And that could wind up being very big for DreamWorks Animation. I’m going with three out of five for Kung Fu Panda, if you’re looking for a chance to let your hair down and to just have a good time this weekend, I doubt you’ll find anything else that’ll do the trick.Even though it's been nearly five years since "Kung Fu Panda 2", there was a TV show - "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" - on Nickelodeon to keep Po, Master Shifu and the Furious Five from fading into pop culture oblivion.īut the movie isn't just coming out in the United States this weekend. Kung Fu Panda is a visually stunning film whose animation is part-computer generated part-hand drawn, it’s the kind of photorealistic 3-D animation that makes characters and locations come alive because they’re so intricately detailed and fantastically executed. It’s also impossible not to lose your heart to Po, the klutzy, couch-potato panda who gets his attitude from Jack Black’s amazing voice intonations. The all-star-cast voice talent also includes Jackie Chan,Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liu, but it’s Dustin Hoffman doing his best gruff vocals as Master Shifu who is the finest talent on board. The real fun in Kung Fu Panda comes from the action scenes which are packed with energy and full of crazy little moments that’ll have you in splits throughout. The film is an easy watch, enjoyable even, despite its formulaic ‘against-all-odds’ theme. Naturally what ensues are a series of laugh-out-loud moments as this hopeless panda with a total lack of skill is trained in the art of kung fu. Yet, as luck would have it, the temple master picks none of them, but roly-poly Po instead to be the Dragon Warrior. Shifu’s “Furious Five” comprise Monkey, Tigress, Mantis, Viper and Crane, all highly skilled fighters who could crack open your skull with one deadly move. Which is why he climbs up thousands of steps to the ancient temple where the Dragon Warrior will be chosen to face off against the dreaded villain Tai Lung who is believed to be planning his escape from an Alcatraz-like prison.ĭustin Hoffman lends his voice to Kung fu guru Master Shifu who lines up five of his best students before the temple master for his selection. It tells the story of an overweight panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) who works for his father in a noodle shop, but secretly yearns to be a kung fu fighter. It’s hard not to like Kung Fu Panda even though there have been many smarter animation films recently.
Cast: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liu
0 kommentar(er)
