The first I heard of the movie Oddball was when my boys brought home a note from school requesting that they go on an excursion to the cinema to watch it. It wasn’t exactly sure what it was about but after a quick Google search, I wanted to see it as well.
Oddball Review
In all honesty I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. It had every aspect of a good movie; love, a hero, fluffy animals, the underdog, the twist and much more. So what is Oddball about? Well it is basically about a penguin sanctuary that is loosing penguins by the day (technically night) to the claws of foxes. In an effort to save the penguins and Swampy Marsh’s dog Oddball; they take a high stakes risk and leave Oddball on the island. To their delight and the surprise of Swampy’s daughter, Oddball saves the day. He had found his true calling!
This is a wonderfully heart-touching film that is perfect for the whole family.
Roadshow Synopsis
Happy Feet meets Red Dog in this hilarious and heart-warming true story about a mischievous dog who defies the odds and saves a penguin colony from extinction.He’s lovable, loyal and quite the handful. In fact, Oddball the dog has a reputation in his local community as a bit of a troublemaker. So when his eccentric owner, Swampy Marsh, suggests Oddball could be trained to protect the endangered penguins on the nearby island from foxes, the authorities think he’s barking mad. But Swampy always likes to bite off more than he can chew. With the help of his beloved granddaughter, the feisty farmer sets out to prove that man’s-best-friend can be a penguin’s best friend too.
Cast include: Shane Jacobson (Kenny), Sarah Snook (Dressmaker), Coco Jack Gillies (Mad Max: Fury Road), Deborah Mailman (Paper Planes) and ‘Kai’ the Maremma sheep dog star in the box office hit with a heart as big as Australia.
Released: December 16th 2015 Rating: $39.95 Rating: G
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They jump with both feet together if they want to move more quickly or cross steep areas or rocks
The King penguin Has a very long hatching length of time ,it takes about 14-16 months for a single penguin chick to hatch from their egg. They don’t make nests, instead they lay only one egg at a time and carry it around on their feet covered with a flap of abdominal skin called the brood patch. Such dedication to reproduction.
Penguins have been known to become depressed and march away from their groups to die. I know how they feel! Sometimes I feel this way too but choose to soldier on, remembering my krill bowl is always half full and never half empty!
The blue penguin also known as the fairy penguin the smallest of the penguin species at 41cm It weighs about 1 kg, The largest penguin is the emperor penguin 1.1m tall and weighs 27-41 kg, Such a huge weight and height difference
What an amazing story, a beaut movie for all ages. Dogs are wonderful as are penguins and this amazing tale will ensure there is not a dry eye in the house. Would recommend to all young children particularly to teach them about the animal kingdom,love and friendship.
I’m a fairy penguin lover and got behind the “Knits for Nature’ program when it was running…..penguins who had been rescued from an oil spill and needed woolly jumpers to stay warm.
Penguins have a gland in their body that acts like a filter to separate the salt from the water. Meaning they actually drink salt water quite safely!
The Gentoo penguin makes as many as 450 dives per day when foraging for krill, their main diet.
That when they’re in love, they love for life, and the boy penguin presents his chosen female mate with a pebble that he’s procrastinated over for ages.
There are approximately 17 species of penguins under 6 genera all found in the southern hemisphere with the Little penguins only found in southern Australia and New Zealand
There’s a special gland behind their eyes, can’t remember it’s exact name, but it filters the salt water they ingest while hunting for fish, out of their systems via their beaks or when they sneeze! They have like a mini desalination plant in their heads!!!
Penguins’ eyes work better under water than they do in air. Many scientists believe penguins are extremely short-sighted on land.
male emperor penguins must cope with the worst weather conditions on earth, all the while eating nothing Careful to keep the egg sheltered,
They look classier than any gentlemen in a tuxedo!
The Galapagos Penguin lives farther north than any other penguin and is the only penguin that might venture into the Northern Hemisphere.
Penguins live almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere and deppending on the type of penguin their lifespan can be anything from 1 year up to 20 years.
Many penguins will mate with the same member of the opposite sex each season. They also return to the same nesting spot.
Penguins swallow pebbles and stones as well as their food. Scientists believe that the stones may help grind up and digest their food. The stones may also add enough extra weight to help penguins dive deeper.b
The tallest penguin ever reached nearly 6 feet and weighed just over 90kg! That’s HUGE
I love that the man is the one who has to look after the baby
Penguin sight is great as they fly through the air
But even better under water. They can see without a care.
This means no hungry babies. The can see to hunt for food
That’s an amazing fact. I think it’s pretty good.
penguins mate for life.
A group of young penguin chicks is called a “crèche.”
A group of penguins in the water is called a “raft.”
A group of penguins on land is called a “waddle”.
Penguins sleep standing up.Penguins are oriented by the sun.
That all penquins are super cute
Penguins have knees
the dads incubate the eggs
Penguins cannot breath underwater!
King penguins have one of the longest breeding cycles, taking 14-16 months for a single chick to hatch! They must be very patient!
Unlike most birds who molt gradually, penguins do a catastrophic molt and lose all their feathers at once
I love that the Little Penguin,
only weighs 1.5 kilos!
So tiny and so cute,
it’s like they forgot to grow.
I love that Emperor penguins can live up to 20 years!
i love the fact the dad’s incubate the eggs pretty amazing
Fossils place the earliest penguin relative at some 60 million years ago, meaning an ancestor of the birds we see today survived the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, I find this amazing!
Most penguins are monogamous…I love the fact that most of them stay faithful to each other…it makes me feel like their the romantics in the animal kingdom!
No penguins live at the North Pole, apparently it’s too far to swim from the South Pole and they don’t travel by boat!!!
The most interesting Penguin fact I have read is that when the babies are sell in the egg, the mothers go away and hunt for food for over 3 months while the fathers stay with the babies between their legs. It’s so upsetting seeing how many don’t make it.
That the Dadas do all the babysitting while the Mamas do all the providing – GIRL POWER!!!
King and emperor penguins lay one egg. All other species of penguin lay two eggs. Bet you didn’t know that!
There are many things I love about Emperor penguins. I love how the dad looks after the egg & chick. I love how the mates cuddle when mum returns & they can distinguish each other’s call. I also love how they take turns to be in the centre of the warm huddle.
I love that they play. Diving from heights and tobogganing on their tummies just for fun.
They mate for life!
Penguins drink salt water! (They have a gland that filters out the salt)
Scientists can find large penguin colonies from space by looking for poo stained dark ice. Large colonies mean lots of penguins which means lots of poo!
Chinstrap penguins are most populous penguins with a total population of over 13 million – That’s alot of birds and bird poop
Dad babysits and they stay together for life!
Penguins can often be seen surfing through the waves onto land. Love it. Real life Surf’s Up.
Apparently penguins have excellent hearing and rely on distinct calls to identify their mates when returning to the crowded breeding grounds.
Great movie, awesome to add to the DVD collection.
If a female Emperor Penguin’s baby dies, she will often “kidnap” an unrelated chick—but rather than raise it as her own, she soon abandons the stolen chick, how sad
I love that they mate for life..
i love how there are 17 of them in the southern hemisphere, talk about diversity among penguins
Penguins can spend up to 75% of their lives in the water.
Penguins in Antarctica have no land based predators.
Penguins sneeze to get the saltwater out of their blood stream!