Bigfoot is happy, only because human beings are merciful

Yessenia 2022-03-21 09:01:29

"Happy Big Feet" is also about the relationship between animals and people. Compared with "Beyond the Hedge" and "Heisei Tanuki War", it is more like the latter, but it is full of American characteristics. The most basic, the film borrows the shell of Hollywood-style musicals, making the stupid penguins sing and dance to attract attention; in addition, the protagonist Bigfoot is full of American-style personal heroism; also, heresy becomes mainstream and leads everyone The triumphant story mode is also decidedly American.

Saying it's full of American character doesn't mean I don't like the movie. Instead, I like it. In particular, when Bigfoot jumped into the sea without hesitation, chasing the giant ship, I was shocked. I saw the tragic and the great, which I have never seen in the cartoons I watched before. It's rare to get an epic feel in a cartoon.

Say it is epic, not only because of its grand scenes, but also because of its concerns. At first, I thought this film was just about a story about how a little penguin was accepted by the mainstream, but after the story developed, humans appeared, so the film was no longer so simple, and the contradictions rose from the internal contradictions of penguins to human beings. And the contradiction between animals, so the music becomes magnificent, and the director seems to be sitting up. Finally, when humans debate whether to stop fishing in Antarctica to save the fate of penguins, the chaos and game is a true portrayal. For the sake of their own survival, penguins use dancing to attract the attention of human beings; the continuation of a species is actually killed by human beings, which is really sad, but it is helpless.

In short, this is a typical American cartoon in the first half, and an epic full of sadness and helplessness in the second half. Loved it because it exceeded my expectations. I wanted to watch an ordinary cartoon, but I was deeply shocked.

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Extended Reading
  • Winfield 2022-04-23 07:01:30

    Worthy of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature

  • Dawn 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    Different species also have something in common: inheritance and innovation.

Happy Feet quotes

  • Gloria: [singing] All the love in the world can't be gone. All the need to be loved can't be wrong.

    [spoken]

    Gloria: So, which way, twinkletoes?

  • [first lines]

    Penguin #1: [singing] Once there was a way to get back homeward.

    Penguin #2: [singing] Are the stars out tonight?

    Penguin #1: [singing] Once there was a way to get back home.

    Penguin #2: [singing] I only have eyes for you.

    Penguin #1: [singing] Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry.

    Penguin #2: [singing] For you.

    Penguin #1: [singing] And I will sing a lullaby.

    Penguin #3: [singing] With a song in my heart.

    Penguin #4: [singing] So tell me / Tell me something good / Yeah, yeah, yeah / Tell me that you love me. / Tell me, baby. / Tell me something good.

    Penguin #5: [singing] Only you.

    Norma Jean: But how can you know for sure?

    Penguin #5: [singing] Can make this world seem right.

    Norma Jean: Is there really just one?

    Penguin #6: [singing] I need your love.

    Norma Jean: So many songs, but I'm feeling so lonely.

    Penguin #7: Where is the love?