*in a sarcastic tone* Nice try...

Rating: 2/10 (7 May 2007)

I admit, the creators were aiming for a movie that taught acceptance and taking care of the environment and all that. The problem is, the story was poorly constructed.
I remember that I heard tons of wonderful things about the movie. I heard it was cute, the graphics were fantastic, the soundtrack was slammin'. I went to the movie, and was completely disappointed. For their soundtrack, they chose fabulous artists such as Elvis and Stevie Wonder, but they picked the wrong songs. They came from no where, and didn't fit the story. For example, there was one scene when Mumble was tap dancing to "Boogie On Raggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder. Great song, but the first thing I thought was, "Isn't Mumble a boy?" So, you know. And the song isn't even about simply dancing. It's about this girl getting together with this guy. Mumble was too little to Mate. I also didn't even get the whole Heartsong thing. That made no sense to me.
Now, back to the story. I remember practically half the time, asking questions that were never answered. I was also asking questions like, "What was the point in that?" and thinking, "That's impossible!" and "I don't get it." Once scene had Orcas. The penguins were in the Orca's mouth, and they escaped. That could not have happened in real life, and the only point in that scene was to get some stupid six pack ring off Lovelace's neck.
They also did not develop the story with the global warming or whatever enough, but put a lot of emphasis on it. They made the whole father thing over dramatic, and mumble danced because of a birth defect instead of just being that way or having it be genetic.
Even the ending was unbelievable and lame! In short, the whole movie was pretty much unbelievable (I know I use the word a lot, but there's not really another way to say it) and weak. I don't care if the disgusting cake (the story and characters) is covered in buckets of frosting (the visual effects and razzle dazzle), a cake is no good if it is no good. The story was just completely weak.