Comments on: Kung Fu Panda

By: Dirk

Dirk — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:15:30 +0000

Totally stunning.

KFP showed that Dreamworks was finally on par with Pixar.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:16:08 +0000

@Eden – Sorry, mate, but I think most sites prefer Internet English so we know what you’re saying.

Rough translation:

“Is the sequence I like most about the movie, I think a work of art, now that most films are made in 3d animated sequence shows how the 2d also has much to be explored, with talented hands take over q rioja far, I find great as has been partially emulated some characteristic features of the anime for this opening, saving as many pictures to show the same action without losing a drop of expressiveness, the backgrounds an been enriched by the textures and character designer very good this is my opinion”

By: Eden Pernia

Eden Pernia — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:14:46 +0000

Es de las secuencias que mas me gustan de la pelicula, me parece una obra de arte, ahora que la mayorias de las peliculas animadas se hacen en 3d esta secuencia muestra como el 2d tambien tiene mucho por explorarse, con manos talentosas q lo llevan mas lejos, a mi me parece genial como se ha emulado parcialmente algunos rasgos caracteristicos del anime para este opening, como el ahorro de muchos cuadros para demostrar una misma accion y sin perder una gota de expresividad, los backgrounds an sido enriquecidos por las texturas y el character designer muy bueno esta es mi opinion

By: jayakumar

jayakumar — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:41:36 +0000

i love KUNG FU PANDA great work.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:55:11 +0000

@IAMFeAR – Yep, me too, re: Hellboy II’s puppet sequence.

I guess a lot of the 3D negativity can be blamed on the over-saturation in this genre of animation; there’s a glut of kid-targeted 3D adventures being churned out lately.

But I also agree that highly-stylised 2D animation looks fantastic, and could easily carry an entire feature.

By: homemade

homemade — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:33:23 +0000

Just saw the movie yesterday for the first time. Disagree with the 3D negativity. As much as the 2D opener was gorgeous, I was also blown away by the 3D – maybe not as rich as Pixar, but some of the animation sequences were amongst the most inventive I’ve seen to date.

By: MoPo

MoPo — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:31:27 +0000

The films really inspiring visually, as i want to work in animation also,the style is great 2D and 3D. Also can i make a correction, the production designer is “Raymond Zibach” not “Ramone Zibach”

By: JRH

JRH — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:07:17 +0000

To the badmouth at the top: Dis-agreed. These two sequences were indeed the highest level of awesomeness. But that does not mean the rest of the film was not also awesome. The CG was awesome, but its awesomeness was nowhere near the purity of these two’s pure awesomeness. I just wish there were many hours more! Awesome.

By: IAMFeAR

IAMFeAR — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:04 +0000

Kung Fu Panda is my favorite movie of 2008 by a huge margin, nothing comes even close. I loved every second of it!
That opening sequence was, well, AWESOME! I hope to see an entire movie done in that style someday. Incredible work that deserves more exposure by itself.

It’s kinda like the opening sequence in Hellboy: The Golden Army, where the origin of the Golden Army is told via puppets, seeing a whole feature made with those puppets would be great!

By: Dr. D!

Dr. D! — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:59:09 +0000

I’m an artist & a professional musician & in my humble opinion, the movie was better than I’d previously assumed. I have no complaints about it, visually or sonically. I was surprised by the Dream Sequence though, I’ve always wanted to see that type of animation,(fluid & on the verge of 3d), for many years. I got the concept back when I was watching Samurai Jack fighting the Anubis warriors.
I was never a Jack Black fan but I really liked his performance in KFP… well, I… uh…either liked his performance or the performance the voice-over coach got out of him, either way, it was great.