Sunday, January 18, 2009

my favorite film for 2008

The Valley of Peace is protected by the Furious Five, a quintet of warriors trained in kung fu by tortoise Master Oogway and his protégé, the red panda Master Shifu, and consisting of Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, and Crane. One day, Master Oogway has a premonition that the snow leopard Tai Lung, Master Shifu's former student who gained a thirst for power and became evil, will escape from prison and attack the Valley. Oogway instructs Shifu and the others to hold a tournament in order for the next Dragon Warrior to be chosen in order to receive the power of the Dragon Scroll, which is said to give limitless power to whoever reads it, and defeat Tai Lung.

Po, an overweight panda and extreme kung fu fanatic, is anxious to see the tournament, but is instead forced to vend their famous noodle soup from his goose father, who hopes to reveal the secret ingredient to his special soup recipe. After finally climbing the mountain where the tournament is being held, Po finds that the arena is closed off and tries several means to spy on the events. During one such attempt, Po uses rockets tied to a chair and when the chair is destroyed in mid-air, he ends up falling into the middle of the arena just as Oogway is about to point out the new Dragon Warrior, and ends up pointing to Po, to everyone's surprise. Unwilling to believe Po is destined to become the Dragon Warrior, Shifu attempts to conspire with the rest of the Furious Five to shun Po and make him leave the temple as soon as possible, but finds that Po, inspired by Oogway's confidence in him, is very determined to learn despite his size and clumsiness. As the days pass, Po becomes friends with the rest of Furious Five, though still unable to grasp the basics of kung fu. Shortly afterwards, Oogway passes away and ascends in a sea of petals, leaving the training of Po to Shifu. They learn that Tai Lung has inadvertently escaped from prison, and the Furious Five leave to attempt to stop Tai Lung before he reaches the Valley. Meanwhile, Shifu discovers that Po has unusual talents when motivated by food, and is able to train him to use these talents to become a skilled warrior by promising food as a reward for succeeding in his lessons.

While the Furious Five face off against Tai Lung across a long rope bridge span, they are defeated and return to the temple to warn Shifu. Feeling Po is ready, Shifu gives him the Dragon Scroll, which is revealed to be an empty reflective foil. Shifu, at a loss for what to do, orders Po and the Furious Five to evacuate the valley while he prepares to face his former student. As Shifu and Tai Lung battle, Po finds his father during the evacuation, who remarks on Po's success and noting that the supposed "secret ingredient" in his soup is nothing at all; it is the promise of something special that makes it special. Po realizes this is the same promise as the Dragon Scroll, and returns to the temple to help, luring Tai Lung into a fight over the Dragon Scroll. Though Po's new skills are a match for Tai Lung's power, Po is temporarily stunned, allowing Tai Lung to obtain the Scroll. However, Tai Lung is unable to understand its meaning despite Po trying to explain it to him. Po is eventually able to defeat Tai Lung with the destructively powerful "Wuxi Finger Hold." With the Valley safe once more, the Furious Five fully accept Po as a kung fu master. Po finds that Shifu is exhausted but alive from his fight, and finally able to achieve inner peace with the end of Tai Lung. Po and Shifu form a close bond and are seen eating dumplings under Oogway's favorite peach tree after the credits. A peach seed planted by Shifu before Oogway's ascension has sprouted into a new plant .

and that is the story of my favorite moive for 2008 

i believe u already know the name

 

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