Farce of the Penguins (2006)

Farce of the Penguins (2006). 1h 20m | R

“When I first started this movie I had high hopes. The first five minutes seemed quite funny with Samuel L. Jacksonu0026#39;s narration and the promising all-star cast. I assumed the reason few people liked this was because it had a sort of u0026quot;stupidu0026quot; sense of humor as seen in movies like Kung Pow that few people appreciated. Unfortunately, even with so many big names in this movie, it was difficult to find any humor at all in this.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe majority of the movie revolved around Bob Saget and Lewis Blacku0026#39;s characters chatting back and forth about walking far and finding a mate. What made the movie bad wasnu0026#39;t its juvenile sense of humor, but rather the lack of overall jokes. What was shown was simply Bob Saget reenacting his job as host of Americau0026#39;s Funniest Home Videos when he used to provide voiceovers to the five second clips in order to make them only slightly more amusing. But considering there isnu0026#39;t much amusing about penguins in the first place, Saget couldnu0026#39;t do much to make it funnier than the thoughts everyone with any sense of humor whatsoever was thinking while watching March of the Penguins.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;ll admit that the horrid editing didnu0026#39;t make me dislike the movie as much as the humor, but it is definitely worth mentioning that it had to have been done by someone with no real experience in the editing field. For example, when one penguin farts in the movie, a large transparent red circle appears near it. I donu0026#39;t know what the editor was trying to do to make the fart more visible by using a red circle. Had they added in something like a green colored gas effect, it would have been more appealing. Another example is how some of the clips blatantly reverse themselves to stay on screen while the actors talk. Very little effort was put into this movie, though considering how little the makers had to do (Nearly all the footage was cheap stock footage), they must have made a fortune by spending so little money on this.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe reason I didnu0026#39;t give this a score of 1 was because Iu0026#39;ll admit that I did laugh a few times, and I appreciate that the movie recognized itself as a bad movie, like when penguins from the March of the Penguins scoff at how dumb the humor is, when the writers are depicted as a monkey banging on a typewriter, and when Samuel L. Jackson apologizes for not having the budget to make the penguinsu0026#39; mouths move. Still, I would not recommend this movie to anyone, regardless of their sense of humor.”