KUNG FU PANDA REVIEW (6.7.08)

We have been promising Isaiah we would take him to see Kung Fu Panda as soon as it came out. We saw the preview for it months and months ago and Isaiah thought it was the coolest thing ever - so we have been anxiously awaiting it to come out. It came out yesterday and we decided to take him to see it this morning at 9:20 am! He was so excited!!! Here is some video before the movie in the car.

And here is a little bit more video of Isaiah, Brian and Levi in the theatre waiting for it to start. Of course we are never on time for anything but we got to the theatre and in our seats about 20 minutes before it started. I was actually kind of surprised that there weren't more people there. I thought it would be packed with people like us bringing their little kids but there was only a handful of people there.

So, on to the movie! It was sooooooo cute! Isaiah really loved it and we did too. Levi thought it was great - of course because he slept through most of it. Anyway, it was great. The story line was great and the animation was amazing. It was one of the best animated movies I have seen in a long time. We watched this special earlier in the week on HBO about the making of it which was pretty cool. It talked about all the characters and interviewed each of the actors that did the voices. Jack Black does the voice of Po (the Panda) and he is really funny. Then there are 5 Masters that represent the 5 styles of Kung Fu. They are called "The Fabulous Five". Angelina Jolie is Master Tigress, Jackie Chan is Master Monkey, Lucy Liu is Master Viper, David Cross (played Uncle Ian in Alvin & the Chipmunks) is Master Crane, and Seth Rogen (funny guy from Knocked Up) is Master Mantis. Dustin Hoffman does the voice of Master Shifu which is the teacher of the 5 and also teaches Po who is deemed the Dragon Warrior and must defend China from the bad guy Tai Lung (voiced by Ian McShane). The characters are really, really funny and unlike some previews, it doesn't show all the good parts on the preview. For sure worth the movie to go and see at the theatre!

And as promised we had lunch at McDonalds afterwards which is always popular with Isaiah. Above are his thoughts about the movie. For whatever reason he was not much in to the camera today but was seriously excited when he was not being filmed. Also, enjoy some photos of Isaiah doing his best Kung Fu moves!!! And his new Po figure - read post above!!!!!