"March of the Penguins"

I watched it and really liked the movie. I learned a lot too. I agree with your post.

 

Ditto on my reactions to this amazing film! Why, oh, why do we as humans really believe we are more intelligent than any other creature on earth? We do all we can to destroy ourselves....EVERYDAY, whilst other critters adapt, deal with it and survive.

Doing the penguin thing in the most inhospitable regions of our planet seems much more evolved than planning the next oil war.

We could actually learn alot from the natural world...alas, we're too busy ignoring the great lessons. Obsessed with negativity and paranoia.

I've always wondered why it has to be the way it is. Why can't there be balance in a human-inhabited earth?

 

I like what was said in the movie "The Matrix". We are like viruses. We consume every resource and when its gone we move and consume all the resources again. Something along those lines.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees humans as this! The Matrix may have had some super-cool special effects, but the meassage is surreal. Look around, housing developments, garbage dumps, all the bad stuff and people STILL want to bring more life to this planet. A true virus if ever there was.

Step back and looking at it like this makes it depressing...yet...I have to feel pity on our future generations that may see the previous as resource sucking creatures with no hope.

I have to believe we will wake up...(cue the Rage Against The Machine tune)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jared2 @ Jun 5 2006, 12:22 PM) [snapback]266001[/snapback]</div>

"harmony" according to whom?

Perhaps this IS the harmony?

 

I saw it. And I bought the soundtrack. And when it came out....I bought the DVD.

It was an amazing film. Shows that you can make a documentary and it can still be widely appealing, visualing stunning and artistically beautiful.

I was struck by their amazing self-sacrifice. You can say it's all instinct, but I can't help think they mourn for their loss. I believe animals grieve.

I would recommend this even to people who aren't into documentaries or penguins. It was just a fabulous film.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Jun 5 2006, 11:31 AM) [snapback]266005[/snapback]</div>

No we are more like cancer.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(finman @ Jun 5 2006, 09:37 AM) [snapback]266010[/snapback]</div>

Perhaps if you commit suicide, it would be good for the planet, no?

 

i watched it because Morgan Freeman was the narrator and for that i am grateful. it was well worth my time.

as for humans, we are a rare species on this planet to kill each other for other reasons than survival or food. many animals fight for women or territory, but very very few fight to the death...apparently animals know when to quit. funny... when people go too far, they are accused of acting like animals

 

Well, I also took note of the occasional times when the penguins
blow it, and let the precious egg freeze. But the occasional oops
doesn't screw the pooch for the entire group; there are some bits of
fallout and life, in general, goes on. They're not exactly provided
with optimized equipment for implementing the plan, are they...
.
I suppose I could have done with a little less of the "penguin sex"
stuff, but it was tolerably appropriate since this was all about the
perpetuation cycle in the first place..
.
_H*

 

March of the Penguins was too heavy-handed for me. I mean, could they try any harder to personify these penguins and place human values and judgements on them? Sheesh.

Try "Winged Migration" FAR superior in every aspect, and some scenes are so beautiful they'll bring a tear to your eye.

 

March of the Penguins was a wonderful movie, and I really enjoyed it. I did not come out of the theater in any manner self-loathing, as it was about PENGUINS, not humans.

All of you can drop out, move to the forest, and become one with nature if you like. Me, I'll continue to fill my role as a human, as the only animal who can not only impact the global environment, but also do something about that impact.

We have an idealized view of animals because we are so rarely eaten by them anymore. Bears are cuddly, lions are "Kings" who teach us about Hamlet. We've lost the import of a lot of the fables and allegories, thinking that they are actually true. Animals are no more noble than we are (but all life is pretty noble, in my view).

Chimps wage war with neighboring tribes, and kill for no apparent reason ... perhaps sport. Who can know the mind of a chimp? Killer Whales "play" with seals before killing them, when a quick bite would satisfy their hunger much faster. Your cat tortures the mice he catches, yet feels no remorse at all. Your cat will also eat you, if you die and quit feeding him. Now perhaps that's "pure", but I doubt my neighbor will eat me if I drop dead mowing my lawn this weekend.

 

No, my suicide won't affect ANYTHING. But, if people were to really think about it, increasing the bottom line of population is not helping.

More humans means less diversity in nature. Notice how many species go bye-bue during our "reign"? This rock cares less about what inhabits it...but we have to survive here anyway. Overpopulation will be taken care of sooner rather than later. Once we run out of resources that support life, poof, no need to worry about the sucides...'course, we're doing that already.

As the most intelligent beings (we wish) on the planet, we seem to have a hard time grasping this resource fact...

Cheers,

Curt.

PS Do you really think we can continue this unsustainable cycle? Time to pay attention...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Jun 5 2006, 09:58 AM) [snapback]266020[/snapback]</div>

They'd probably catch pneumonia and die if you took them out of the cold. An animal evolved to spend half its time in the antarctic ocean would die of shock if you put it in a hot tub.

Other than that, I agree: it was a wonderful movie. For those of you who saw it in the theater, and have not seen the DVD, there are a couple of long features on the DVD that are well worth a watch.

Winged Migration was lovely also. But those geese were tame, domesticated and trained to fly with the ultralights.