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Panda kicks Sandler at U.S. box office

reuters.com — "Kong Fu Panda" beats "You Don't Mess with the Zohan...Sex and the City and Indiana Jones fall behind.

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  • louiebaur, on 06/09/2008, -17/+10Both look like great movies can't wait to go see them
    • wontstoptalking, on 06/09/2008, -11/+23Okay, let me say something:

      The first movie features Jack Black. +1. As a panda. -30. In an animated film. +5. With fart jokes. -50.


      The other features Adam Sandler. -500. As a hairstylist. -1000. Who does this weird kung fu *****. -6000.

      *Actually, that does kind of sound awesome....like it's so bad, it could be good....I might have something here. Oh, well. I'll probably end up seeing both due to lack of life.
      • PabloIV, on 06/09/2008, -4/+2I saw Zohan yesterday cause I really had nothing else better to do.
        And it was so terrible I laughed out loud many many times.
        Also it has a nice massage of peace for the middle east.
        • Pimpalicious316, on 06/09/2008, -0/+15hmmm, this "massage of peace" is not offered by my local masseuse. details?
        • WELLDOITLIVE, on 06/09/2008, -0/+0I'm sure you know what it means. 5 dolla
        • genome47, on 06/09/2008, -0/+5"Happy Ending"
      • Codwhy, on 06/09/2008, -9/+3Wontstoptalking,

        You dont mess with The Zohan!

        That movie was hilarious in many ways, and Adam Sandler doesnt do "Weirdo kung fu *****", he "Disco's".

        ***** hilarious, dont forget to get Blunted before you go
      • duniyadnd, on 06/09/2008, -1/+2Fart jokes? I must have missed that one, you must be thinking about Shrek.
      • Fraff5, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1You know, Adam Sandler was in this fabulous movie called Reign Over Me where he plays a serious role. He has amazing potential, he needs to stop doing comedies
        IMDB Page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490204/
        Torrent: http://www.mininova.org/tor/846296
    • unreg, on 06/09/2008, -0/+14Saw Panda this past Saturday with my 5 yo grandson. An immensely enjoyable movie, for young or old.
      • sarixe, on 06/09/2008, -2/+1*inserts joke about the above mentioned demographics not including middle-aged persons*
        • Harabeck, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1Just because hes a grandparent doesnt mean hes past middle age.
        • sarixe, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1but he said young or old... so i only assumed...
      • kgool, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1I agree, it was a fun movie.
    • thrashertm, on 06/09/2008, -0/+3Voted up for obvious sarcasm.
  • silver26, on 06/09/2008, -15/+29What a terrible list of movies.
  • wontstoptalking, on 06/09/2008, -13/+1I think I just died of irony. Oh, wait, I thought the title was literally:

    "Panda kicks Jack Black in the face."
  • duggtodeath, on 06/09/2008, -27/+51) Jack Black was never funny.
    2) CGI does not a good movie make.
    3) PIXAR has something called heart.
    4) All Adam Sandler movies are the same -- just ask Awesome-O.
    • xchaoskittyx, on 06/09/2008, -3/+101.) The School of Rock.
      2.) Did you see beowulf?
      3.) I have never seen a bad pixar movie.
      4.) Adam Sandler is my f***in hero :]
      • Ajajadude, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2The problem with Zohan is that it doesn't look even remotely funny. I love old school Sandler moves, but I don't know about this new one.
      • doubbleh15, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1that comment makes you like my hero. i never knew anybody else liked beowulf.
    • Nitrodist88, on 06/09/2008, -2/+2You do realize that Pixar almost exclusively uses CGI animation and you just called Pixar movies good?
    • davidrools, on 06/09/2008, -0/+2Cartman was wrong
      Click/Spanglish != Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore
      Now whether or not any one of them was good is up to you
  • Mohdoo, on 06/09/2008, -18/+15Good. Adam Sandler movies are terrible, and a repeat of the exact same character give or take a few situational differences.
    • SSCrow, on 06/09/2008, -4/+9I concur, Adam Sandler's movies were good in the 90's.
      They have not been all that great lately.
      • Jambi, on 06/09/2008, -7/+6No, they've never been good. He just flat out sucks; always has.
    • Codwhy, on 06/09/2008, -6/+3Adam Sandler hardly repeats the same character, have you looked at the movies he has made recently? it has been a while since he has made a ridiculous comedy.
      • Gutterpunk, on 06/09/2008, -2/+4Guy is loser/adorable/funny
        Girl is super hot/unattainable
        Guy does his thing, not seeing that Girl is looking for someone just like this
        Guy do something dumb, Girl go away, Guy go after her
        They live happily ever after

        Not only is it the same script for every movies, but he usually has the same cast as well.

        "Reign Over Me" was the exception, in the sense that he got a guy to like him instead of a girl, and he wasn't funny.
        • thrashertm, on 06/09/2008, -1/+3Spanglish.
        • Codwhy, on 06/09/2008, -1/+4Punch Drunk Love?
        • Vapor17, on 06/09/2008, -1/+2shhh!!! quiet guys, ur ruining his point!
        • crowbar77, on 06/09/2008, -1/+1Reign Over Me.
        • djholybolt, on 06/09/2008, -1/+1Little Nicky!

          i didn't find the chick super hot and unattainable and he was the ***** son of the devil!
          can't get more off-track from what your saying than that
    • Sherman901, on 06/09/2008, -3/+3exactly what codwhy said... sandler has been making comedies with morals and good message lately and even dramas, like reign over me and spanglish.
      • itsthebrod, on 06/09/2008, -0/+3I'll never forgive myself for going to the theater and sitting through that entirely too boring crapfest known as "Spanglish."
        • rrbest, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1Spanglish is one of two movies I've walked out on
  • xchaoskittyx, on 06/09/2008, -12/+3I thought Zohan would of been #1 at box office this weekend.. damn kids.
    • leeloo200, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Kids? If you read the article, it says that 71 percent of the audience was over 17. I'm 25, and I enjoyed it much better than any of the Shrek movies. Not as good as Pixar, but still more enjoyable than Zohan.
  • 4degrees, on 06/09/2008, -14/+3indiana jones was an awful movie... what is it with speilburg and ending his movies with some lanky alien flying off?
    • Ki77erB, on 06/09/2008, -4/+1Can I get a ticket to your latest blockbuster?
    • youelcomet, on 06/09/2008, -1/+2Two words: George Lucas
    • Ajajadude, on 06/10/2008, -1/+1Yeah, since we all know movies about magical rocks, the Ark and the cup of Christ aren't stretching things just a wee bit.
  • dcollins, on 06/09/2008, -9/+43I saw Zohan this weekend and thought it was going to suck. I was just looking to use the air-conditioned theater as shelter from this NE heat wave, but it was actually quite entertaining and funny.
  • 1337Kitty, on 06/09/2008, -11/+2Hmm. I'll think about pirating them. Who goes to the movies anyway, really?
    • Codwhy, on 06/09/2008, -0/+13People with dates.

      enjoy your right hand sir!
      • xchaoskittyx, on 06/09/2008, -0/+0People who come to digg to see what movies are good.
      • Gutterpunk, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1People with a life?

        /ah damn, wrong thread... 'twas for 1337Kitty
      • sarixe, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1How do you know he's not left handed?
      • KingGorilla, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1I highly doubt he's going to use it in You Don't Mess With Zohan
        • Codwhy, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1Well maybe he likes the thought of adam sandler pillaging old women
    • Sherman901, on 06/09/2008, -1/+1hahahaha @ codwhy

      i love the theater, its way better than watching some ***** ass quality movie on a computer monitor. whatever floats your boat though, you cheap bastard.
      • Codwhy, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1Yeah, i mean i understand pirating movies that have been released or have a good leak out, but im not down for watching a ***** cam of a movie theater when i can just go to one for a few dollars.
  • nickgarvey, on 06/09/2008, -11/+6Why did this get to the front page?
    • dcollins, on 06/09/2008, -0/+9Uh oh, the front page police are here. :P
      • beatrixkiddo, on 06/09/2008, -0/+7"Sir, Have you been making the front page tonight?"...shines flashlight in eyes...
    • RyanBlack, on 06/09/2008, -2/+3Because people dugg it, R-tard.
    • CrackyJSquirrel, on 06/09/2008, -0/+3Digg has an algorithm that gauges how many people are going to be retards and ask why something got to the front page.. Way to do your part..
    • bosssmiley, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1For the glorious mental image of Adam Sandler's ass being kicked by a panda I presume...

  • Jereso, on 06/09/2008, -28/+26The only time Jack Black was ever funny was when his head was blown off in The Jackal.
    • Sherman901, on 06/09/2008, -11/+20jack black is hilarious. you fail at humor.
    • kickelephant, on 06/09/2008, -1/+3I thought it was his arm?
  • stutimandal, on 06/09/2008, -8/+17Digg is full of trivial news like these. BBC's firefox feed does a better job at giving real news. Am I strange, or are these kind of news disliked by many?
    • Gutterpunk, on 06/09/2008, -5/+4I wouldn't mind it so much if the description wasn't so awful...

      "Kung Fu Panda" beats "You Don't Mess with the Zohan", while "Sex and the City" and Indiana Jones fall behind.

      It's not that hard damnit, and English is not even my first language!
    • itsthebrod, on 06/09/2008, -0/+7Since Digg isn't a news site, I don't see why you're comparing it to the BBC. This is a social linking site.
      • meruru, on 06/09/2008, -0/+6Also it is categorized correctly under Entertainment -> Movies. You don't like movie news, then turn that category off.
  • elambing, on 06/09/2008, -11/+3bury plz
  • seanmanseanman, on 06/09/2008, -4/+9Oh you know this hold?
    • Slackdragon, on 06/09/2008, -2/+5Ska-doosh!
    • SSCrow, on 06/09/2008, -2/+4"The Wooshi finger hold, Developed in the 3rd dynasty by General -Blank-."

      "Ahh then you know what happens when I flex my pinky"
    • Harabeck, on 06/09/2008, -0/+3If youre not laughing at this, you havnt seen the movie.
  • lead2thehead, on 06/09/2008, -6/+6Not surprising. There are more kids than there are Adam Sandler fans.
  • bsonline, on 06/09/2008, -2/+5I want to see Zohan, but I'm thinking I'll go see Jack Black this weekend with my daughter.
    • xchaoskittyx, on 06/09/2008, -7/+1and then she will grow up and realize how much of a pervert he really is like Bob Sagat and Robin Willams
      • Sherman901, on 06/09/2008, -0/+2robin williams is a pervert?
        • WELLDOITLIVE, on 06/09/2008, -0/+1One Hour Photo was pretty damn creepy.
        • caffiend, on 06/09/2008, -1/+4Character in a movie != actor in real life
        • xchaoskittyx, on 06/10/2008, -0/+0have you ever seen his stand up comedy?
      • CrackyJSquirrel, on 06/09/2008, -0/+5I know, how many young girls worlds came crashing down when they found out Full House was all a lie!!
        Jesse say it isn't SO!!!!!!!
  • audiomodder, on 06/09/2008, -7/+7i saw both this weekend.

    zohan was a rental at best. it seems that ever since happy gilmore sandler's gone downhill

    kung-fu panda was much better, but was ridiculously short. i'd see it at a cheap theater, but neither of these movies even hold a candle to iron man and prince caspian.
    • SSCrow, on 06/09/2008, -0/+4I saw it twice and I didn't find it to be ridiculously short.
      Rather it was well timed. It never dragged on, and the pacing of the story was perfect.
      • audiomodder, on 06/09/2008, -2/+1i do agree that it did "feel" like the right length. however, when we're working with 2-3 hour marathon movies, 1:45 including previews seems a little short to me.
  • usingpond, on 06/09/2008, -2/+31God damnit, misspelling the first ***** word in a news post is unacceptable. Especially when it's a name.
    • Trav1289, on 06/09/2008, -1/+1Damn and it should separate, two different words buddy.
      • usingpond, on 06/09/2008, -0/+2Nice try, but that's semantics. There is no official spelling.
  • AwakeningAZ, on 06/09/2008, -3/+7Kong
  • 2clone, on 06/09/2008, -10/+1Zorah just looks like a Borat rip off.

    Sandler is getting annoying too.
  • KaivenTor, on 06/09/2008, -3/+6I actually didn't mind Zohan too much. Granted, I went to see it because I was in the mood for a dumb comedy, so I wasn't expecting genius here, but the overall movie wasn't the worst thing I'd ever seen and there were a few decent jokes in it.
  • FUZE, on 06/09/2008, -1/+8My Kong-Fu is strong!
  • hamobu, on 06/09/2008, -2/+6Panda was funny. I laughed till I cried. I am a bit dissapointed that Jackie Chan had only a minor role.
  • legendxx, on 06/09/2008, -5/+13Indiana Jones should have an intermission to allow viewers to get their money back without watching the rest of that horrific film.
  • parentingteens, on 06/09/2008, -10/+6I seen: You Don't Mess with the Zohan, this last weekend. Don't waste your time or money.

    Adam Sandler's days are over. He can't act and his movies are just getting to be stupid.
  • Owned1Up, on 06/09/2008, -2/+14Kong Fu?, you damn dirty apes...
  • trer, on 06/09/2008, -1/+2Has anyone seen "Bigger, Stronger, Faster"? I heard that was good.
  • Hetman, on 06/09/2008, -3/+12Kong fu panda is awesome. I really didnt think it was going to be that good. But it is one of the best cartoon movies to come around since shrek.
  • xchaoskittyx, on 06/09/2008, -2/+4Whats wrong with Adam Sandler?!?!
    • itsgotyou, on 06/09/2008, -0/+7His acting (if you could call it that).
    • byronne, on 06/09/2008, -0/+2People have been asking that question forever...
      "What the hell is wrong with that guy?"
  • Adahn, on 06/09/2008, -8/+3Sandler sucks.
  • Nallohki, on 06/09/2008, -1/+28Seriously, go see Kung Fu Panda - it was an amazingly good movie.

    Extremely tight script, unexpectedly funny, fight scenes that are basically Jackie Chan fight scenes if the rules of physics didn't apply (but in a cool way), and more to it than you would ever think from the trailer.

    Go check it out, my group of late 20-somethings and early 30-somethings found it to be one of the best movies we've seen in a while.
    • jknight, on 06/09/2008, -1/+1My wife and I took our 4 kids. It was fun for them but it was painful for us. Unlike some 'kids' movies.

      We really liked it.
    • bytor4232, on 06/09/2008, -0/+4I agree. I went not expecting much, and got a great Kung Fu parable in return. The two Panda's were amazing together.

      But, if you go for anything, go for the Tai Lung prison escape. Some of the most amazing action ever in animation.
      • Harabeck, on 06/09/2008, -0/+2The only bad part of the movie was the he used up all that awesomeness and it ran out as he was fighting Po, when he suddenly became a bumbling idiot. Which is too bad, until that point he was a truly badass villain.
  • ProjectGSX, on 06/09/2008, -6/+7Wow, piracy is killing ticket sales.
    • lolinyerface, on 06/09/2008, -0/+5Sounds more like its killing top executives bonuses and third/fourth mansions.
      *tear* Won't somebody think of their summer homes?!
    • dalittle, on 06/09/2008, -0/+12I think sucky movies are killing ticket sales.
      • str1fe, on 06/09/2008, -0/+8I think ***** ticket/concession prices are killing ticket sales. On top of that, at least.

        No one wants to spend money driving to the theater, paying the insane price of tickets and concessions, to watch a movie that's probably not going to be worth the $30+ you're spending on seeing it, when you can just wait a couple months and get it on Netflix.
  • Feep, on 06/09/2008, -1/+16Agreed with Nallohki. Kung Fu Panda was a spectacular movie. Don't hate.
  • 21Chucks, on 06/09/2008, -2/+4Heh, if you knew about all the old lady love making in Zohan, you wouldn't bother with it either.
  • Codwhy, on 06/09/2008, -9/+4Alright, these are a few reasons why "Dont mess with the Zohan" was ridiculously funny.

    Exploring middle east stereotypes
    Funny ***** involving cats and, but not limited to Hummus, Urine, and Hacky Sack
    Seeing Adam Sandler doing something funny, rather than serious and/or sad
    And the use of Hummus for everything ( may fall under first reason, but whatever)

    OH! and thanks for reminding me 21chucks!

    Reason 5 : OLD LADY LOVE MAKING!
  • liquidmetalband, on 06/09/2008, -6/+1Jack Black made one good film, School of Rock, and hasn't done anything remotely watchable since. Nacho Libre is the worst film I've ever seen apart from Epic Movie. Yet he has this rockstar cult following. Wow..

    I like Adam Sandler though, despite how terribe Zohan has been reviewed to be.
    • logicalnoise, on 06/09/2008, -0/+2he has a rock star cult following because kyle gas and him have a rock band called tenacious D. sort of helps you become a rock star. plus he's hilarious.
  • borez, on 06/09/2008, -2/+7WTF is "Kong Fu Panda" ?
  • Caerbannog, on 06/09/2008, -2/+9Skadoosh
  • SketchaMPM, on 06/09/2008, -2/+2That's quacktastic!
  • Wamzlee, on 06/09/2008, -4/+2I have to admit, I had low expectations for Zohan, but it had my laughing hysterically a good majority of the time.
  • zippyhat, on 06/09/2008, -2/+0dugg for kong
  • WiretapStudios, on 06/09/2008, -1/+12I have to say, I was prepared to hate Kung Fu Panda, but I took my 5 year old daughter and she loved it and even was wanting to learn 'moves' after that. My g/f is a black belt and said she was impressed with the accuracy of most of the moves / stances / etc. There were a ton of funny (to me and everyone in the theatre) parts.

    I generally am a pretty harsh critic, so I feel that it was a 'good' movie and thank god there was NO GODDAMN SINGING.

    On a side note, the art was very very nice and lush. Everything looked like it had a third dimension.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 06/09/2008, -3/+6Sandler sucks.

    A cartoon panda is funnier than this dufus.
    • str1fe, on 06/09/2008, -0/+3To be fair, it's quite a funny panda.
    • crowbar77, on 06/09/2008, -0/+3Dufus? What is this an episode of Saved by the Bell.
  • dan360man, on 06/09/2008, -3/+3Always happy when something kicks Sandler's butt. Especially after his last few movies.
  • carbonetc, on 06/09/2008, -1/+3You were warned to prepare for awesomeness.
  • Soupstorm, on 06/09/2008, -4/+0I lol'd hard at "Kong-Fu Panda".
    • mhender, on 06/09/2008, -2/+1You lol'd hard at a typo? You need to get out more.
  • exhume, on 06/09/2008, -5/+1If it has even one single penguin in it, like every other computer-animated children's movie does, no dice.
  • LordCracknBerry, on 06/09/2008, -3/+0If you take profitability into consideration, Sandler kicked butt.
  • balilanai, on 06/09/2008, -4/+1Both movies suck. I am still waiting for Madagascar 2.
  • mhender, on 06/09/2008, -2/+2I'm 20 and I would rather see Panda. Sounds a little off, but it's true. My girlfriend wanted to see Zohan. I went. It sucked. Same Adam Sandler character only with a terrible accent. Same lame-ass borderline-crude jokes that you expect from him. I think the best part was seeing the trailer for Step Brothers -- at least Will Ferrell will act stupid without pretending to be tough, like Adam Sandler does in every friggin' movie he's in.
    If Kung-Fu Panda bears any sort of resemblance to Horton Hears A Who, I'm sure it will be pretty good. That movie had me laughing more than Zohan did.
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