good animation, so-so story

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2009)

I thought this animated film was OK, but I'm sure 10 year old kids would love it. The best part of the film is the stellar animation; definitely one of Dreamworks best efforts. The story is about a panda, Po, whom loves kung fu. He is chosen to become the dragon warrior over the fab 5. As the chosen one, he is allowed to look at the dragon scroll and is destined to defeat Tai Lung, an evil snow leopard. Po is taught kung fu by his master Shifu and the other main characters were the fab 5, the snake, tiger, mantis, monkey, and crane. The film is written to be funny, and is somewhat amusing. But the story is nothing new.
FINAL VERDICT: Entertaining for a kids film. I'd only recommend it if you are watching it with your kids since I think this is more a kids film.