Yep, wait on this one. Along with what’s already been mentioned, you see several abandoned eggs after the egg freezing scene as the camera pans around. They’re in some throwaway shots, and most people probably don’ t notice them, but I saw 'em, and it served as a reminder that it’s a rather frequent occurrence. I also seem to remember some scenes where you saw other frozen chicks, as well.
And some others haven’t mentioned: there’s a scene where a predatory hawk attacks some of the new chicks, and it’s a pretty hard one. I can see that a child would have a really hard time with that.
Everything’s handled extraordinarily well, and it’s really clear that this is just how nature works. However, this is a lesson that you might want to wait to teach your daughter.
Um, I mentioned this in post #4. I called the bird a raptor but actually I am not sure what the heck it was, and they never identified it. It sort of looked like a really ugly smallish albatross.
Agree with CBCD about the cheesy French penguin mating scenes. They were darling but they did remind me of a French movie.
Also agree that talking to the child ahead of time about the sad scenes might help, but actually I am glad that you are waiting, JohnT. March of the Penguins will be always be around and it seems to me that renting it later will be just fine for your daughter. Winged Migration also has some scary scenes (the bird in the industrial sludge, the tern threatened by hungry crabs) which, I later read, the director had set up–and these birds which appear threatened did not end up dying.
I agree to a point, but the child in question is just three years-old. I’m sure that every kid remembers the above-mentioned scenes, but I’m pretty sure that the vast majority were older when they saw them too. Also these things happened to “fake” animals/people, while MOTP is about real penguins.
We have a 13 year-old Scottish Terrier who has been declining over the past year or two… that’s going to be traumatic enough w/o adding this to the mix.
I took my almost 5 year old daughter last week. She too was concerned about each of the mortality events but, with a bit of explaining by me about how all of this fit into the bigger picture, she was okay with it.
However, I’m with you that 3 is still likely just a bit too young. Get her the DVD for her 5th birthday, it’s a good enough flick for the whole family to watch several times over. We’ll be picking it up too whenever it’s released.
I ended up sobbing several times, so I am glad you aren’t taking your young daughter. Knowing that they are real makes everything so much more intense, as opposed to cartoon or stunt violence.
“Hey, call in the stunt penguins!” <-- probably funny only to me.
It’s really not a kid’s movie either - it’s a documentary, which don’t tend to be kids’ fare. A little kid is going to be bored, scared, or both by turns.
When we went to see it, there were quite a few small kids in the audience and by the time it was over, about half of them had been taken out by their parents. I think there were more bored ones than scared ones (I didn’t hear any giant sobs) but I just can’t see a little kid enjoying something like that - they’re too little to really understand it.
Don’t be silly. The camera discreetly pans away to a small night table with a still-smouldering Gauloise next to a plate of warm Brie wedges and Greek olives.
What???
OTOH, if your child is autistic, it might be best not to take him to see this film. At least, if you live in New York State.
I patronize the theatre discussed in this article. Hopefully there will be some Management changes in there soon… :mad:
I saw it. I loved it. Both of my jaded cynical teenage kids were touched by it. Three…might be a wee bit young, but the remarks made by Sage Rat struck a chord.
