China Daily put together a pretty good article listing the top ten Chinese movies of 2008.  Even though Kung Fu Panda is not necessarily a Chinese movie… it says China all over it.  MX and I saw it with friends last year at some point and thoroughly enjoyed it.  We both laughed really hard and I spilled my sweet popcorn a couple times.

Unfortunately, after the movie, MX enjoyed calling me “Kung Fu Panda.”  That was my new nickname.  I didn’t really like because I didn’t enjoy being compared to a fat, lazy, black and white noodle maker even though there’s nothing wrong with being a noodlemaker.  Of course I realized that later she meant it as a term of endearment.

Anyway, the article mentions:

“The filmmakers have no doubt studied many classic kung fu flicks.  The fight with chopsticks is a clever use of the oft-repeated scenes in Hong Kong movies.”

Now, I’m not a big fan of Hong Kong action movies but those kind of movies… I’ve got to see!  I can understand a cartoon character fighting with chopsticks…but real live action movies fighting with chopsticks!  Hilarious!

Lastly, I hope you all have a wonderful 2009, Happy New Year to you all!  新年快乐！ Thank you for reading and subscribing and coming back.  MandMX has been up on the web since late August so this week we posted our 100th comic!!  We look forward to making you laugh in both languages in 2009!!

-M and MX

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