Kung-Fu Panda's Early Reviews Are In

And they're looking pretty good. However, Over the Hedge was critically well received, and I found it cliched and boring. I will remain cynical, but it would be amazing if Kung-Fu Panda was the first Dreamworks movie since Shrek 2 to make me laugh.

Jack Black Sells Kung-Fu Panda

Notice how Jack Black uses his crazy energy to fool you into thinking that you're watching something funny, even though over the course of the video, nothing funny happens.

Kung-Fu Panda

Here is the trailer for Dreamworks' latest "Rip off a spoof by adding animals" movie.

As advertised, Jack Black stars in this movie, but from what you can see of him here, they seem to be paying more for the name than the actor. He sounds like every other movie loser character, no matter which celebrity plays him. Some fans might recognise Jack Black, but the only reason I knew that this usually funny, energetic actor is in this is that the put his name on the posters and in the trailer.

Movie Review Shrek the Third: Score: 4 points out of 10

I decided to post this review to follow up my last post. I only recently saw Shrek the Third, because I didn't bother to watch it in theaters and add money to the ridiculously large box office that this film undeservedly hauled in. Although I like the first two movies in this series, the third film is tired, dull, and lacking in any trace of humor, life, coherent plot, purpose, actor enthusiasm, or anything that a good movie should have. The plots of all Shrek movies are fairly simple bring someone back to save the kingdom stories, so without any humor, this is an empty shell of a film.

The Search for Creative Ideas or the Lack Thereof

Ever since the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter became huge successes, there has been an endless stream of imitators trying to cash in on those ideas. However, what those immatators and the people who make them fail to realise that some of the biggest draws of the films being imitated are origional ideas. Let's take Shrek as an example. Shrek was successful because of it's irreverent humor that was so uncommon at the time. However, because it was so succesful, it spawned a slew of immatators, which made irreverent humor mainstream. Because of that, Shrek's new ideas became harder and harder to find and exploit, and by the time Shrek the Third came around, the Shrek well of humor was dry. This may be why P.I.X.A.R is so successful. All of there ideas are new, and the almost never do sequels.