![]() By this time, Tai Lung escapes from prison as foreseen by Oogway, who passes away after making Shifu promise he will train Po. After receiving helpful advice from Oogway, however, Po endures his grueling training and slowly begins to endear himself to the Five with his tenacity, culinary skill and good humor. Unwilling to believe that a big, fat panda can be the Dragon Warrior, Shifu attempts to get rid of Po by berating and ridiculing him into quitting his training with the Furious Five, who similarly despise and mock Po for his lack of respect and skill in kung fu. Po arrives too late before the doors to the tournament close and, desperate to see the Dragon Warrior as Oogway is about to make his decision, straps himself to a set of fireworks and rockets into the sky, crashing into the middle of the arena to the surprise of everyone present, Oogway chooses Po, seemingly by accident. Shifu holds a kung fu tournament for the Furious Five so that Oogway may identify the legendary Dragon Warrior, the one kung fu master worthy of receiving the Dragon Scroll and defeating Tai Lung. One day, Shifu's mentor, the elderly tortoise Master Oogway ( Randall Duk Kim), has a vision that Shifu's former student and foster son, the snow leopard Tai Lung ( Ian McShane), will escape from prison and return to the Valley of Peace to take revenge for being denied the Dragon Scroll, which is said to hold the secret to limitless power. Because he works in his goose father Ping's ( James Hong) noodle restaurant, Po is unable to achieve his dream of becoming a kung fu master himself. Po ( Jack Black), a young, clumsy and overweight panda, is a kung fu fanatic who idolizes the Furious Five – Tigress ( Angelina Jolie), Monkey ( Jackie Chan), Mantis ( Seth Rogen), Viper ( Lucy Liu), and Crane ( David Cross) – a quintet of kung fu masters trained by the red panda Master Shifu ( Dustin Hoffman) to protect the valley. Lastly, i believe that Oogway is the best animated character ever rendered, his facial expressions are hilarious and-surpass any previous attempts to give a character convincing facial expressions (i consider Gollum to be a CG character, not an animated character, for the record).The story is set in the Valley of Peace, a fictional land in ancient China inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. they invest their characters with an energy (Black) and dignity (hoffman) that i could not find any fault with, even if i wanted to, not that i want to. while playing their parts in a very different manner to each other, both are note perfect. having said that, the movie rests on the shoulders of jack Black and Dustin Hoffman. i can only remember hearing Jackie Chan's voice 3 times at most. the only bum note in this symphony of fun is the fact that some of the immensely talented voice cast are badly underused. the animation is hugely detailed and achingly beautiful, the script is the best i have come across in years. All the elements are beyond anything i have seen in an Animated movie since The Lion King. Finally Dreamworks have managed to surpass the achievements of Pixar. it is a long, long time since i have heard a Cinema audience laughing so much during a movie ( i think the last time was during Gigli!). I can not recommend this movie highly enough to kids of all ages. I saw this movie in the Cinema last night.
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