penguin costume anyone?

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2006)

I love penguins so much. I have since second grade when my teacher read us "Mr. Popper's Penguins". My friends all know i love penguins and every year I am flooded with pajamas, socks, toys...all penguins. When I first saw the trailer for this movie I nearly cried, I was so excited. I'm not sure if that's when i decided to get a penguin costume for Halloween or not but I did anyway. I wore it to school, and trick-or-treating and I won 'cutest costume' at a costume party.
I decided a month before the movie came out I would go to Opening Day wearing my costume and bring as many friends as I could. Well, November 17th came around-Opening Day (and my anniversary) and I was walking around school wishing everyone a Happy Penguin Day and telling them all to go to the theater later that day. I waddled through the parking lot and up to the doors. My friends all shrieked with joy and took pictures of me. People in the parking lot turned, confused and amused. I took a picture in front of a Happy Feet movie poster, in the same pose as Mumble. Just to be funny I asked for a different ticket to throw off the man working in the window-"I'd like one for Saw 3 please....No, no just kidding I'm a penguin! I want to go see Happy Feet." He chuckled and I, sadly, gave him my $6 for my ticket. ( I had hoped my costume might win me a free ticket, or at least a small popcorn) I walked through the lobby with my 8 friends behind me. One child asked, "Did you lose a bet or something?" that one i ignored. People looked and pointed and I smiled and waved.
We got into the actual theater with my pop and goodies and i slowly ascended the stairs. One large step at a time. You should have heard the giggles from people eagerly awaiting the beginning of the movie. I sat down casually and waited too. It started and I smiled constantly. Not one part of the movie disappointed me. At the graduation party scene when one penguin tells everyone else to put their flippers in the air, I did as well. My friends looked at me and laughed. In another part, when Lovelace tells all the penguins to hug the penguin next to them, I hugged my boyfriend right next to me and encouraged everyone else to do it too.
At the end of the movie, my friends told me to get up and dance like Mumble. I wanted to but i told them i couldn't. They told me to do something so i did a heel click off the stairs. Apparently, that wasn't enough for them. So i did the Cotton Eyed Joe right in front of the screen. Meanwhile the cleanup staff were trying to do their work but I saw them peeking. I finished my dance and did a little bow at the end. We all went to the bathroom and my boyfriend waited outside. When the staff came out they were talking about me, he said, and how cute I was when I danced and how funny it was for me to dress up. Then he said they went and talked to the food staff after that. I walked out into the lobby after that and everyone was just staring. I panicked a little and then just casually waved like there was nothing peculiar going on. Finally, we left the theater and I waddled out to the car and hopped on in, avoiding the puddle underneath the door to the best of my penguin abilities. Monday at school, everyone had heard about my courageous adventure and they said how funny it must have been to see me.
But the moral of this comment is, this is a great movie and it brings families, friends, and complete strangers closer and gives them something they can all smile about, no matter what mood you're in or what age you are.