Saturday, July 26, 2008

Fairy Tale told with a great Sense of Humour


I have never been a fan of animated cinema, they are simply not my kind (unrealistic), this was the second one, after “ratatouille” .To be honest ,I loved it , though it is the usual underdog fairy tale, it has been told with great sense of humour . Its technically brilliant, good writing(Writers: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab), great screenplay, it manages to do almost everything right.

It’s the story of a fat , slacky panda (Po), who dreams to be the “dragon warrior”.
There comes a situation wherein the ‘the dragon warrior’ (who would safeguard the valley of peace from a monstrous snow tiger), who would be selected by the master (a turtle).The furious 5 (tigress, snake, monkey, crane, mantis) would be amongst the favoured , not much to our surprise ‘Po’ gets selected. This is followed by the training and the climax, watching which you’ll end up in splits.

The heart of the movie lies in its writing , these are the kind of movies that are great source of relaxation, great for weekend watching. Jack Black’s voice ( for Po) is the biggest positive for the movie. Much to my surprise “Dustin Hoffman” (Rat or fox , I couldn’t make out) didn’t quiet impress me. Jackie Chan, Angelina Joulie, Lucy Liu are amongst the others who have lent their voices which you hardly recognize.

Overall Kung Fu panda is a good watch. Its funny.

Rating:3/5.

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