10I Monday, June 9, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PANDA From Page 9 rior claims it. For some reason - it's unclear exactly what - the chubby, clumsy noodle-seller Po is thought to be the dragon warrior. Hilarity ensues. Through the course of Po's rig- orous training to become a kung fu master - in the couple of days before Tai Lung swings by and destroys the valley - the movie finds its mark. More than just jokes about Po being fat (though there are some of those, too), the power" plotline ripped directly Panda" has so much else going for bulk of the humor comes from the from "Star Wars." Not only is it an it that this type of predictable plot awkward interactions between Po obnoxiously lazy mode of execu- twist is unfortunate - not least and his comrades, many of which tion for the film, it also adds an because it brings boredom to an seem all too genuine. We can iden- unnecessary, cringe-inducing otherwise fun film. tify with Po being the aspect of cheesy There is so much in the film that odd one out, a guy ,morality to a is quirky and refreshing: the exot- who has big kung fu film that would it setting, the wonderfully playful dreams but a bigger have been score and Black's lovably sarcastic body that stands in just fine take on Po. Yet it insists on taking the way of realizing without the film the way of familiar family them. it. Obvi- fun rather than innovative, genre There is another side to ously the re-defining originality. That's the story: the "master train- plot has to have going to mean dividends at the box ing a great student, who then somewhere to office, of course, but it's also a huge becomes evil and tries to take go, but "Kung Fu waste of a promising concept. WEEZER From Page 9 ly proggy alt-rocker "Automat- ic" and is more successful. Though it isn't a return to form in the truest sense, this is, with respect to the disastrous Make Believe, a decisive tri- umph.When our musicalheroes hit rock bottom, we must cut them a little slack as they try to claw their way back to respect- ability. From that standpoint, this is a welcome comeback. 4 4 The Princeton Review MCAT Difference Superior Prep for the Serious Student Classes Start: June 1, June 30, July 5 ALL 8 AAMC EXAMS, l7Total Practice Exams Over 3,300 Pages and Online Center Over 105 hours of Live Instruction The Average MCAT Score- 30 Points' eton |5 Expert Instructors priR vw Satisfaction Guaranteed 800-2Review ' PrincetonReview.com OURTESYOF DREAMWORKS Let us help you move home for the summer. We offer: UPS® shipping Packaging services Packaging supplies And more... The UPS Store makes shipping easy. Find out how at: 2232 South Main St. (Next to Busch's) Ann Arbor, MI 48103 DkI. 77A L41 7777 _ _ b ': , 12 0 n:73z4-662-777 1OFF UPS' GROUND SERVICE iudf d one coupon per costmer. Not vaid wih other ffstRestc'oTs apply. Valid at The UPS Store centers are independently owned and operated by licensed franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc., Inc., oMaeae .m an indirect subsidiary of United Parcel Service of America, Inc, a Delaware corporation. Services and hours 10/10 The UPS Store of nnrt a ayby lnrain (?)004 Mail Bna Et In 4 o operation ma vr ylcto.v o4 anbxst.,Ic.