Pandas can be funny... Really funny if they have been animated by a very big studio that can spend millions of dollars for a single shot. Kung Fu Panda is one such movie-when Pandas go the Kung-Fu way.
Po is a 'big fat Panda' who is interested in Kung-Fu. His teacher is a small mouse and father a stork- a perfect example of a dysfunctional family. He has four friends with him who take Kung-Fu classes. From a flimsy dorky fat Panda to the 'Legendary Dragon Warrior', Po's story is funny and serious, profound and light; a good and a bad movie rolled into one.
The theme of the story is 'There is no Secret Sauce, there's Just you,' the message being thrown down in unexpected context. Amusing and funny.
The movie is very, very good if you look at just the last fifteen minutes. It's uncomplicated and you can get the geist of the story within a minute. And the comedy scenes are very funny even if they look like recycled ideas of recent animations like Scooby Doo-the movie.
The movie, as a whole, is not as entertaining as the advertisements would have made us believe. In fact, most of the scenes in the trailer are from the last half hour of the film. However, its a fine movie with a very good trailer...