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Penguins - Spy in the Huddle Review, Reveals Journey of Cute Penguins
13 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Penguins - Spy in the Huddle Review, Reveals Journey of Cute Penguins

3rd Jan 2023 John Downer's documentary "Penguins - Spy in the Huddle" , Using subtle methods to reveals the the true character of penguins.

IMDB, 8.3/10 Douban, 9.7/10 Rotten Tomatos, N/A Youtube, 1.3Mviews, 9Klikes Bilibili, 2.13Mviews, 13Klikes, Story continues below

Penguins - Spy in the huddle is directed by John Downer, and narrated by Davie Tennant and Peter Drost. The director John Downer is an experienced director which directed many other spy series BBC documentaries including Elephants, Spy in the Herd, Tiger, Spy in the Jungle, and Polar Bears, Spy on the Ice.

The documentary is mainly filming the actions and undiscovered habits of the Humboldt Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin and Emperor Penguin.

In the first episode, emperor penguins navigate over a perilous freezing sea to get to their mating sites. Rockhopper Penguins jumping across the world's roughest waters. Humboldt penguins fighting through the desert reaching for their nests. For baby penguins to have a good environment to hatch.

In the second episode, newborn emperor penguins are learning to walk. Rockhopper chicks are watching their predatory neighbour. Humboldt babies try to fight gulls and seals.

Finally, the third episode focuses on the development of the newborn penguins. As they get more independent, all of the chicks leave the ocean and venture onto land, where they run across threats, hostile predators, landforms, and weather.

The camera designs are very unique, 50 spycams were placed in fake penguin bodies and penguin eggs. So filming amount and quality of the actions and habits of penguins can be preferably improved.

Unlike many other outstanding documentaries recording heavy issues, the tone of content in the movie is relaxing and enjoyable. Not so heavy but more pleasant in content. Whether it is the emperor penguin walking alone in the blizzard, the Humboldt penguin bravely shuttled among the sea lions, or those little lives that were almost taken away by natural enemies, most of them survived the danger.

Combined with relaxing music and voice acting, it's perfect for watching during stressful times. The cute penguin can release most of the stress.

The tone of voice is formal, relaxing and neutral. The three episodes of the documentary are mostly objective, and the movie is mostly an informative piece. The mode of the documentary is expository, informing the content and related knowledge of the documentary. The idea and opinion of this movie is mainly informing penguins knowledge and make people more happy.

The advantage of this movie is the relaxing style of information and enjoyable light content that can be watched by little kids. A slight problem is the depth of the movie, but with relaxing and enjoyable content, the problem can be mostly ignored.

The movie expresses the creators idea of relax and pleasant to the audience, the words are in third perspective as an informer to the audience.

In conclusion, the documentary Penguin - Spy in the huddle is a great documentary for an easy and pleasant experience. If the depth of the movie is deeper, the movie will be even more worth watching.

Average score, 9/10, well worth seeing.

Other Informations, Format, HD Producer, Matthew Gordon Directed by, John Downer First air date, Monday 11th Feb, 2013 Organization, JDP, BBC and Discovery Produced by, Philip Dalton True face of the penguin!!!
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