
Jun 1 - By NBC Nightly News
MoviesI wonder what hallucinogenic was at work when an individual watched a panda chew bamboo and generally lie around the zoo and said to themself, “What if he were a martial artist?” At the very least, “Kung Fu Panda” is the result of an extremely vivid imagination. Another animated feature from the DreamWorks mill, it tells the story of Po the Panda (voiced by Jack Black), a waiter at a noodle emporium who fancies himself a kung fu expert. Enter villains, who threaten everyone’s way of life, and suddenly it is up to Po to shape up and ship them out. Remember that old song that went, “Everybody was kung fu fighting”? Well, now that there’s a panda involved, everybody truly is. (DreamWorks, opens Friday)