My favorite part of the semester so far was getting to watch Kung Fu Panda in class of course! I think it is a really good movie and if Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan are part of it then I am there! I also felt that it was a good way for the class to see how superheroism (if that isn’t a word; it should be) and Daoism correlate. I have to say one reason I am writing about the movie and the bits of Daoism I saw in it is mainly because the actual reading really confused me so I really wouldn’t know what to write about. All I really got was that people that follow this philosophy live life in a simple, spiritual, and natural way. Before I really get into it I would like to ask anyone that reads this to comment and let me know what they got from the reading on Daoism.
So the main aspects of Daoism I saw in the movie were in the character of Oogway and Po’s dad. These two characters were the only ones the entire movie to seem to have been more calm and willing to let things go the way there were supposed to go which is what I feel Daoism is. I think this can be seen in the scene where Po’s dad is talking about how they are meant to noodle people because that is the way it was for his dad and grandfather.
Even though there was not a lot of Daoism I saw in the film it really worked in connecting it to the theme of the class; superheroes. I really think that Kung Fu Panda is a great superhero movie; it has a little of everything. First of all it starts off with a sad background and gives the reason why Po wants to be more than a noodle man. It also has my favorite part in any superhero movie I watch; when they get trained or built to become a superhero. It is all about Po trying to defend his people, Po has his sidekicks, and overall he has the ultimate super villain. Above all Po has the underdog thing going for him. At the beginning everybody is against him but he ends up proving them wrong and that is another thing that I love; watching the underdog end up on top. So once again just to wrap up; what was it you took from the movie that represented Daoism the most? What did you get from the reading that Daoism is?
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