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Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

Date: Jul 30 2008

Themes: Pop Culture

Intro

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You always get better at something when you have no choice. In the new animated movie Kung Fu Panda a young panda has dreams of becoming a warrior, but he has no fighting skills. Nonetheless he is chosen to defend his valley against a powerful attacker, so he learns as quickly as he can.

Dialog

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Jason

Jason

Beren

Beren

Jason:  You know, I thought Kung Fu Panda would be sort of here-today-gone-tomorrow, but it’s still in the theaters.

Beren:  Animation’s like really taking off. Like people…I think the problem is they’re remaking so many old movies just with updating, and you haven’t seen it before. It’s totally new. It probably costs a little less than making a big action thriller.

Jason:  Oh yeah. It’s got a good cast though. It’s got Jack Black and Angelina Jolie doing voices and I guess it’s surprisingly good.

Beren:  Really? I’m not that surprised. I’ve never really be into animation, but everybody I know whose seen Kung Fu Panda, from my 10-year-old friend to his dad, they’re like, “It’s actually really entertaining. It’s really funny. It’s really good.” It’s just like Ratatouille. I was like, “Uh, no…” but then I saw it and I was blown away...Just good clean fun, probably.

Jason:  Yeah. I guess the panda has to…He’s having a hard time doing kung fu because he’s fat, but then he realizes that being fat is the secret to success as a warrior, so it’s like a believe-in-yourself kind of message.

Beren:  Of course! And who doesn’t need a little reminder to believe in themselves every once and a while.

Jason:  And that fat people can kick ass.

Beren:  Exactly.

 

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Discussion

Jason is surprised that Kung Fu Panda has been so successful but Beren isn’t. She says that animation is popular right now and that so many movies are being remade, that it’s nice to see something completely new.

Plus Kung Fu Panda has some really famous people doing voices for it. In addition to Angelina Jolie and Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu star in the film as well.

It’s a classic underdog story about someone who does something he never thought he’d be able to. Have you ever gotten a job you weren’t qualified for? Did you learn what you needed to know quickly enough?

 

Comments

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sara1998

sara1998

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hey,i like this movie.it’s funny!


:)

05:15 PM Jun 23 2014 |

安军

安军

China

yesterday is history,tomorrow is mistery ,but today is a gift. that is wht it called the present


                       —-by master wugui

11:10 AM Aug 01 2012 |

1 person likes this

blue-sonnet

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i like this movie very much. it has meny things to learn

11:04 AM Aug 01 2012 |

feifei21

feifei21

China

there is a sentence in the movie,which i like so much. that is “there are no accidents”

04:18 AM May 17 2011 |

1 person likes this

h-a-h

h-a-h

Bahrain

good film

i like it so much

 

05:29 AM Sep 30 2009 |

tiquyen

Viet Nam

i like kung fu panda. it is a rewarding film

 

03:13 PM Sep 29 2009 |

Benjamin Elizondo

Mexico

i have not gotten a job that way but maybe i will, i mean I'm going to apply for a job that request 100% english and although i don't have it , i'm going to try it, maybe i will be lucky.

05:35 AM Mar 23 2009 |

yukkimin

yukkimin

Japan

I haven't seen this movie.I'll watch this sooner or later.

02:26 PM Feb 07 2009 |

miffoo

miffoo

Slovakia

nice movie :)

05:42 PM Dec 29 2008 |

nono ksa

nono ksa

Saudi Arabia

 

 

lol  me too i love the duck i thought  when  he wanted to talk  to  him  that  he is going to say that  he  is  not  the  real father  like adoubt him  )  lol   then  he told  him about his  racepey  lol funny       from  long  time  i didn't enjoy  watching movie  like that

10:57 AM Sep 20 2008 |

edgarmijtor

Mexico

I think is an exelent movie, but to me the history is similiar to the movie known as "KONFUSION", but I like it definitely.

04:45 PM Aug 05 2008 |

maggie200888

China

LOVELY@@

12:49 PM Aug 05 2008 |

hieumy

Viet Nam

Oh, I love that film very much

07:17 AM Aug 05 2008 |

Katya)

Katya)

Ukraine

cutie)))Laughing

01:32 AM Aug 05 2008 |

shoumutou

China

haha i saw this movie in the UME , kungfu panda is so lovely that i can not forget。。if i have a new time ,i will see it again~

04:30 PM Aug 04 2008 |

shimin1212

shimin1212

China

i like the music much more

11:50 AM Aug 04 2008 |

shirleyfuji

China

I have seen Kongfu Panda.Er…,as a kongfu movie which is made by foreigners,I think it's very good.

Obviously.the director has a completed sense of Chinese kongfu and he makes right explaination of the

spirits of Chinese kongfu.

12:05 AM Aug 04 2008 |

xiaocao24

xiaocao24

China

A good movile for learning english

11:26 PM Aug 03 2008 |

yukui

Macao

This movie is based on chinese culture. I agree that.

04:51 PM Aug 03 2008 |

chenluchen

chenluchen

China

kung fu panda is so popular in internet , even so ino ur daliy life ,we always use the interesting language of kun fu padnda .It has make huge effects in our life .

06:55 AM Aug 03 2008 |

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