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Tonight, esrblog and shakati and I went to see Kung Fu Panda, the latest Dreamworks effort. (pmat, unfortunately, was feeling subpar due to allergies and decided to stay home.)

During the first few scenes, I thought, "Oh no, please, not a Forbidden Kingdom retread with animated animals!"

Fortunately, it wasn't. It was, in some ways, much better than Forbidden Kingdom. The kung fu was about the same (which is impressive, considering that all of the characters in Kung Fu Panda are animated non-human animals). But this movie was better written, and better plotted, than Forbidden Kingdom,and contains some genuine, well-expressed bits of real world wisdom as well. esrblog thought it was comparable in some ways to The Incredibles, though not *quite* as good, and I agree.

If you loved The Incredibles, and kung fu movies don't totally alienate you, go see Kung Fu Panda. It packs a lot of fun, and a little bit of wisdom, into its 88-minute running time. As the ads say, "Prepare for awesomeness."

And keep your eyes peeled for the chopstick duel. Rest assured, when you see the movie, you'll know exactly what I mean.

Madagascar 2--Escape 2 Africa.
I've got 2 see it, see it. Looks like it will be a ton of fun.

Star Wars--The Clone Wars.
It was hard enough dredging up enough interest in the characters to sit through the three "prequel" live-action movies. Judging by this lackluster trailer, dredging up reasons to care about which wooden cartoon characters get blown up in this attempt to mine out the Star Wars franchise is going to be hell. My clue that this one's a loser was when I realized that action figure Yoda looked more like a living being than the animated Yoda shown in this trailer.

There was one other movie preview I wanted to comment on, but I can't even remember the title now. That's a bad sign.