Last week we had the opportunity to see a prescreening of Happy Feet Two. Russ and I decided to take the kids. Rhett has gone to a good amount of movies now and does pretty good. This was Piper's first movie. We figured a free movie was the best way to test out her interest. And it was 3D so it added a little extra flare to the experience.
None of us had seen Happy Feet so anything that may have referenced the first one was lost on us. But we weren't confused about much which I'm sure is the intent with a kids movie. This one was chalked full of well known voices. Some of them were Robin Williams, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Pink, Sofia Vergara and Elijah Wood. Is that the thing to do now with an animated movie? It seems like nowadays there is always someone famous doing the voice of the characters. I find myself paying way too much attention to the voices trying to figure out if it really sounds like that person. Why, I don't know.
Like most animated movies, this one had a good message. The message in this one was to work together and being different is okay. Good concepts unless you have a son like mine who knows that when it comes to animals it's the survival of the fittest. An elephant seal isn't going to help a baby penguin and a puffin isn't going to be accepted as an animal their not. But putting facts aside, this was a fun movie with dancing and music and humor. What more could you ask in a kids movie? The 3D was pretty cool. There were only a few scenes where it seemed really worth it but the kids had fun with the glasses. Not sure it would be worth it to pay extra for it though. 2D would probably be just fine.
Overall, kids enjoyed it and only got a little restless towards the end. Piper did pretty darn good for her first movie. I think she enjoyed the Diet Coke, popcorn and glasses best of all though.
To Sum it up: Great voices, fun dancing and just enough to keep the kids engaged.
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