Loved Music, Hated Movie

Rating: 4/10 (8 December 2006)

Am I the only person in this country that didn't like this movie? I loved the music though. But the plot was just so, I'm looking for a word...let me think...idiotic. After watching "March of the Penguins" and suffering with the penguins ****spoiler**** a lost egg is lost, period not "rescued yet born with a defect". I thought that there was no need to explain Mumbo's problem, like any kid that is born with a defect. Why was he/she born like that? Well, we don't know, period. I thought that would've been more intelligent. I couldn't stand Nicole Kidman's voice trying to emulate Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Jackman (a man that I fantasize about, that's how much I like the guy) talking like Elvis, I wanted to rip him off the screen. The only good thing about this movie are the Mexican penguins, those are worth a spin off. Lots of laughs there! Out of nowhere, it appears that the penguin community is really mean to Mumbo, the weirdo guy who can't sing and has not molted (which I thought was done only to make him look cute as all the penguins look exactly the same, and let me tell you, animated penguins do not translate well with this technology, they're pretty much ugly) because somebody is eating their fish and Mumbo decides that he can save the world and the whole thing turns into the "Iron Penguin" with his transmitter and all. Uuuggghhh. Fortunately I had seen Flushed Away a couple of days before and was able to overlook this "faux pas" and forgive Jackman.