I can't explain

I went to see Kung Fu Panda tonight. It's not exactly the kind of movie I would normally rush out to see, but some friends were going to see it, and I do like Jack Black, so I figured it was worth a shot.

Believe it or not, it was actually pretty good, at least for what it was (a mindless little action/comedy cartoon). The story was pretty standard: a fat, lazy, uncoordinated panda bear is the only hope of stopping the badass kung fu panther guy that's on his way to town to fuck up everyone's shit. So the old, wise kung fu master has to train the fat panda and blah blah blah. What it comes down to is that Jack Black is a funny guy and can get a laugh from just about any line through his delivery alone. Couple that with some cool fight scenes between the supporting characters and the panther badass, as well as some fantastic-looking animation, and you have a decent way to spend an hour and a half on a stormy Tuesday night. I'm not saying to rush out and see it, but if you're looking for a movie to go see you could do worse than this one. It even has a good score on Rotten Tomatoes so I guess a lot of people agree with me on this one.

The movie that I'm really looking forward to this summer is The Dark Knight. I really liked the previous Batman movie, as did just about everyone else, and the sequel looks like it could be even better. Let's hope it doesn't disappoint.

With all this talk of popcorn movies, there's really only one way I could end this post: with the popcorn song.



What is up with the part where the kernel of popcorn crushes the guy? That's pretty messed up.