Analysis Of The Movie Happy Feet

The movie “Happy Feet” is directed by George Miller, Judy Morris, and Warren Coleman. Happy Feet is a movie about an emperor penguin name Mumble, the movie started when Norman jean and Memphis met by singing a song both Penguin fell in love and mate with each other. They lay an egg together and the egg was left in care of Memphis while Norman Jean leave with other females Penguin to get fishes. The egg was in care of Memphis he accidentally dropped the egg. It was time for the egg to developed and Mumble was born, Mumble was different than the rest of the Penguin, he has both internal and external problems between him and his family through his talents. What makes Mumble different from the rest of the Penguin he can’t hold a note which was difficult for his father to accept because through their signing was how they find their mate, even though he can’t sing he can tap-dance. Mumble was not concern about singing nor dancing or winning Gloria heart he was more concern about the environment. That what makes Mumble so different, by his father dropping him Mumble was different than the other penguin he never grew out of his baby feathers, which make him unique.

Due to Mumble being so different it was hard for his community to accepts him, he then decided to leave Mumble encounter some birds (Skua) Mumble was afraid of these bird one of the birds has a tracking device on his feet he is the leader of the group, Mumble became interested to why this Skua had a yellow tag on his feet when asked he was told that it was put there by an alien. That caught Mumble curiosity and he was out to find out how the Skua got the tag on his feet, Mumble escaped when he fell into crevice and was attack by leopard seal where he befriended a group of Adelie that called themselves the Amigos. They were also different just like Mumble, they were Spanish and they accepted Mumble they were intrigued that he could tap dance. Mumble found a hidden human excavator and was curious about it his friend took him to see a Penguin named Lovelace who can tell Mumble the origin of the hidden excavator. Lovelace was also different he had a six packs ring around his neck which he claimed was giving to him by mystic beings. Mumble asked Lovelace about what he found, but he couldn’t get a correct answer from Lovelace.

This was around the time for the emperor Penguin to mate, Mumble explain to Adelie Amigos penguin that he can’t sing and that was one of the reason he can’t go home to mate. Ramon tries to help Mumble to win Gloria love by singing a song in Spinach with Mumble lip singing at first Gloria was shock that Mumble can sing when she later on found out it was Ramon behind Mumble back, Gloria got angry at him and walked away and Gloria started singing Mumble noticed she was angry at him he decided to tap dance to her song while she was singing. She falls for Mumble, but the elder where not happy and blame Mumble for why the fishes were disappearing. Mumble father Memphis plead with him to stop dancing Mumble refused and was banished by the elders. Gloria and Norman Jean try talking to Mumble but his mind was made up, and he left.

Gloria later on left in search of Mumble, she wanted to follow Mumble but Mumble said some hurtful thins to Gloria and she returned back home. Mumble and the Adelie Amigos penguin went back to Lovelace only to find him choking on the plastic rings around his neck, Lovelace explained that the ring was not place around his neck by a mystic being but was snagged on him while he was swimming off the forbidden shore beyond the land of the elephant seal. They decided to journey to the forbidden shore where they found a fishing boat, Mumble follow the fishing boat only to get loss from home. He was then rescued by human who Mumble thought were alien and was placed in a marine world with other Penguins. He didn’t know what was going on he tried talking to the humans but no one could understand him he became frustrated. A girl attempted to speak to Mumble by tapping the glass, he then started dancing which got the crowd attention. Everyone was amazed that he could dance, and everyone was curious to see if there were more of him he was then release with a tracking device on his back.

Mumble made his way back to his family who was happy to see him and him happy to see everyone. He explains to his family and the elder that the human were coming but the elder did not believe him. Mumble found his dad Memphis who regretted not helping his son when he needed his help, mumbled explained to his father what was going on his dad decided to help him. The research team who place a tracking device on Mumble showed up just in time to see all the Penguin were united even the elder. The entire colony started dancing and the research team join them in dancing, the researcher recorded the Penguins for the world to see. The researcher return home and show the world the video which spark a debate among everyone. The government realize they were overfishing leaving the Penguins with little to no food. Due to the recording and the ongoing debates of the Penguin, fishing was ban on all Antarctic. The emperor Penguins were happy and celebrating the good news.

One thing I like about this movie is how they focus on self-expression and how one person can change the view of an entire community. What I take from his movie, is how some human are clueless to the harm and dangers we bring to animals and plants. A perfect example is when Loveless had the plastic six-pack stuck to his neck that could have actually harm him, things like that should be recycle. There are many methods of preventing harm to the environment one of them are conservation which is preventing habitat fragmentation. We as human have to be careful of the loss of biodiversity, biodiversity keeps our planet habitable, we depend on plants for soil conservation, water and air conservation. These things have the ability to convert solar energy into chemical energy, human rely on plants and animals for food, so it’s our job to keep the environments clean. We have to remember it only takes one person to make a different not a thousand.