Kung Fu Panda Movie Reviews

Kung fu panda is a 2008 american animated film. It was directed by john wayne stevenson and mark osborne and produced by melissa cobb.

This movie is a story of a panda who had a dream to learn kung fu. He never gave up..and finally he got one opportunity and being a fatty panda but he became a kung fu master. So kind of good message delivered to the viewers.

So friends, never give up do what you do and if somethings goes wrong then say "aal iss well".

I wish you get your own dream.

Thanks

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

This movie is good for building self esteem for the kids and motivational in nature. Great to watch it with family or kids. animation quality is superior. Should be watched in the theater or with real good home theater for the effects. It's good to see once not worth for collection. Clean entertainment.

Does not drag much. good sound effects. Not very different in theme but the treatment of the subject is well handled. Has some action as well

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

Umberto Eco

There are times, well, actually there are so many times when I act irrationally. Having watched Wall-E, I was extremely wary of watching any other animation, so despite having had this DVD with me for over two weeks, I was hesitant to watch it. What a dumbass I was!!! (no snickers now :-p, and I really identify with the roly-poly cuddly Panda, had the movie been released before I joined MS, my alias would have been Po). Comparing the two is an exercise in futility, for both serve their own purpose...

Far from being a damp squib, the movie turned out to be a sincere, fun lesson in duty and dreams, wisdom and willpower, all drenched in "awesomeness". Right from the beginning, we are in the company of Po (voice of Jack Black), a generously proportioned black and white bundle of naivete and wide eyed wonder, who lives with his father Mr. Ping(voice of James Hong), a goose known for his noodles. Po is a martial arts fanatic, a Kung-Fu fan who knows all the lore and skills of "The Furious Five" fighters who live in the Shaolin temple on the mountain. Po would like to spend his days with nothing better to do than dream of being the next best warrior, while his father reminds him "we are noodle folk; broth runs in our veins", all the time hoping that Po will, one day, take over the family business.

However, when it is announced that Kung Fu master Oogway (an infinitely wise turtle, with a long, liquid neck, Randall Duk Kin) will be choosing the legendary Dragon warrior, Po is beside himself with excitement. But cute, roly poly pandas are not built to climb the the thousand stairs to the temple, and by the time he gets there, the doors are barred. Po, however, catapults himself into the metaphorical hot seat, where he kicks, grunts and groans towards his destiny, that of being the Chosen One, who has to fight the snow leopard Tai Lung(Ian McShane). He must overcome his physical bulk and general geekiness to prove himself to martial arts master Shifu (a gremlin like rodent voiced, wittily, in a perpetual mutter, by Dustin Hoffman) and his students: Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Viper (Lucy Liu), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Crane (David Cross) and Mantis (Seth Rogen).

The screenplay is a tad predictable, however, where it works is in its underlying sweetness. Its a gag bag full of jokes, sage lectures, helpful lessons and kicky fights. Directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne exploit the various training and battle sequences—one or two too many, probably—for all they're worth. "Kung Fu Panda" references everything from Bruce Lee to Stephen Chow to Jackie Chan. I particularly loved Po and Shifu's battle for control of a dumpling, waged with chopsticks, and the ultimate result. The characters are drawn beautifully. See the adorabale turtle, and the cute cute cute Viper... yes, I know what I am talking about... You remember the Snake in the snake game in Nokia? Imagine that snake with a high high high cuteness quotient, and you will know what I mean :)

Kung Fu Panda speaks out to me, rather any viewer who has dreamt an impossible dream, who has struggled against the shackles which bind him to his/her family's expectations. It touches your heart with the tale of an appealing, wide-eyed Po, who feels like an outsider amidst those whom it admires. We have all felt the pain of being a misfit sometimes, and when you see Po trying to fit in with with the Furious Five, who look down at him in disdain, its gonna be a hard hard heart which does not melt!!! It fortifies you when Po wins the grudging respect of his Master, who ultimately learns to trust again. It gladdens your heart when Po overcomes his own misgivings against himslef, and when he starts believing in himself. The best part was, I found myself nodding in acqueisance when Po said "I eat when I am upset!!" Last but not the least, there's a sweet message which tells you to be yourself, and have faith in your Master...  See the movie, you will know what I mean.

P.S This review is for Rohit... whom I miss terribly, and who got me the DVDs... Thanks buddy.... miss you loads and loads and loads!!!

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

This has been long since I have tried my hands at mouthshut. Maybe I was too lazy or too busy just watching some great movies and reading some stuff. But this has done a lot good to me, I have developed a good taste for these movies. Today I pen down a movie you all might have heard of I guess...the kung fu panda. Though I will not go into the details that you will find on those movie databases such as the director and all that crap.so, here it goes...

This movie is a great animation movie but if you are asking for a new storyline thenm, you gonna get dissapointed for sure! For most I know, if asked about a kung fu movie will say that a initially dumb person, wanting to be a furious kung fu warrior but can't shed all those belly craps and the courage be the second thing to gather, some hit and trials and initial failure and after some lecture and all, he suddenly emerges to be a kung- fu master and finishes up the villian. This is what the movie is all about.

There is a really sweet panda who works in a restaurant and his dad who to the surprize of mine, turns out to be a duck (or something of that sort) . The panda dreams of being like the ferocious fives, which is a team of five highly trained animals who are masters in kung-fu. The panda wants to be a kung-fu warrior but his dad wants him to serve a t the restaurant and continue the legacy of his forefathers.

One day the panda comes to know that there is a selection for the dragon warriors being conducted and he gets ready to compete.

Then happens a series of some events and he is selected the kunk fu warrior amongst all the other masters present and displaying their talents.

Now he is there to be trained and while everyone hates him for every given thing. Even the teacher dislikes him and wants him to run away.

Everything said and done finally he gets trained enough to fight and stop the villian tiger who has escaped from the dark prison and wants to take away the dragon- warrior secret. Here the movie gets different...the panda remaines bulky and large and fat but realizes his real power and defeats the tiger who has already incapcitated the furious fives and the teacher. The movie has a great message saying...the inner you is real you. All power required is bestowed by the almighty already in you, all you need to do is to realize the SECRET.

This is overall a good watch. The animation is great and the panda really looks cute and lovely. So if you are waiting for a movie while you are getting bored and have nothing to do then you must go for this movie over others. But not quite worth taking some time out of your schedule and going for this one.

Here's how IMDB describes it...

https://imdb.com/title/tt0441773/plotsummary

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

I think this is one of the best animated movies in a long time. The Panda is representative of all that is there in the chinese culture. This movie has marvellously shown the hidden china in more ways than one. Too bad the chinese never thought of making such a movie as some of the insights in the movie are so representative of their culture.

I am not going to describe the movie in any manner in this review but would suggest watching this movie with the above in mind. Of course it is a hugely enjoyable movie otherwise as well, with a great star cast (voices) and it gels in well with the characters being played.

The other characters in the movie only help to enhance the enjoyability of the movie. My favourite animated movie still is ICE AGE, however, having said that I feel kung fu panda offers more in terms of insight and drama than ICE AGE.

A must see and hope u enjoy the flick!

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

Well, with so many animation movies in around and the bar being raised every time a new one is released. Though chances are that you might feel this one is for Kids but hey, I was proved wrong. But I was happy to be wrong. Coming down to the sub:

The Cast (animated & voice over ) is superb. With Jolie , Hoffman & Black with their performances, you are inside the scree the moment it starts. I liked Po so much (clumsy , lazy but very adorable) that I started looking for a Po momento !!

In short , the story starts with Po , a Kung fu enthusiast who never had much skill or luck to live upto the expectations but somehow the legend has it that he is the chosen one to save the valley from Tai Lung (snow leopard ), Superbly executed by Ian McShean , Then enters the Furious Five: Tigress - Angelina Jolie; Crane David Cross; Mantis, Seth Rogen; Viper - Lucy Liu; and Monkey, the one and only Jackie Chan under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu, Mr. Dustin Hoffman!! ...but with so much ferocity skill and knowledge , they have a hard time getting our Po Po into Kungfu Dancing !! But somehow with lot of masala, tears, obstacle as always and as usual... our Hero , Po (Black) prevails overall(the end is for you to witness)

The Martial art is great , animated but still works well. The film is directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne.

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

The depressed soul that I have become. One day late at night, I decided to go for a movie to elivate my spirit.. Quite a risk in streets of delhi but, I couldn't care much and I am so glad I went ahead with my plan.

Kung-fu Panda is the most amazing animated movie ever made. Its meant for everyone. Apart from a cute panda and his heart rending smile, the morals in the movie are superb. The movie is all about having faith in yourself and living in the present. And this mantra can't be expressed in any better way than it has been shown by poo. The panda in the movie.

Each character is so cute and the action is awesome.. After watching the movie I was like.. I wish I knew fung-fu. And its a laugh riot. There was not a single dull moment. I have seen this movie thrice in the theater and have it on my cell.. Watch it each time I get lil cranky!! I recommend this movie to everyone. Old, young, kids, whoever..

Its the best animated movie I have ever seen!!

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

I am a fan of animation, which i became after movies like finding nemo and shrek series. This movie may not be the best animation that i have seen, but it is good enough for me to recommend this.

First things first

This is not for the serious "v for vendetta" type people. This is intended to be cute and hence a nice date, family or partner movie. Its ok for a hang-out with friends too. The movie is not to be seen immediately after a full comedy flick there are no vulgar sequences and dialogues hence it is strictly recommendable for children(also to tell them that pandas are getting extinct)

The plot is quite ok for a period movie. The animation is cute and the non-irksome lighting, suiting the period where only candles and lamps are available was apt. The idea of using various animals for casting and the choices of voice were good. The voice of jack black for the cool, inferior-feeling panda was good.

The story revolves around pow, the panda who works as a cook and dreams of being a big kung-fu fighter. As a flabby panda who can't even see his toes, he s cutely portrayed and is rather lovable. But an improper mix of comedy and sentiments pushes you a little away from this fellow. The characters of the turtle who discovered kung fu and his friend, the greatest kung fu teacher have been well scripted.

And then there are five of the best kung fu students.they turn out to be the biggest bores of the movie and they realy annoy with their stunts rather than impress.one is left wondering whether real kung fu students really have no respect for a begginer.

The first half of the movie could have been told a lot better.

The second half gears up with the escape of the bad guy tai-lung, who had a surprising history.the stunning sequence makes you sit up and take notice. Pow taking on the all-powerful tai-lung, just after learning the basics is really well told and captured. You are left clapping instead of yawning.

The climax of the movie hence makes it worth the wait.

The film lags in one area-back ground score.for an animation movie like this you expect a great score.a period movie, set in china, lot of stunts, changes in emotions, and good screenplay what more can you ask for a good platform to score some nice music?

However, these draw backs are just for your information. This movie will surely prove to be an enjoyable outing!

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

An awesome animation by Dream Works guys. The animation seems so much realistic! ! ! ! I've watched this movie innumerable times and everytime it fascinates me the way it fascinated me when i watched it for the

First time. The story is great. The animation is great. At some point, it's so much hilarious that you have to hold your tummy to control your laughing.

Ask me to join you people in watching this movie any number of times and you won't hear no from me. It's really fun to watch this movie. A must watch experience

And you haven’t watched it yet, do it now.

Not suggested if you are going for a date though (unless your girl friend or boy friend has some sense of humor). A must watch for kids too.

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

A story of Po... an ordinary panda who works in a noodle restaurent with his star studded dreams of becoming a Dragon warrior...is something which in itself presents a sweet and refreshing anecdote of this sweet movie..

One word to describe this movie...Superb...

Anyone who doesnt enjoy this one is someone without senses I think :=)

The story starts off with the Dream world of Po.. where he finds himself fighting the evil powers and showing off his luscious kung fu styles .. at the end he wakes up in his bed.. along with miniature statues of his favorite kung fu legends the furious 5..and is convinced by his father that he is brought to this world to be a noodles man..

However, destiny has something else in store for him..

Somehow he ends up among the furious 5 and their popular and powerful master shifu..and is declared the future dragon warrior by the master of kung fu..Oogway..

The story goes on to reveal how Po.. finds his destiny in himself and saves the valley of peace from the evil claws of Tai Lung.

Well the superbly cast characters potray a enigmatic and entertaining series of events that left me satisfied with every bit of the movie..

Lets have a look at the characters..

Jack Black (as Po)

Randall Duk Kim (as Master Oogway)

Dustin hoffman (as Master Shifu)

Ian Mcshane (as Tai Lung)

Angelina Jolie (as Tigress)

Jackie Chan (as Monkey)

Seth Rogen (as Mantis)

Lucy Liu (as Viper)

David Cross (as Crane)

and James Hong(as Mr Ping, father of Po).

Extremely sweet animation, nice story progression and cute characters leave you enchanted in the charming world of Po the Panda.

The story revolves around Po..who ultimately finds the real truth about his fathers secret ingredient soup and that the secret ingredient is in fact nothing..

This along with the secret scroll makes him realize that evryone is special.. the only thing that can change a man is Belief ...which turns the course of events upside down..

I recommend that everyone sees this film..

Its not a romantic movie for the ones in love neither it is only for the kids to enjoy..Its a movie masterpiece for everyone to watch...

Its one movie one must not misssss!

Cheers!

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

I have seen "Kung Fu Panda" any number of times and every time I watch it, I love it even more. Hats off to Dreamworks Animation for this amazing creation. The amazing use of 3D graphics amazed me and I bet that anyone who adores animation will love this a lot. After this I watched "Shrek II" as I was threatened for life for not watching it. But honestly, I couldn't appreciate Shrek as much I did Panda. "Kung Fu Panda" includes voices from best of Hollywood celebrities like Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu and many others.

It was the perfect blend of comedy, heart, and action, all necessary elements in a successful and great animation film. The voice of Randall for Master Oogway gave an perfect touch to the character. Also I liked the characters of Shifu, Po and Tai Lung the most. The plot of the story is not so new and seems like an old Chinese story based on Kung Fu but graphics and voices did a near perfect job. No doubt that this is the best animation flick of 2008 or should I say best animation flick till date.

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

Andas are getting extinct, doesn't mean everyone's waiting for a panda movie of any kind.

An Animator/Creative Engineer's Perspective

KunguFu Panda has good story. A story about a Panda dreaming to become a great kungfu fighter. Children would love this movie a lot. It has cute characters, nice comedy and stunts, the camera is colorful, lightings are cool, props well modelled, good music and nice effects.

making Kungfu Panda was a great deal, all the kungfu poses are really true and gorgeous.

A Critique's Perspective

this movie could have been more popular among adults with cute characters like in the Monster House. panda was fine, but the tiger and the praying mantis team dint lure me much. I found the combination quite wierd even though kungfu and chi has the splendours of tiger claw and the praying mantis style. maybe they wanted the main patents to be the heroes. Fine.

Kungfu panda is not a must see movie like the madagascar and the monster house, but its good. Can see once. Dont die for it.

Forgot something very important, dont miss the first scene where Dreamworks ad comes, its really beautiful, they have added the kungfu and amination tinge to it.

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

This is another master pice from the dreamworks studio. First let me talk about the kind of animation details that the makers have gone into. Each carector is unique, and when it comes to the soft skin of the old turtle master you can see that skin shaking and vibrating as he talks, and reflections and glares on it. Now we can say that the Animated films have truly come to age.

The story is about a "once upon a time in china" and here we have a panda named po, who is in the middle of a career change from being a noodle restaurant worker in his dads restaurant to becoming the dragon warrior by mastering kung fu. I would not like to get into revieling the story of the movie to spoil the fun.

What I would like to say is that the, Its a treat for the eyes to see animated caractors making you laugh with some real beautiful background graphically designed landscape. It is a slapstick comedy right from starting till end, if youve got kids, you gotta take for this they would love it, same goes with the young at heart too.

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

Kung Fu Panda is awesomeness fun…. This animated movie reaches all new high in terms of showing humorous action in the animated movies… Surely there are been better fight scenes in animated movies but this one has some of the best.

Even if you are one of those who doesn’t really like the ‘hoo haa’ of Kung Fu(like me) you will still enjoy this movie to no end because of Pandas sense of humor as he himself says in the movie.

Animated movies, according to me are very cleverly made movies and they either teach some ‘values’ or highlight a fact of life or bring out the bottom line in a very subtle manner.

Like one of the facts this movie highlights is how a newcomer is treated when walks into an existing setup where he is chosen for a big responsibility especially by the supreme authority himself. This is depicted in a very smart funny way in the movie when Panda is chosen as the dragon warrior and how the Furious Five and their master treat the Panda. But this isn’t funny in real at all.(Most of you could connect with this with regards to one joining a new work place)

But who cares about reality it’s a movie and as animated movies are all about imagining things on different scale and bringing them to life. This one does so in a span of hour and a half. It entertains you throughout and makes you laugh to no end in some scenes. The detailing and the background score are very nice and maintain the high standard set by previous animated movies .

So watch the Panda in action, guess for which character Angelina Jolie is the female voice over and remember ‘Yesterday is History…Tomorrow is mystery …. Today is a Gift, that’s why it’s called…. Present’. Also there is No Secret Recipe for success …. So enjoy the Gift.

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

Let me start by saying that this is one movie that nobody should miss !! Awesome kickass story and equally strong and cute panda are enough to hold on to your stomach and roll on the floor.The animation has been one of the best after " A shark Tale " and the directors have done a really good job of retaining the innocence of the panda in its digital version.

I always liked panda for its cute color and big size !! and jack black has done complete justice to the character.The plot is very straight forward , with a Big Fat Panda wanting to join the league of kungfu masters but is stuck as a noodelsoup maker along with his dad. The bone tickling funny sequences begin right from the beginning and continues till the last second of the movie..Seriously no joking here..And ofcourse as all good animation movies should have a cunning , dangerous villian , we have tai lung here..the strongest of all the kungfu masters who is locked up in a cell far far away. So our villian makes a dash outside world in orderto steal the " Dragon scroll " to become the ultimate dragon warrior.

In the meanwhile our panda is choosen as one to protect the dragon scroll ( Suppposedly by accident ) and ... Hmm no worries , I wont be revealing the complete story..How a " BIG FAT PANDA " , who doesnt even know a single move in kungfu manages to defeat Tai lung ( Ofcourse he has to defeat since he is the hero !! ) has to be definitely seen in a multiplex with good sound effect.So guys overall this is a great movie to watch with your GF's or with your kids and I will promise you , you wont be dissapointed. :-)  " Big Fat Panda " Rulezzz !!!

Oh one more thing dont you dare to go out  to get Porpcorn during the last 10 minutes... You will miss the best part of the action and comedy :-)

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.

So, finally I have seen this movie last night, waiting from the time this movie has been released. I didn't manage to get time to watch it.  it's an 8:15 show and I have to rush to theater after my office hours.

The  queue for the ticket was long and only 10 min remaining for the movie to start. Any how I got the tickets and the movie was just started as I entered the hall.

Kungfu Panda is a story about Po, a panda who is working in a noodle restaurant owned by his goose father in peace valley  and has a dream to become one among the Furious Five.

About Furious Five: Tigress (Angelina Jolie),Monkey (Jackie Chan),Mantis (Seth Rogen),Viper (Lucy Liu), andCrane (David Cross)  they are trained byMaster shifu, mastered in there skilled and protect valley of peace.

One day  Master Oogway has premontion that warior Tai Lung,who was in jail will escape from there and destroy the valley. Therefore he need a Dragon warrior who can defeat him and protect the valley.

Master Oogway anounced a ceramony for the selection of Dragon warrior, Po was eager to see the ceremony, so he attempts to go there which is located in a top of a mountain. Becase of his weight and clumsiness he was the last to reach there and failed to enter into the ceremony.

Struggling for long he finally reached to the middle of the arena, where Furious Five were showing there skills to get selected as Dragon Warior and master Oogway approaches to choose the Dragon warrior. Impressed by his entry to arena he chooses him the Dragon warior .

Shifu don't like him and give him difficult task so that he might run away from the place. Any how with lot of humor and comedy Po managed to get freindly with Furios Five.

In between Tai Lung succeded in escaping from the Prison, Oogway told master Shifu to beleive that Po can be a dragon warrior and he has to trained him.and disappear in air, by this way training of Po is started. rest of the story you can see at the cinemas.

Beautifull animation and the direction was really good. There are some fighting scenes which will make your eyes stick to the screen.

• when Tai lung escaped from Prison

  
  




• Fight between Furious Five and Tailung

  
  

Some dialogues from the movie:

#  Yesterday is history, tommorow is a mystery and today is gift. tha't why it's called present.

• Oogway

# There is nothing called secret Ingredients, you just need to Believe it.

• Mr. Ping

• 
  • Flag This Review
  • Irrelevant
  • Fake
  • Junk
• Thank You! We appreciate your effort.