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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:20 PM
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Loved "Kung Fu Panda"- no spoilers
Great story
Great animation

and FUNNY!
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:21 PM
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1. I'm not particularly excited about seeing that one.
The previews are missing the charm of Pixar movies, like Wall-E.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:22 PM
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2. It will be hard for Wall-E to beat Panda
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:23 PM
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3. Yes it will!
Kung Fu Panda is soooo good. Utterly hilarious, a frickin great cast, and a nice message too. :)

I'm looking forward to seeing Wall-E too though.
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hendo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:23 PM
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4. So, I heard a while back that Kungfu Panda
was more along the lines of a martial arts epic rather than a spoof. Is that true?
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1awake Donating Member (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 03:25 PM
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5. martial arts epic?
no, its not that. They did use many real MA moves in their animation sequences, but it is a great movie even if people don't recognize that. Well worth seeing.
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hendo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 04:20 PM
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6. mmkay, either way i really want to see it, but I will probably have to wait
till its a rental.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 12:05 AM
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9. It is spoof and epic if that makes sense
best movie so far this year...
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hendo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 10:59 AM
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14. kind of, yes nt
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 04:23 PM
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7. I thought the story was a rather traditional Kung Fu epic
The animation was terrific.

I was highly entertained throughout, and that's rare with these new animated movies.

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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 04:27 PM
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8. it was funny
I laughed out loud several times
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 01:53 AM
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10. Good to know
I have some fiends who worked on it, but they've really been knocking it for the past year (mostly script issues-lots of changes). I'm glad that it's better than I was lead to believe! The art direction looks awesome.
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 06:37 AM
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11. Stay for the credits!
The animation is beautiful and shows a progression from modern to more traditional art. There's also a very short, but wonderfully touching, scene after all the credits have rolled.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 07:07 AM
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12. We saw it with my grandkids on my birthday May 31.
Edited on Fri Jun-13-08 07:12 AM by Radio_Lady
I think I loved it more than they did.

The scenic design and animation was absolutely amazing.

The story was interesting -- and I don't know a thing about martial arts techniques.

http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/

I gave it an "A" on Ellen's Entertainment Report Card.

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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-13-08 08:53 AM
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13. Great Animation and Great Voice Work.....particularly from Ian McShane
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