Happy Feet Page #6

Synopsis: This is the story of a little penguin named Mumble who has a terrible singing voice and later discovers he has no Heartsong. However, Mumble has an astute talent for something that none of the penguins had ever seen before: tap dancing. Though Mumble's mom, Norma Jean, thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis, says it "just ain't penguin." Besides, they both know that, without a Heartsong, Mumble may never find true love. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria, happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange "hippity- hoppity" ways. Mumble is just too different--especially for Noah the Elder, the stern leader of Emperor Land, who ultimately casts him out of the community. Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins--the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon, the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and invite him to party with
Director(s): George Miller, Warren Coleman (co-director), Judy Morris (co-director)
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
PG
Year:
2006
108 min
$197,800,000
Website
6,509 Views


- What?

You know, showy, flashy, froufrou.

- "Froufrou"?

- That's right.

Coming from someone who thinks it's cool

to jig up and down really fast on the spot...

...like some twitchy idiot.

You stubborn, hippity-hoppity fool!

Right back at you.

Amigo, that was a good thing you do.

She is going to be so much better off

without you.

She is going to find a good, steady guy

to comfort her...

...and love her up real good

and raise a big family.

- Ramon.

- And then she's going to let herself go--

Ramon. He's hurting. He's hurting bad.

Oh, listen, listen, don't hold it in

or you explode. You got to let it out.

You just let it out. You let it out.

Everybody, turn away for a moment.

If she leave him now

She take away the biggest part of him

Don't, baby, please, don't go

Please, guys.

No more singing.

Then she say to me, "Enough,

you are making me nauseous."

So I become silent, almost moody,

and you know what she says?

"You never share. You got to let it out."

- Ramon, come on.

- Let it out. Let it out.

Stop it! Let it go.

- I never had a good relationship in my life.

- Give him a hug. Give him a hug.

- I let it out!

- There we go.

- I let it out.

- I know. Get over it.

- Can you keep going?

- Yeah.

- What's that smell?

- It wasn't me.

Hey, Fluffy, we're following you.

Get up here.

So these elephant seals,

they're not penguin eaters, are they?

I don't know.

I believe they are herbivores.

- What?

- You know, kelp-suckers.

Here we go, Lovelace. Come on.

Jump in time. Jump in time.

- Okay, let's do it.

- Okay, okay, okay. Ready?

I can do this. I can do this.

I got to trick myself.

Boy, look at that. What?

You blokes better be lost,

because trespassing's a crime.

- We're just passing through.

- Yeah. We're with him.

You wouldn't be heading

over them distant hills...

...and through the blizzard country?

If it's the only way

to the forbidden shore, yeah.

Crikey.

You might come face to face

with an annihilator.

An alien annihilator?

Too right. Cut you up

as soon as look at you.

Waste every living thing in their path.

Could they be annihilating the fish?

Every living thing.

Merciless, mate. Merciless.

Even if you're a whopping great whale...

...they drag your sorry carcass ashore...

...dice you up, melt you down,

and turn you into fun food.

One day you're a big old whale...

...next minute...

...fun food.

Someone's gotta stop them.

Oh, yeah? What's gonna be

your approach?

If I could just talk to them.

Appeal to their better nature.

Beauty.

When that crafty little trick pays off,

you be sure to let us know, won't you?

All right, Lovelace, let's go.

See you, Lovelace.

Your funeral, mate.

Oh, man!

- Push tight.

- Okay.

Come on, guys. Let's do it.

You can do it. Come on, push!

What's that noise?

There's no noise.

- No gasping. No wheezing.

- Where's Lovelace?

Sometimes a brave penguin

will just slip away to die.

Do you think he went to a happy place?

- Probably.

- No, no. I think he went this way.

Come on. Let's go.

Lovelace!

Lovelace!

Hello?

Is there anyone there?

- No-- No need to shout.

- Somebody might hear you.

His feet don't look too good.

- He rested here.

- Now he's on his belly!

- No, this way.

- You don't want to know what he did here.

- You're right.

- There he is. Lovelace!

- All right! Lovelace!

- Lovelace!

- Oh, look at Lovelace.

- We're here.

- Are you okay?

- Come on, man. Hang in there, buddy.

What is it?

Oh, look. There's one for everyone.

Hang in there, Lovelace.

I know they're here somewhere.

- Why would they leave all this behind?

- I don't know.

Hey.

- Tell them we come in peace.

- We come in peace!

- Lovelace.

- Lovelace.

- Lovelace.

- Oh, buddy, come on.

- Are you okay?

- Hang in there, buddy.

- Oh, that's not good.

- Stay calm.

- Stay calm.

- That's not good.

- Okay, don't stay calm!

- Panic!

Oh, no, no!

- Oh, they're making us appe-teasers.

- They're appe-teasing us!

We're all gonna die.

Whatever you do, stay out of the water!

- Stay out of the water.

- Don't go in the water!

Lovelace, don't go in the water!

Lovelace, hang in there!

Hang in there!

Get your dirty tongue off him!

No, no, no!

Stay out of the water!

- Mumble!

- Mumble!

- They playing birdminton?

- No, it's a show. Dinner and a show.

Lovelace!

Rejoice!

Lovelace!

- Help!

- Reach out!

Thank you, my brother, thank you!

I wasn't scared! I wasn't scared!

Oh, my beautiful brother, thank you,

thank you, thank you, thank you!

- Go, Lovelace! You the man!

- Go, go, go, go, go!

Enough!

It's a bad day for you!

You dealing with Lovelace now!

- And my man, Mumble, here.

- You tell them, Lovelace.

Begone, demon fish. Adios.

That's right.

You hightail it back to your mamas.

- How did he do that?

- Don't make me come in the water.

I'll come after your sons and daughters.

I'm gonna give you the bad eye.

A whole bunch of them.

They gonna rule the world.

It's gotta be them.

- Lf it is, I don't wanna know about it.

- They don't even know we exist.

Let me tell something to you.

This is the end of the road. It's over.

You did everything penguinly possible.

- You found the aliens.

- We gonna testify to that.

We'll tell your whole laughing-boy nation

they were dead wrong about you.

Now, let's all go back home. Right now.

Right on.

- Could I ask a favor of you?

- Sure.

- What kind of favor?

- Could you make sure Gloria's okay?

- And my ma.

- What?

And if you see Pa...

...tell him I tried.

Okay, what you talking about?

I'm gonna stop them taking our fish.

How you gonna do that, Mumble?

Adios, amigos!

Amigo! He did it.

You believe that?

How we gonna tell his mama

he bring us all this way just to kill himself?

No. He didn't. Look.

He loco maniac.

First ever flying flipper bird.

How tall you think that tall boy was?

Who could say? Taller than anyone.

Hey, it's me, Lovelace...

...formerly known as "guru."

I'm gonna be telling your story,

Happy Feet...

...Iong after you dead and gone!

Hey! Hey!

Enraged by their indifference...

... he followed them long after

they were gone from his sight.

He ventured further

than any of us had gone before...

... beyond all hope of return.

Swept up by the great currents...

... he was carried endlessly

across vast oceans...

... to worlds unknown.

Excuse me. What is this place?

You're in heaven, Dave. Penguin heaven.

Is it anywhere near Emperor Land?

It's wherever you want it to be.

Try the water, Dave. It's really real.

I heard tell,

when he finally saw aliens up close...

... they were just as the skua

had described.

Excuse me. Why are you taking our fish?

Big, ugly penguins without feathers

on their fat, flabby faces.

Why are you taking our fish?

You're kind of killing us out there.

No! No, wait!

Oh, my.

Hello. Hello from Emperor Land.

Good afternoon.

Why are you taking our fish?

I'm sure you don't mean to,

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