Every year, the penguins go on a journey for twenty days to select their mates and make love. After this, the battle with nature begins and while the men stay in the cold to keep the egg warm, the women go on the same journey backwards to get new food for their future kid.
If anybody will ask you which are the most respectful animals in the world, you will definitely answer the penguin after seeing this movie. What an unusual work of art this is. Brought as a tale of humans, for months the animals go through the roughest winter of them all. And all this for a baby that isn't even born yet.
Masterly edited, you feel like you have watched an incredibly romantic movie afterwards. The sweet soundtrack, the humble penguins, the funny notes, all make this an unforgettable documentary. It could have easily been the opposite. And while I know the angry birds in the movie don't growl like tigers, it makes for such a better story.
Made by the man who is currently setting up the Disneynature film label, this is an amazing spin between reality and fiction. You can see I'm still a little warm inside.
Heather was born deaf, just like her parents were. Now the question for the parents is, whether to give their deaf kid a cochlear implant or wait for the time she can make the choice herself.
It's a difficult dilemma. Your child is deaf, just like yourself. You don't think there's anything wrong with being deaf. But everyone around you says you will give your child a better future by giving her a cochlear implant.
This documentary makes you feel like there are only two worlds. The world of the hearing and the world of the deaf. The decision the parents have to make is a difficult one and ultimately you feel like Heather would have a disadvantage by not having the implant. But still, what if the implant really has little effect?
Interestingly, I just found out there's a follow-up called 'Sound and Fury: Six Years Later'. I wonder what happened.
Morgan Spurlock goes on a McDonalds ‘diet’ for 30 days. Monitored by several doctors, he soon finds out the fast food is causing more harm than anyone expected. But the rules are he can’t eat anything that’s not on the McDonalds menu.
Morgan Spurlock, who is releasing 'Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?' next week, is one of those documentary makers who can get in the big crowds. Not because he has these genius points of view. I mean, we all know fast food is getting us fat. But it's the way he brings the facts that makes the difference. Because who would really think about going on a McDonalds diet?
What's the most striking about this story, is how the doctors react to the destructive effects of the fast food. Not nearly expecting anything like Morgan Spurlock ends up with. At one point you get the feeling he might even throw in the towel. Destroying his liver and seeing all the spiking charts about his other functions. But in the next scene he's eating a burger again. You can't sell half a documentary after all, right?
Super Size Me ends up being a mirror that was not only needed for America, but also for McDonalds itself. The sad thing is however, it didn't create more than a small unnoticeable dent in its big fat ego.
“In law, a corporation is a person. On analysis, a corporation is … a psychopath?” In the American legal system, the corporation is legally a person. But since it practically isn’t, this documentary takes a closer look at the psychological behavior of a corporation and its impact on us, people.
The Corporation is a daring documentary about the current culture of corporations. The corporation, which is only here to make money. Maximizing profits. If it has to choose between dumping toxic, which will eventually kill people, and taking a fine or stop dumping the toxic, the corporation will look at profit. Will we make more profit if we stop dumping toxic or if we just take the fine?
And while it isn't all gloom and doom like the feature shows us, it is important to look at what we've created. A machine that isn't always in the best interest of the people. The Corporation takes us on a journey of chapters ranging from amusing to shocking. Money is what makes the world go round. And that's not a bad thing. But it definitely can be.
Somehow, Susan Tom ended up adopting 11 special needs children. In this documentary we observe her and the children for one year. What follows, is a touching but honest story about the family. Some are sick, very sick. Some are angry about their past and they certainly don’t like each other all the time. But they all have Susan, who’s trying her best to just make everything work.
'My Flesh and Blood' is a very diverse story. It doesn't drag into the medical battles some of these children have to handle -- although it does touch on them. But rather shows a story of a family that's just a little different. On the other side, this family is just as any other. They go to school, get boyfriends, fight with their brothers. And combining the 'ordinary family' with the 'special needs family' makes this a truly unique picture.
It isn't some sensational product and doesn't shy away from touching some of the deeper problems. These children are people too. And not just people you would feel sorry for, they can be cranky b's too. The filmmakers also don't ignore the other side of Susan Tom. Having some strange arguments with the children, she isn't always the loving and caring mother either. But in the end, this movie is about a beautiful family. They fight, they argue, but in the end they all love each other.
