I walked into Kung Fu Panda expecting another forgettable DreamWorks knockoff. Two hours later I was revising everything I thought I knew about animated martial arts. Jack Black's panda hits different.
The Lion King is the film that broke me as a kid. Simba's guilt, Mufasa's ghost, the stampede, the Elton John songs. I have watched it five times as an adult. It still works. The 1994 film is essential.
I walked into Kung Fu Panda expecting another forgettable DreamWorks knockoff. Two hours later I was revising everything I thought I knew about animated martial arts. Jack Black's panda hits different.
The Lion King is the film that broke me as a kid. Simba's guilt, Mufasa's ghost, the stampede, the Elton John songs. I have watched it five times as an adult. It still works. The 1994 film is essential.
I walked into Kung Fu Panda expecting another forgettable DreamWorks knockoff. Two hours later I was revising everything I thought I knew about animated martial arts. Jack Black's panda hits different.
The Lion King is the film that broke me as a kid. Simba's guilt, Mufasa's ghost, the stampede, the Elton John songs. I have watched it five times as an adult. It still works. The 1994 film is essential.
I watched Zootopia twice in one weekend. The bunny cop story is smart, the fox is sharper than he lets on, and the allegory is more honest than most adult dramas. Smartest family film of the 2010s? Maybe.
