Saturday, July 19, 2008

Zen and the art of Panda maintenance



WARNING! SPOILER!

We saw this during the holdiays - one of those quality time activities one does 'en famille'. Apparently there's a political fuss brewing. Pandas are sensitive icons.

We enjoyed it immensely - although it did occur to me that there was a fundamental flaw to the film, i.e.: that the most subtle pressure causes the greatest effect (as the 'enlightened' Panda grasps his adversary between thumb and index finger and presses ... ). Which means that the previous 50 minutes or so of predictably extravagant displays of Dreamworks IT department power and dexterity are ... well ... a bit pointless? (An effect similar to watching 'Titanic' and discovering how banal the drawings are of the seemingly gifted 'avant-gardiste' Leonardo).

Less is more - as the saying goes ...

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