Kung Fu Panda

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Kung Fu Panda

Jokerman · A List Star

Doesn't look to bad, keep us updated. :)

Man In Black · Anime Mod

I wonder if they consulted Jackie Chan on the actual Kung Fu itself or just did what they think looks cool?

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

The trailer be HERE

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Official site with new trailer HERE

neuman · A List Star

Gotta love dreamworks films, and here is another example of what im hoping will be a good family movie. Its good they got Jack Black to play Po, and it seems to be quite a top cast overall. We will see when it comes out then how it pans out in the cinemas

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Kung Fu Panda is a film about a panda who learns martial arts and then uses this new ability to fight his enemies.
LMAO...this is gonna be great. It has to be up there with The Pick of Destiny, Snakes on a Plane, and Harold and Kumar as far as stoner films go. That being said, I probably won't like it. ;)

Man In Black · Anime Mod

David McKinney wrote:
It has to be up there with The Pick of Destiny, Snakes on a Plane, and Harold and Kumar as far as stoner films go.

Stoner films? Explain?

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Stoner films are better described as dude comedies. Cheech & Chong are the purveyors of this genre. Iwouldn't put SoaP in the category but Pick of Destiny, Harold & Kumar, Dude, wheres my car? Jay & Silent Bob Strike back etc.

Basically the central characters spend most of the movie getting high or being stoned.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

So how does Kung Fu Panda fit in with drug movies?

neuman · A List Star

I think he means the movies are only watchable when stoned, Since i dont smoke the weed, i have drunk movies for the same reason, they are wayyyyyyyy better when drunk :)

Man In Black · Anime Mod

So the only way people can enjoy a harmless cartoon about a panda is with drugs? Someone has problems....

neuman · A List Star

Im not saying it cannot be enjoyed (sometimes that is the case) but i ususally find some of these MUCH funnier with a few drinks under my belt

David McKinney · 500 Club Member

Basically, a stoner movie is one that people either watch while stoned (Pick of Destiny, Kung Fu Panda) or one where the main characters smoke pot throughout (Cheech and Chong, Harold and Kumar).

Man In Black · Anime Mod

I still don't see why a cartoon about a panda learning Kung Fu requires the viewer to be in a state of altered consciousness? It's just a kids cartoon!

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

From Cannes. The film is finally about to land.....

PANDA-MONIUM SWEEPS CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2008,
WITH JACK BLACK KICK-OFF ON BEHALF OF
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION'S "KUNG FU PANDA"

Cannes, Frances, May 14, 2008 -- DreamWorks Animation kicked off the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival today with an outbreak of "Pandamonium," as Jack Black, star of DreamWorks Animation's upcoming June 6th release "Kung Fu Panda," arrived at the Carlton Hotel pier in style...emerging from a water taxi to be greeted on the pier by nearly 40 true-to-size Po-shis on-screen persona and hero of the film's title. Black and the other "kung fu pandas" posed for a barrage of photojournalists and camera crews, signaling that the celebrity- and film-fueled glitter of the 2008 Festival had officially begun.

Black's arrival at the Carlton will serve as merely the beginning of the "Kung Fu Panda"-monium set to sweep Cannes, as the DreamWorks Animation release is slated for its worldwide premiere, screening out of competition tomorrow night, May 15th, at 7:30pm at the nexus of the Festival, the Palais. The pre-screening red carpet arrivals will spotlight Black and some of his "Kung Fu Panda" co-starsDustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liualong with KFP filmmakersdirectors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, producer Melissa Cobb, and screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Bergerand DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg, who will be joined by friends and some of the biggest celebrities in attendance at this year's Fest.

In addition to the coverage supplied by the throng of international journalists on hand at the Festival, the "Kung Fu Panda" appearances and activities will also be broadcast in real time to fans around the globe, thanks to satellite hookups beaming the Pandamonium worldwide...from China to Chicago and the Czech Republic!

Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po (Golden Globe nominee Jack Black) is the biggest fan of kung fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. When he's unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality and he joins the world of kung fu to study alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five: Tigress (Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie); Crane (Emmy winner David Cross); Mantis (Emmy nominee Seth Rogen); Viper (Emmy/SAG nominee Lucy Liu); and Monkey (international superstar Jackie Chan) under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu (two-time Oscar® winner Dustin Hoffman). But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung (Emmy/Golden Globe winner Ian McShane) is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a kung fu master into reality? Po puts his heart into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths. The film opens nationwide in the US on June 6, 2008.

DreamWorks Animation SKG Presents "Kung Fu Panda," a Paramount Pictures release, featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Michael Clarke Duncan and Dan Fogler. The film is directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. The story is by Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris. The screenplay is by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger. The producer is Melissa Cobb. The executive producer is Bill Damaschke. The co-producers are Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. This film has been rated PG for sequences of martial arts action.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Woohoo! It's nearly here....

Kung Fu Panda has kicked Sex and the City from the top spot of the US box office, early figures have shown.

The animated film about Po, a panda who becomes a kung-fu master to save his jungle from leopard villains, took $60m (£30.4m) in its opening weekend.

Adam Sandler's comedy You Don't Mess With the Zohan opened in second place with $40m (£20.3m), while Indiana Jones's latest outing was in third.

Sex and the City slipped to the fourth spot in its second weekend in cinemas.

It took receipts of $21.3m (£10.8m) - a steep 63% decline from its $56.8m (£28.8m) debut weekend - bringing a total of $99.3m (£50.3m) after only 10 days.

Recent strong showings have helped Hollywood to chip away at its box office deficit compared with 2007, which was a record year for revenues.

"This month offers the marketplace the opportunity to catch up with last year," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.

"Last year's June was not as strong as expected and this year's may be stronger, so we're definitely narrowing the gap in terms of revenue and attendance."

Horror film The Strangers took $9.3m (£4.7m), followed by Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr, which took another $7.5m (£3.8m) for a total of £289m (£146.4m).

Rounding out the top 10 were Narnia: Prince Caspian with $5.5m (£2.8m), rom-com What Happens in Las Vegas with $3.4m (£1.72m), Baby Mama with $0.78m (£0.4m) and Made of Honor $0.775 (£0.39m).

NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE
1. Kung Fu Panda - $60m (£30.4m)
2 You Don't Mess With the Zohan - $40m (£20.3m)
3 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $22.8m (£11.5m)
4 Sex and the City - $21.3m (£10.8m)
5 The Strangers - $9.3m (£4.7m)
Figures are for Friday to Monday. Source: Media By Numbers

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Well, finally got to a screening of the Panda today (Review online later) and attended the press conference.

I got to meet the Directors, Jack Black, Lucy Liu, Lovejoy himself Ian McShane and Dustin Hoffman who was an absolute legend and stayed on to sign our production notes!!

The film is great fun.

NymVette · Movie Producer

I want to see this one, looks like great fun!

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Yup I thought so, really enjoyed this Review HERE. Well that was until I saw WALL*E anyway.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Kung Fu Panda is now on General release so why not add your thoughts and reviews on it once you have seen it below...

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

lol as brushed upon above. I plan on geting fucking smashed then watching this. It's got nothing but awesomeness written all over it. A KUNG FU PANDA FFS, the don't have ideas like this anymore.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Symphony Of Destruction wrote:

I plan on geting fucking smashed then watching this.

Sounds a bit counterproductive to me. Perhaps you should try it the other way around - you know watch the film first while you still have some active brain cells to comprehend it then continue your campaign to ruin your liver afterwards?

Anyway, my sister and brother-in-law took my 5 year-old nephew to see this on Saturday and they enjoyed it. My nephew now thinks he is a Kung-Fu expert!

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Any film with the opening line 'There is no charge for awesomeness' is solid gold...