But that is not surprising - although the films are much more expensive and therefore aimed at a broader audience, the show is aimed at kids and perhaps those on the lower edge to tweendom, and within those parameters, it works just fine.īetter than fine, actually. Po is now voiced by Mick Wingert, Tigress by Kari Wahlgren, Crane by Amir Talai, Mantis by Max Koch, Monkey by James Sie and Shifu by Fred Tatasciore.Īlthough it is unfair to compare the voice talents of the casts, it is impossible not to, and with the exception of Wingert, who does capture the plumy awesomeness of Black’s Po with astonishing accuracy, everyone else is a milder, flatter version of the original. Obviously, the cast is a few letters over from A-list - only Liu remains of the original Furious Five. Not surprisingly, there is now a television series, “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness,” which debuts Monday night on Nickelodeon. There have been two follow-up videos (“The Secrets of the Furious Five” and “Secrets of the Masters”) and a holiday special that ran on NBC. 1 animated film, and the 12th highest-grossing film of this year. It was a huge hit and spawned, inevitably, a sequel, “Kung Fu Panda 2,” which debuted at Cannes and is, thus far, the No. It’s a classic hero’s journey, only this time the protagonist was neither hobbit nor wizard but a panda, soft, squishy and funny as Jack Black. Having been surprisingly declared the Dragon Warrior, Po must learn the skills that befit his title so to claim the magic talisman (the Dragon’s scroll) and fight the Enemy - a turncoat warrior named Tai Lung (Ian McShane). The concept - a bumbling out-of-shape Panda named Po (voiced by Jack Black) finds himself living his dreams when fate decrees he join the Kung Fu elite of Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Crane (David Cross), Monkey (Jackie Chan) and Viper (Lucy Liu) and overseen by the diminutive but mighty Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) - seemed pretty silly, designed to sell stuffed panda dolls more than anything else.īut once the zen kicked in and you accepted the idea of a praying mantis and a crane as mighty warriors, the story took on epic dimensions.
“Kung Fu Panda” was one of those movies you had to see to believe.
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