This is a fantastic story of overcoming great obstacles that anyone can learn a lesson from. Po, an overweight Panda, works every day in his family's noodle shop. His Father, Mr. Ping (voice of James Hong) eventually wants Po to take over the noodle shop, but Po has larger dreams. Little does he know that somehow fate will somehow befall him. He is soon chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Po joins the world of Kung Fu and begins to train with the Legendary - Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper, and Monkey. Shifu is the Kung Fu Master and wise trainer. Many events try and keep Po from becoming a true Dragon Warrior. The tortoise Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) has a premonition that the evil snow leopard warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane), the former student of his own protΓ©gΓ©, the red panda Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), will escape from prison and return to threaten the Valley of Peace. The Five battle Tai Lung but are eventually defeated. All except Crane are paralyzed by a special nerve-striking technique, and he manages to carry his friends back to the valley. When they return, Shifu decides Po is ready to open the sacred Dragon Scroll, which promises great power to its possessor. However, when Po opens it, he finds nothing but a blank reflective surface. Stricken with despair at the scroll's apparent worthlessness, Shifu orders his students to lead the villagers to safety while he stays to delay Tai Lung for as long as he can. Po meets up with his father, who tells him the secret ingredient of the family's noodle soup: NOTHING! Things become special, because people believe them to be special. VOICES INCLUDE: Jack Black - Po Dustin Hoffman - Shifu Seth Rogen - Mantis Angelina Jolie - Tigress Jackie Chan - Monkey Lucy Liu - Viper James Hong - Mr Ping 5/5 RATING. IF YOU LIKE MY REVIEWS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO TELL ME BY VOTING.Read full review
Love it! The story was great and the background was beautiful, it really felt like an ancient Chinese city. This original story is one of the best since Shrek. And the meaning behind the story may be even better! The story is about Po, an overweight panda who is the son of a noodle maker, who dreams of Po following in his footsteps. But Po longs to be a ninja fighter. Po is as you know is a panda bear and the film's unlikely hero: as the bigger than life and completely lovable bear voiced by the comic genius Jack Black. Po is a Sweet but clumsy, bear who hears the news the ancient and long awaited dragon warrior will be named, so he runs (as much as he can) to hear who will be named at the celebration. Without giving too much away, when an "accident" seems to name Po as the dragon warrior (much to the horror of Master Shifu (voiced perfectly by Dustin Hoffman) and the disappointment of Furious Five: Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Viper (Lucy Liu), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Crane (David Cross) and Monkey (Jackie Chan). Shifu must find a way to train him. One hilarious moment after another continues until Shifu recognizes Po's true driving force. This is just in time as the villain Tai Lung (Ian McShane), a snow leopard has returned as he believe is the true Dragon Warrior. I can not recommend this movie enough. Certainly this is marketed for the kids β but the whole family will enjoy itRead full review
The first few minutes I peeked into this movie showed how well this bluray computer generated animation film can image on a HD set...the characters backgrounds and scenes looked exactly how film makers saw the scenes unfold on their computer screens, it made you wonder how many graphics processesors you'd need to get the same image quality animation with a standard PC It might not come close to what we have available for PC animation, but it sure does use the full potential of our displays that mimics that processing power!
This movie is funny and is nonstop action. The Second Kung Fu Panda Movie was not nearly as good. However, If you like this movie, you will also love the third Kung Fu Panda movie. I had both movies on DVD already, but these two movies were worth getting the blue ray version also.
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Out of all the animated blu ray releases this is easily one of the best. The picture quality is flawless. On my 60 inch sony its plain incredible. The picture pops at you, like 3-D. What about the movie? Well the movie is excellent as well. I enjoyed it as an adult. Any kid would love it. I highly recommend this to anybody looking to ad a beautifully animated blu ray movie to their collection.
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