DVD Review : Kung Fu Panda

"Skadoosh". What can I say I really enjoyed "Kung-Fu Panda" from Dreamworks Animation. Jack Black stars as Po in this film, a noodle slurping Panda who must embrace his true self - fuzzy flaws and all in order to become the "Dragon Warrior". Along the way he gets help from his Master (played by Dustin Hoffman) and the Furious Five which include a praying mantis, a tiger, a snake and a monkey played by Jackie Chan.



The part that impressed me the most about this film was the fight scenes. It was like Plush Toys doing amazing Kung Fu. And it seemed like all the fight scenes had call backs to all sorts of Kung-Fu movies in the real world. Everything from some of Jackie Chan's early works to the best of Bruce Lee in the 70's. I think I even saw some Shaw Brothers hidden in some of the fight scenes. Of course since it's animation they had some simply radass scenes you could never film in the real world. The animation was really top notch, and I would dare to say actually beat out Pixar in some of the scenes. When you  watch it be sure to notice the lamps and the way they reflect light off the main characters...amazing stuff as far as animation goes.

All in all I thought the casting of the main characters, the animation and the fight scenes were great. The DVD had
some really good behind the scenes features as well (which we will be posting over the next couple of days).

Overall I give this DVD an A for all ages. Go pick it up today if you love Kung-Fu.