Kung Fu Panda
Cast & CreditsPo: Jack Black
Master Shifu: Dustin Hoffman
Tigress: Angelina Jolie
Tai Lung: Ian McShane
Mantis: Seth Rogen
Viper: Lucy Liu
Crane: David Cross
Oogway: Randall Duk Kim
Mr. Ping: James Hong
Zeng: Dan Fogler
Commander Vachir: Michael Clarke Duncan
Monkey: Jackie Chan
DreamWorks presents an animated film directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. Written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Running time: 91 minutes. Rated PG (for kung-fu violence). Opening today at local theaters.
By Roger Ebert
"Kung Fu Panda" is a story that almost tells itself in its title. It is so hard to imagine a big, fuzzy panda performing martial-arts encounters that you intuit (and you will be right) that the panda stars in an against-all-odds formula, which dooms him to succeed. For the panda's target audience, children and younger teens, that will be just fine, and the film presents his adventures in wonderfully drawn Cinemascope animation. (It will also be showing in some IMAX venues.)
The film stars a panda named Po (voice of Jack Black), who is so fat he can barely get out of bed. He works for his father, Mr. Ping (James Hong) in a noodle shop, which features Ping's legendary Secret Ingredient. How Ping, apparently a stork or other billed member of the avian family, fathered a panda is a mystery, not least to Po, but then the movie is filled with a wide variety of creatures who don't much seem to notice their differences.
They live in the beautiful Valley of Peace with an ancient temple towering overhead, up zillions of steps, which the pudgy Po can barely climb. But climb them he does, dragging a noodle wagon, because all the people of the valley have gathered up there to witness the choosing of the Dragon Warrior, who will engage the dreaded Tai Lung (Ian McShane) in kung-fu combat. Five contenders have been selected, the "Furious Five": Monkey (Jackie Chan), Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu) and Crane (David Cross). Tigress looks like she might be able to do some serious damage, but the others are less than impressive. Mantis in particular seems to weigh about an ounce, tops. All five have been trained (for nearly forever, I gather) by the wise Shifu, who with Dustin Hoffman's voice is one of the more dimensional characters in a story that doesn't give the others a lot of depth. Anyway, it's up to the temple master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim), an ancient turtle, to make the final selection, and he chooses -- yes, he chooses the hapless and pudgy Po.
The story then becomes essentially a series of action sequences, somewhat undermined by the fact that the combatants seem unable to be hurt, even if they fall from dizzying heights and crack stones open with their heads. There's an extended combat with Tai Lung on a disintegrating suspension bridge (haven't we seen that before?), hand-to-hand-to-tail combat with Po and Tai Lung, and upstaging everything, an energetic competition over a single dumpling.
"Kung Fu Panda" is not one of the great recent animated films. The story is way too predictable, and truth to tell, Po himself didn't overwhelm me with his charisma. But it's elegantly drawn, the action sequences are packed with energy, and it's short enough that older viewers will be forgiving. For the kids, of course, all this stuff is much of a muchness, and here they go again.
在宁静祥和的和平谷里,生活着一群悠闲可爱的动物。其中,胖胖的熊猫阿波(杰克·布莱克配音)作为面馆里的服务生,一向以好吃懒做而闻名,但他也是天底下最热血的中国功夫迷。不过,善良诚实的他倒也常得到人们的喜爱。然而,一只凶猛邪恶的雪豹泰龙(伊恩·麦克肖恩配音)的闯入,使得和平谷里的人们遭遇了前所未有的威胁。为了,尽早铲除恶豹,和平谷的居民们准备召集各路好汉,以比武大会的形式推选出最强悍之人前去迎敌。熊猫波爱凑热闹的毛病,竟让包括浣熊师父(达斯汀·霍夫曼配音)、猴子大师(成龙配音)、毒蛇大师(刘玉玲配音)、丹顶鹤大师(戴维·克罗斯配音)、老虎大师(安吉莉娜·朱莉配音)、螳螂大师(塞斯·罗根配音)等几位身怀绝技的高手,认定熊猫波是上天安排的拯救和平谷之人。
于是,慵懒贪吃的日子被整日习武练功的苦差所取代。胖熊猫能最终功成名就,打败强敌吗……
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