Wednesday 13 August 2008

Kung Fu Panda

Cast
Jack Black
Angelina Jolie
Jackie Chan
Lucy Liu
Dustin Hoffman
Ian McShane
Seth Rogen
Screenwriters
Jonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Directors
John Stevenson
Mark Osborne
Running Time
92 minutes

Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around…which doesn’t exactly come in handy while working every day in his family’s noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po’s dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols—the legendary fighters Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey—under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it’s up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart-and his girth-into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths. (Dreamworks)

It's been a little while since this came out but the new Mummy movie has had very bad reviews so I went to this instead. There were a lot of kids in the cinema and a woman had decided to bring her baby in and left again some way in, so a lot of distraction then but I really enjoyed it. The voice cast is very starry although I'd forgotten about that since the publicity of it's release and only realised the full extent during the credits. Only Black and Hoffman really have a lot of dialogue.