July, 2008

The movie Kung Fu Panda is basically what the name says. A panda that does or is going to do Kung Fu, no surprise there right? With animation movies nowadays they always originate from one of the big studios: Pixar (now part of Disney) or Dreamworks. Pixar being the one with the more kid friendly movies like The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and the recently released Wall-E. Dreamworks however is aimed for a bit mature audience with movies like Shrek, Bee Movie, Madagascar and Flushed Away. Kung Fu Panda is the work of the latter one.

When going to a movie written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan I am always there to check it out. Whilst most people do not like the way his stories are written, I am for one someone who enjoys them quite a lot. The subject of the stories, the way it is being told and of course the lessons people will learn from each one of his movies are always inspiring. Knowing this I went to The Happening expecting something like Signs or The Sixth Sense, a slow start with the story with some terrifying / tense scenes followed by…