Talk about pure awesomeness! This one takes the cake!

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2009)

Since 1998, Dreamworks has become the biggest success in movie-making history when their animation (It's not as long like their live-action films, but it's a start) After The Prince of Egypt and Shrek, Dreamworks has their ups and downs with the success and unsuccess with their movies (I think Shark Tale and Bee Movie was their lowest in ratings but I find those entertaining as much as the next one) Well...after 2003, they stop making traditional hand-drawn animation (they didn't do a lot those since Shrek was their first CGI movie ever created) and continue on with the computer animation in this century.
That's when summer of 2008 change all of that. And that name is Kung Fu Panda! Set long long ago in the mystical ancient china lives a giant kung fu-loving panda named Po (voiced by comedian actor Jack Black) who dreams of becoming a hero just like his idols the Furious Five; Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Monkey and Viper (voiced by Angelina Jolie, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan and Lucy Liu) his dream finally comes true but in an expecting way when he tries to find out which one of the members from the five will get to be name the Dragon Warrior and protect the valley of peace from a snow leopard named Tai Lung (voiced by Ian McShane) When a nine thousand year old tortoise named Oogway (who invented kung fu and is play by Randall Duk Kim) chooses Po over the well-train masters, his old friend and student, a red panda named Shifu (play by none other than the legendary great and mighty Dustin Hoffman) doesn't like the idea and tries everything that he can cook up to get rid of the panda. He later learns that he has no choice but to train the panda all that he can about kung fu and save their village once and for all before Tai Lung can destroy everything in his path.
The story is well thought-out, voice casting is excellent, and you be dazzle how pure and beautiful the traditional cel animation at the beginning will be compare to the regular CGI they keep through out the whole movie. Now if you saw the movie, you're probably wondering the most repeatful questions. Why is Po's dad Mr. Ping a duck and will Tai Lung ever come back alive or not? Well that's pretty simple. It doesn't explain in the movie but if your parent like Mr. Ping is a different breed or culture from you, then you will know that it's obvious that you can and might be adopted with or without explaining why. As for the Tai Lung question, well...it has been shown that the famous move called "The Wuxi Finger Hold" is a very dangerous and unbeatable move to avoid. Could you back alive from it? I doubt that would happen if it's already explain why you be afraid of it.
Overall, Kung Fu Panda gets a 10 out of a 10. There's no doubt from that! Ask anyone, they will say and I quote "PURE AWESOMNESS!!"