Watching: Random Documentaries

Submitted by thinkwatchthink on Mon, 01/25/2010

First off, how much am I loving my Netflix Instant Streaming to my Playstation?

March of the Penguins

Lots of snowy fuzzy cuteness. Soothing Morgan Freeman narrating everything. It made for good on-in-background accompaniment for cooking dinner.

Mad Hot Ballroom

Also cute, with bunches of oh-so-serious ten- and eleven-year-olds dancing about. Fortunately not turned into sparkly little pageant queens.

Comments

by Anonymous - 02/19/2010

Mad Hot Ballroom

I LOVED "Mad Hot Ballroom". I saw it at a more "artsy" theatre in DC and it was a great experience. It just had this feel that we were all there together and invested in these kids. As to the movie, I find that I keep going back and re-watching the dance routines. They are good! (Well, more towards the end). It's also striking to hear some of these kids talk about things. The kids from Washington Heights are from a different world that many of us will never comprehend. Yet, here is something that they are good at doing.