Kung Fu Panda was easily among 2008's finest movies. It's still AWESOME!

Rating: 9/10 (27 August 2018)

Kung Fu Panda didn't seem all that interesting to me leading up to its initial release: I was afraid DreamWorks would squander a potentially intriguing premise by making it into a Shrek-3-esque pop-culturally-dependent fest of references; thankfully the actual movie wasn't a letdown in the slightest. It's funny, action-packed, visually energizing and kick-started a franchise that's still going to this very day thanks to its sequels, TV shows and theme park attractions around the world.
Kung Fu Panda proves to be a great showcase for Jack Black's voice-acting skills and that he can be in a story that's equal-parts nonsense and no-nonsense kung-fu wisdom radiating from its central characters. This film is great stuff and is a surprising crowd-pleaser in its broad appeal, laugh-out-loud humor and genuinely well-done action choreography.
Kung Fu Panda gets a well-deserved 4.5/5 stars.