An average movie

If I recall correctly, I saw this movie at my aunt's when I was on holiday in France. My wife was pretty sick (food poisoning or something like that) and while she was recovering, I ended up watching a whole bunch of dvds my aunt owned. Since I kept hearing good things about this flick, I was really eager to check it out. However, I ended up with some rather mixed feelings. First of all, it is indeed quite an intriguing documentary. The visuals were often really amazing and it was quite fascinating to follow these penguins. Still, there was one thing that did really bother me and that was the narration (personally, I saw the original French version but I don't think the language was the issue here). Apparently, the makers thought it would be a great idea to add some pseudo poetry-philosophy to comment these events. Personally, I thought it was a terribly misguided choice and it really bothered me throughout the whole thing. Not only it wasn't educational at all but above all, it felt really pretentious. Why they didn't do something like in 'Microcosmos' (an amazing French documentary, you should check it out)? Indeed, put some music, remove the comments alltogether and let nature tell its own story. So, the narration bothered me and, quite frankly, I don't think they showed things I didn't already knew before. Still, it remains a beautiful documentary and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10