Kung Fu Warbys

Saturday afternoon the Nathan Warby family left the friendly confines of their domicile to view the motion picture called "Kung Fu Panda". As with any familial foray these days, it was quite an adventure.
First, we decided to go to the movies (Pine View Stadium 10) at about 2:00 PM. The movie was scheduled to start at 4:50 PM, so of course, we purchased our tickets online and made hasty preparations to arrive at the theater in a timely and organized manner. For us that meant running out the door at 4:45 with half as many pairs of shoes as children and nearly taking out a few mail boxes on the way out of the neighborhood. Needless to say, nerves were a bit frayed.
Arriving at the theater we found, as if in an answer to prayer, that they had not yet even started letting people into the theater yet so we weren't too late. Unfortunately, we were at the end of a very long line. We immediately devised an initial plan of action. Nathan would stand in line for goodies and Amy would wait in line for the theater and take the kids in to find seats. The line emptied into the theater and Nathan (who was now joined by Byron) got to the concession stand and realized that getting 4 kids combos and 1 XL combo into a crowded theater would take a couple of trips. He decided to leave a nice trail of popcorn into the theater in case he got lost and needed to find his way out. Well, he didn't have much of a choice as the overfilled and under balanced containers would not allow for convenient, mess free transport. We finally joined up in the second row (only seats left) to gaze nearly vertically upon the end of the movie previews. The treats were distributed, miraculously, with no spillage.
Now the movie. We don't want to ruin the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it so we will briefly touch on a few of the highlights. It opens with an awesome(:-)) dream sequence that was one of Nathan's favorite scenes. Landon's favorite part was when Po (the panda) fell down the stairs. You have to see the stairs to appreciate the comedy value. Amy's favorite part was when the Kung Fu master finally decides to train Po and the best way to go about it. You'll know what we mean when you see it. It's the part on the top of the mountain. Miranda's favorite part was when Po flew. A panda flying? How is that possible? Watch the movie. Byron's favorite part was the fight over the last dumpling. That part reminded Dad of the dinner table at his house growing up. Preston's favorite part was the kissing. Just kidding. There was no kissing. But Preston wishes there was. Not really. His favorite part was the final fight. We don't want to give anything away, but it did involve the panda.
All around we would have to give this movie a big thumbs up. Or 6 thumbs up. Whatever. It's probably the best animated movie to come out since Shrek. The first one. It was that good. We loved it. The comedy was good, it had an excellent moral, and the animation was amazing. Some of the best fight scenes ever, and no blood!
After the movie was over, we slowly made our way through the 7:00 movie crowd into the parking lot where the early summer St. George heat blasted us back to reality. That was three days ago and there have been surprisingly few Kung Fu related injuries (all instigated by Nathan) since then.
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