We decided to wait until Pete was 9 years and 2 months old before having his birthday party because um, well, just because. Finally today we took him and a bunch of his buddies to see "Kung Fu Panda." What a surprisingly good movie! I say "surprisingly" because we've come to expect kids' movies to be just barely tolerable these days ("Alvin and the Chipmunks," I'm talking to you). We had seen the preview about a year ago, and they made it out to be just one long fat-boy joke, but it really had a lot more to it than that. It had a good story, superb animation, and plenty of voice talent (Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie...). Particularly if you're a fan of martial arts movies, you'll like this one.
Then we headed back home for pizza and cake. Really, what could be bad?
Wow! He sure does look like you!
Happy 9th + 2 months, Pete!
Posted by: Tonya | June 21, 2008 at 09:04 PM
Just watched it for Nicky's 7th birthday party today. We liked it, too!
Funny thing, though. It reminded me quite a bit of this TV show that some of my martial arts teachers and colleagues were just in!
http://www.scottfeldstein.net/blog/?p=1988
Posted by: scott | June 22, 2008 at 07:27 PM
My 18 year old Pete went to Kung Fu Panda on Saturday as well!!
Posted by: Liz | June 24, 2008 at 01:33 AM