From the Alvin Lin blog, by Alvin Lin on 2008-06-16 10:50 PM (original link)
I recently saw this new animated movie and was pleasantly, extremely surprised at how great it is. The basic plot is that a legendary Dragon Warrior would come to save a Chinese village from an evil powerful villain, and that this legendary warrior turns out to be a fat goofy panda who must be trained by a group of martial arts masters. Yes it sounds formulaic but in my opinion it was better than ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ (which by the way would have been great if they had made the protagonist an Asian American teen). I thought it was just as good as ‘Shrek’ or ‘Finding Nemo’ or ‘Toy Story’. ‘Kung Fu Panda’ has a star studded cast including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, and Seth Rogan. Oh, and the music was done by Hans Zimmer. The visuals are spectacular, it incorporates aspects of Eastern philosophy and culture and scenery, and in my opinion was loaded with laughs. The movie is really quotable and also has lots of subtle humor. I think this movie was better than ‘Iron Man’.
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