One of my favorite movies in 2008 (of the few I watched) was Kung Fu Panda. It is an animated movie about an unbalanced and rather uncoordinated panda, Po, who is the biggest fan of kung fu. The Valley of Peace is protected by the Furious Five: Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Mantis, and Crane. All 5 are up to be the Dragon Warrior and have been trained for ages by the red panda Master Shifu, who is the protégée of the wise and respected tortoise, Master Oogway.
When the Dragon Warrior is about to be picked by Oogway, Po rushes from his father’s noodle shop to go and watch, but arrives too late and is blocked from entering. After attempting every possible way of getting over the wall, Po straps fireworks together and launches himself into the air…only to land in front of the finger that was choosing the Dragon Warrior. Disbelieving that a slightly overweight panda could really be a kung fu master, Master Shifu does everything he can to get Po to quit, which has the opposite effect.
When Master Shifu gets word that snow leopard Tai Lung has escaped from the high-security prison he had been kept in. With the plot set, the story unfolds with Tai Lung as the antagonist and Po needing to shape up and master his king fu skills.
This animated movie incorporates a mix of drama and comedy which comes out especially in the voiceovers of excellent, well-known actors. Jack Black voices Po; Dustin Hoffman is Shifu; and other characters voiced by actors including Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, and David Cross, among others.
When the Dragon Warrior is about to be picked by Oogway, Po rushes from his father’s noodle shop to go and watch, but arrives too late and is blocked from entering. After attempting every possible way of getting over the wall, Po straps fireworks together and launches himself into the air…only to land in front of the finger that was choosing the Dragon Warrior. Disbelieving that a slightly overweight panda could really be a kung fu master, Master Shifu does everything he can to get Po to quit, which has the opposite effect.
When Master Shifu gets word that snow leopard Tai Lung has escaped from the high-security prison he had been kept in. With the plot set, the story unfolds with Tai Lung as the antagonist and Po needing to shape up and master his king fu skills.
This animated movie incorporates a mix of drama and comedy which comes out especially in the voiceovers of excellent, well-known actors. Jack Black voices Po; Dustin Hoffman is Shifu; and other characters voiced by actors including Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, and David Cross, among others.
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