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Kung Fu Panda
Jack Black is perfect as Po the Panda
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Jack Black is such a big kid, and this animated movie is the perfect vehicle for his awesome talents. The story is set in ancient China, and Black voices the part of Po, a big, fat panda who’s not happy about working in the family noodle-making business. He’d rather fight alongside the legendary Furious Five stars of the Kung Fu world: Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (David Cross).
Through a weird twist of fate, Po is chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy — protect the valley where he lives from the vicious snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane). But how can a big, fat panda be expected to take on such a job? He’s none of the things required of such a hero — agile, mentally focused, and lighting fast. Instead, he’s plump and lazy and can barely move through the family’s noodle restaurant without knocking things over.
But Po is enthusiastic and eager to learn, so he travels to a temple in the mountains and is taken — albeit reluctantly — under the wings of a Kung Fu guru, Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman).
The training trudges along until Shifu realizes that he’ll have to meet Po on his own level. He sets up a session whereby Po is rewarded with dumplings for his feats. Pretty soon, Po is gaining the confidence and strength needed to complete his mission.
While I wouldn’t say this is the best family movie I’ve ever seen — “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles” still jointly hold that title — it’s still a fun movie with great characters, plenty of action and, of course, some good lessons about believing in yourself, even if all the odds are stacked against you.
It offers a positive message for kids and a good reminder for adults: Be your own hero. Don’t look outside yourself for the answer. And don’t expect someone else to make things right for you.
And even though the story is set in ancient China, it applies to anyone in any time period. Po doesn’t have any big physical transformation, but he does learn the secret to greatness: Be yourself. Simple, huh?
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I just saw the movie 2 days ago. I must admit that it was really awesome. I enjoyed it an maximum and my girlfriend too. I can’t wait to see the next movie of this scenarist.
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