When our protagonist finally gets his hands on the book, he opens it up to find that all the pages are mirrors.
This film features a group of fighters competing in a tournament for the right to obtain an artifact known as the Book of Enlightenment from a wizard named Zetan. This leads to a lightning-fast chopstick fight between the two men that contains several of the same moves and beats as the similar chopstick fight in Kung Fu Panda.Īnother film that Kung Fu Panda seems influenced by is Circle of Iron from 1978. The master invites the student to take any food he chooses, but then he blocks all of his protege's attempts to eat by knocking his food aside with his chopsticks. One of the film's most famous scenes occurs when a kung fu student and his master are eating dinner together. The first film that Kung Fu Panda appears to borrow from is The Fearless Hyena, a 1979 comedy action film that was written by, directed by, and starring Jackie Chan. We caught it, though, because we're old and jaded and can't just enjoy things anymore. This revelation, that there will be a new Dragon Warrior, ends up giving Tai Lung the motivation he needs to escape.ĭid you catch the logical misstep there? Since the decision to choose the Dragon Warrior wasn't made until after the messenger was dispatched, and this is a pre-telephone, pre-email era, how did Vachir learn that the Dragon Warrior was going to be chosen before the messenger arrived? It's most likely just a small plot hole, and it certainly doesn't ruin the film or anything, but it's the sort of minor error that the youngest viewers in the audience most likely won't catch at all. He starts taunting Tai Lung, telling him that he heard the Dragon Warrior is going to be chosen, and it won't be him.
When the messenger arrives at the prison and starts inspecting Tai Lung's security, the head guard, Commander Vachir, gets cocky. Then, as an additional precaution, the two kung fu masters decide to choose a student to become the Dragon Warrior so that they will have a protector on hand, just in case. Oogway's pupil, Shifu, immediately dispatches a messenger to warn the prison staff. Some of the imagery in this film is downright beautiful, and it'll stick with us rest of our lives, right alongside the best moments from Pixar, Disney, or Studio Ghibli. The action is easy to read, dynamic, thrilling, and often funny, delivering cartoonish slapstick scenes without ever losing a feeling of weight or stakes.īut looking back on the film, it's the quiet moments we remember the most, like Po and his father preparing soup together, the heartbreaking and subtly acted final reunion between Shifu and Tai Lung, and Master Oogway dissolving away into cherry blossoms and floating away into the starry sky. The action scenes are breathtaking, on par with a great live-action wuxia film.
As we meet the cast, their character designs are varied, specific, and instantly communicate what each character is all about. Then, when the film proper begins, the visual thrills don't slow down one bit.
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The film opens with a highly stylized, anime-esque, hand-drawn sequence that's full of flat color and dynamic compositions.
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