To be honest,
after seeing the movie the first time, I was in line for a second helping.
Those penguins crack me up big time, and they are just too cute and wonderful
to be overlooked.
It’s about time
they had their own motion picture, about them and them alone. The TV series
that airs on Nickelodeon is always a riot of laughs, as there’s nothing these
penguins won’t do to get to the end of the pressing matter at hand. And in this
movie, they showed the same tenacity, and we even get to see how the group was
formed.
The movie had
many inside jokes to keep you aching for more, and the voice casting was
exceptional. We had Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon, and Christopher
Knights voicing Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private, respectively. We also had
Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich as the villainous octopus Dave, or Dr.
Octavius Brine.
So, what are our
beloved penguins up to now?
The answer is,
they were out looking for an adventure.
The movie starts
with an introduction to our penguins and how they recruited Private. The group
has been together since they were chicks, and they decided from then to be
different from the rest. This led them through various ups and downs in zoos,
until the movie catches up with the present development after Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012).
The group gets
accosted by a villainous octopus who is out for revenge against the penguins’
cuteness. This leads them to meet the North Wind (NW), an elite undercover task
force that rescues animals in need. The group consists of their leader, a gray
wolf named Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch), as dubbed by Skipper, a harp seal
named Short Fuse (Ken Jeong), a polar bear named Corporal (Peter Stormare), and
an intelligent snowy owl named Eva (Annet Mahendru).
The octopus,
Dave, wants to rid the world of the penguins’ cuteness, and the penguins have
to stop him, or they will no longer be cute (it sounded better in my head).
The movie had
cool dad jokes cheesy lines like:
- “Nicholas, cage them!”
- “Drew, Barry, more power!”
- “Kevin, bake on!”
- “Charlize, stay on them!”
- “Robin, write this down!”
After watching this movie, I hope the box office and home media sales bring in the financial investment made for us to see it, because it would be sad if a sequel isn’t made. So, I hope word of mouth drives many to go see this. It’s worth it for both adults and kids alike.
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