Kung Fu Panda

2008 June 8
by Matt

Kung Fu PandaThere is no secret recipe.

That’s the message of Kung Fu Panda.  Self-belief is the key to realizing your potential and Po the panda’s hero’s journey leads him to that realization.

Po begins his journey living in the village as the son of a noodle maker.  He dreams of bigger things and feels out of place.  The symbolic fact that he is a panda surrounded by pigs, rabbits, and geese helps point that out to the audience.  His father speaks of his chance to go on a hero’s journey earlier in life – a call that he refused.  The Refusal of the Call is a common step on Campbell’s hero’s journey.  It can act as a warning to other heroes or part of the test for the hero.

Po lacks confidence as his Call to Adventure arrives.  Those around him keep him in that frame of mind until his refusal to give up on his Path of Trials brings him some respect from Crane, Mantis, and Viper.

The classic end of the hero’s journey, The Ultimate Boon, is in the movie too.  The Scroll was Po’s physical goal, but as with all hero’s journeys it is the knowledge that is more important.  The mirrored surface of the scroll provided Po with the insight he needed to become the fabled Dragon Warrior.  His transformation helped change the world.

This movie is not only hilarious, it has a wonderful story to tell.  Take your kids and talk to them about the lessons.

52 Responses leave one →
  1. 2008 September 1
    Kenneth permalink

    Love the trill. I must there is a great lesson to learn in this hero episode of kungfu panda. Keep on the good work people.

  2. 2008 September 22

    love the each and every part it. seems to be like soul in every moment of this movie. all the characters are cute and amazing. in short ,i love the movie, thumbs up to u

  3. 2008 September 23
    Anonymous permalink

    loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    kung fu panda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. 2008 September 24
    Arlec permalink

    Hilarious film!

  5. 2008 October 13
    Anonymous permalink

    esta buenasoooooooo
    yo soy de dolores(uruguay)
    Me encanta kung fu panda y aca se hacen carrozas de la fiesta de la primavera e hicimos un carro y estaba Kung Fu Panda grande!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Me llámo Carla Labriola Rios…………….

  6. 2008 October 13
    Anonymous permalink

    como veo todos escriben en english pero yo no se tanto por eso escribo en español.
    Jejejejejejeje
    LOVE Kung Fu Panda
    Besitos para todos los que lean esto.

  7. 2008 October 13

    I’m glad you liked it Carla. I’d love to see a photo of the cart you made for the parade.

  8. 2008 October 13
    Anonymous permalink

    Me encanto la pelicula
    ESta re CoPaDa
    SaBELo
    LOve KUng Fu PaNda
    TTTTTTTTTTTT.kkkkkkkkkkkk.MMMMMmmmmmmMMMMMMmmmmmMMM
    Besitos a ToDos los Que LeAN esTo
    KunG Fu PaNDa ThE BEst
    SoY de dOLOres URuguaY ThE bEst!!!!JEjE
    KIssssssssss ByE
    CArLa

  9. 2008 October 13
    Anonymous permalink

    el que lea esto es un puuUuUUUuuUUuuTttTTttoooooooOOOo
    SaBBBBeLlllllllllllLLLLllllo
    JJjJeeEeeeeEeEeeEEeEeEeeee

  10. 2008 October 13
    Anonymous permalink

    quien mierda sos loco trolo yo escribo comentarios nada maas sacale foto a tu culo
    GorDo trolooooooooooooo

    Y si no me pedis disculpas llamo a la policia. mi nombre en realidad no es carla labriola rios es sofia perez
    BBBBBByyyyyyyEEEEEEEEEE

  11. 2008 October 16
    NeNe permalink

    qst panda assomiglia trp a un mio amico…tvb

  12. 2008 October 27
    jeby permalink

    nice film with a lot of
    meassages

  13. 2008 November 18
    Bisma permalink

    it was grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!!!!!!
    well i love it.haiyyyyyyyyyyah!!
    go po.
    it is a very lesoning story.i loved it.
    theres no secret recipe.

  14. 2008 November 26
    Edina permalink

    nao tem o q falar!!! MARAVILHOSO….LINDOOO…

  15. 2008 November 27
    yaly permalink

    hola soy de puerto rico y me encanta Po el panda

  16. 2008 November 30
    AGUSNACHO permalink

    aguante kun fu panda lo ++++++++++++

  17. 2008 December 3

    acabo de ber kung-fu panda jajaja es lo +

  18. 2008 December 5

    ENTER THE NEW DRA… PANDA…
    ABSOLUTELY AWSOME
    hmuhnawm bon Top !!!!

  19. 2008 December 15

    eu amo KUNGFUUUUUUUUUUUUU PANDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  20. 2008 December 26

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLove it!
    BYE
    GABRIEL

  21. 2009 January 10
    Anonymous permalink

    this panda is coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  22. 2009 January 19
    Anonymous permalink

    kung fu panda is the best

  23. 2009 January 19
    jams lee permalink

    kung fu panda is the best

  24. 2009 February 3

    Guille se la come.

  25. 2009 February 14
    Zeta permalink

    kung fu panda is the best + super + coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. 2009 February 18
    Anonymous permalink

    “…got the tenders…” got me on the floor LMAO.

  27. 2009 March 1
    Anonymous permalink

    fcūiyouln;l/.

  28. 2009 March 4
    Anonymous permalink

    awwwwwwww it was soooooooo funny hehehehehe oh! zori just cant stop laughing…………lols ohnestly, i like it mwuahz i love you panda

  29. 2009 March 4

    awwwwwwwww it was zooooooo funny hehehehehehehe oh zori! i just cant stop laughing about it………..nah ohnestly, i love it!!!!! it reminds me of becoming a hero, is not what you think but what you believe xoxoxox

  30. 2009 March 9

    es una pelicula se estreno como aproximadamente como un año y esta muy buena yo la recomiendo gracias por su apoyo ok

  31. 2009 April 5
    Anonymous permalink

    clasik i love i its clasik best film

  32. 2009 April 5
    po lon permalink

    clasik best film ever funneyst film in the world

  33. 2009 April 5
    po lon permalink

    i love it claaaaaaaaasik i lovvvvvvvve itttttttt

  34. 2009 April 8
    oys permalink

    i luv kun fu panda…
    kung fu panda is the best….

    po ilove uuuuuuuuuuuu…

    kung fuuuuuuu….

  35. 2009 April 10

    My thumbs up for this movie…

  36. 2009 April 12
    Anonymous permalink

    No!! It’s “There is no secret ingredient.” Ingredient! INGREDIENT! Not recipe! INGREDIENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can’t write a review and get the moral quote thing wrong!

  37. 2009 April 17
    Anonymous permalink

    naj bolji crtani

  38. 2009 May 14

    hi, i love that movie!!!

  39. 2009 June 7
    zymon permalink

    its fantastic movie

  40. 2009 July 11
    faith permalink

    da is nmooie film

  41. 2009 July 20

    eu gostei do filme

  42. 2009 August 20

  43. 2009 September 21
    indra permalink

    Kung Fu Panda is The Best film,I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kung Fu PAnda

  44. 2009 October 30
    jose permalink

    yo soy po

  45. 2009 October 31

    looooooooooolthe move is nice

  46. 2009 October 31
    maryan permalink

    what is this comentloooooooooool

  47. 2009 November 6
    Alyssa permalink

    I believe the person whom decided to create this movie; Kung Fu panda, needs alot of credit because without me seeing this certain movie iwould of never got the message he was trying to express. In my opinion, this movie was trying to tell everyone to be themselves and do what you love to do . Other than that the movie was great and represented alot of very good details. All credit from me goes to the artist of the movie. : )

    • 2009 November 9
      Alyssa Chavez permalink

      Yo comi pizza con brianna y mis hermanos, y tu. Ayer yo practique deportes y yo baile en la escuala. Yo fui a la cine.

  48. 2009 November 7

    I have just watched Kung Fu panda it is good I thougt that he couldn’t defeet tilan I thout that he was going to get defeeted by tilan but I was wrong… Lol I like Kung Fu panda

  49. 2009 November 7

    It has only just fineshed lollllllll

  50. 2009 November 10
    muchie permalink

    The part that I love most is at the beginning, where its said ‘and the warrior said nothing becoz his mouth was full, and then, he swallowed and he talked..”

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