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March of the Penguins Tops Box Offices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the waddle-waddle-waddle dept.

Zinside writes "Yahoo News is running a story stating that March of the Penguins may become the No. 2 documentary of all time at U.S. box offices." From the article: "The film, which follows a pack of Emperor Penguins during an arduous mating season, had grossed $18.4 million by Wednesday and was poised to surpass the $21.6 million for Michael Moore's anti-gun documentary Bowling For Columbine. For 13 months, Jacquet and his crew braved Antarctic temperatures as low as 70 degrees below zero - and winds up to 150 mph - to capture astonishing images of thousands of emperor penguins engaging in a mating and child-rearing ritual that is nothing short of astonishing. The Penguins are a miraculous species, capable of extreme heroism, self-sacrifice, sorrow and unshakable love."

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  1. Oooh... by xAXISx · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for a second there, I thought it was linux related ;).

  2. /. relevancy by tacarat · · Score: 5, Funny

    "For 13 months, Jacquet and his crew braved Antarctic temperatures as low as 70 degrees below zero - and winds up to 150 mph - to capture astonishing images of thousands of emperor penguins engaging in a mating... ritual"

    1) A lot of server rooms may as well be -70 degrees, so any sysad could empathize with the conditions (sans sunlight, of course).

    2) Any Slashdotter has at least one interest that the "normal population" would give a hearty 'WTF?' to.

    3) A demonstration of the amazing lengths some folks will go through for their penguin porn.

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    1. Re:/. relevancy by aichpvee · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey buddy, the sex scene was tastifully and artfully done. It wasn't a porn!

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  3. A more important question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>>The Penguins are a miraculous species, capable of extreme heroism, self-sacrifice, sorrow and unshakable love.

    More importantly, how do they taste? Fried, baked, or stewed? Anyone?

  4. Re:What does it say about the mainstream audience? by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the quality of this season's Hollywood crop.

    You made a typo in that last word.

  5. Re:Now you know.. by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's just typical of the Slashdot audience. How can you forget the sacrifices Windows '95 made? It died for your sins. Sometimes three times a day.

  6. Jacquet and his crew also braved by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thirteen months of EXTREME CUTENESS!!! Oh my god! Mother of Hello Kitty in a hand basket! belly sliding, wing flapping, fuzzy little baby penguin extreme cuteness as far as the eye can see! And the waddling!! Oh! the waddling!!!

  7. Re:Not #2 yet, and no chance for #1 by WesternActor · · Score: 5, Funny
    The #1 documentary is Farenheit 9/11 , which is completely out of the league of normal documentaries.

    You're right. Most documentaries document reality.

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