Fri, May 27, 2005 - Page 16 News List

Penguins are cute, until nature has a say

Luc Jacquet captured stunning shots of the Antarctic wilderness and the penguins that have devised a way to survive in the continent's deadly climate. photos courtesy of flash forward

By Max Woodworth  /  STAFF REPORTER

Parents with kids in tow will be grateful that both penguin parents and their chick see it to the end of the film. Kids, on the other hand, might not have the attention span to actually see the end, as the film contains long stretches without narration and stunning panorama shots that hold for far longer that any shot in your typical kid flick. Without these arresting scenes, though, we wouldn't have the same appreciation of the beauty and the dangers ever present in Antarctica where the penguins, against all the odds, have survived.

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