LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT KUNGFU PANDA..
THIS is a rarity in digital animation, but hopefully it marks a trend. It’s a great-looking film with an engrossing story that isn’t overweighed by special effects.
Kung Fu Panda has something in common with those old hand-painted features like Dumbo, a mere 64-minute film from 1941. It has strong characters, a clear story line and a moral to live by. The Panda storytellers are scriptwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, both veterans of the acutely observed animated series King of the Hill, while directors Mark Osborne and John Stevenson have animated comedy in their bones through SpongeBob SquarePants and King of the Pride, respectively.
The story line is simple. In the Valley of Peace, the panda Po (voiced by Jack Black), works in the noodle shop of his father, the duck Mr. Ping (James Hong). (The species mismatch is a setup for a one-line joke later in the movie.) But rather than aspire to noodledum, the clumsy Po is Kung Fu-obsessed and dreams of fighting villains — not that he could ever pilot his huge girth quickly enough. One day, he is accidentally rocketed into the ring where the next Master Dragon is being chosen by Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim), the ancient turtle who oversees the temple on the mountain overlooking the Valley of Peace. And Then...watch it yourself to find out more..



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