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Is KUNG-FU PANDA The “KILL BILL Of CGI Animated Films”?!

Penis by syn_flood	Mar 28th, 2008 05:27:57 AM
I like it
Well, well by Knugen	Mar 28th, 2008 05:29:25 AM
I've been pestered by the Panda telling morons to shut off their phones a while now, but this seems rather interesting. I confess the thought of coming up with someting like PLANTATIOUS when reading the headline, but this guy seems to know what he's talking about. Although how do you know he's a reliable source since he., as he stated himself, is a first time contributor?
First...? by andrew1911uk	Mar 28th, 2008 05:29:30 AM
...and I'll be giving this one a chance purely on the basis that it's got James Hong in it. Lo Fan can do no wrong.
Ah, syn_flood ... by TheCap	Mar 28th, 2008 05:36:49 AM
... the classy wit, the sophistication, the delicate sensibility. I dance on your grave, good sir, and wish you were in it. And F*ck-Yu Panda will rule. That is all.
yeah... by smorgasbord	Mar 28th, 2008 05:40:49 AM
it'll take a work of monumental genius to get me out of the "Dreamworks suck ass" frame of mind. I'm open to having my mind changed, but doubt this will be the film to do it.
Bamboo Plant! by Stollentroll	Mar 28th, 2008 05:42:28 AM
Because Pandas...well, someone HAD to say it, right?
I just feel the need to point out that Shrek is terrible by IndustryKiller!	Mar 28th, 2008 05:45:19 AM
Some of the most overrated garbage around today. poor character design, terrible voices that those same actors have been force feeding us for years, and bad soon-to-be-dated jokes. There is literally NOTHING to love about that franchise.
all very well by misnomer	Mar 28th, 2008 05:45:34 AM
we get the picture, it's a good cartoon- it's called "Kung Fu Panda," but why would anyone with at least one pubic hair give a shit? :) I'm kidding. If this is as good as the incredibles, nemo or toy story I'm torrenting it.
"Kill Bill vol. 1" is the best movie EVER by random dude	Mar 28th, 2008 06:06:25 AM
With MAN-BEAR-PIG coming close second.
KUNG FU CHICKEN by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:07:37 AM

KUNG FU COW by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:07:52 AM

KUNG FU KOALA by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:08:07 AM

KUNG FU PERSON by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:08:21 AM

KUNG FU SHEEP by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:08:33 AM

KUNG FU WORM by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:08:44 AM

KUNG FU TERMINATOR by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:08:57 AM

KUNG FU RAMBO by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 28th, 2008 06:09:07 AM

KUNG-FU MAN-BEAR-PIG by random dude	Mar 28th, 2008 06:12:23 AM
You want it.
"They did that with their bare hands." by kikuchiyoboy	Mar 28th, 2008 06:15:43 AM
Fences and bikes will now be in danger of little kids around the world.
PLANT! by Human Tornado	Mar 28th, 2008 06:18:33 AM
Dreamworks doesn'r care what you do with Shark Tale DVDs. They don't even care if you watch it, let alone bulldoze it. They just want you to buy it. In fact, they would prefer that you buldoze it instead of leaving a copy around, risking online piracy.
Who is PAT... by Roguewriter	Mar 28th, 2008 06:18:46 AM
...and how did they get the genre down him? ::Seinfeld grins, waits for chuckles, gets huffy and disappears for another decade. Crowd goes wild with gratitude:: (Nice review, BTW)
In total agreement w/ IndustryKiller, BTW... by Roguewriter	Mar 28th, 2008 06:21:29 AM
... anyone who thinks SHREK is a franchise to emulate (for anything other than raking in mad cash from morons) is nuts -- there's no more overblown, soulless, instantly dated trilogy out there today... except maybe for those lousy BOURNE movies. =)
NOT INTERESTED due to the marketing by Mullah Omar	Mar 28th, 2008 06:30:33 AM
Yes, I am close-minded about this, but those relentless fucking "turn off your cell phone" promos pissed me off more than I can reasonably explain. As a result, I will probably only see this film if I'm stuck on an airplane with nothing else to watch. Maybe time will dull my extreme bias, but I am not counting on it. Marketing execs, you blew it!
I thought you meant they were going to split it in two... by photoboy	Mar 28th, 2008 06:35:44 AM
... and then laugh about double dipping everyone with the DVD and then forget to actually do it. I'm still waiting for the whole bloody affair to come out on DVD, I've deliberately not bought the separate releases because of it!
Whoa WHOA WHOA! "Kung-Fu Fighting" ISN'T in the movie?! by Horseflesh	Mar 28th, 2008 06:41:51 AM
Holy shit, you just sold me on it. Between that and all the early great shit I'm hearing I'm finally going to give a Dreamworks CG feature a shot again.
kill bill marketting by MrMonkey	Mar 28th, 2008 06:45:56 AM
Wasn't Kill Bill the first kinda crap tarrentino movie... so calling this the kill bill of cgi is like marketing it as well as a kinda crap movie
but Kill Bill was idiotic by watashiwadare	Mar 28th, 2008 06:51:59 AM
that makes me not want to see it
do you mean by Fortunesfool	Mar 28th, 2008 06:55:18 AM
Vastly over-rated and up its own arse, but, with a couple of cool bits?
never would have thought... by The Amazing G	Mar 28th, 2008 06:55:25 AM
that THIS would be great, but hey I love pleasant surprises and if this movie really is what people say it is then....I guess I'll see it
and about Mulan by The Amazing G	Mar 28th, 2008 06:55:58 AM
I remember liking when I saw it in theaters (granted I was a kid)
oh and by The Amazing G	Mar 28th, 2008 06:57:42 AM
please tell me that this has "Super 16" by Neu (used in Master Of The Flying Guillotine), because if it does well then I'm sold
Good review.... by travis-dane	Mar 28th, 2008 07:08:26 AM
sounds like Dreamworks has done it right.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 was freaking amazing by Ashok0	Mar 28th, 2008 07:08:36 AM
Uma Thurman > *
MrMonkey by Ashok0	Mar 28th, 2008 07:09:39 AM
No, Kill Bill 1+2 were fantastic. Death Proof was a bit weak though.
I love Cartoon Brew when it's about animation history. by DerLanghaarige	Mar 28th, 2008 07:10:10 AM
But I don't give much about Beck's opinion on movies. It happens so often that he hates movies with no better arguments than "it's CGI". If I wanna read no-arguments like that, I would spend more times in talckbacks. And when someone like him seriously loves one of these CGI-movies, it only leads to two conclusions: It's really that good or he just received a nice present from Dreamworks. I will wait till the movie is out and judge it by myself.
"If I wanna read no-arguments like that, I would spend more time by The Amazing G	Mar 28th, 2008 07:18:19 AM
I lol'd
IndustryKiller! - I just feel the need to point out... by NeilF	Mar 28th, 2008 07:27:53 AM
...you're a trunction! Please feel free to join the rest of us on planet common sense when you're ready...
Sensei Plant by Stupendous Man	Mar 28th, 2008 07:34:47 AM
kung fu fighting remix is used in every freakin american movie kung fu sequence...its flippin old now...
IF there's references to "Flying Guillotine" or "Magnificent Bod by ricarleite	Mar 28th, 2008 07:45:28 AM
...then this is the best CGI cartoon ever.
"Magnificent Bodyguards" (there, completed) by ricarleite	Mar 28th, 2008 07:46:09 AM

"Except you typing a message, I'm watching you!" by ricarleite	Mar 28th, 2008 07:47:26 AM

KUNG FU PLANTA! by BRUTICUS	Mar 28th, 2008 08:00:29 AM
good lord
PLANT!!!! by Dmann	Mar 28th, 2008 08:10:05 AM
Is what you call a rhododendron. I'm so taking my nephews to this, but...I will wear a cup to prevent the pain from the inevitable kick to the groin after hyper child decides to emulate kung fu panda.
Damn, I hate Jack Black by ChrisTuckersOnlyFan	Mar 28th, 2008 08:12:35 AM

It has... by Anna Valerious	Mar 28th, 2008 08:16:52 AM
DAVID CROSS. That's an automatic "Must See" for me.
Yeah! More talking animals! by CuervoJones	Mar 28th, 2008 08:25:52 AM
How original!
Eats Shoots and Leaves by Internet Thug	Mar 28th, 2008 08:30:31 AM
movie over.
Sounds nothing like Kill Bill by Spiral_Jacobs	Mar 28th, 2008 08:41:14 AM
If the only connection to Kill Bill is that it shows the genre respect, then, it is essentially nothing like Kill Bill at all. I'm super confused why this site is paying SOO much attention to Kung Fu Panda, but my annoyance could stem from the title alone - so terribly insipid, like it was right from an executive meeting: "Wait...I got it...a kung fu animated film...starring a Panda! Kids love pandas! Wait for it...wait for it...Kung Fu Panda! How's that for a whopper of a title!"
Shrek blows donkeys by SpencerTrilby	Mar 28th, 2008 08:58:13 AM
and just because clueless kids and tasteless parents made it big won't change my mind. Kung Fu Panda sounds sweet though. If I can overcome the gag reflex while on the box office I'll give it a try.
Like Kill Bill? by TheLastCleric	Mar 28th, 2008 09:08:37 AM
Does that mean the first half is a well-made homage to chop saki and Samurai flicks from the 60’s and 70’s and the second half is self-indulgent, tedious bore?
this sounds familiar to the chris farley "beverly hills ninja" by jig98	Mar 28th, 2008 09:20:15 AM
where he was raised by ninjas and tries to avenge his parents. god, that was one of his crappier films with his best being tommy boy. personally, i think that the whole "fat slob becoming hero though comedic story contortions" thing is more tired than the whole "white cop and black criminal" team up in unfunny action horseshit. but i like jack black, dreamworks cartoons and kung fu movies ever since orange county, the first shrek and enter the dragon so i'll give this panda thing a shot.
SHREK by lecter1914	Mar 28th, 2008 09:23:13 AM
I thought the second one was good. Felt like an actual satire rather than a stupid kids movie. Hated the first one and the third one though.
"As bad" as Mulan? Fuck off! by Durendal	Mar 28th, 2008 09:29:22 AM
Mulan wasn't Disney's best, and yes, in typical Disney style, they raped the source material, but all in all, I thought Mulan was pretty good and underrated. That little nugget kinda makes me doubt his film choice. And flame me all you want, but if this is almost the Kill Bill of animated films, then you can REALLY count me out. So it's a massively overrated, ego-stroking, anime fanboy jerkoff flick? All they need is a second one that drags on endlessly with no real money shot.
TheLastCleric gets it... by Mo_Green	Mar 28th, 2008 09:29:44 AM
Well said, young man.
The chopstick battle in the KFP trailer sold me by SpyGuy	Mar 28th, 2008 09:34:32 AM
Freaking hysterical. Can't wait for this.
so... by Dollar Bird	Mar 28th, 2008 09:43:42 AM
That was pretty well written. You should see more sneaks and report on them, Noodles.
The Kill Bill of CGI Animated Films? by rbatty024	Mar 28th, 2008 09:47:31 AM
So it rips off a bunch of better movies and passes it off as its own? Actually, I enjoyed Kill Bill (especially part 2) but shouldn't this be aiming for a more iconic Kung Fu flick?
Uh Moriarty.. by greentealite	Mar 28th, 2008 10:03:44 AM
That same Jerry Beck says at the bottom of his brief review: "I am currently working on a book (unrelated to Kung Fu Panda) for Dreamworks" Unrelated, yeah. Writing a book for dreamworks, gives glowing review, no connection.
Mulan is great by Rocklover79	Mar 28th, 2008 10:25:24 AM
You know it to be true.
So does this have ANYTHING by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 10:39:50 AM
TO DO with Kung Fu Skunk? Because they have the same characters and and look. Rocklover79, Mulan sucks. Its horrible.
KB is a "ripoff"? Like Departed is a ripoff of Infernal Affairs by Ashok0	Mar 28th, 2008 10:49:44 AM
Man, nothing irks me more than people who whine about how Tarantino films "rip off" other movies. Guess what, after 80-90 years of movies, every film is a ripoff. Sergio Leone's films were a ripoff of Yojimbo. The Departed is a 100% copycat of Infernal Affairs. There Will Be Blood is a ripoff of Citizen Kane. The difference with QT is he loves the films he was inspired by, and he emphasizes his love in his filmmaking, by offering casting roles to 70s icons like Gordon Liu and Pam Grier. Heck, he even invited THE Lady Snowblood to the opening of Kill Bill, and the opening credits were dedicated to the director of Battle Royale.
At least the characters don't look like the celebs voicing them by Osmosis Jones	Mar 28th, 2008 10:54:58 AM
I still have nightmares about Shark Tale. [shudder]
I passed on a screening for this, but some friends went by Novaman5000	Mar 28th, 2008 11:09:10 AM
And not one out of the 6 was impressed with it in any way. They said it was simply "alright". I'll probably see it if I can catch it free somewhere, but after the "meh" reaction of all of them, I'm certainly not going to run out and pay money for it.
Fuck You Panda! by greenstyle92	Mar 28th, 2008 11:09:31 AM
I feel like going down to the st. louie zoo now telling some pandas to fuck off! I'll give this film a shot. I mean, it's gotta beat going and seeing Iron man, right? (ANY movie beats Iron Man...)
Ashok0, calm down, I was just kidding. by rbatty024	Mar 28th, 2008 11:17:23 AM
I actually like Kill Bill quite a bit. I think the things that irk me about Tarantino's films is Tarantino as a personality. He takes himself way too seriously. Of course, I need to learn to separate the movie from the filmmaker. I'm even one of those people who thinks Jackie Brown is under appreciated. It might be his best film. Anyway, whenever he comes out with a new movie you can be sure I'll be there opening night.
Tyler Perry & the people behind meet the Spartans by INWOsuxRED	Mar 28th, 2008 11:29:33 AM
don't churn out formula movies the way the CGI animated studios do. These things need to go away for a while.
But can Kung Fu Panda stand up to Fred Simmons? by ImMorganFreeman	Mar 28th, 2008 11:30:18 AM
Master of the Foot Fist Way.
If it's like Kill Bill then that means it sucks by ShiftyEyedDog2	Mar 28th, 2008 11:35:32 AM
...and is a GIGANTIC disappointment
I third IndustryKiller!'s Shrek statement by slone13	Mar 28th, 2008 11:51:45 AM
It's awful.
Seriously by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 11:56:26 AM
Does anyone know if this has anything to do with the CW's Kung Fu Skunk? Because they have like the exact same animation and there is a Panda in that show. Too bad it comes on at the same time as Viva Pineta, my favorite Saturday morning hangover show.
Viva Pinata!! by slone13	Mar 28th, 2008 12:05:43 PM
I caught that last week. I was hungover as well. I'd never seen it before. I'm still not sure what the fuck I was watching. It was hypnotic though, I couldn't turn it off.
IndustryKiller on Shrek by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 12:06:03 PM
I agree with you about say 75%. Like Shrek 1 was boring but they ending was well done and made you feel like you magically had a really good time, even though you almost feel asleep a bunch. Shrek 2 is the only one thats worth a damn. That one does have a few jokes, mainly all from Donkey... well all from Donkey. I can't even remember 3. Also my problem with Shrek is that they make it seem that he learns some big lesson in the end (which is the point to 99% of all kid animated pics) and all and all he does. He just fucking gets his way, and its more like he just learns to put up with people and still be a dick. I just teaches kids to be spoiled and throw teper tanturms. Also it boggles my mind that Dreamworks gets so much money off of there CGI (and cartoons when they did that) movies. The only movie they have ever done thats worth seeing is Over the Hedge. And I held out so long to see it because I just KNEW it was going to just suck hard. But it is very funny. Namely the last 15 minutes of the movie are fucking great. (Granted I totally fergot about the Futrama episode were Fry drinks 100 cups of coffee, which is funnier then the scene with the squirel but they are both good).
Here is another question you all will ignor by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 12:08:16 PM
How did Quintin Tarintino get his start? Like yeah I know he worked for a video store and with friends with DUI Manslaughter and they wrote scripts. But like how did he get started? What did he just send in a script? Did he blow a wienstien? Anyone know?
Series7 by Ashok0	Mar 28th, 2008 12:18:08 PM
He filmed "My Best Friends Birthday" when he was in film school. Somehow (?) he caught Miramax attention and got money for Res Dogs.
Dreamworks if Fucking awesome and Bee movie rocked by Proman1984	Mar 28th, 2008 12:18:19 PM
Eat it, bitches
Ashok0 by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 12:28:30 PM
I thought Q.T.'s thing was that he didn't go to film school? I thought he wrote True Romance and that was made before ResDogs, but I just checked and thats wrong.
Comparisons to Disney's Robin Hood? by Kid Idioteque	Mar 28th, 2008 12:44:06 PM
Wow. He really just made the ONLY comparison on earth that would make me excited for this film. Seriously, Disney's Robin Hood is the shit. One of my all-time favorites.
QT wrote Romance before Dogs by Jackie Boy	Mar 28th, 2008 01:03:23 PM
and sold it, Tony Scott directed it the year after Dogs came out. If I'm not mistaken his original draft for Natural Born Killers was written before Dogs was made as well. I always heard QT never went to school- in fact he was quoted as saying, "I didn't go to fim school, I went to films" or something like that. But seriously how did he get from Birthday to Dogs? Always baffled me.
Yeah, what Moriarty said, pretty much by Harry Weinstein	Mar 28th, 2008 01:52:28 PM
I was fully prepared to despise this, since it's an animated Dreamworks movie not from Aardman, Production I.G, or Madhouse, and it's called KUNG FU PANDA. But The Word On The Street is shockingly, improbably good - mostly coming from people who not only expected to hate it, but were eagerly anticipating being able to hate it before the rest of us got a chance to do the same. Gonna be an interesting year for animated martial arts films starring cartoon animals; Hong Kong has the 2D animation WU-TANG MCDULL coming out as well. If it's up to the standards of the first and second McDull films, then unlike PANDA, it's safe to assume from the get-go that it'll be very, very good.
Start the countdown! by Automaton Overlord	Mar 28th, 2008 02:04:12 PM
"next year they’ll take on Roger Corman B-pictures with MONSTERS VS. ALIENS IN 3-D"
Isn't this by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 02:07:11 PM
Kung Fu Skunk?
PS - FUCK THAT GOD DAMN SONG by Harry Weinstein	Mar 28th, 2008 02:07:50 PM
That song is wack as fuck. Dreamworks, you still have time to replace it with a nice slice of DeWolfe library music for that real Shaw Bros. flavor. Or silence. Or white noise. Or a Celine Dion/Kid Rock duet. Any fucking shit is better than "Kung Fu Fighting". Don't be such Weinsteins.
Sorry by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 02:08:38 PM
SKUNK Fu.
"The Departed is a 100% copycat of Infernal Affairs." by Harry Weinstein	Mar 28th, 2008 02:11:24 PM
It should have been, but unfortunately it wasn't.
The Kill Bill of CGI films? by Nabster	Mar 28th, 2008 02:32:07 PM
So its a homage to other cgi, or kung fu films, and incredibly bloody? Come on. Kill Bill 2 is still a personal favorite of mine, the first one less so.
I saw the trailer for this Wednesday before by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Mar 28th, 2008 03:01:49 PM
Horton Hears a Who! Should be a review on this site because it was actually a good Seuss adaptation. The first thing I thought when I saw this was Kill Bill because the first site of the Jack Black panda is huffing and puffing as he gets up over the last step to the temple. The funny thing is everything I saw in the trailer I like EXCEPT for the panda. All the other characters were kind of cool. Of course there's the whole chopstick dueling/catch a fly thing that every martial arts movie seems to have now. I'll take WALL-E over this. That trailer was showing too. Yes, he looks like a complete Johnny Five ripoff, we all know that, but the story there seemed to have a depth that was lacking in the panda trailer.
Why dreamworks sucks by Series7	Mar 28th, 2008 03:26:07 PM
Compared to Pixar. Yes they both use very famous people to do their voice acting. But Dreamworks just goes out and hires the biggest name actors at the time. While Pixar gets actors who's voices and personality match their character perfectly. Yeah i know theres that whole thing that Shrek was origianlly going to have Chris Farly. But I bet even if he didn't die, the role would've gone to someone else because Farly was losing popularity before his death. But there is never any emotional depth to Dreamworks crap. And none of there CGI ever looks half as good as even Toy Story. But whatever you know Kung Fu Panda is going to rake in the cash. Can't wait for Kung Fu Panda 2!
I believe it's burn the remains and bulldoze them by andyny29	Mar 28th, 2008 03:53:12 PM

wall-e will crush KFP by irrelevntelefant	Mar 28th, 2008 04:16:54 PM

I hope this movie.. by ClockWorker	Mar 28th, 2008 04:41:53 PM
is everything it's cracked up to be. Luckily we had Brad Bird come through with THE INCREDIBLES and provide a basis of comparison for CGI films and also just provide a new film of real caliber for younger generations to grow up with. This reviewer seems to think another CG film has ascended into that atmosphere, let's hope this is true.
Did Dreamworks do I ce Age? by hst666	Mar 28th, 2008 04:44:56 PM
If so, that was pretty good. Not Pixar level, but not bad and the first Schrek film was pretty good too.
Ice Age was done by Blue Sky Studios for FOX by Movietool	Mar 28th, 2008 05:10:39 PM

There's an Ice Age 3 coming out by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Mar 28th, 2008 05:13:29 PM
Dawn of the Dinosaurs in '09 I believe. This trailer with KFP, and WALL-E were also playing with Horton.
Brad Bird should voice cast every animated movie made by Movietool	Mar 28th, 2008 05:15:16 PM
Now there's a guy - no matter how much of a pisser he might be to work with - who gets the right voice no matter what. Would there be ANY situation on Earth in which Patton Oswalt would have played Remmy if Ratatouille had been done at Dreamworks? Ha! The part probably would have gone to some mush-mouth 20-something actor from Friday Night Lights.
"Name a more independant voice..." by yesiamaplant	Mar 28th, 2008 05:20:13 PM

"Name a more independant voice..." by yesiamaplant	Mar 28th, 2008 05:21:17 PM
John Kricfalusi. Not saying Beck is a plant, but the only thing that could make him more independant is a huge fuck you attitude, and John K. has that in spades.
Unrated version needs a flying guillotine scene by SoylentMean	Mar 28th, 2008 05:42:10 PM
Seriously, it's one of the craziest, most awesome weapons in film, ever. I'm seeing this opening day. But I have more hope for Wall-E (especially after the kickass new trailer).
"God, I want to see this thing right now. It sounds so awesome." by Spiral_Jacobs	Mar 28th, 2008 06:54:52 PM

God, I want to see this thing right now. It sounds so awesome. by Spiral_Jacobs	Mar 28th, 2008 06:55:39 PM
So ridiculous. Who, anywhere, thinks this about Kung Fu Panda?
Brad Bird by Sparhawk38	Mar 28th, 2008 06:56:56 PM
Gets it done. It is that simple. Iron Giant...fantastic Rattatouille was so different and rich. It is about 10 levels up from any other computer animated movie. I can see why some did not like it..we are so used to simple crappy animated junk. It was a masterful on every level. KFP won't match up I am afraid. HIYA!
Unrated version needs GIANT ROBOTS. by TomBodet	Mar 28th, 2008 07:00:09 PM
Nothing More, and CERTAINLY, nothing LESS. You know I'm right.
Nice Review by SpazmoCalrissian	Mar 28th, 2008 07:06:22 PM
4 A PLANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! joking...nice one
I feel like by phool2056	Mar 28th, 2008 07:24:43 PM
plants are usually pretty easy to find by their use of industry phrases. This guy seems to make some points, and he does say some bad things about Jack Black, which a plant probably would not. A plant would probably say something more along the lines of "Jack Black is hilarious, but he also has the heart to put across the tender moments. This movie is a thrill ride from beginning to end!"
"Kill Bill of CGI Animated Films"... hmmm... by gengrievous82	Mar 28th, 2008 10:09:11 PM
I think I'll rent this one. My $10 is going to Pixar for Wall-E. I saw the Kung-Fu Panda trailer and there wasn't anything in it that I found funny. Every attempted gag and joke fell flat. I hope this is Dreamworks' turnaround movie. Maybe it is the start of something new for them, but I'm gonna take a cautious approach to this one. Dreamworks needs to realize that it isn't about the voice actors or how many pop culture references you can stuff into the film, it's about story and characters. I'm sure any one from Dreamworks would tell me that those two things have been their priority in all their films. Unfortunately, it doesn't show.
Ice Age by gengrievous82	Mar 28th, 2008 10:16:53 PM
Ice Age was done by Blue Sky Studios (http://www.blueskystudios.com ). Dreamworks showed the same kind of potential with the first Shrek that matched the first Ice Age. They have a long way to go before they match that same caliber again.
“KILL BILL Of CGI Animated Films”... so it's an overrated-- by moto	Mar 28th, 2008 11:19:19 PM
--completely self aware project by a writer/director that made a great movie almost 15 years ago (Pulp Fiction) and suddenly decided to tell the world how much he likes cheesy crap "cinema" by making... um... cheesy crap cinema like Kill Bill V1 and V2?? So since those projects were based on cheesy crappy cinema in the first place, film geeks can excuse the cheesy crap cinema he will continue to make or pay homage to as "fun" and "tongue in cheek" "old school" movie making. And to top it off, he and his buddy make "homage" to grind house cinema (i.e. cheap near home movies made for a few thousand dollars IF not) by spending $50 million to "recreate" that theater going experience (once they had THAT budget, all legitimacy went down the toilet). Hey, I used to LOVE QT. But somewhere along the way he lost his storytelling abilities and became a self aware writer and director which is truly the kiss of death. QT, we don't care how much you like kung fu movies. We don't care how much you like 70s crap cinema. We don't care how much you know about any of that shit. Just tell a fucking story man. Kill Bill wasn't a story. It was a mish mash of "cool" one-liners and plot points, gelled together poorly by self aware visuals, references, and moments. Tell a damn story. You did it with True Romance, RD, and Pulp FOOL! Come on! Snap out of it. Wake up and smell the kung pao chicken. Perhaps that talk of being the "Scorsese" of this generation went to your head. You CAN pay homage to your favorites without damn near copying them . You did it with TR, RD, and Pulp. Learn from yourself. Thank GOD they didn't let you direct a James Bond movie.
Worst film title EVER by haggardatbest	Mar 29th, 2008 12:57:55 AM
Might be a good movie, I just can't get past that effing title.
Kill Bill Hate by bottombrick	Mar 29th, 2008 02:10:13 AM
If Kill Bill is the first time you wised up to the fact that Quentin fills his movies with parts of old shit that he idolizes, than you are an idiot. Although I readily admit that his last two movies had a lot of failed dialogue crammed into the mouth's of his actresses, if you have a problem with the action and kung fu bits, or the fundamental conceit of a film geek delivering the goods in movies with stories and cool plot points and tropes that serve a film that he would want to see, then you are going to the wrong movies. If you didn't know he was ripping off Scorcese when you thought he was the new Scorcese then that's your misunderstanding, WE know what we are going to see when we go to a QT movie even if you don't. And if you didn't like his cool one liners and gimmicks in his kung fu movie as much as you did in his gangster flick, his blaxploitation flick, or his homage to pulp stories than I can't image the problem is with Kill Bill as much as your hype following ass.
The pre-movie Kung Fu Panda spot by Detective_Fingerling	Mar 29th, 2008 03:17:54 AM
with Jack Black telling everyone to silence their cell phones ruined this movie for me. He somehow in 20 seconds made me sick of the JB schtick that I've never felt before. I wish they could edit all of the "per wow wang geeer" noises Black has to shoehorn into every sentence he speaks. He was pretty awesome in Margot at the Wedding.
The pre-movie Kung Fu Panda spot by Detective_Fingerling	Mar 29th, 2008 03:17:56 AM
with Jack Black telling everyone to silence their cell phones ruined this movie for me. He somehow in 20 seconds made me sick of the JB schtick that I've never felt before. I wish they could edit all of the "per wow wang geeer" noises Black has to shoehorn into every sentence he speaks. He was pretty awesome in Margot at the Wedding.
Is Kill Bill the Kung-Fu Panda of CGI animated films? by Napoleon Park	Mar 29th, 2008 04:13:15 AM
Probably not.
Where are the other two adjectives? by Napoleon Park	Mar 29th, 2008 04:22:02 AM
Back in the mid-eighties following the success of the first issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series there was a whole wave of imitators - an entirel black and white boom or quickly produced self published titles in general but a dozen or so specific TMNT parodies, starting with Adolescent Radioactive Black-belt Hamsters and ending with the best of them and the only one still published today, Usagi Yojimbo, the ronin rabbit. Now that's an animated HBO series waiting to happen. Anyway, most of them followed the three adjectives and a noun formula. So shouldn't this be "Twenty-something Genetically-enhanced Kung-Fu Panda"? Oh Jebus, the comics industry's "Black and White Boom" was over twenty years ago! I just keep getting older...
Re: This movie will OWN Wall-E by Mr_Incredible	Mar 29th, 2008 08:49:05 AM
No, fuck you, Node32774! Since you're so gunning for Kung Fu Panda, I hope you will get fucked in the ass by a bunch of real pandas until you start bleeding. Enjoy it!
Mr_Incredible by qtipsq	Mar 29th, 2008 12:11:49 PM
I love the amount of wit in your comment. Anyways, I doubt he will get fucked in the ass by real pandas, because from what i hear pandas are not that fond of sex.
They're not? No wonder they're an endangered species! by Mr_Incredible	Mar 29th, 2008 02:24:10 PM
Anyway, if Kung Fu Panda is so fucking awesome, DreamWorks had better release a new trailer showing how fucking awesome Kung Fu Panda is going to be. Because right now I'm not seeing it. The current trailers are not cutting it. Unlike the WALL-E trailers, which have been awesome so far.
Id rather suck bigfoots hairy cock by Stengah	Mar 29th, 2008 02:42:17 PM
kill bill of cgi? doubt it.
Leave it to AICN... by NoodleDream	Mar 29th, 2008 06:55:50 PM
To take something provocative and kind of ridiculous-sounding that I didn't EXPLICITLY explain, and title the fucking review with it! HERE is why Panda is like Kill Bill - Both films are heavily influenced by Hong Kong Cinema, to the point of almost being considered a member of the genre. BUT, at the same time, Kill Bill is every inch a Tarantino film, and KFP is every inch an animated film - and I DON'T mean they filled it with shitty references and jokes; I mean they used animation to make the characters do incredible, impossible physical feats beyond even Bruce Lee's grasp. In fact, there really aren't MANY jokes in the movie - those that are are mostly provided by Jack Black, and most of them feel distinctly out of place because the rest of this movie FEELS like a real Kung-Fu movie. If you dorks don't see it, it's seriously YOUR loss more than the studio's.
by NoodleDream	Mar 29th, 2008 06:58:48 PM
By the way Nabster - no, there's no blood. BUT, there is a LOT of violence and a LOTALOT of fighting. There's no way in hell this thing's getting a G rating. Violence-wise, it's practically Reservoir Dogs by American PG-rated animation standards.
Re: Mulan by NoodleDream	Mar 29th, 2008 07:06:30 PM
I do actually like Mulan, but I think it would have been a much stronger movie without Eddie Murphy. Jack Black's performance here reminded me of Eddie Murphy in Mulan at times, but it's not quite as heinous in this case (his character is actually VITAL to the story here). The reason the trailers haven't quite shown the awesomeness yet is because the studio thinks the shoehorned comedy is what'll sell it. And I know, the title sucks - storywise, a better title would have been "The Dragon Warrior" or "Dragon Scroll" or "The Furious Five" but none of those titles hint that it's gonna involve a big clumsy fucking sexual harassment panda. And BTW, my name "NoodleDream" was inspired by a line in Kung Fu Panda spoken by Lo Pan himself, James Hong. I walked into this thing thinking "eh, at least it's free" and now I can't WAIT to plunk down 15-20 hard-earned dollars to see this thing in IMAX.
Oh and one more thing... by NoodleDream	Mar 29th, 2008 07:07:13 PM
You still think I'm a Dreamworks plant? Okay. NIGGER. There, could Dreamworks afford a lawsuit like that?
Po by NoodleDream	Mar 29th, 2008 07:08:56 PM
That would have made a good title too - just "Po"
Kill Bill? KILL BILL??? by Boober	Mar 29th, 2008 09:23:04 PM
Are you f*cking kidding me? That was the most subpar-choreographed, self-indulgent sh#t I have ever seen and most of you ate it like hot-cakes with butter and syrup which was really sh!tcakes. Ok, so not all of you. BTW, does this mean half-way through the film, we get subjected to a sh!tty r3al-life cut of someone's backstory, too?
BTW, noodle...you are right about by Boober	Mar 29th, 2008 09:27:54 PM
celebrity voice-acting. It demeans the craft by hijacking the character by screaming "LOOK/LISTEN IT'S Me, X ACTOR/ACTRESS FROM HOLLYWOOD!!!!!" Once that is in my head,the magic is tainted.
I can't wait to see this movie... by viola123	Mar 29th, 2008 11:48:07 PM
It's going to be awesome. I love the trailer. They move so perfect, like real.

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