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[THE KING]

what's it about?

 

[Paper]

A panda that does Kung-Fu...and is funny...and voiced by Jack Black.

 

[goldb]

@ravijha85: basically about a panda who lives with his adopte father in a noodle restaurant and dreams of being a kung-fu master like the "the furious five".

I don't wanna spoil the film but for those who don't mind read the spoiler:

Spoiler

Kung Fu Panda

source Wikipedia

Po (Jack Black) is a panda who works in a noodle restaurant owned by his goose father Mr. Ping (James Hong). He is a kung fu fanatic with secret dreams of becoming a great master in the discipline, however his weight and clumsiness seem to make his goal unattainable; Mr. Ping hopes instead that Po will one day take over the restaurant.

The tortoise Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) has a premonition that the evil snow leopard warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane), the former student of his own protégé, the red panda Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), will escape from prison and return to threaten the Valley of Peace. While Shifu sends Zeng (Dan Fogler), a messenger goose, to Chorh-Gom Prison to have the security increased, Oogway orders a formal ceremony to choose the mighty Dragon Warrior who can defeat Tai Lung. Everyone assumes that one of the Furious Five — Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (David Cross) — a quintet of supremely skilled martial artists trained by Shifu, will be chosen for this honor.

While the Five demonstrate their skills at the ceremony, Po finds himself locked outside the walled palace square. As a last-ditch attempt to get in, he ties several fireworks to a chair and ignites them, which sends him flying into the center of the arena. Inspired by this sudden appearance, the old master tortoise designates Po the Dragon Warrior to everyone's shock. Despite Po's protests and Shifu's pleas to reconsider, Oogway stands by his decision.

Revolted at having Po under his tutelage, Shifu attempts to make him quit by berating and humiliating him. The Five similarly dismiss Po as a worthless interloper. Although he becomes aware of Shifu's true intentions and is deeply hurt by his heroes' disdain for him, Po endures their abuse willingly for the dream to become something more than the failure he thinks he is. Master Oogway, still certain that Po is the right choice, gives him sage advice to believe in himself. Eventually, Po endears himself to the Five (except for the disdainful Tigress) with his tenacity, good cooking, and sense of humor.

Meanwhile, Zeng's errand backfires when a tour of the prison given to him by the overly confident head of security, Commander Vachir (Michael Clarke Duncan), inadvertently enables Tai Lung to escape. Tai Lung orders Zeng to send word of his arrival to Shifu. In the Valley of Peace, Oogway passes away, his final wish that Shifu train Po. However, upon learning of Tai Lung's return, and realizing that he has to face the evil warrior, Po attempts to flee. Shifu stops the panda and promises to train him if he is truly destined to be the Dragon Warrior. When Po confesses his deep self-loathing due to his obesity and his belief that he may never be a match for Tai Lung, Shifu is at a loss for a solution. Overhearing the argument between Po and Shifu, the Five take it upon themselves to intercept Tai Lung. After a long night of pondering, Shifu discovers the following morning that Po is capable of impressive physical feats when motivated by food. Realizing that he has found the right focus for the panda, Shifu leads Po to the countryside for an intensive training regime in which Po is offered food as a reward for learning his lessons properly. As Shifu hopes, Po excels with such motivation and swiftly becomes a skilled combatant.

The Five battle Tai Lung but are eventually paralyzed with a specialized nerve-striking technique. When they return defeated, Shifu decides Po is ready to face the villain and gives him the sacred Dragon Scroll, which promises great power to the possessor. When Po opens it, he finds nothing but a blank reflective surface. Stricken with despair at the scroll's apparent worthlessness, Shifu orders his students to lead the villagers to safety while he stays to delay Tai Lung from pursuing them for as long as he can. Despite Po's insisting that Tai Lung will kill Shifu if he tries to fight him, Shifu stays to fight.

As Po participates in the evacuation, he meets his father, who tries to cheer him up by telling him the secret ingredient of the family's noodle soup: nothing. Things become special, he explains, because people believe them to be special. Realizing that this truth is the very point of the Dragon Scroll, Po rushes off to help Shifu. At this time, Tai Lung attacks Shifu and berates him for not granting him the title of Dragon Warrior just because Master Oogway did not choose him. To remedy that, the leopard wants the Dragon Scroll for himself to complete his training. While fighting, he expresses that he gave in to his aggression and anger so he could make Shifu proud of him. For his part, Shifu is crippled by his profound feelings of guilt and responsibility for his former protégé, whom he loved and raised like a son, turning to darkness.

Tai Lung angrily discovers that the Dragon Scroll is gone, and he attempts to kill Shifu in his anger. But before he can, Po arrives and challenges him. Although Tai Lung scoffs at Po's abilities, the ensuing fight proves Po to be a formidable opponent. Despite Po's skill, Tai Lung temporarily stuns him and gains the Dragon Scroll, but is unable to understand its symbolism. Po tries to explain the wisdom of the scroll to Tai Lung, but the frustrated Tai Lung tries to subdue Po with his nerve strikes. The attack proves useless on the panda, as his nerves are difficult to find due to his body fat. Emboldened, Po counter-attacks with an improvised combat style that takes advantage of his girth to absorb and deflect the force from Tai Lung's attacks back at him. In the end, Po uses the Wuxi Finger Hold on Tai Lung (which he claims to have "figured out" on his own), and defeats him with a devastating explosion that ripples through the valley.

The Five return to the valley to investigate the cause of the explosion and find a slightly dazed but triumphant Po. Deeply impressed at Po's victory, Tigress leads the Five to acknowledge the panda as a Kung Fu master. The villagers, including Po's father, follow suit and hail Po as a hero. At first, he is overjoyed, but then Po remembers that his teacher is badly wounded, and rushes back to Shifu, who claims that he is now finally at peace. At first, Shifu appears to be dying, and Po panics. But it turns out that he is only resting after such a trying battle. Both Po and Shifu rest on the floor, but a few seconds later Po suggests that they get something to eat, and Shifu agrees.

At the end of the credits, Shifu and Po are seen eating together by the peach tree. A peach seed planted by Shifu before Oogway's passing has sprouted into a new plant.

 

[THE KING]

Is it completely animated or something like a few animated characters among real ones, like alvin and the chipmunks

 

[goldb]

nah it's completly animated...

here's the new trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RR4TIYEAmIk

hope you like it...

 

[THE KING]

Looks pretty "awesome",
I'll check tonight if the dvd store has it.

 

[goldb]

nah it's out in cinemas...

 

[THE KING]

Well thanks for telling me that, I was planning on going to hulk, now I have 2.

 

[goldb]

no problem, lemme know how the hulk was so I know whether or not to go and watch it...

 

[rakkynon]

Re: Top 5 Movies You Seen Many Times

Lets see...

Braveheart
Ice Age
LOTR
Harry Potter
aand Pearl Harbor

 

[Paper]

Wanted- Nothing to complain about here... I'm all praises for this masterpiece.

11/10

 

[baboysai]

someone said it was a far cry from the comic it took after, paperboy. I don't really care since I haven't read the comic. Must watch that movie... >.>

 

[Paper]

I'm judging it as a movie, not as an adaptation. After all, a movie is a movie, not a comic.

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Just saw The Machine Girl a few minutes ago. IT'S BRILLIANT! It's one of the best Gore films I've seen in a really long time! My only complaint is that it wasn't long enough...

The Machine Girl- 9.75/10

 

[LegACy]

eh? wanted is based from comic?

Anyway, wanted is a good one, too bad they slow-mo the action, it's a lot better if it's super-speed. Oh, and if only the main hero is a lot cooler... @.@

 

[VASSiLi]

I think that Street Kings is a great film. Someone, besides me, saw it?

 

[goldb]

nah, wot's it about? when did it come out?

 

[Lelo]

Wanted is a comic? Was it called wanted or something else.

So how about Hellboy:The Golden Army, just came out here and I'm reading the reviews and they are good ones. I liked the first one so I guess I should see the 2nd.

As for Hancock, it was good but short. The first half hour is just Will Smith being drunk and flying around fucking shit up. Then the movie gets really good but it ends right away. Overall the story was good, and funny. It had Charlize Theron, u can never go wrong with her in a movie, and Jason Bateman who's a great actor. I liked it, I give it an 8.5/10. You guys should see it, its not ur typical superhero movie.

 

[Az3r]

nah, wot's it about? when did it come out?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421073/

Like Vassili said, it's a good movie. You should watch it.

Gone Baby Gone, another good stuff. Ben Affleck really did a good job for a first time director. It's about a private detective trying to find a missing child, instead got himself tangled up in a conspiracy involving local cops. Great casts (Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris), great acting, and great story. Definitely a must watch movie.

 

[igotthegoods]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421073/
Gone Baby Gone, another good stuff. Ben Affleck really did a good job for a first time director. It's about a private detective trying to find a missing child, instead got himself tangled up in a conspiracy involving local cops. Great casts (Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris), great acting, and great story. Definitely a must watch movie.

yes! this is a really good movie. great acting, cast choices, story, etc, like you already said. there's also a nice and unexpected (to me anyway) twist at the end as well. definitely must-see

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oh, and i finally saw kung fu panda the other day. hilarity ensued
another must-see!

 

[Azurel]

Kungfu Panda - Totally hilarious!! MUST WATCH! (Jack Black voicing the panda)

Don't mess with the Zohan - Some funny moments but really lame and cheesy. A bit disappointed.

Get Smart - (starring Anne Hathaway and The Rock) Surprisingly funny and really painful.