Happy Feet - Nostalgia Critic

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    George Miller's strangest (and that's saying a lot) choice for a film to direct. Did Nostalgia Critic ever get into this tap dancing hit? Let's take a look at Happy Feet.
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    Happy Feet is a 2006 animated jukebox musical comedy film directed and produced by George Miller and written by Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris, and Warren Coleman. It stars the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski and Steve Irwin. An international co-production between the United States and Australia, the film was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, and Kingdom Feature Productions. It is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller and Animal Logic. Set in the cold land of Antarctica, the film follows Mumble (Wood), an emperor penguin who is able to tap dance brilliantly despite his lacking the ability to sing the heartsong to attract a soul mate. After being continuously ridiculed and rejected by peers and his own father (Jackman), Mumble departs on a journey to learn what is causing the local fish population to decline - and to find himself along the way.
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  • @ChannelAwesome
    @ChannelAwesome  Před 26 dny +146

    Almost 20 years later, what are your thoughts on Happy Feet?
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    • @havdroid9769
      @havdroid9769 Před 26 dny +6

      Pretty please, it is the day 220 waiting for the ,,G-force " movie review by the ,,Nostalgia Critic" himself! Please see this Doug!

    • @havdroid9769
      @havdroid9769 Před 26 dny +4

      What is wrong with my comment, Channel Awesome?

    • @lexramstudios1386
      @lexramstudios1386 Před 26 dny +3

      A part of my childhood

    • @havdroid9769
      @havdroid9769 Před 26 dny +3

      A review about a movie about guinea pigs sounds like a perfect ,,Nostalgia Critic" episode right now after the penguins ones!

    • @havdroid9769
      @havdroid9769 Před 26 dny +4

      I like to get an answer to my comments ,,Channel Awesome"! Why you don't respond to my comment?

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +1500

    Fun Fact: Initially, Prince refused to allow the use of his song, "Kiss", for the film. However, after seeing footage of the film, he not only changed his mind and allowed the song to be used, but also wrote an additional original song for the film to use in the closing credits.

    • @zachpottinger1842
      @zachpottinger1842 Před 26 dny +57

      DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING!

    • @kadenmedley1367
      @kadenmedley1367 Před 26 dny +195

      Prince: hey my bad y’all this actually cute af

    • @slyfox2022
      @slyfox2022 Před 26 dny +9

      We know that too

    • @Depth217
      @Depth217 Před 26 dny +24

      Song of the Heart is pretty great. It goes well with the space and Antarctic visuals somehow. RIP.

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Před 26 dny +7

      @@kadenmedley1367drake when he sees someone under 18.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +744

    A Sad Fact: This film is dedicated to Steve Irwin as this was his last film.

    • @XenoSpyro
      @XenoSpyro Před 26 dny +67

      I didn't even know Irwin had VA roles, let alone any role that wasn't funny voiced croc man.

    • @travisdelafuente1150
      @travisdelafuente1150 Před 26 dny +58

      Yeah but he was also an albatross in a deleted scene. I hardly recognized his voice as an elephant seal. I wished they kept in the albatross since THAT was him.

    • @sushikushisparrow1096
      @sushikushisparrow1096 Před 24 dny +8

      Definitely wish, especially in hindsight, they would have kept his character in. If I remember correctly the scene is actually really touching

    • @SataniaMcDowel
      @SataniaMcDowel Před 23 dny

      Who's Steve Irwin ?

    • @wolfpackflt670
      @wolfpackflt670 Před 23 dny +1

      Thanks for making me feel old.

  • @ukhistorian
    @ukhistorian Před 26 dny +945

    RIP Robin Williams and Steve Irwin and Brittney Murphy.

    • @dorothyallspice1862
      @dorothyallspice1862 Před 26 dny +43

      All amazingly talented people ❤

    • @missbellaiza
      @missbellaiza Před 26 dny +18

      My heart ❤️

    • @yaboytroy357
      @yaboytroy357 Před 26 dny +44

      That’s kind of crazy that this movie has so many people in it that have passed on early like that

    • @ChristianGabino
      @ChristianGabino Před 26 dny +15

      To our old friend *Robin Williams.* 🕊️

    • @DavidDumbedDown
      @DavidDumbedDown Před 26 dny +7

      May their legacy be never forgotten

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +478

    Another Fun Fact: Mumble came out of his egg feet first (as opposed to using his beak like birds normally do). Technically this means Mumble was born in the breech position. Breech babies tend to have a higher risk of having developmental problems.

    • @bemasaberwyn55
      @bemasaberwyn55 Před 25 dny +26

      Oh damn

    • @theemeryboard4767
      @theemeryboard4767 Před 25 dny +37

      Is that why he looks like a giant baby penguin the whole movie? Always bothered me. Never was a fan

    • @jlan7844
      @jlan7844 Před 25 dny +41

      @@theemeryboard4767 He was designed like that to show that he had failed to mature in the eyes of the rest of the flock. That's why at the end when he's finally accepted by the others, if you pay attention you can spot that he's suddenly got a yellow spot starting to come in on his chest. Which is to show his adult feathers are finally growing in. Granted its still an ugly design to some people, but at least there's a legit design choice to show that he wasn't fully mature yet. And it apparently was also meant to look like an old-school white tux as well with a faint bow-tie mark on his neck.

    • @JackalopeBunny
      @JackalopeBunny Před 18 dny +8

      ​@@jlan7844that is until the 2nd movie when suddenly he is just more fuzzy again as if his feathers grew back somehow.

  • @eeveestar6826
    @eeveestar6826 Před 26 dny +187

    Isn't the whole point that the humans are live action but the penguins are in CGI because it emphasises how alien the humans look to the penguins?

  • @welcometothemetaverse2523
    @welcometothemetaverse2523 Před 25 dny +122

    I feel you skipped over the part where the father dropped Mumble as an egg (a crucial rule among the penguins) and the secret becomes a shocking reveal to everybody, solidifying Mumble's dancing to the Penguins as not just abnormal, put some type of deformity, like their own Quasimodo, so to speak, that led to his own exile.

  • @imsomewhatcertain1024
    @imsomewhatcertain1024 Před 26 dny +297

    My dad when the movie came out: “Well, that was cute, who directed it?”
    George Miller
    My dad: “Hmm….okay….?”

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Před 26 dny +23

      The same guy who made the MM films

    • @CYB3R2K
      @CYB3R2K Před 24 dny +2

      @@chasehedges6775 yeah those damn chocolate needed a movie

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Před 26 dny +670

    I don't know what's weirder: The fact that Gorge Miller directed an animated penguin movie staring Elijah Wood, or how voluptuous they make some of these penguins.

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 Před 26 dny +35

      Yeah. It's like they're animals or something.

    • @masterknife8423
      @masterknife8423 Před 26 dny +30

      From the post apocalyptic wasteland to talking farmyard animals you can't deny that Miller's got variety with his films

    • @DanGamingFan2846
      @DanGamingFan2846 Před 26 dny +21

      ​@@kimifw58Yeah, I get that, but you wouldn't expect a kids movie to be this direct about it.

    • @radx0612
      @radx0612 Před 26 dny +16

      “A family movie”

    • @blackguyofthesouth2161
      @blackguyofthesouth2161 Před 26 dny +12

      @@DanGamingFan2846 yea, cause kids should never learn about nature and biology 🙄

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +160

    Another Fun Fact: Not only does Steve Irwin provide the voice for one of the elephant seals, but he was also originally cast to play an albatross that Mumble encounters as he crosses the ocean after the aliens. The albatross scene was cut from the final movie, but you can see it in the DVD extras. The scene was cut before animation was complete, so no actual animation existed until they were preparing the DVD for release. The director and the production crew felt that they needed to do something following Steve Irwin's death, so they completed the scene and included in the DVD in remembrance of him.

    • @A-Microwave
      @A-Microwave Před 25 dny +7

      instead of spreading your comments out, try making a reply chain for you fun facts

  • @averymerrick
    @averymerrick Před 26 dny +417

    Prince originally denied the filmmakers permission to use "Kiss," but then decided he wanted to see the movie first before he made a firm decision. *Not only did he love the movie and ultimately gave them permission, but he wrote a new song especially for its soundtrack in just one week.* That song: "The Song of the Heart", won him a Golden Globe.

    • @Tridentofmemes
      @Tridentofmemes Před 25 dny +6

      Oh that's why he saw a oppunity

    • @wispy3171
      @wispy3171 Před 25 dny +6

      The man probably loved him some penguins 🙌🥲🥹

    • @jooei2810
      @jooei2810 Před 25 dny +4

      The man is GOAT!

  • @matthewmuir8884
    @matthewmuir8884 Před 26 dny +91

    Looking back, the marketing team did a really good job. This film initially presents itself as a standard outcast coming-of-age plot only to reveal that it's actually a surreal epic with a strong environmental theme. We're in an age where trailers always either spoil something important or outright lie about a story's premise, so it's actually really cool that the marketing for this film honestly showed the outcast coming-of-age part and hid the surreal epic part.

    • @RedMephit
      @RedMephit Před 25 dny +13

      And it played that environmental theme while somehow not being too in your face about it despite it being a major plot point of the movie. Then, showing the debates that take place over the issue instead of humanity instantly going "we have to save them"

    • @RaptorNX01
      @RaptorNX01 Před 19 dny +1

      I remember Unbreakable did something similar. the trailer i had seen for the film made it look like it was about a guy having to deal with being the sole survivor of a train wreck. the entire comic book hero aspect was a completely shock.

  • @Shadow1Yaz
    @Shadow1Yaz Před 26 dny +120

    Ok, but in Les Miserable, Hugh was restricted on water and was forced to sing for 12 hours straight! The fact you could tell he was singing at all in that movie is quite frankly, a miracle. “At that point he was just rubbing two pieces of sandpaper together” -Sideways

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 Před 25 dny +9

      And they were all singing live on-set. That didn’t exactly help since they didn’t do touch-ups in post to make it sound a bit smoother

    • @ringostingo5892
      @ringostingo5892 Před 22 dny

      Wasn't the dehydration his choice? Makes me wince every time I think about singing songs like that and not hydrating, a very strange move. Plus he could've ruined his vocals permanently

    • @Shadow1Yaz
      @Shadow1Yaz Před 22 dny +2

      @@ringostingo5892 it partially was. But he was told they wanted to see his muscles which you need to be dehydrated for.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +74

    Another Fun Fact: Norma Jean and Memphis are obviously named for Marilyn Monroe (who was born Norma Jean Mortensen) and Elvis Presley (who lived in Memphis, Tennessee). Their voices and mannerisms are imitations.

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 Před 25 dny +6

      I do like that touch. That’s what made it strange to know it was Nicole as Mumble’s mom since she was doing a Marilyn impression, but a nice detail. Plus it makes me giggle to hear Wolverine doing an Elvis impression

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +376

    Another Fun Fact: Mumble features a faded dark spot directly under his neck in the shape of a bow tie. This was added to make Mumble's appearance more like a white tuxedo. This is both to emphasize the Fred Astaire resemblance and is also a play on "penguin suit", a slang term for a black tuxedo.

    • @slyfox2022
      @slyfox2022 Před 26 dny +9

      We know...

    • @pokemontrainer5678
      @pokemontrainer5678 Před 26 dny +12

      @@slyfox2022 I didn't. I never noticed that patch until Doug mentioned it.

    • @therealCrazyJake
      @therealCrazyJake Před 25 dny +6

      He also kept his baby fluff as more-or-less a reference to Elijah Wood having a baby face (I don’t even know if that’s true, it just would make sense).

    • @Tanyableu
      @Tanyableu Před 25 dny +5

      @@therealCrazyJake I just figured it was the easiest way to make him stand out from the rest

    • @overlydramaticpanda
      @overlydramaticpanda Před 25 dny +8

      @@therealCrazyJake It was actually more to keep him immediately identifiable to the audience since there was generally less variation among the models of the male penguins as opposed to the female models. The animators basically realised that adult-Mumble would look too much like Memphis (especially in crowded shots) so they kept the fluff to make sure the audience would instantly pick him out from the crowd and to emphasise how different he was from the other penguins. When he's returned to them at the end of the film, he's lost some of the fluff on his flippers and stomach to signal his acceptance by the other penguins. The only direct reference to Elijah Wood in Mumble's model are his very light blue eyes.

  • @spearmintpony7105
    @spearmintpony7105 Před 26 dny +161

    1:07
    >March of the Penguins: 2005
    >Happy Feet: 2006
    >Farce of the Penguins: 2007
    >Surf's Up: 2007
    >Mr. Popper's Penguins: 2011
    >Penguins of Madagascar: 2014
    Something doesn't add up here.

  • @zachpottinger1842
    @zachpottinger1842 Před 26 dny +79

    If you notice, Mumbles bow tie straight up vanishes at the near end of the movie, because it signs that Mumbles is becoming a real Penguin.

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 Před 25 dny +1

      You can even see more of his Emperor penguin colors during the final dance scene which carries into the sequel

    • @zachpottinger1842
      @zachpottinger1842 Před 24 dny +2

      @@LucyLioness100 WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE SEQUEL!

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 Před 13 dny +2

      @@zachpottinger1842 the sequel isn’t that awful, but it’s not as good as the original. Just my opinion of course

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 Před 26 dny +168

    Every time the gods flip a coin, George Miller is either gonna make a Mad Max product, or an animal picture

  • @Morgil27
    @Morgil27 Před 26 dny +196

    6:55 "That's just a cat and that's just a crow"
    That's how I saw those characters as a kid.

    • @zacharybartolo5111
      @zacharybartolo5111 Před 26 dny +37

      That's how we all saw them as kids, but you know, adults see differently.

    • @jeffbrehove2614
      @jeffbrehove2614 Před 26 dny +22

      ​@@zacharybartolo5111 I trust my kids to see them as just animals.

    • @ryouma1717
      @ryouma1717 Před 26 dny +25

      i still see them that way

    • @matthewrowlett1564
      @matthewrowlett1564 Před 26 dny +16

      Oh, and those Buzzards in The jungle book WERE DEFINITELY not a parody of a certain British Band...

    • @Tanyableu
      @Tanyableu Před 25 dny

      @@matthewrowlett1564 but they were white Europeans, so that's okay.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +199

    Another Fun Fact: The dancers for the dance sequences not only had to wear motion capture sensor suits for their movement, but also had to wear special headgear to simulate the penguins' beaks to force them to accommodate the anatomical feature for their characters' dancing.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +106

    Another Fun Fact: When Mumble first arrives at the aquarium, the penguin he speaks to talks like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), he even calls Mumble 'Dave'.

    • @ItchyBurritoActual
      @ItchyBurritoActual Před 25 dny +9

      Dave? Who is Dave? I think i had a test subject who was once called Dave - GLaDOS

    • @nuclearcatbaby1131
      @nuclearcatbaby1131 Před 25 dny +6

      The aquarium looks just like the penguin exhibit at SeaWorld

  • @redmario7
    @redmario7 Před 26 dny +99

    It would've been a swap title if "Happy Max" and "Mad Feet" exist in another universe.
    Dang it, George Miller!

    • @zacharybartolo5111
      @zacharybartolo5111 Před 26 dny +7

      I would love to see what Happy Max is and Mad Feet sounds cool! Like a tougher version of Dirty Dancing.

    • @motor4X4kombat
      @motor4X4kombat Před 25 dny +6

      Basically
      Mad max: Doom eternal
      Happu feet: animal crossings
      Miller can have his own bizarre dualism like everybody has with barbiehaimer

  • @somebody4952
    @somebody4952 Před 25 dny +20

    I do feel like the "mixing live action with cg" works here. The humans are meant to be an almost otherworldly entity to these penguins, and I feel like the clash in styles helps accentuate that theme. Couple that with the humans being introduced during the zoo sequence, am honestly pretty unsettling sequence in this movie, and the sorta uncanny valley is cranked up here

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios Před 26 dny +23

    I'm surprised Critic doesn't mention ANY of the jokes during the orca attack. They're freaking gold.
    "They're making us appeteasers! They're appe-teasing us! Ha, ha, ha! We're all gonna die." I'm sorry but that's just funny asf.

  • @octo-generaljones8691
    @octo-generaljones8691 Před 26 dny +52

    5:00 infiltrated by the puffins?
    No you’re thinking of the sequel. That’s where Sven comes in.

    • @samkresil6011
      @samkresil6011 Před 25 dny +2

      And there's also a liar-reveal moment after everyone believed he was a flying penguin. Lol

  • @elitemook4234
    @elitemook4234 Před 26 dny +51

    I really like how the 'humans are cthulhu' trope is done in this film.

  • @kurtwagner350
    @kurtwagner350 Před 25 dny +15

    There is a shot in this after the ice cliff collapses into the ocean revealing a long buried excavator, Mumble follows it and the film holds for a couple seconds on the excavator slowly falling into the ocean abyss. For me as a child that shot was incredibly harrowing and humbling, I’m not sure anything else in a movie better encapsulates the entropy of humanity and it’s mark on the universe.

  • @Oscar95451
    @Oscar95451 Před 26 dny +103

    Before being owned by Netflix, Animal Logic is an Australian visual effects and animation company responsible for films like Legend of the Guardians, Lego movies and this. Too bad that the sequel became forgotten

    • @joshuaW5621
      @joshuaW5621 Před 26 dny +5

      They also worked on the Walking With Dinosaurs movie.

    • @KTKomedy2813
      @KTKomedy2813 Před 25 dny

      The sequel was notably the only project by Dr. D Studios, George Miller’s attempt to have his own Wētā FX.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +63

    Another Fun Fact: The translation of Raul's Spanish speaking part of "Boogie Wonderland" is: "I am Raul, the coolest penguin, Latino of course, one hundred percent Spanish! My brothers! (What?), they call me crazy. A little lady lights me like flame. The party- dance, dance little girl! My heart has dynamite! BOOM!, (Exactly! that he eats a shortcut!) Let me be your penguin daddy!"

    • @Jcrafter13
      @Jcrafter13 Před 25 dny +7

      "penguin Daddy" my God that would be a very very awkward moment for the parents and very weird line for kids that also knew Spanish and they heard that.

    • @TJMcDonough
      @TJMcDonough Před 24 dny

      But not he’s not as epic as Puff Daddy!!!

  • @advitamgames2672
    @advitamgames2672 Před 26 dny +17

    Have you noticed when the baby penguins hatch, all of them come out beak first except for Mumble who comes out feet first. Signifying his instant passion for dancing.

    • @LincolnDWard
      @LincolnDWard Před 21 dnem +1

      Also the fact that his development is...a bit different from being dropped on the ice during the winter

  • @Nasser851000
    @Nasser851000 Před 26 dny +138

    The best penguins are still the Madagascar ones ;)

  • @rachieroo6748
    @rachieroo6748 Před 26 dny +12

    R.I.P. Brittney Murphy and Robin Williams
    Also R.I.P. Steve Irwin who I had no clue was in this, the dude has range.

  • @masonhenderson0221
    @masonhenderson0221 Před 25 dny +11

    The "Hey, look at that. What?" joke is one that I had forgotten about but was still in my subconscious. Robin Williams really was one of the most talented comedic actors.

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 Před 25 dny

      That joke was funny when I was 12 and still is now. Robin’s comic timing was special

  • @NeoConnor1
    @NeoConnor1 Před 26 dny +22

    'Unless we are being infiltrated by the puffins.'
    No, no. That doesn't happen until the sequel.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +44

    Another Fun Fact: When Mumble is dancing, you can see three black spots over his ankle area, this is in reference to the spats that used to be worn over shoes in early Fred Astaire dancing movies.

    • @MichaelAarons1701
      @MichaelAarons1701 Před 26 dny +3

      Do you just scour IMDb’s Trivia page for something to throw in the comments? 🤨 Either just link the page or AT LEAST condense everything into one full comment.😫

    • @overlydramaticpanda
      @overlydramaticpanda Před 25 dny

      @@MichaelAarons1701 IMDb *and* the Trivia/YMMV pages on the TV Tropes entry for whatever film it is. What's kind of hilarious is that since the entries on both sites are completely user-generated, some of their "fun facts" on this and other videos are either just plain wrong or pure speculation.

  • @Alejandroigarabide
    @Alejandroigarabide Před 26 dny +27

    Fun fact: the Latin American fans of this film LOVE Ramón.

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 Před 25 dny +3

      Shhhh. You're hurting his white savior complex.

    • @DanteKrystal
      @DanteKrystal Před 25 dny +4

      Oh exactly what I was thinking.
      ¡Amamos a Ramón!

    • @Alejandroigarabide
      @Alejandroigarabide Před 25 dny +4

      @@DanteKrystal Indeed. I wonder why the yankies are always offended by white actors playing non-anglosaxon roles. Like if they didn't know there are white people in spanish-speaking countries.

    • @Professorgutierrez
      @Professorgutierrez Před 24 dny +2

      I’m Latin and Ramón is my favorite, he’s hilarious! Not everything is malicious.

    • @Alejandroigarabide
      @Alejandroigarabide Před 24 dny +1

      @@Professorgutierrez In fact, nothing is malicious at all. I'm Uruguayan myself.

  • @Nasser851000
    @Nasser851000 Před 26 dny +155

    That time Frodo was a penguin XD

  • @zillauniverse7208
    @zillauniverse7208 Před 26 dny +21

    Fun fact: originally the movie was going to end with penguin looking aliens going to destroy earth until they saw the all the penguins tap dancing message that they ended up changing their mind, it was cut the last minute that it appeared in the Japanese mobile game tie in but the scene still remains lost.

    • @txwtw
      @txwtw Před 19 dny

      Those penguin looking aliens would’ve probably looked so uncanny in the movie

  • @averymerrick
    @averymerrick Před 26 dny +15

    I love the potshot at Disney & Pixar's Brave.
    It shouldn't have won the 2013 Oscar for Best Animated Feature. That award should have gone to Disney's Wreck-it Ralph.

  • @AJDaniels99
    @AJDaniels99 Před 26 dny +15

    Wolverine and The Crocodile Hunter being in the same movie really warms my heart

  • @mx9226
    @mx9226 Před 26 dny +33

    Oh I remember this. That sea leopard scared me so much.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +28

    Another Fun Fact: Hugo Weaving originally pitched the idea to Warner Bros as footloose for penguins after a recent trip to Antarctica inspired him

  • @TheComicRelief9001
    @TheComicRelief9001 Před 26 dny +11

    I almost forgot that there was a weird rash of penguin-themed movies in the mid-2000's

  • @Depth217
    @Depth217 Před 26 dny +9

    The funny thing is that as a kid I and probably countless other kids didn’t know who Miller was. So the whole “the Mad Max guy did this?” angle never mattered to us.

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 Před 25 dny

      I had heard of Mad Max, but not seen it at the time. Nowadays it’s just funny to me

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +24

    Another Fun Fact: When the Amigos are getting ready to follow Mumble & Lovelace off the cliff into elephant seal territory, they psych themselves up by singing, "Jump in Time," a big song-and-dance number from Mary Poppins which featured Dick Van Dyke's character Bert.

    • @hunterolaughlin
      @hunterolaughlin Před 26 dny +5

      Wow, who knew the penguins look at Bert as an idol? 😂

  • @alvaroperez2349
    @alvaroperez2349 Před 26 dny +24

    That Karma Sutra scene went over my head the first time I saw it…

  • @chavito808
    @chavito808 Před 26 dny +25

    The killer sea lion scene scared me as a kid and it still gets me the chills now as an adult.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Před 26 dny

      Same here.

    • @lexramstudios1386
      @lexramstudios1386 Před 26 dny +3

      It's a leopard seal actually

    • @chavito808
      @chavito808 Před 26 dny +2

      @@lexramstudios1386 sorry. got confused for a minute but yeah it is

    • @matthewmuir8884
      @matthewmuir8884 Před 26 dny +1

      For me, it was the scene where he hallucinates his family and tries to tell them about the fish.

    • @nuclearcatbaby1131
      @nuclearcatbaby1131 Před 25 dny +1

      The one in The Pebble and the Penguin is perhaps scarier.

  • @solidskullz5736
    @solidskullz5736 Před 26 dny +23

    I actually really liked this movie as a kid. I had a real soft spot for animals and after seeing happy feet for the first time I became obsessed with penguins. I would always want to see the penguins at the aquarium and I even had the happy feet GameCube game which was a rhythm game that also had racing for some reason

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +25

    Another Fun Fact: During Mumble's sanity slippage, his father is standing with his back to him, because they haven't reconciled with each other yet.

  • @scottsmith6437
    @scottsmith6437 Před 26 dny +12

    A large inspiration for this movie is the Looney Tune short I love to Singa. It’s about an owl who is literally born loving jazz music, while his family only allows classical music.

  • @marciosantos3611
    @marciosantos3611 Před 26 dny +12

    This film and Surf's Up were my favorite animated films back in the 2000s.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Před 26 dny +3

      Same here. The 2000s were awesome

    • @arilumani6194
      @arilumani6194 Před 25 dny +1

      Same here. I never watched the sequels and frankly no way will I bother.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +20

    Another Fun Fact: The film opens on a shot of the entire Earth. It seems at first to just emphasize how remote Antarctica is, but it indicates just how large a scope the film encompasses, especially when Mumble swims to Florida.

  • @theanimeunderworld8338
    @theanimeunderworld8338 Před 26 dny +17

    every time I went to the zoo, some kid wanted penguins to dance

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 Před 25 dny +1

      Yeah I remember other kids thinking the same. I was 12 so I wasn’t fooled lol

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 26 dny +26

    Don't mind me:
    *Procedes to jump from my seat and do the Happy dance* 🕺🕺

  • @takeshikujo2909
    @takeshikujo2909 Před 25 dny +6

    I’m genuinely shocked he never made a reference or joke to The Pebble and the Penguin in this review.
    Then again Williams (as Ramon) mentioned it and one-upping his jokes is one hell of a hurdle, even when they’re misses.

  • @markeyiszra
    @markeyiszra Před 25 dny +4

    Fun fact: Before this movie ever release, there's a book for children for marketing this movie show that Mumble baby feathers became faded when he enter the Zoo and more like an adult Penguin. I know they kept the baby feathers Mumble kinda want to make him more recognizeable (I mean in his chest look like a bowtie make it little cute),but i kinda prefer his adult look in the book over the movie. It's like he's not an outcast or a special penguin but more accept to the Penguins and become look like them.

  • @InvasionAnimation
    @InvasionAnimation Před 26 dny +13

    Don't get me started on the Puffins. They become a problem in Happy feet two!

  • @satin8683
    @satin8683 Před 26 dny +13

    Should I still tell him that The Nerd turns 20 this year, or he'll find out eventually?

  • @Nasser851000
    @Nasser851000 Před 26 dny +15

    RIP Robin Williams

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +34

    To quote the late Great Norm MacDonald and something i'm sure Robin Williams might or might not be thinking about in heaven is “In theatres, you’re kind of disconnected. Also, it’s way too big for the likes of me. Unless you’re Robin Williams or someone that can fill a stage with movement and energy, it just looks like a small man on a big stage.”

  • @M.R.BrickFilms
    @M.R.BrickFilms Před 26 dny +8

    5:05 The Puffins 😂😂😂
    EDIT: wonder how Critic would react when he sees Sven 😱

  • @Lucky-Hunting
    @Lucky-Hunting Před 26 dny +7

    Steve Irwin also had a deleted scene of mumble chasing the ships where he voices an albatross

  • @sigamigs
    @sigamigs Před 26 dny +13

    I always wondered why the main character always looked like a baby penguin

    • @coletrainhetrick
      @coletrainhetrick Před 26 dny +9

      because he was mishandled while in an egg and came out mutated as a result

    • @RedMephit
      @RedMephit Před 25 dny +4

      ​@@coletrainhetrickMore developmentally delayed than "mutated"

    • @coletrainhetrick
      @coletrainhetrick Před 25 dny +1

      @@RedMephit yeah, I was definitely blanking on a correct word while writing this, thanks for the help

  • @mikoexo2894
    @mikoexo2894 Před 25 dny +3

    My mom took me and my siblings to watch the movie in theaters when it first came out (I was 12, my brother 11, and my sister 7) We were introduced to a lot of great music from Happy Feet, as well as the world of voice acting and dancing. This movie definitely left a good impression on us. Thanks, Mom ❤

  • @autumbreeze1129
    @autumbreeze1129 Před 25 dny +4

    Kinds surprised you didn't bring up the deleted scene where Steven Irwin basically did the same lines, but as a seagull in the middle of the ocean as Mumble was swimming and got held up by a whale.
    You easily could've put a mention of it in right before Mumble follows the boat and brought up the differences in the scenes

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga Před 26 dny +17

    George Miller’s wacky penguin film

    • @AshParth560
      @AshParth560 Před 26 dny +3

      First Zack Snyder with owls and now this.
      Fun times when some best known can make some interesting animated flicks. 😉

  • @DiegoHernandez-xt2su
    @DiegoHernandez-xt2su Před 26 dny +5

    5:02 "unless we're being infiltrated by....the puffins" 😂

  • @spyrotamer
    @spyrotamer Před 26 dny +2

    Fun fact: This film actually inspired me to learn tap dancing.
    No joke.
    Still love it to this day.
    Also the film's cover of Boogie Wonderland is fire. I still listen to it on a regular basis.

  • @radx0612
    @radx0612 Před 26 dny +5

    Lol. “Penguins can’t fly” reminds me of The Critic scene where Jay’s adoptive father find a penguin flying the plane.

    • @MichaelAarons1701
      @MichaelAarons1701 Před 26 dny

      “I don’t care how many stewardesses you’ve banged, you’re a lousy pilot!”

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +25

    Another Fun Fact: When Mumble finally embraces his dancing; not only does his "heartsong" match Gloria's perfectly, but he will never drown her out. Rather than trying to convince her to accept a melody that isn't hers, Mumble provides an independent but perfect harmony that makes both of their songs more beautiful.

  • @roninwandering
    @roninwandering Před 26 dny +7

    Sometimes they tap dance, and sometimes it's Dune. Lmao, nailed it

  • @ryansalter2325
    @ryansalter2325 Před 26 dny +3

    Steve Irwin was originally going to voice an albatross Mumble meets in the ocean after he stumbles across a humpback whale. The scene was fully completed and part of the bonus features in honor of Irwin.

  • @amojmarr
    @amojmarr Před 26 dny +8

    Never thought you’d review this film, Doug! Still, it’s great to see more content from you, thanks for making my Lise funnier, and keep up the great Work! For now, I’m hoping that we’ll get a review of The Little Mermaid 2, and a sequel to the Fanscription of “What if Ariel was A Siren?”, video, in honor of the Little Mermaid’s 35th anniversary this year. Once again, keep up this phenomenal work, and I hope to see you someday in the future!

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Před 26 dny +17

    Another Fun Fact: Nicole Kidman's first, and currently only, animated voice role.

  • @elizahart661
    @elizahart661 Před 25 dny +4

    This movie was my whole childhood, I wanted to be a penguin so bad 🤣🐧

  • @hannahbarker1463
    @hannahbarker1463 Před 25 dny +3

    When my siblings and I were younger, we’d go to the dentist and this movie, the shrek movies and the Madagascar movies were always on the tvs there with subtitles on. It was either focus on the noise going on while the dentist cleaned your teeth, look at the ceiling or watch the movies.🤪

  • @SaraBanartist
    @SaraBanartist Před 26 dny +4

    This movie introduced me to "I Wish" as a kid so it forever lives in my heart. That and the penguins

  • @Markimark151
    @Markimark151 Před 25 dny +3

    Happy Feet is one of the best animated penguin movies, it has the best voice actors like Robin Williams and Elijah Wood! Also this movie beat out Disney-Pixar and Dreamworks Animation that year! This is the same people who would later work on The Lego Movie, it gave the animation department more budget.

  • @travisdelafuente1150
    @travisdelafuente1150 Před 26 dny +4

    George Miller may have given us the Mad Max movies but he also gave us good family films such as Babe and Happy Feet.

  • @clownymoosebean
    @clownymoosebean Před 24 dny +4

    I am hispanic, and I give everyone everywhere infinite permission to do spanish accents.
    It really doesn't bother us, in fact, sometimes we really like it.
    See Speedy Gonzalez as an example.

    • @Professorgutierrez
      @Professorgutierrez Před 24 dny +2

      I’m Hispanic too and I agree! I think it’s hilarious.

    • @billjacobs521
      @billjacobs521 Před 13 dny

      No! You need to be offended by it so white people with guilt complexes have some way to signal their virtuosity! Also, let them call you latinx and accuse your languages of being inherently sexist, so they can act morally superior as well!

  • @Cosmodeus26
    @Cosmodeus26 Před 26 dny +6

    8:44 Oh my god, I thought they were destroyed after Wilsongate!

  • @comicscinemaothermedia9247

    16:34 It roughly translates to "So long and thanks for all the fish."

  • @sannicfann3338
    @sannicfann3338 Před 26 dny +6

    Strange I literally just took a marine bio test on penguins

  • @m.c.ufan1019
    @m.c.ufan1019 Před 12 dny +2

    5:48 he really does look like Elijah Wood. I just call mumble “Penguin Frodo.” 😂😂😂

  • @rebeccasmith8430
    @rebeccasmith8430 Před 25 dny +2

    I watched this in a mostly empty theater, sick as a dog. By the time he forgot who he was, I was giggling uncontrollably, and told my husband “This is the Twilight Zone for kids”. That’s how I’ll always remember it!

  • @VigilantKnight005
    @VigilantKnight005 Před 26 dny +4

    I cackled at "Unless we're being infiltrated by... the puffins!"

  • @SuperSwordman1
    @SuperSwordman1 Před 26 dny +8

    That puffin joke is weird considering my hang up regarding the sequel. Also, seriously they should have had him lose his down. I know they had him keep it to make him identifiable, but it looks weird as hell.

    • @RoseBaggins
      @RoseBaggins Před 26 dny +1

      Yeah, they could have easily kept the bow tie spot and the blue eyes. You would know right off the bat who it was.

    • @SuperSwordman1
      @SuperSwordman1 Před 25 dny +1

      @@RoseBaggins What's extra weird is they either had the model of him without down or chose to make one after the fact. Because a picture of this alternate Mumble look exists. If you're wondering, yes they kept the bow tie spot, just it's made of the yellow/orange stripe instead of a black spot.

    • @RoseBaggins
      @RoseBaggins Před 18 dny

      @@SuperSwordman1 oh, really?? I have to see this! *looks It up* not a bad design, keep the blue eyes, and you can tell it's Mumble. But did they keep the down feathers because Elijah has such a baby face?

  • @bluestreaker9242
    @bluestreaker9242 Před 25 dny +2

    I loved this film when I was younger, but it's kinda weird how I don't remember much about it. I forgot how awkwardly beautiful this film really is. Seriously, this film's kinda smart for its own good; like, any film that can have Elijah Wood - someone who can sing pretty damn well - voice a protagonist that's tone-deaf is...not common at all, but still really damn brilliant, imho. :3

  • @ArtByAndy377
    @ArtByAndy377 Před 26 dny +7

    5:02 basically part of the plot of the sequel

  • @christhornycroft3686
    @christhornycroft3686 Před 26 dny +4

    If this had been hand drawn, maybe in the same style as the 70s Disney movies like Robin Hood, I might have been more into it.

  • @Billy-mj4
    @Billy-mj4 Před 25 dny +6

    Channel Awesome, Can You Make
    Problem Child 2 - Nostalgia Critic
    Rugrats In Paris: The Movie - Nostalgia Critic
    The Wild Thornberrys Movie - Nostalgia Critic
    Rugrats Go Wild - Nostalgia Critic
    Barnyard (2006) - Nostalgia Critic
    The Golden Compass - Nostalgia Critic
    The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) - Nostalgia Critic
    Hotel For Dogs - Nostalgia Critic
    My Little Pony: The Movie Nostalgia Critic
    And
    The Star (2017) - Nostalgia Critic

  • @Manawolfman
    @Manawolfman Před 25 dny +2

    "Unless we're being infiltrated by...the puffins." Congrats, you predicted the sequel.

  • @HarlanDaleAbsher
    @HarlanDaleAbsher Před 25 dny +2

    Robin Williams was one of the few actors who can do any accent he wants, and we all let him because we knew there was no hate or malice, and he was purely doing it for the entertainment of it

  • @LordOfHades
    @LordOfHades Před 26 dny +3

    Not the Red vs Blue review I was hoping for, but I'll take it.

  • @avacornthelastponybender8583

    There's a scene where an elephant seal sucks his nose & spits out white stuff at the penguins
    Foe some reason my little baby brain thought it was milk, so I spent the next 10 years thinking actual male elephant seals drink milk from their noses🤦‍♀

  • @m.c.ufan1019
    @m.c.ufan1019 Před 12 dny +1

    6:08 “Ha! And they say penguins can’t fly-OH MY GOD I CANT FLY!!!!!!!”

  • @arilumani6194
    @arilumani6194 Před 26 dny +2

    I watched this movie as a kid in the late 2000s in albanian television and I remember loving it. However, I remember hating the other penguins because of how needlessly cruel and prejudiced they were towards Mumble just because he could dance. And the way that singing teacher acted like a drama queen just because Mumble couldn't sing and could just simply dance was just too much. Even after Mumble returned and wanted to prove the aliens' existence (humans) they continuously badmouthed him and continued to act prejudiced. Thankfully they stopped acting that way after Mumble proved the aliens' existence (humans) and saved the day but that still doesn't change the fact how awful they were towards him. I also remember being shocked when I saw real life people in this supposed animated movie. As a kid I was like "Wait, this was a live-action hybrid the whole time?". My mind was blown away at the time. I liked how neither Mumble nor the other penguin and not even the narrator had any idea what species they were and they just called them aliens. Maybe that was supposed be accurate as alien is a synonym of the word unknown. It was also understandable as they had never seen humans before. Nonetheless, I still have fond memories of this movie even though most people are split on it and have no idea what to make of it. I have never watched the sequel and judging by the mixed critical reaction I don't think I want to. Now after learning who George Miller is and after watching Mad Max: Fury Road which my brother recommended it to me years ago I find it bizarre how he was able to come up with a premise like this one. Again, still love this movie.

  • @michaelmcjunkin1372
    @michaelmcjunkin1372 Před 26 dny +3

    7:55. At least he ain’t as annoying like the amigos. One of the better Robin Williams voices.

  • @ryanmorejon5813
    @ryanmorejon5813 Před 26 dny +4

    This is the first George Miller film I ever saw and it's one of the most unique movies I've ever seen ❤

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Před 26 dny +2

      Same here. It’s a childhood classic and it was definitely unique to watch as a kid

  • @m.c.ufan1019
    @m.c.ufan1019 Před 11 dny +1

    Another detail I missed was when the skua bird put his foot on mumble, his feathers then formed a bow tie for him and he had it ever since.