Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Like any other animated feature, Kung Fu Panda certainly has its laughs, and cute animals along the way.

*spoilers*

In a nutshell, it's about this unlikely panda ('unlikely', 'cuz he's a panda) who becomes skilled in kung fu in a very short while to defeat Tai Lung, a snow leopard(?), who's out to acquire the scroll that would make him the Dragon Warrior. Shifu (the aptly-named Kung Fu master) is initially VERY doubtful, but since HIS master Oogway (a tortoise) proclaimed Po (aforementioned panda) to be the Dragon Warrior, Shifu sets out to train Po against all odds.

It was surprising to see gwai los make a movie that's, well, very close to home in terms of Chinese culture. In fact, there was just an article in the papers the other day that questioned how was it that the Chinese weren't the ones that made the movie. But I digress.

I love the ending, though. After defeating Tai Lung, Po rushes up to Shifu, who was beaten down quite a bit during his fight with Tai Lung, and Shifu tells Po that Po has brought peace to the Valley, and also to Shifu himself, since Shifu was Tai Lung's master, and had loved him like a son (Shifu is a red panda. And Po's father is a goose. Hahaha.), before closing his eyes, and seemingly, dies. Po then yells for Shifu to wake up, of which Shifu opens his eyes and hollers back, "I'M NOT DYING, YOU IDIOT–I mean... Dragon Warrior."