Jun 23 2008
Kung Fu Panda!
“Everybody’s been Kung Fu Fighting…” Da dada dada da da da
Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman in an animated Kung Fu movie for kid’s right. When I was a kid I thought that Kung Fu movies were a ridiculous absurdity headed in the same direction that Spaghetti Westerns were—obscurity. Yes, every once and a while there’s one made in the classic tradition and it’s awesome—Silverado with regard to Westerns and Crouching Tiger for the Kung Fu genre. Although, I must say that Crouching Tiger is in a class all of its own and really a whole new genre of Kung Fu… On top of that Crouching Tiger did win 4 Academy awards.
Kung Fu Panda is to animation what Crouching Tiger is to the action drama category of motion pictures.
Went with the whole family. Kung Fu Panda is funny, the adults laughed as loud and as often as the kids did—which was quite often! Kung Fu Panda is exciting, we exclaimed and wrestled in our seats. Kung Fu Panda was more than a pleasant experience—it was unexpectedly uncommon and great!
• We rooted for the good guy and hissed at the villain.
• I can even say there were some sentimental moments that I could have gotten teary eyed if I let myself.
• There were life lessons for all ages to be learned.
Comedy, drama, action, Matrix-esque bullet time excitement, and Kung Fu Fighting! Yeah Baby!
The Kung Fu fight scenes ROCKED, animated yet the action scenes were phenomenally choreographed and as good as I’ve ever seen with real actors acting them out.
Jack Black rocks, Dustin Hoffman’s perfect, casting in general is outstanding. The animation and the special effects throughout the movie are award caliber. Storyline exceptional, anything but trite, entertaining!
Kung Fu Panda is great for the kids, great for adults—Great!
