![]() ![]() The bloodthirsty King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) raids the village in search of a bow with supernatural powers, and kills Theseus’ mother (Anne Day-Jones). A mere peasant, Theseus is still a powerful fighter. The hero-to-be, Theseus (Henry Cavill), lives in a cliffside village in ancient Greece, circa 1228 B.C., where an anonymous Old Man (John Hurt) is his mentor. While very bloody, the violence has a highly stylized look that makes it less horrific. Fantasy and action buffs, however, may get a charge out of the battles between and among men and gods in this weird 3-D riff on Greek mythology. “Immortals” R - Teens 16 and older who want this film to make sense will come away disappointed. The humor includes very mild sexual innuendo. And there’s a sense that Erik’s mom Gloria and the other thousands of Emperor penguins could die of starvation after their colony is cut off. Erik and his dad Mumble are threatened by elephant seals. THE BOTTOM LINE: The 3-D animation will make the breaking up of huge icebergs scary for kids under 7. Meanwhile, a pair of bickering ocean krill, Will (Brad Pitt) and Bill (Matt Damon), jump out of their swarm to see the world, and get caught in the middle of the penguins’ crisis. Mumble, Erik, Ramon and the Adelies need help to rescue them, and it comes in the form of huge elephant seals, human fishermen and others. There Erik meets the mysterious Sven (Hank Azaria), a penguin who can fly! While Mumble is off searching for Erik, huge chunks of ice break off and isolate the Emperor colony. Impulsively, Erik runs away, following his dad’s pal, the Adelie penguin Ramon (Robin Williams), to the Adelies’ colony. Their hatchling is an adorable pipsqueak named Erik (Ava Acres) who hates dancing. Mumble (voice of Elijah Wood), the young Emperor penguin of the first film, who defied his parents and chose to dance instead of sing, is now a father himself, with Gloria (voiced by the singer Pink, aka Alecia Moore). This time, the animation is in 3-D, which means the scary bits will seem more real to younger kids. In “Happy Feet Two,” it is global warming. Like the original, “Happy Feet Two” mixes the cuteness of penguin characters with a theme about following your dream and not conforming to what others expect.Īnd all this is again laced - rather too heavily - with an environmental threat. "It's you just.“Happy Feet Two” PG - Kids 7 and older already familiar with the original “Happy Feet” (PG, 2006) will be able to jump into this sequel with both feet tapping. Prior to their dance, even Gloria is gently condescending towards him.The regular penguins aren't all cruel, but at one point when Mumble is trying to sing, one shouts out "You're spoiling it for everybody!" while another yells "Take a flying leap!".His parents send him to a special teacher only to find that, while she does bring out his talent, it's not the talent they or she wanted.But Mumble does demonstrate Autistic qualities, and other penguins demonstrate the current reactions to the Autistic: The Adelie Amigos, despite being wacky, aren't gay you see them hitting on the ladies quite a few times. Mumble isn't gay - he actively tells Gloria he'd like to have an egg with her sometime.Astrakhan, Mumble's mom says, "So he's a little different-I've always kinda liked different." Humans with Asperger's are called "A little different." The penguins make a big deal about how he hatched. This explanation makes the most sense.It also may be a metaphor for going out of the closet. Following on that statement, this statement made the most 'exact' sense to me (sabrinadiamond).Eventually, he learns to bond with others by having their different skills work together. His father is also 'a little bit weird' (autistic-spectrum disorders are believed to be partially hereditary). Mumbles seems to be wired differently from the other emperor penguins, and he excels at a skill that they find strange. It could easily be read as a metaphor for Aspergers Syndrome.And because they are pure in heart, they can do great things. The mentally disabled, because of their disability, are pure in heart. Since it is a Hollywood film, the metaphor is the usual Hollywood version, just on a grander scale. The film is a metaphor for mental disabilities.Hey, Mumbles was dropped as an egg! ![]()
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