In all honesty, I had my reservations about watching a feature length movie involving the penguins from the Madagascar films because 1) I never really thought any of the Madagascar films were all that funny (apart from King Julien), and 2) I thought the penguins weren't as good as they could have been in those movies. So, when I saw that they had a movie of their own, I definitely thought that we were in for a bit of a boring film.
I'm glad to say that I was wrong, because the Penguins of Madagascar was actually a pretty enjoyable flick. I mean it wasn't an amazing film or anything, but it's definitely much better than what I thought it would be.
The humour is pretty constant all the way through, and it's not just from the slap-stick comedy that we're used to seeing when it comes to any of the Madagascar films either. A great deal of amusement comes from a lot of the dialogue (which is really well scripted) between Skipper, Rico, Private, and Kowalski, which in itself is great, but it gets better when Dave the octopus ("Nicolas! Cage them! Hugh! Jack! Man the battle stations!") and Classified enter the fray.
Some of the dialogue does fall a bit flat, but there are a lot of good little one-liners and bigger scenes with a couple of the best ones being where Skipper keeps interrupting Classified by munching on cheese dibbles, and where Dave is trying to use a web-cam (reminiscent to anyone whose grandparents have tried to use one). Even little scenes like Skipper slapping a baby squid (thinking it's an octopus) to get information from it and it starts to cry are well executed.
The voice cast who deliver these lines are all excellent as well, from Tom McGrath as Skipper to Benedict Cumberbatch & John Malkovich as Classified & Dave.
Penguins of Madagascar is definitely a fast-paced, wacky animation that never gets boring, and should keep you entertained & chuckling throughout.
A high one (you'll understand when you see the film) to all those involved.
I'm glad to say that I was wrong, because the Penguins of Madagascar was actually a pretty enjoyable flick. I mean it wasn't an amazing film or anything, but it's definitely much better than what I thought it would be.
The humour is pretty constant all the way through, and it's not just from the slap-stick comedy that we're used to seeing when it comes to any of the Madagascar films either. A great deal of amusement comes from a lot of the dialogue (which is really well scripted) between Skipper, Rico, Private, and Kowalski, which in itself is great, but it gets better when Dave the octopus ("Nicolas! Cage them! Hugh! Jack! Man the battle stations!") and Classified enter the fray.
Some of the dialogue does fall a bit flat, but there are a lot of good little one-liners and bigger scenes with a couple of the best ones being where Skipper keeps interrupting Classified by munching on cheese dibbles, and where Dave is trying to use a web-cam (reminiscent to anyone whose grandparents have tried to use one). Even little scenes like Skipper slapping a baby squid (thinking it's an octopus) to get information from it and it starts to cry are well executed.
The voice cast who deliver these lines are all excellent as well, from Tom McGrath as Skipper to Benedict Cumberbatch & John Malkovich as Classified & Dave.
Penguins of Madagascar is definitely a fast-paced, wacky animation that never gets boring, and should keep you entertained & chuckling throughout.
A high one (you'll understand when you see the film) to all those involved.