Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

 

     Usually, heroes are handsome, tough and good-looking like Superman, Batman and Ironman. But Kung fu Panda, whose name is Po, is just moderate panda. It made me curious about how the story go and how that cute panda  can be the hero. In addition, actors and actress who record their voices are awesome. Jack black who was in School of rock, Angelina Jolie who do not need to explain, Jackie Chan who was really famous for real action and Lucy Liu who was one of the Charlie's Angels all join in Kung Fu Panda. That's why I couldn't help watch this movie.

     As the title said, it's about the panda who became the hero. At first, Po is just son of noodle restaurant owner. He lived a normal boring life but dreamed to be a hero. One day, accidentally he was chosen as a pre-dragon warrior who is the most powerful by Master Oogway. Po knew that was just an accident and he thought he had no talent. But the town need Dragon warrior quickly, the team of  Oogway started to train Po. In the end, like others children's animations, Po finally became hero of the town.

    Though it has traditional storyline, there are several interesting point and lesson in this movie. First, I like that CG. Some people think that it's really easy to make animation movie because they don't need to take a picture of real people ,but it's not. To make an animation realistic, sometime they need super-computer which was usually used to predict whether and solve one of the hardest math equation. And I could feel their effort to make Po just like a real panda. That was really impressing. Another interesting point are the lessons that this movie imply. There're two great conversation that I can still remember. One is the Oogway's word. " There is a saying. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift. That's why it's called the present."  It sounds like "Carpe diem" in Dead poet society. It made me think if I was enjoying my current life. The other conversation is about belief. At the end of the story the father of Po told him what was the secret ingredient of 'Secret ingredient soup noodle'. The answer was "There was no secret ingredient. To make something special, just believe it special." That's awesome. I really like that part because I can feel how powerful the belief is.

    That's Kung fu Panda which is like children's movie but there're lesson for all of us. And there're a lot of high-tech Cg work. So I want to give 5 stars for this.