thebigdishman

I have just watched The March of the Penguins for the fourth time in seven days, and I can honestly say that I have never been so impressed by a piece of natural history documentary film making. Morgan Freeman's narration could probably only have been better had Richard Burton still been available, and the standard of achievement by the film crew, who themselves had to endure the incredibly harsh Antarctic winter, was quite astounding.

There are those who, I must say, have quite cynically slayed this film, but surely they must be in the minority. The pain, the agony, the pathos, the humour and the sheer expansiveness of this film surely merits the highest praise.

10 out of 10 barely does this film justice, and I look forward to more of this standard from the same makers.

I am not a great one for Terry Pratchett, but this adaptation of Hogfather was very good, with every actor performing to a high standard. Full marks especially to Sir David Jason and to Tony Robinson. If I have any criticism at all it was that the soundtrack, when quiet, was a little too quiet, but I didn't turn up the volume for fear of being deafened at the loud end. I really would appreciate seeing it again without the commercial breaks, and done as a single piece rather than a two episode, ten segment piece. And, by the way Sky, if you ever do re-run it that way, please do so without cutting it just for the sake of the schedules. This needs to be seen in its entirety to really appreciate the story.