Kung Fu Panda Reviews

Voy a ser completamente honesto, volví a ver la primera película, poniendo mi atención y hay muchas cosas que nunca me había dado cuenta. Durante toda la pelicula siempre hay una interrogante "Casualidad O Destino" (Aleatoridad/Determinismo). El maestro oogway tiene una frase constante (Apesar de ser el personaje que menos tiempo aparece en pantalla), diciendo "Nada es un accidente" dando de hecho, una respuesta clara a la interrogante sobre la aleatoridad o destino. Pero hay otra frase, que no veo que muchos mencionen... "Tienes que perder la ilusión del control", Shi-Fu le reniega, diciendo que el puede controlar exactamente lo que pasa y muestra un ejemplo con mucha precisión, pero, no es perfecto, se le cae un durazno desde el inicio y cuando agarro con su palo la lectura para el guerrero dragón, la agua hace un pequeño rebote, son pequeños detalles pero presentes durante la película y durante la batalla de Po y Tai-Lung. Sin embargo, oogway le dice "Claro, pero, tu mencionas un hecho causal, mas no puedes desear que la semilla sea un mango cualquier otra fruta." Ooway durante toda la pelicula, hace ""predicciones"" sobre lo que sucederá, pero, que no acaso en realidad simplemente era tan conocedor del sitio que sabría con tanta precisión, lo que muy posiblemente pasaría? Que no acaso, conoció que había un panda con una gran obsesión al kung fu y que de hecho, tenia una gran habilidad para la cocina? Que no acaso, sabría que después de tanto tiempo, tai-lung regresaría porque simplemente era muy fuerte? Es decir, no es como si pusiera ver una película de lo que pasaría, pero si le parecía predecible lo que pudiera suceder la cuestión sobre casualidad o destino, apesar de ser respondida de forma muy clara, hay constantemente un cuestionamente y conflicto por parte de varios personajes sobre ello durante la película, por ejemplo, muchas escenas de la pelicula, pequeñas acciones son las que provocan un cambio. La pluma del pato que despertó la sensibilidad de tai-lung, el hecho de como de forma casual shi fu encontró una forma de entrenar a po, la casualidad de como po fue elegido. Y aún, apesar de todo esto, pareciera como si la película nos quisiera decir "No hay un control sobre lo que haces." pero quizás esa frase, no sea de forma tan literal. Puesto que oogway durante la conversación que tiene con shi fu este le dice "Solo necesitas creer en po" como si de alguna forma, el factor voluntario de alguna o otra forma, sea algo determinante, uno, al igual que shi-fu, podría pensar "Que no acaso esto es, contradictorio? Controlar y no controlar a la vez" y eso yo digo que es un error. El mismo menciona "Talvez, pueda serlo, si lo guías" Pero por otro lado dice "Recuerda que el guerrero dragón, no solo traerá paz para la aldea si no para ti" Y si lo pensamos bien, no será acaso que en realidad, ooway le dijo eso a shifu para influenciar en como podrían suceder las cosas?
Si lo pensamos de esa forma, su postura no seria muy diferente a por ejemplo, el compatibilismo, donde si bien, tus acciones si tienen consecuencias, no tienes control sobre las consecuencias en si mismas.
Las cosas sucederán así porque tienen que ser así. Es decir, si yo dejo caer una naranja sobre el piso, bajo condiciones muy cotidianas y habituales, la naranja caerá, cambiará su forma de caer dependiendo de lo que yo haga, pero caerá al menos que otro factor lo cambié. Sin lugar a dudas, es una de las peliculas mas incomprendidas y subestimadas a pesar de ser muy popular, y sin lugar a dudas, es una de las peliculas con mejor apartado visual de dreamworks. 8/10

4 years later, Panda is still an excellent achievement and still hilarious as on the first viewing. In an age where cartoons and thinly-veiled pop-culture references and predictable stereotypes go hand in hand, Panda was - and still is - a pleasant, welcome surprise. The opening short sequence is rich in animation and story-telling, borrowing heavily from Samurai Jack. A unique blend of humour and martial arts, Jack Black's winning voice-over makes you think that, seeing the success this film enjoyed and Brutal Legend, Black should collaborate again with Tim Schafer on a game based on this film. Seeing Schafer's past repertoire, I'm sure it will be of great success.

Both like and unlike others, Panda has a lot of charm, a host of incredibly likable and strong characters, amazing voice overs, and a great setup. The animation, particularly, won me over. It was energetic, every living thing felt alive, every inanimate object wonderful. Besides charm and humour, the other thing it showcases is the brilliant martial arts / fight sequences. For a cartoon, they're arguably the best, and rival some of the real film ones. And it's not surprising to see why as Jackie Chan was also featured in the cartoon - as the voice-over for Monkey, one of the Furious Five. Even though the action scenes were very fast and quite blurry, the overall effect was awesome!

In conclusion, I loved every bit of the cartoon. Kung Fu Panda, although didn't bring anything unique to the table, was freshly original and as bit hilarious as whatever your mind associates with that word. If it's pooping on each other and calling each other vulgar words, then no, Panda is not that. You need therapy!

8.5/10

'Kung Fu Panda' is another delightfully entertaining flick to come out this summer. Osbourne and Stevenson do a fine job in directing. What I really liked about the film is the sincere effort behind it and its lack of pretension and use of clichés. The directors stay focused on the main story which is Po's struggle. I could really relate to Po's dream and love for Kung Fu and his disappointment and lack of faith in failing to be successful in doing what he loves. The stellar voice cast that includes names like Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, David Cross and Randall Duk Kim is impressive but it is Jack Black's show all the way, followed by Dustin Hoffman. Black's comic timing is wonderful as he provides some of the very memorable laugh-out-loud moments and he brilliantly succeeds in making Po both endearing and funny. I would never have guessed that Hoffman was behind the voicing of Shifu. The actor does an excellent job. I wish Jackie Chan had more lines. The music and CGI are good enough. There's a lot of energy. It's colourful and very appealing to the eyes and it's funny as hell. What's not to love? In my opinion, 'Kung Fu Panda' is a winner with both adults and kids.

This film was a stunning move by Dreamworks, rating among the top animated films of all time alongside Pixar in my opinion. The animation is breathtaking, the action superb (it is a rare feat for animated films to provide adrenaline-rushing action sequences) and the story, although carrying a familiar moral message, is simple but sweet. If Dreamworks can continue to brighten the film industry with fun, awesome films such as this, then Pixar had better watch out!

After the disappointments of Flushed Away and Shrek The Third and the decent, but not brilliant, films that were Over The Hedge and Bee Movie, DreamWorks Animations go for a very different style of story that we have not seen them pull off before. Kung Fu Panda still initially appeared as the typical colourful and charming film that DreamWorks Animations have done on a regular basis, but they attract a different and more specific target audience for Kung Fu Panda. This target audience is towards particularly fan-boys and geeks of martial arts and kung fu. In addition, Kung Fu Panda became one of the first animated action-comedies and is perhaps more aimed for the more mature audience than the youngsters. With this in mind, Kung Fu Panda, surprisingly, turned out a hilarious and entertaining success that became the challenge against Pixar that DreamWorks were in need of for a long time.


DreamWorks Animations, like Pixar, cast a wide variety of actors in their films, especially when either their physical appearance or personality connects with the characters. Jack Black takes the leading role as he provided the voice of Po, the big, fat panda who has a passion for kung fu. Although one may not entirely love Jack Black as an actor and despite it is voice acting, Black expresses Po entirely as his own character. This is because Po is Jack Black himself in a nutshell. Furthermore, Black’s voice acting performance was excellent! He not only added the humour and sold the slapstick scenes very creatively, but also added quite a thought-provoking role to the big, fat panda. Although Po appears an overweight, lazy, clumsy but well-intentioned panda, DreamWorks gave us a character that made one’s dreams and passions become a reality. Therefore, Po is a strong character mixed with emotion, humour and inspiration.


In the supporting cast are actors who portray a wide range of kung fu expertise animals. First, there was Dustin Hoffman who provided the voice of Master Shifu, a red panda and leader of the group of kung fu warriors known as Furious Five. The appearance and the personality of Shifu is identically similar to Star Wars Jedi master Yoda. Shifu has approximately five protégés in which the majority of the actors are experienced within the action genre or, specifically, the art of kung fu (aka Chinese martial arts). First, there is Tigress, a South China tiger named Tigress, Shifu’s foster-daughter, who was portrayed by Lara Croft star Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan provided the voice of Monkey, a Gee’s golden langur and Lucy Liu as a Green Tree Viper, ironically called Viper. In addition, there are the more experienced comedy actors who mix the exhilirating experience of action and comedy together. Seth Rogen portrayed Mantis - a Chinese mantis and David Cross as a Red-crowned Crane.


Like the majority of DreamWorks animated features, Kung Fu Panda has not one, but two directors. John Wayne Stevenson and Mark Osborne, who had not directed any previous DreamWorks Animation films make this feature together and achieved a breakthrough in their careers. In addition, their work on Kung Fu Panda was also a boost of confidence, so to speak, for DreamWorks against the genius of Pixar and their features. They managed to equally fit in all of the action and all of the jokes on an equal level, which could have jeopardised the film as a whole if it leaned over one way than another. Therefore, Osborn and Stevenson turned Kung Fu Panda into a success that many kung fu fans would love and it aroused the excitement for the sequel that was released in 2011.


Overall, Kung Fu Panda is a film that brilliantly executes the action, the laughs and the drama and becomes a very fresh and entertaining ride. DreamWorks Animations give a run for their money with Kung Fu Panda against Pixar Animation Studios as they provided us with a film that is on a very close level to the charm and humour of other films that Pixar have done. Nevertheless, Kung Fu Panda is undoubtedly one of the best animated films that DreamWorks have produced and has almost everything that a family could experience and simply enjoy.

Since I was positively surprised by the sequel, I thought I should check this one out again. Eventually, I was not better or worse after a re-watch. First of all, the animation is quite gorgeous, with loads of details and it is very colourful. There were many cool action scenes and the whole thing was rather funny, above all thanks to Jack Black who was really a perfect choice for the lead. However, I was rather underwhelmed by the story. Basically, they picked up the most inadequate character and the only thing they found to convince us that he is indeed 'the chosen one', is the tired old routine of 'If you believe in yourself, you'll succeed...' It was far from being satisfying and the rather lame food-training scene didn't help. Furthermore, they introduced 5 awesome characters (the Furious Five) but they barely had anything to do (I'm not even sure if Jackie Chan did have a line during the whole thing... Quite a shame!). On the positive side, I have to say that the bad guy was better than in the sequel. Anyway, to conclude, even though it is nothing great whatsoever, it is still a gorgeous, fun and entertaining animated feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

Loved it. was amazing fantastic and very funny.My favourite!!

The story is predictable but the animation and the action scenes compensate that.

Him? But he's a panda! You're a panda! What are you going to do, big guy? Sit on me?

Dayyyuum, I love love love this film! :D There isn't a second where you aren't laughing, and it shows you a lighter side to a serious martial arts form: kung fu. Stellar cast, fantastic storyline, and funny antics and witty one-liners.
Po (Black) is a panda whose dad is in the noodle soup business. While his body is doing the task of tending to the customers who flock to their shop everyday to taste their famous Secret Ingredient Noodle Soup, his mind keeps wandering into a world where he is a famous kung fu master who hangs out with the Furious Five. During a ceremony where kung fu expert, Oogway (Duk Kim) will decide who will be the Dragon Master, Po's entire life changes as he gate crashes into the ceremony. Now dubbed as the Dragon Master, Po has to go through rigorous training from Oogway's apprentice, Master Shifu (Hoffman), if he has any hopes of defeating Tai Lung (McShane), the former student of Master Shifu.
Honestly, if you're into comedy and kung fu films, then you should definitely see this one. Imagine having a praying mantis (Rogen) beat a huge, flabby panda in the kung fu arena, or a viper (Liu) delivering a can of whipass. add to that the numerous comic lines and you are sure to have a hit on your hands.