Happy Feet Two (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 18 Nov 2011
• Country: Australia, United States
• Adwords: 3 wins & 9 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1402488/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Happy_Feet_Two
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/happy-feet-two
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
• Runtime: 100 min
• Writer: George Miller, Gary Eck, Warren Coleman
• Director: George Miller, Gary Eck, David Peers
• Cast: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink
• Keywords: musical, aftercreditsstinger, penguin,

	5.8/10
	50/100
	45% – Critics
	60% – Audience

Happy Feet Two Storyline

A few years ago, in Happy Feet (2006), Mumble, now called the Master of Tap, couldn’t sing. This time, Erik, the young son of Mumble and Gloria, has an equally embarrassing problem: he is reluctant to dance. Then, to make matters worse, the intelligent and equally mysterious penguin who goes by the name of Mighty Sven appears, and he can do something even more extraordinary: he can fly. But, when unexplained, powerful forces shake Antarctica, Erik will get the chance to discover the power of family. Will Erik, too, find his true calling someday?

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Happy Feet Two Movie Reviews

Indifferent to the first one, I loved this

I was not first in the queue at the multiplex when Happy Feet came out. Despite being a fan of CGI movies, I’m not a dancing enthusiast and, frankly, I got the joke – dancing penguins, ha ha – without actually seeing the film. Also, much as I like Robin Williams live and in straight roles, I can have enough of him quite quickly when he is voicing animated characters. Anyway, I finally saw it, and it was exactly what I expected – OK, albeit the underlying gag was not sufficient to underpin a feature-length movie.

Clearly, I was out of step, because in due course along comes Happy Feet 2. Oh well, I reasoned, hopefully the 3D will be enough to keep me interested.

Now it seems that not only was I out of step on Happy Feet 1, I’m also out of step on Happy Feet 2, because I loved it. The dancing is kept to a minimum and such dancing as there is takes place in strict service to the demands of the plot. After what looked as if it was going to be, worryingly, a retread of the first movie (Mumbles’ young son Eric is also rhythmically challenged and wanders unhappily away from the Emperor penguins’ colony), Eric’s terpsichorean shortcomings are overlooked as a) we meet some new characters – specifically an Australian elephant seal and a pair of Krill (voiced wonderfully by Brad Pitt and Matt Damon), and b) a huge iceberg traps the Emperor colony, putting them at risk of starvation. Only Mumbles, Eric, and Eric’s two chick friends can (with help) save the day.

There is a lot more story here than in the first film, and much of it is very suspenseful. There are some wonderful visuals, some hysterically funny dialogue from the two Krill (Will and Bill Krill – Will is determined to reverse roles and become a carnivorous predator, to the horror of his meek friend Bill), and some inspired moments which choke you up with emotion at the same time as making you laugh. I never thought I would use the adjective “idotically” with the noun “beautiful”, but when a pack of Krill start geometric pulsations of their fluorescence in time to their tap dancing to Under Pressure on the underside of an iceberg, idiotically beautiful is the only way to describe what you are seeing.

Oh, and the 3D, while not essential, has some spectacular moments.

I loved it.

Spectacular visuals, a good voice cast and fun song and dance numbers are not enough to save the thin script and charmless and heavy-handed story

I want to start off saying that I liked the first Happy Feet. While it was not perfect, with a final twenty minutes(or so) that felt like a completely different movie, it was gorgeously animated and I loved the songs and choreography. I wasn’t expecting the sequel to be as good, but I was not expecting it to be so disappointing either. Is it a terrible movie? I don’t think so. The animation like with the first Happy Feet is simply spectacular, especially in the very detailed backgrounds. The characters are really cute looking too, then again I have always had a soft spot for penguins. The songs are also toe-tapping, with the best being Under Pressure, and the choreography dazzles, though I will be honest in saying that the first one in both areas was more memorable.

The voice cast do an admirable job, Elijah Wood is suitably humble and Robin Williams is quite good if not as funny but it was Hank Azaria who stole the show. I wasn’t so sure though about Pink as Gloria, she didn’t do too bad a job but while I can understand why it was a different voice actress as Brittany Murphy had died I found Murphy brought more likability and charm to the character.

On the other hand, the script feels thin here, nothing of note stands out, not helped by and the humour with the Krill felt out of place and unfunny to me. The Loney Goatherd yodel scene was the only one that made me smile at least. The characters I didn’t like as much, there were too many to emphasize with and few of them charmed me in any way, Mumble is not as cute as he was in the first movie and his son Erik felt like one of those stereotypical “kid of hero/heroine” that you’ll find in the Disney sequels for example, Lovelace is underused, Gloria is not as likable or as charming and the Krill despite enthusiastic vocal work from Matt Damon and Brad Pitt didn’t amuse me in the slightest. In fact the sole bright spot was Sven.

The biggest fault though was the story. Granted the story was not the first movie’s strong point either, but despite the thin structure and preachy final act it was still cute and grasped my attention. This sequel doesn’t do that. It is glacially paced, has next to none of the charm of the first one, is too anti-climatic and worst of all it doesn’t seem to know what type of story it wants to be. It relies too much at times on the musical numbers, has a pointless side-story with the Krill and for me the whole story here actually manages to be more heavy-handed than the final act of the first movie.

All in all, as much as I did want to like Happy Feet Two(and I am one of those who can understand why some will like it and some won’t, likewise with the first), it was a disappointing and unnecessary sequel that has some things to like but has too many glaring flaws that sadly can’t be overlooked. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Bright, loud, brash, and a bit of a mess

Mumble the penguin and Gloria have a son Erik. All the penguins are now dancing but Erik is struggling to get the hang of it. All around them, the ice is melting. Erik and his friends Bodicea and Atticus goes off to follow Ramon (Robin Williams). They arrive at Adélie-Land led by The Mighty Sven who can fly and is actually a puffin. Sven and Lovelace survived an oil slice to be rescued by humans. They escaped to rule the Adélie penguins. Mumble goes and retrieves the three little guys. However a giant upheaval blocks off and traps all the Emperor penguins. Meanwhile, there is a couple of krills (Brad Pitt, Matt Damon) trying to find their place in the world.

It is loud. It is brash. It’s even more colorful than the first one. However the story is a rambling mess. They’re trying to incorporate human climate change, have people, other animal characters and even introduces a side story about krills. It’s too much and leaves a story without cohesion. Having Brad Pitt and Matt Damon as krill friends may be funny on paper, but it’s tough to realize that it is actually Pitt and Damon. The voice work isn’t unique enough to make that connection. It probably needs a lot of inside modern references to make that connection. Although they provide some interesting comedy.