaps this should have made it to the screen. George Miller is doing the publicity rounds at the moment, and making a big noise about the intense story development that the team undertook… frankly, if this is the result of four years work then there is absolutely no hope – on the story level – for Australian film.

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