Saturday, June 7, 2008

Kung Fu Panda rocked my world

I just came back from seeing Kung Fu Panda. I walked in with no expectations and I was blown away...a thoroughly clever movie. I think it is just as good as The Incredibles, which has been, by far, the cleverest movie ever.

I went online to see if any critics commented on the background that Kung Fu Panda is based, but I didn't see anything and was pretty disappointed. The fact that "panda Kung Fu" is commonly used to describe people who is showing off a skill that they don't have is already putting a clever spin on the movie. On top of that, you have the furious five, each animal is based on a KF set that models after the animal movements....how crazy is that? And then you have Oogway, which literally means turtle in chinese, and is the wisest creature according to chinese legend!

Oh, and not to forget the fight scenes were just incredible! I thought I was watching those old school chinese kungfu drama movies!!! With the sound effects and everything.

But at any rate, even if one is not familiar with Chinese mythology, there's no doubt you'd enjoy it. 85% on Rotten Tomatoes! Definitely a worthwhile movie!

2 comments:

kingkao said...

dreamworks = crap
but will consider your critique on the film and maybe watch it.
might just stream it on my computer.

Lynn said...

T: I'm glad you liked it! i was afraid that i'd disappoint you! =D

E: if you didnt like the incredibles, you probably won't like kf panda then..unless you really like kf..haha. stop hating!