Yes, yes, I know -- normally it's all primates all the time*, but I'm telling you, you absolutely have to see the trailer for March of the Penguins. I nearly exploded from glee several times. Were it not for the fact that penguins are a) wild animals, and b) accustomed to cold climates, I would be agitating for a living room full of them right now. The trailer is that awesome.
And I'm thinking I'm going to hunt down local showings of the movie too. It starts June 24, 05.
Geeky tech note: just make sure you have QuickTime installed on your computer. You will need it to witness the awesome, marching penguins. I'm off to go look at the photo gallery of penguins on the Warner Indepedent Pictures official site.
* and to the two of you who e-mailed about the new monkey species, thanks. I promise to get to that post.
Oh my god that made me cry.
Posted by: marylynn | 2005.06.02 at 21:15
Oh, wow. That was amazing.
Posted by: Pinwiz | 2005.06.02 at 21:42
Isn't it just awesome? It was killing me ... The single-file line of penguins, all waddling across the ice! The parent and child penguins waddling together!
And the blizzard part just about tore me up. Like I said, I'm fighting the urge to fill my living room with penguins, because I would never subject them to seals and blizzards, and they'd have herring any time they wanted. A whole living room of fat, slack, mellow penguins.
Posted by: Lisa | 2005.06.03 at 08:07
Oh. My. God.
Penguins are my favorite animal (you all can keep your monkeys!), and that was the cutest thing ever. And the baby penguins! I actually squeed. I need to see this on, like, IMAX.
Penguins! And cute, fluffy, baby penguins!
Posted by: Becky | 2005.06.03 at 08:55
My friends think I'm nuts, but for me, this is THE release of the summer. Yay for penguins!
Posted by: Saz | 2005.06.03 at 09:35
Actually, you needn't worry about the cold climate requirement. Many types of penguins prefer warm climates. You are one step closer to your goal of a living room full of flightless cute!
Posted by: blnkfrnk | 2005.06.03 at 17:35
I'm squeeing in a pitch only dogs can hear. I can't wait to see this film.
Posted by: Deborah | 2005.06.04 at 05:18
Mr. Popper would be proud of you.
Posted by: Kate | 2005.06.04 at 16:18
I just talked this up to a few people last night, and we discovered that it's playing at the Newport Film Festival in Newport, RI, this year. Which is next weekend. So if you're in the area, you should go, it's playing June 11 - www.newportfilmfestival.com.
Posted by: Meghan | 2005.06.05 at 10:04
I have seriously watched this trailer, like, 100 times since reading about it here. I so need to see this film.
Posted by: sam | 2005.06.10 at 13:03