Kung Fu Panda 4 Review | More Kung Fu, Less Awesome
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- Опубліковано 14 бер 2024
- Po is back for some more kung fu action with his next movie, Kung Fu Panda 4. In this review, I’ll be taking a look how the Dragon Warrior can do now that he’s in his final days with that title and is going beyond the trilogy. However, are his moves not as strong as what it used to be, or does the 4th film have a reason to exist other than to give us the Tenacious D cover of Hit Me Baby One More Time?
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Kung Fu Panda 4 Review | More Kung Fu, Less Awesome
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Kung Fu Panda 3 deserves more appreciation, it's easily the most underrated of the franchise!
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Agreed. Overhated af in my opinion I mean.
it's my favorite of the franchise:)@@DylanLightfootOnwardFan2004
@@EmojiMarbles Kung Fu Panda 2 is still better though
I have to disagree with that. Yeah the villain was amazing but KFP 2 was more emotional than fun and yes I do love emotional parts in movies but I prefer fun and KFP 3 is more fun than emotional.
At least Jack Black’s cover of Britney Spear’s Hit me Baby one more time is good
KFP4 is basically the Sonic Forces of animation
Essentially the Arctic Dogs of the franchise when you find out what went on behind the scenes. A miracle this movie even came out.
Was THIS close to having straight up humans with how little imagination they had for this.
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How is it that?
@@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme655 Sonic Forces tried to bring back past Sonic villains like what Kung Fu Panda 4 did but by execution it was just nothing
@@aaronlo9651 The only reason Forces was made is because Sonic Team got letters requesting to play as a custom character. Not a good idea.
Tai Lung: Tests Po’s physical prowess
Shen: Test’s Po’s mental prowess
Kai:Tests Po’s spiritual prowess
Chameleon: Tests nothing but the audience’s patience.
Her motivation makes no sense and the most evil thing she does, Shifu already did to Po in the first movie. She can have the combined power of all the villains, but she's undoubtedly the weakest of the franchise.
Yeah. Nobody wants a new dragon warrior, especially if it's someone voiced by Awkwafina.
5th antagonist: already dead before the movie begins
@@bigmacintosh1766 It would seem not even Po can break the 4th move curse.
@@orangeslash1667quick note: Whenever a series says “the final chapter in the series”, it’s a big fat lie, because they always pump out more movies. The only animated movie trilogy that truly stuck with its finale was Aladdin.
@@thomashuffman3237 The reason is Universal Pictures.
Maybe because our standards are so low, but this film (while unnecessary) is still FAR better than thr Megamind sequel we got.
Agreed.
A definitive yes.
YES!
Lord Shen: Enough talk you two come on let’s kill him.
Tai lung and General Kai: Wait!
Lord Shen: I DID MY WAITING! THIRTEEN YEARS OF IT! IN THE SPIRIT REALM! 🦚
I got that reference
Okay, EPIC reference to Gary Oldman’s role in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!
Great referance, but also, this highlights a problem with Shen’s appearance in kung fu panda 4
Shen should of never went to the spirit realm
The spirit realm was for warriors who found inner peace before death, or were sent there directly with techniques like the Wuxi finger hold
Shen died to a cannon, unable to get over his past and shocked that Po could get over his
@@MinisterChicken I’m sorry, but going by the films (I’ll leave wiggle room for a wiki I haven’t read), the spirit realm is just the afterlife. There’s no reason for Shen not to be in the Spirit Realm in terms of established rules (and the place’s name). The problem is why is he being summoned. He wasn’t considered a real master of Kung Fu. That’s what the cannons were for. And Kai should be (assuming the previous film’s finale didn’t mean he stopped existing entirely) should arguably be unknown to everyone if Poe is a complete unknown to everyone in the city. Kai was forgotten by history. How does the Chameleon know who he is?
@@John-fk2ky the wiki was changed right after kung fu panda 4 dropped in order to include Shen, so I’m still calling it a retcon
It’s also helped by the fact that Kai said “I have taken the chi of every master here” and tai lung was on his belt, Shen was not, and I highly doubt he would leave any masters behind before facing oogway again
Recalling a past AniMat moment:
AniMat: Hey! You're going to be in four more movies after this. You will be destined for many things. Better be this one for now.
I guess DreamWorks is following Katzenberg’s wish. But to quote a phrase from another popular franchise, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
I will say this. Jack Black singing Hit Me Baby One More Time wasn't on my bingo card for this year.
But honestly it’s the best thing to come out of the movie. It unironically goes so hard.
But hey, at least it's not a live action animation hybrid that this movie was gonna be originally. :\
Glad we don’t need another ugly Sonic design
Wait what?!?
That would’ve ruined my childhood. It would be like the 2019 Sonic movie design all over again.
That would have been a terrible idea, seriously we don't live in that era where hybrid films became the norm during the late 2000s
Yeah there has been a grand total of 1 completely hybrid movie that has ever worked
So close to a 7, but even with Megamind 2, Dreamworks is having a way better year on this channel.
At least kung fu panda 4 ain't no Shrek the third...
Is that good enough for a comparison?
@@Woobuggy848I guess but KFP4 is not much better in my opinion
@@filetofish7688 you've got a point...
After all, the franchise is starting to show cracks around it's edges...
...Since the third one... (I think.)
@@Woobuggy848 Dreamworks never really does their third movies well. Aside from maybe HTTYD3
Lets hope puss in boots 3 will be good.
Fingers crossed.
Jack Black's song in the end credits rocks :)
To me kung fu panda 4 is what everyone thought Toy Story 4 would be
Toy Story 4 although unnecessary was actually pretty good. Not as good as the other 3 but still is like a 9/10 for me. Kung Fu Panda 4 is just bad in almost every way. It’s like a 4/10 for me
@@user-um7rl4tn6vso glad to see I’m not the only one who feels this way.
I adore TS4.
I saw some clips from KFP4 and I can already tell it’s not very good. I’ll be skipping or pretend it ended at 3. At least there Po became more and truly became the dragon warrior:
To me they both equally boring
I honestly prefer this film over Toy Story 4.
& Despicable me 4 too
For a 4th film in animated franchise, I’m definitely satisfied. Still has the great heart, the awesome animation and creative action scenes we know and love.
I’ll give you the last two, but heart? Give me a break. It COULD have had it, but they literally didn’t give the film enough time either in terms of screentime (could have happily cut Ping and Li out of the film entirely) or in-universe for me to find what they were trying to sell believable.
I really don’t understand what you mean by heart, if corporate meddling and hecking over the people that where working on this movie is heart then I don’t think you understand what actual heart and love is. There could’ve been actual love and passion into this movie like heck there was a different and much better plot but corporate meddling happened and now we have this.
To be honest, Mike Mitchell was not the perfect choice to helm this entry and it should've gone to Joel Crawford. He worked on the last 3 films, and would have given us an amazing comeback. But nope, the studio wanted to play it safe and Mitchell kind of hogged everyone's time more than to support others. Seriously, I feel really sad for Stephanie Stine and how DreamWorks television animation is becoming a dumpster fire in producing newer streaming shows.
This movie is basically what the people who hate KFP say KFP is
That’s actually the most real thing I’ve ever read
Thats a accurate description of what DBS is too
@@StevenJones851
Kung Fu panda 4 RATING!
Story : 5/10.
Animation: 10/10.
Characters: 5/10.
Overall: 6/10.
Disappointing downgrade and quite the weakest film of the franchise, but at least it's not that cringy and that bad like last time with trolls band together.
The forth may not be that favourite but at least it was just ok on its own.
This is not megamind 2 guys.
@@StevenJones851Seriously! Have you seen megamind 2 ! 😠😡
@@StevenJones851but look on the bright side.....at least DreamWorks is saving their 3rd film that is the wild robot. There's still hope for the wild robot and the trailer proved itself that the animation itself takes to the whole new level and I was caught off guard of how amazing the wild robot did with it's animation and I really blew me away and almost made me cry. Let's just hope that the wild robot with help out DreamWorks.
Who else thinks Mat should make a review for the FIRST Kung Fu Panda movie? I’d like to hear what he has to say about the beginning of the franchise.
Well you gotta ask him on patron
@@mekhiblackcurrie I know, I just wanna know if anybody else wants him to as well
I honestly thought he reviewed the first movie already.
No he hasn’t. And he won’t review until he picks it out of the animation hat or someone request him to review it on Patreon.
@@Starwarsfanboy0928 again, surprised to learn he hasn't yet.
I can understand the controversy behind the absence of the Furious Five. On the one hand, they're iconic characters, but on the other hand, none of them except Tigress had any real character development in the original trilogy. Besides, the Furious Five weren't in Paws of Destiny or The Dragon Knight, either.
If 4's the ultimate conclusion to Po's story, maybe 5 and 6 will be about Zhen instead.
When I saw it, I just thought it was "Okay" but it definitely wasn't perfect either. But I suppose every popular movie franchise has it's share of "let down" films.
I agree it was okay film for me as well. It was little disappointing how it turn out because pacing and the story development need some work. However, I still enjoy it despite being the weakest in the franchise. I give the film like a 6.5 out of 10. The score, the song Baby One More Time by Jack Black, and the animation, some of the sequences what really stand out for the entire film.
I'm more it's in the "good but just good" category. 7.5/10 for me.
I think the problem with the fourth film is that not only it’s very formulaic, but it doesn’t take any risks as much as the second film did. Also, I get why The furious five weren’t involved because it’s supposed to show that they aren’t necessarily needed for Po’s journey because it’s shows how much he’s grown and can stand on his own. It’s a fun movie but definitely the weakest of the film. But I’m putting all my hope in Dreamworks with The wild robot.
Plus the fact that plot wise besides Tigress all they really did was fight and get captured in the first 3. And none of them really got a chance to shine or get development here.
I’m going guess it’s because the universal execs and Mike Mitchell is the reason why KFP 4 is more in the safe route, because the execs are pretty much treating Dreamworks like how they treat Illumination
I'll still take this over toy Story 4 any day.
Maybe they'll have that deleted scene of Shifu meeting Tai Lung in the DVD ;)
The Second movie is my favorite of the trilogy too, as well as being one of my favorite films of the studio. It's just everything that a sequel should seek out to do and it did it perfectly by staying true to the first film's humor style, heart and charm.
I wanna see him review the new megamind movie on peacock
I hope it's a 1 or 2/10. We haven't had that kind of review from AniMat in forever it seems
I think the last time he did that was back in 2019
I just hope Kung Fu Panda 5 will solve the problem
If we get a Kung Fu Panda 5 then KFP will become Dreamworks' Toy Story.
Kung Fu Panda be slappin harder than his belly XD
Man, between this and Ruby Gillman, I feel like we're in for the complete catastrophic downfall of DreamWorks, just like what's happening with the rest of cinema. 😥
I just hope KFP 4 will do well at the box office
@@DiegoHernandez-xt2su
Well, it's coming out in the 2020's, so I doubt it.
Oh, I wouldn't say that. We've got another DreamWorks film coming out this year, and it's looking to be another certified banger. 👀
@@TheEnglishScotsman352 The Wild Robot
Dune part 2, Anyone?
The chameleon looks like squidward
It's kind funny you said that, because i always thought Gallaxhar, the main antagonist from Monsters vs Aliens looked like Squidward.
Ah yes, the one with the villain that serves as the equivalent of Kevin 11, Aggregor and Osmosians in general (Within the Alien Force and Ultimate Alien canon, that is) from the Ben 10 franchise. Plus Chameleon’s elephant form looks like a creature I did a long time ago, a decade ago, in fact. I call my creature ‘Elegon’. A combination of Elephant and Dragon.
Speaking of the film's animation, this and The Wild Robot are the final two films to be made entirely in-house at Dreamworks Animation.
Honestly, as much as I enjoyed the film, a part of me felt like this movie shouldn’t have been made. I get it, DreamWorks wanted to follow Jeffery Katzenberg’s wish of making Kung Fu Panda a six film franchise and I can see some people seeing this as a good thing, heck, my Mom most definitely does that I am going to see it again this weekend because my family loves this franchise, just like I do, but I feel like following Jeffry’s wish is giving me concerns that the next films will might meet the same reputation as the Star Wars Sequel trilogy.
Also, and DreamWorks, I just need to ask you something. WHAT DID YOU DO TO SHIFU?!!! Seriously, you turned one of my favorite characters of the franchise into complete and utter a**hole! I have never felt more betrayed by that!
In my opinion Kung Fu Panda would be totally fine as a trilogy. I don't think that this franchise can endure two more movies. The fourth movie was already weak at the story. I don't see any potential for more because Po is fully developed. Unless you want to make Zhen the new dragon warrior and repeat the whole dragon warrior plot with her.
MY COMMENT MAY HAVE SOME SPOILERS FROM THE FILM, SO WATCH OUT:
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When I saw this movie in theaters, I was quite disappointed. While there were some things that I did enjoy, and there were some genuinely funny moments, there was a lot that I really didn't like. I didn't like how some plot elements weren't fleshed out very well, especially the relationship between Zhen and Chameleon, the idea of Po choosing Zhen as the next Dragon Warrior was predictable while watching the film, Shifu, I felt, should've been more involved in the story, especially during the climax since Tai Lung was also involved and could've allowed for some closure on their relationship from the first film, and I especially didn't like how the Furious Five was completely left out from the story. Yeah, they did cameo here and there, but the story felt severely lacking without them. I mean, yeah, Po is a great main character and I do root for him in these films, but the Furious Five were also great characters worth seeing and rooting for, especially after they accepted Po as the Dragon Warrior and their friend. Needless to say, Kung Fu Panda 4 was a disappointment to me, and easily the weakest KFP film in the franchise.
On a side note, Kung Fu Panda 2 is my favorite movie in the franchise too, as well as my personal favorite film from Dreamworks Animation.
I wouldn't be surprised if in any subsequent Kung Fu Panda thing in general, we kind of ended up with something a little more existential. Possibly in reference to things like nihilism, entropy and possibly how any knowledge or lessons from times past can either be lost or forgotten, and lead to an endless cycle of people making the same mistakes over and over again.
Hell, it could make for an interesting background for an antagonist; one who has essentially accquired knowledge and experience that far surpassed Po's, possibly even somehow finding ways to cheat death and such, in order to pretty much create what they cosinder to be a paradise, and possibly even bringing up some stuff regarding intentions and integrity and how they clash with any form of talent and such, in the grand scheme of things.
I dunno. I'm just kind of brainstorming ideas here.
I mean, you could probably even have the villain, in a desperate attempt to kind of turn Po to their side, essentially flood his mind with all the knowledge of the world and everything, past, preasent and future, that they had been subjected to and after pretty much experiencing a bit of a catatonic moment, whilst everything is processing in his mind, he actually kind of defies the expectation of the villain who, whilst has more understanding for their plight, ends up looking at it in a somewhat optimistic light.
I even imagine this character, possibly similar to say Kessler from Infamous, kind of not really be all of a physical fighter and be more about the wits and arcane knowledge, as well as possibly having a way to generate warriors of their own to fight in their stead.
While I enjoyed this movie, I rank it lowest in terms of all four KFP Movies (with 3 being the original lowest). It really needed more time in the oven and my heart goes out for the cast members who fought tooth and nail for things such as the Furious Five making an appearance.
While yeah, 3 takes a more comedic route and we don’t get a huge grasp on the dynamic Master Oogway and General Kai had, it still continues and finishes a plot thread and ties it up in a funny and action packed bow.
Here, you take one look at The Chameleon’s backstory and realize “Huh. No one would teach you Kung Fu because of your size but Shifu is short and he’s a Kung Fu Master!” Like, why not have it so that she was practicing sorcery and no one took her seriously because Kung Fu is all the rage, so she learned shapeshifting to lie and cheat her way into being the ruler of Juniper City by disguising herself as citizens and sowing fear and paranoia and uses the unease of her city to draw in Kung Fu warriors to fight and imprison?
Dang I’d really want to watch that.
No Furious Five? Oh come on
The two best things to come out of this movie are the Tenacious D cover of Baby One More Time and the cover of Crazy Train with Chinese Instruments.
the first one was great, the second one was fantastic, one of Dreamwork's best films, the third one was alright, but a satisfying ending to a trilogy. This fourth movie was such a disappointment, it was so predictable, the villain was lame, especially with her backstory, and the ending is so frustrating to me
100% agreed. I mean, her motives are so weak and just an excuse for your typical "Take over the world"-Villain. I mean she could've gone through the hard way if no one took her seriously because she's small. And by the way. We have enough small characters in the "Kung Fu Panda" universe who can do kung fu.
STORY: 6/10
ANIMATION: 10/10
CHARTERERS: 7/10
TOTAL: 8/10
Regardless of anyone else’s thoughts and all behind-the-scenes conflicts aside, I enjoyed this more than the 3rd installment for bringing back some of the magic from the first two ‘Kung Fu Panda’ movies with its balance of action and humor. Even better, it felt refreshing after the third mediocre ‘Trolls’ film and a solid start of Dreamworks Animation’s final in-house productions before being outsourced by other companies in the following year.
Just to make a quick review on Kung Fu Panda here (spoiler alert), as someone who's seen the movie on a streaming app, I felt like it was a bit 'rushed' so to speak, so much so that everything was happening without any context like Tai Lung's redemption near the end and I have to agree with someone commenting that Lord Shen and General Kai wouldn't have done the same without saying a few words too (they didn't by the way). Also, I wanted a bit more 'action' to happen (sorry if I'm not making sense here).
But other than that, the film was great!
Now all my hopes are in the wild robot now and hopefully universal doesn't screw its marketing just like Ruby Gillman
6 or 7 out of 10 film 📽️
I was severely disappointed Tai Lung didn’t have a bigger role in this movie. I really wanted him to have a redemption arc and fight along side Po. As well as make up with his adoptive father Shifu.
I never realized these movies had a formula to them. Still, I had a blast with this movie. It was funny, full of action, had great vocal performances, spectacular animation, and well rounded characters. I, too, was a little bummed that the Furious 5 had to sit this one out. I'm still hoping for a Furious 5 solo film. Great review, Mat
After watching a heavy video today, I’m glad this is up! Thanks!
Mr Ping and Li are the best parts of the movie and I will not tolerate this blasphemy towards them
Time for Awesomeness! Skadoosh!
“Skadoosh!”
It's so annoying how they treat the Dragon warrior like it was an empty title and easy to achieve.
Kung fu panda 1 the furious five trained and worked hard to be chosen for the dragon warrior title. Even Tai Lung.
Oogway picks Po, Kung fu panda 3 explains why Oogway picked Po.
Po in the through out the thre movies proved Po's struggles and experiences aswell as his achievements and stability of his position as dragon warrior.
But now? In kung fu landa 4? XD he can just hand it out to anyone 😂😂 without considering caution.
Kung fu panda 1 = Body
Kung fu panda 2 = internal struggles aka Mind
Kung fu panda 3 = spiritual mastery and connection while also teaching.
Also that
Tai Lung - Sifu
Shen - Po
Kai - Oogway
All of them had connections
Then look at Kung fu panda 4 zero connections
I'm actually surprise you didn't review the infamous Megamind 2 yet
Honestly, I think he’s trying to distance himself from that movie or he is going to do a vlog style review on it.
My boss thought the Tenacious D cover was ridiculous but I loved it
*This is why I got the art of Kung Fu Panda 4 book to draw the character designs*
*I went to go see this and it was just okay ✅ at least the animation is a good saving grace*
Even Kung Fu Panda 3 is better
@@bigmacintosh1766 Yeah and Kung Fu Panda 2
See you on the other side dragon warrior. 🐼🐾🐲
- Tai lung 2024.
13:52, Yes! This should have just been Kung Fu Panda 4 1/2! We deserved more screen time with Po and Zhen! And yes, The Chameleon! Let her develop her relationship with Zhen, too!
Yeah, you know, just like lion king 1/2 one in a half
(5/10) The Story
(9/10) The Animation
(6/10) The Characters
I Give Kung fu Panda 4 (7/10) Congratulations Kung fu Panda 3 you not Weakess Kung fu Panda Movie
Feel like you're being extremely generous there lol
If the story is a 5 then that score shouldn't be a 7.
Honestly, I prefer 4 over 3, but the whole series is great. I'm interested in seeing Po's journey to become the spiritual leader and Zhen becoming the new Dragon Warrior.
As a fan of the Kung Fu Panda movies
Story 6/10
Animation 10/10
Characters 7/10
Overall 8/10
Technically The weakest of the four but still holds up as a solid Kung fu adventure
Kung Fu panda 4 RATING
Story: 3/10.
Animation: 10/10.
Characters: 5/10.
overall: 6/10
Why would Shen just immediately respect Po after he defeats the Camilian? He literally tried to kill Po after he foiled his plans, even when Po offered forgiveness.
The same goes for the other two villains from throughout the previous installments.
18:10
Never thought I would hear that tune for this franchise
Me neither. It doesn’t feel right.
Yeah, what a shame.
@@alisonsouter8788I still think it should’ve gotten a high 7/10 or low 8/10 at least.
I finally watched the movie
kung fu panda 4 🍿🎥🐼🦊
and it was awesome. I love it I’ll give it five out of five dumplings
🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟 🥢🥡
And I love the new vixen character Zhen
She’s funny cool and a cunning sly fox and very cute !
At least it’s better than that crappy trolls 3 movie
Trolls 3 was a masterpiece though
I mean overall the movie was actually pretty fun and entertaining in my opinion, but as a kung fu panda sequel it just felt like a generic and underwhelming movie considering all the potential and ideas they had with this one to make it more engaging to the viewers😏😏
Please review megamind 2 in his series
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I hate to say this but we are going to get a Kung Fu Panda 5 & 6 in the near future, seeing how DreamWorks' plan is to have Kung Fu Panda a six part movie series.
Still waiting for the Megamind 2 review...
I don't think AniMat is going to review it!
@@andrewharkin9774 He's reviewed many of the worst animated movies ever so him reviewing Megamind 2 is going to be on his list.
@@andrewharkin9774If he did I'm gonna assume it would get maybe a 2/10 (There's only 2 I can think of that are so abysmal that they earned the 1/10 score)
This is honestly a strong contender for my second favorite movie in the series.
It's at least as fun as 2, but I do like 3 more.
Ngl, I did enjoy watching KFP 4. It had the funny charm that its predecessors had (which I liked a lot), there was some good action scenes, the upgrade of the visual quality was great, and I did enjoy some of the new characters.
However, some aspects such as the Chameleon not having a solid backstory and the Furious Five taking a back seat was a downer. I don’t want to hate on this film like the norm, nor will I. But it’s not as strong as the previous film imo.
Agreed. The Chamelon, Zhen, and Zhen’s relationship with her adoptive family and Po need more fleshing out.
Then again Bowser facing off Amanda Waller is very interesting.
I actually went to see this in the theater 2 months ago and i enjoyed it.
This movie is way better than Disney's wish and trolls band together even though I still like Disney swish
We need a Kung Fu Panda 1 review!
Yep
Lord shen is still my favorite villain
It's apperent to me that it's hard to expand films past a trilogy since you don't want to milk a franchise directly into the ground but I think this movie didn't do a terrible job at at though in my opinion. However, this could be the final Kung Fu Panda film since the actors are getting up there in age and you can't just have actors play in roles of a franchise forever...
Orion and the Dark 8/10
Kung Fu Panda 4 6/10
The Tiger’s Apprentice 5/10
Man.... talk about anticlimatic
This movie is slightly better than trolls being together by like this more than wish
I still think Trolls 3 is better. But this movie is definitely better than Ruby Gillman.
18:18 DreamWorks Needs to CHANGE
No they don’t
I was just completely disappointed in this one. While not completely terrible, it's definitely the worst of the Kung Fu Panda franchise - beating the third film by a mile. The only real redeeming qualities are the animation qualities and the music. The jokes could be funny, but most were a miss - especially that one scene where Po and Zhen sneak around all those sleeping henchmen, while making absurdly loud noises (that didn't even wake anyone). I was absolutely disappointed that the Furious Five didn't even have supporting roles. And the Chameleon was definitely the most pathetic villain of the franchise - everything she did was because she was too small to learn Kung Fu? Kung Fu is all about technique, not size. Zhen is smaller than her, so how did she learn Kung Fu? Heck, Mantis is smaller than both of them, and he's one of the greatest warriors in all of China. And they basically dumbed down Po's character, despite all the growth he's done in the previous three movies.
And having Po choose Zhen as his successor...that was a down right terrible decision. It was like the movie was basically saying that it doesn't matter if you're not likeable and have little to no character development - just as long as you're a woman - so it was like shoving more of that female empowerment toxicity that has been going on with other projects in our faces. If that's what they were going for, than they had to look no further...than Tigress - she has had almost as much character development and growth than Po has - she was the perfect candidate for the title. But what probably disappointed me the most...was the limited time Tai Lung had. Tai Lung has always been my favorite antagonist of the entire franchise - and he deserved better than what he got. What happened to giving him a proper Redemption Arc? The side characters are also no better. There was so much that could have made this movie better.
How about The Chameleon suffering from an illness that prevents her from becoming a Kung Fu master - and so, she turned to magic to steal the powers of masters to become the strongest warrior alive (but never truly gets over her illness; which is why she continues to steal so many). The Chameleon hires Zhen to steal Po's staff - which she does, but is confronted by Shifu and is forced to take him as well. The Chameleon opens the Spirit Realm to summon Kung Fu master and steal their power, but Tai Lung escapes. Po struggles to choose the right candidate, but then Tai Lung reveals The Chameleon’s plan. They head to Juniper City to take down the Chameleon. On their way, Tai Lung and Po train and begin to learn from each other - but the Furious Five have trouble trusting him. Once there, they meet up with Zhen, who agrees to help them…for a price. They head to the Chameleon's lair, but Zhen betrays them and the Chameleon steals their Kung Fu (minus Po, Tigress and Tai Lung who narrowly escape). Po and Tai Lung get into a duel after Po loses his confidence, but Tai Lung encourages him. Zhen realizes her mistake and helps Po convince the Den of Thieves to stop the Chameleon.
As the villagers battle the Chameleon’s army, Po, Tigress and Tai Lung try to fight the Chameleon but get overwhelmed when the Chameleon turns into a horrifying Chimaera. The Chameleon then steals their powers, and soon overpower them. Po gives Tigress his staff, with which she summons a majestic dragon of Yin and Yang, which defeats the Chameleon; and uses the staff to return all of the stolen kung fu skills to their owners, who return to the Spirit Realm. Shen and Kai take the Chameleon with them. As Tai Lung departs, Po closes the portal; allowing Tai Lung to stay and further redeem himself. Tai Lung gives his respect to Po and finally acknowledges him as the true Dragon Warrior. Back at the Valley, Tai Lung reunites with Shifu, expressing that he will wait as long as it takes to be forgives…before accepting a cup of warm tea with his old master. Po choose Tigress as his successor. Po and Tai Lung help train Tigress to become the next Dragon Warrior.
As Po would say it: Awesome insight. 😀
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Thanks. I try.
The part I was excited to see was Tai Lung's redemption that I thought him returning as a big selling piint since loving the first one alot. They fucked this up royally I was hoping to see him and Po reluctantly team up to stop the chameleon and maybe he would earn his redemption that way but I was wrong.
18:34 I still didn’t expect it to get a 6/10 though.
I hate to say this, but, I think I'm skipping this one. Besides, I feel like Tigress becoming the dragon warrior does scream potential and I do think it works better than focusing on Jen becoming the dragon warrior. However, I do think Jen replacing Tigress in the Furious 5 also has potential. So, I think I'm skipping this movie because from what I've heard, it has potential but the excicution left alot to be desired. I don't mind seeing it. But, I'm in no hurry to see this movie. Not only am I sticking with the first 3 movies, but I'm going to use my money and watching Kong vs Godzilla New Empire....if I hear good things about it.
If I be honest, generally I thought this movie was a lot of fun!
It certainly ain't up the ranks as much as the others but I would say this is like Po's "Mario movie" just for the sake of enjoyment. There was some elements I think there could be some improvements, even I agree Tigress should've been next in line and there really is nothing to correspond other than that. I could even say the message of changes honestly kind of inspiring (at least that's what my mom said when seeing it) we should really just move forward in life instead of just waiting and keeping all the same. All is to say at least it tried.
I also got to say, "Hit me baby one more time!" Ohh that is my Jam on toast!
I still can’t believe The Super Mario Bros Movie got a higher rating than a Kung Fu Panda movie.
What I liked about the film:
Po is still Po
Shifu is still Shifu but looks cuter
Zhen is a pretty cool character
Tai Lung is still Tai Lung but more mature and peaceful
i was planning on seeing this next week to celebrate my birthday but maybe I should choose something else
I might see it
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Kung Fu Panda 4
The Story: 7/10
The Animation: 9/10
The Characters: 7/10
The Movie: 8/10
I've been begging for a fourth kung fu panda movie since kung fu panda 3 came out, and after the announcement, I got super hyped especially finding out the villain will have the ability to bring back po's past villains. The only nitpick is that I wanted general kai and lord shen played redeeming role in this movie too, not just tai lung in that role. Also wish the furious five was in this movie too, at least play a part in the final act.
I still love these movies
The reason why the story is weak, is because it was made during the writers strike, so they had to rely on the animation to tell the story, and the reason why the big five didn’t make an appearance, is because the director didn’t want the movie to be overcrowded 🙂
I hope I’ll enjoy it more than most of yous when it releases in Ireland at the end of the month.
Eh
at least they didn't go the Ice Age route with Kung Fu Panda
Your the best explanation of animation❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
While this is probably the weakest out of the franchise, it wasn’t all that bad. Me and my friend had a few gripes, but enjoyed it. It’s a 7/10 for me. Not bad, but had a lot more to offer. Also, Jack Black singing Hit Me Baby One More Time is everything I didn’t know I wanted.
Is this a movie where it was first considered to be a live-action/animation hybrid? Laughed hard at this concept
Sometimes less is more.
I'm waiting for the New dreamworks animated movie would be projects will be the wild robots
I thought it was a bit better than Orion And The Dark but I liked both movies.
I agree
This movie will not be cannon to the fans due to how bad it is
You are receiving the 3rd SpongeBob movie treatment
And this annoying fox girl doesn’t exist either
Its a shame that this was the last kung fu panda movie that shifu and tai lung actors are in since they are very old.
Could have ended it on a great note, but i guess not.
Spoilers (maybe)
I thought it was good but definitely the weakest of the four. I think I have three main problems and I think they even kinda blend together or something and it has to do with the side characters. One: for the most part, I think they kinda suck, Zhen is fine which I’m honestly a bit surprised by since I’ve never been a huge fan of the characters Awkafina plays like Katy in Shang-Chi or Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon and while I don’t think Zhen was great or anything, compared to most of the other side characters she was alright, aside from her Shifu was also fine but really should’ve had more to do here since Tai Lung was back, the other criminals definitely weren’t interesting which fine they weren’t meant to be big or anything but still, especially those kids, is it me or is there now some trope of having bloodthirsty kids as comedic relief just because of how violent they are, I could swear I’ve seen that at least once or twice before this, and Po’s dads, they were annoying, Ping more so in my eyes, and they literally had no point being there, aside from like one speech they gave Po which I guarantee literally anyone else could’ve done, they literally did nothing. Two: the Furious Five, some of the most essential characters in the last three and they’re not here which I don’t get, I mean even if I didn’t mind Zhen, I do agree it might’ve been better to have Po decide to pass down the Dragon Warrior mantle to Tigress instead. Three: there was no point in the past villains coming back, the villains coming back was exactly what I was afraid would happen here, they were just nostalgia bait, I’m mainly annoyed about this with Tai Lung cause he’s on the poster, he was all over the marketing, he was the only one of the three to get voice lines, and he did nothing in the like 10-20 minutes he was on screen, ok
I found to be an ok film as well. It sure has a weak plot with some mixed humor and flat characters. At least I had a lot of enjoyment with the animation and humor. It’s films like these that shows why franchises don’t really need a 4th movie anyways. Unless it’s Toy Story 4 of course, that one was great
I wouldn't call this movie terrible, just good in my opinion. Not as good or great as the first three movies, though.
Agreed
1:55 or the next ice age
Well at least the fourth movie is still good on his own and I wish you review the first movie you have it done that one yet Since you review all the sequels