# I finally saw Kung Fu Panda **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367 "2010-07-02T23:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/1 "2010-07-02T23:44:53Z")
I’d heard that _Kung Fu Panda_ was amazing but it just didn’t seem like something that I’d like. So I avoided seeing it in theaters and forgot about it. Well, it was just on HBO and I saw it for the first time. It was **amazing**. The scene where Tai Lung escapes was really exciting, in particular. So yeah. I’m glad I finally saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/2 "2010-07-03T06:26:18Z")
As a kid’s cartoon, it’s OK. As a martial arts film, it’s one of the best ever made. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/3 "2010-07-03T06:39:40Z")
Unusually, for a Dreamworks anaimted film, it did everything right. They are making a sequel, which is where inevitably they will do everything wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/4 "2010-07-03T06:52:44Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Unusually, for a Dreamworks anaimted film, it did everything right. It really did. Even the Celebrity Voices were well-picked enough that they won’t get dated (looking at you, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy). It’s really an excellent movie, competing both with Pixar and classic kung fu movies. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/5 "2010-07-03T07:17:20Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Unusually, for a Dreamworks anaimted film, it did everything right. > > They are making a sequel, which is where inevitably they will do everything wrong. **How to Train Your Dragon** is probably the best 3D animated kids movie I’ve seen, and **Monsters vs. Aliens** was pretty fun. Looking back through their history, it does seem like everything before that was pretty medium, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/6 "2010-07-03T08:35:48Z")
Not to turn this into a generic Dreamworks Animation thread, but I didn’t like _Monsters vs Aliens_ and was underwhelmed by _How to Train Your Dragon_. _MvA_ had some nice sci-fi/horror homages but the pop culture riffing was overdone and the plot was thin and obvious. _Dragon_ was an improvement but it just felt too contemporary, and the idea of Celtic vikings with American children seemed bizarre, frankly. Maybe I should check-out _Panda_, but I haven’t seen a Dreamworks Animation film yet that was anything more than fleetingly entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/7 "2010-07-03T18:27:30Z")
**Kung Fu Panda** struck me as completely mediocre and predictable, but it’s probably my fault for seeing it directly after Wall-E. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/8 "2010-07-03T20:55:20Z")
I think **Kung Fu Panda** is wonderful and probably one of my all time favorites. It’s obviously better than the other Dreamworks animated films, but I would put it ahead of several Pixar movies as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-kung-fu-panda/545367/9 "2010-07-03T20:59:11Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > **Kung Fu Panda** struck me as completely mediocre and predictable, but it’s probably my fault for seeing it directly after Wall-E. The plot structure is certainly predictable, I’ll grant that, but it’s executed extremely well. The primary characters are all interesting, the animation is good, the choreography is _excellent_, and best of all there’s no cheap over-reliance on pop culture references like most of Dreamworks’ movies. At most there are homages to classic kung fu movies.