Speaking of animation, the cinematography, character design and backgrounds are all done very, very well. Just watch the jailbreak and you'll understand. What elevates them from good to great is that while I expected the unbelievable, gravity-defying stunts that are REQUIRED of a good kung fu movie, there is an amazing amount of 'realism' to the physics in this movie. Let me get this out of the way: this movie has some of the greatest 3D animated fight scenes. All the classic elements of those great kung fu flicks are there, while still keeping it pleasantly G-rated. And while it IS kid friendly, it is not dumbed down to the point where it's childish. While classic kung fu movies are poked fun at, Kung Fu Panda does an excellent job of treating the genre with great respect in a movie geared towards kids. Thankfully, those characters are pretty inconsequential so they're not really missed. Besides Po, Shifu and Oogway, the rest of the cast seemed pretty 'phoned-in'. If I could complain about ANYTHING it may be a few of the voices.
(Sidebar: I actually enjoyed "Flushed Away" and "Over The Hedge".) First, the bad. After various 3D animated movies ranging from lacklustre "star" movies ("Madagascar"), boring tripe ("Shark Tale", "Bee Movie"), and over-rated, over-hyped overkill ("Shrek"), Dreamworks can finally be proud of a truly great film.
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