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It was sorta Moulin Rouge on ice. If that movie hadn't been a predecessor, I don't think the pop tunes medley-after-another sung by the penguins would have worked for modern audiences. But I agree with Alex that they do have a reason to sing medlies, explained quite nicely in the film.
The Moulin connection was the only reason for Kidman to be involved with the project ... and now I quite agree her voice work for animation must cease with this film. Elijah was nominally better, but not by much. I wouldn't put his work in the "Truly Awful" category, tho.
What surprises me about the spate of famous actors doing voice-work is how many are good at it. Used to be that famous actors were a death knell for animated projects ... and professional voicers the only quality way to go. But many an actor realizes how much work can be done with the voice, and quite a few are up to expressing a character through voice alone.
Not so many in Happy Feet though. But I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and did not find it preachy in the least. Is Bambi preachy? I rather like films starring animals to express that animals would like us to stop fu<king with them. And I didn't find the Happy Feet approach to be too heavy-handed.
Get it? Feet? Handed? Tee-hee-Hee-hee
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