Kung Fu Panda

When Kung Fu Panda came out last summer I was hesitant to see it, for some reason the trailers didn't excite me. So now that It's on DVD I got a chance to check it out. The story is simple really, an evil kung fu master escapes from a prison and in order to stop him a dragon warrior must be chosen. Only wanting to see who is going to be chosen out of five kung fu masters Po a flabby panda accidentally falls into the arena and is chosen. No one not even Po believes he is the dragon warrior, but he trains and ends up fighting the evil kung fu master. Okay now that's out of the way here's what I thought, Kung Fu Panda was really entertaining. It had a real respect for older kung fu flicks, some of the story elements and lessons learned even mirror those movies. The fact that it has such a respect for kung fu movies in my book made this a serious kung fu movie, but one the whole family can enjoy. I know you might be thinking how can a kid's movie be a serious kung fu movie? Here's some reasons,  one the bad guy is actually threatening, I was quite surprised how much of a legitimate threat this guy was, he was pretty bad ass for an animated movie bad guy. Two the fight sequences were amazing, the fight scenes in Kung Fu Panda were really solid, and held my attention in suspense the way any other movie would, in fact I almost forgot I was watching and animated movie, that's how good the fight sequences were. Three and last, like I said earlier the themes of the film mirrored classic kung fu movies, which said to me that Dreamworks wasn't just making some kiddie kung fu movie, they were making a movie for kung fu movie fans that kids can also enjoy. Kung Fu Panda was a movie that took me of guard and really impressed me, I really had no idea it was going to be this good. Let Kung Fu Panda kick around in you DVD player as soon as possible.

4 out of 5

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one luv, Toinne