While certainly not a lasting animated classic, a beautiful and entertaining summer flick with sophisticated animation in a new setting with new characters (a red panda? kung fu warriors?). I had the fortune to see this in an IMAX format, which further emphasized the lush scenery of northern China. I found myself struggling to see the lines of character drawings/gesture---the world was so vivid, vibrant, real. However, the kitch of the kung fu genre didn't hold up in this squeaky clean plot line. Jack Black's Panda wasn't free to be anything but dopey and pudgey. Unlike the animation, the movie had little edge. It's a heart-warmer expanded to a wider cultural context. To be paired with Ollie's on the west side...simple, palatable Chinese food. No promises about the soup.
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