Kung Fu Panda 4 | The 6 Kid Family Review
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My solution to make the movie better throw Zhen (Aquafina's character) in the trash and make Tai Lung the character Po needs to work and train with to defeat the Chamelon. Have it be about the two growing to respect each other and by the end Tai Lung finally understands what Shifu and Po were trying to tell him years ago and he's finally able to accept he wasn't the Dragon Warrior and reconcile with Shifu and Tigress, perhaps even training under Po to finally achieve Inner Peace himself.
That allows for redemption of probably the most tragic villain of the franchise and Po's skills as a teacher are truly highlighted by him being able to do what neither Shifu and Ogawa could.
I would've paid to see that movie
That idea is 1000x better than what I had to sit through at the theater
THAT
That is why fans need to run Hollywood
Somehow the fanfics tend to be better than the actual scripts
Why can't Po just be by himself?
This would’ve worked so much better. A “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” type situation.
Toy Story 4: “Finally a worthy opponent. Our disappointment will be legendary!”
Having the 5 just get excused out of the movie in exchange for Aquafina’s character is a…. choice. Plus why Po needs to find a successor NOW? Oogway was at the death’s door when he chose Po
Right? The dragon warrior prophecy waited for 500 years, and now that he's been it for 2 years, he needs to give it up? It was so forced and since that's the inciting event, it hurts the whole movie
i do not understand why hollywood keeps trying to make Awkwafina and Phoebe Waller Bridge happen. haha it's ridiculous.
@@gregowen2022 exactly. They waited 500 years for the dragon warrior. I thought it was supposed to be a 1-time thing, just 1 Dragon Warrior which is why the title was so precious. But apparently, there's just always a Dragon Warrior now?
Take a look at how much smaller the budget was for this one and you'll know why the Furious Five had to be sidelined.
Those are 5 big names that demand big bucks.
@@_birdieI actually liked Ms. Water Bottle in this more than other films, though. I managed to forget it was her quicker than I have in others.
You know what might’ve actually been interesting? Tai Lung redemption arc. That’s the plot, Po trying to teach Tai Lung to not be bad kitty. All sorts of natural drama there, and main character is now a fan favorite they clearly had the voice for!
Yes! That would have been excellent! He is a favorite, he's so cool, and a redemption arc would actually fit in this series instead of the weird forced plot they went with
A Tai Lung Po buddy cop movie (even with the new fox person as the sidekick) would have been great@@gregowen2022
It would not have fitted the Agenda.
@@anonnymouse2402 ...UNLESS...they make him GAY!
It can also be an opportunity to show how he's changed during his time in the spirit realm, but still holds a grudge against Po
There's a reason why there are trilogies, rule of three
Franchise movies tend to have a mix bags of hits or misses (look at the terminators)
In Terminator's case it should have ended with 2. None of the movies after T2 added anything of value to the story and just were basically just remakes with a different gimmick each time.
KFP should’ve been a duology
One of the only ones I can think of that did good by having a fourth movie was Shrek (cause we all know Shrek the third was.. y'know)
I think what I hated most about the ending with the villains is how Li Shan is in the same room as Lord Shen, the same dude who wiped out his whole village in cold blood, killed his wife and cost him his only son, and it DOESN'T get acknowledged like at all!! They're just put there as background characters and nothing else. Like WTF??
I think the worst part about this Movie, is that it’s canon. I don’t mean that in a jokey “It’s awful cuz it exists” kinda way, no. I mean, that the Aquifina character is going to stick around, and be a staple of the future releases their planning. Po is going it train her to be the next Dragon warrior, so this character we don’t like and don’t want around, will be staying with us, potentially until the end of Kung-Fu Panda. And I hate that so much.
i didn’t even register this damn
the whole "No inner journey for Po" was something i called when this movie was announced. Po had nowhere to go, he had all his shit together and didnt really need to learn much of anything that was movie worthy. Im all for Po wanting to train Zhen, but it shouldve been his *choice.* He couldve been out, doing something, saw Zhen, and for whatever reason (for example, he saw her doing something bad but for a good reason or whatever better reason someone smarter than me could come up with) and then approach her, offer her the training, and go from there. No need for a new villain, we couldve just had a really down to earth movie where Po has to learn what it means to be in Shifus place, to watch your master disappear into the cherry blossoms and leave you with the responsibility of being a master and very little advice on how to do it. Po knows what he is, who he is, and what that means. What he could maybe learn, is how to pass that knowledge on to the next generation of warriors.
The only real teaching Po has done any of is to the pandas, and that was at the tail end of movie 3. Aside from that, he has no idea how to be a master, despite his self confidence and ability as a dragon warrior. Learning how to teach others, connect with them, and be willing to leave things in *their* hands wouldve been a great thing. Maybe Po, in his power as the dragon warrior, has begun to try to take on all the threats by himself. A new flaw only present BECAUSE of the events of the last 3 movies, where several times his friends have gotten hurt trying to help him with a villain that was specifically targeting him. Heck, in movie 3 the furious 5 nearly, if not technically did, die. Po could 100% have trauma from that.
There an Amazon Prime Series where Po is teaching Panda kids about Chi and its a WAAAAAY BETTER CONTINUATION than this🙃
Honestly, if they absolutely needed to have Awkwafina fox in the film, I feel like having her be a scrappy and unskilled character would fit, since Po could see his past self in her and have a personal connection. That way, it could be like an underdog to underdog mentor student relationship where they have some common ground.
Personally, I think it was bad idea for other Pandas to exist, the beauty of Po's character was that he was able to find inner peace despite the whole world being against him. Not having the furious five in a movie is not necessarily a bad idea but why can't the movie just be about Po.
Yeah that’s why I didn’t like the third movie or the credit scene for the second one. To me the second movie is the peak of Kung fu panda, I wish the other movies would be about the furious 5 and their adventures.
I feel like the movie is still about Po. Zhen, the fox, isn't really a centerpiece and what happens with her isn't really the focus. The movie is about Po accepting that things change and even having mastered Kung Fu and Chi, and even learning how to teach others, there's still changes ahead for him in life.
I didn't mind it I just wish they kept it very low like there wasn't that many that survived after all these years like around 12 Po's dad being one of them
@@ninjafoxgamesgeekery4555 This movie would only be good from your perspective and even in general if it was the last of the 6 movies. It doesn't make sense that Po can no longer be the dragon warrior because he just got the position. if it was a 10 years down the line Po then yes, I'd agree but the whole plot of this movie was doomed to fail.
Interesting view point
We deserve better written stories.
Agreed. I was so disappointed in this one, it's hard to even call it a story
@@gregowen2022 It's crazy that they were just striking for more money, they shouldn't even be employed as writers. They need to hire real talented writers instead of narcissistic activists
@@durzostern These activist writers, actors and directors are "useful idiots" whose purpose is to create division and help destabilize society. When they have finished their purpose, they will be disposed of.
Do you know how reverse psychology works? It's the assertation of one idea or belief with the expectation the subject of the persuasion will do the opposite. In this case, these activists are being used to assert Marxist ideologies with the expectation people will gravitate towards Conservative ideologies.
Step one of the "Four steps for ideological subversion". (Yuri Bezmenov, 1985)
Demoralization - this is a process which can take about 15-30 years to perform (a generation). *During this stage, the moral fibre and integrity of the country is put into question, thereby creating doubt in the minds of the people. To do so, manipulation of the media and academia is required to influence young people.* As the younger generation embraces new values, such as Marxism and Leninism, the older generation slowly loses control simply through attrition. *Again, true facts no longer matter during this stage, but rather creating perceptions are of paramount importance.*
---A good example would be from the movie. The chameleon says she isn't allowed to do Kung-Fu because she is too little, but there are other characters smaller than her who are Kung Fu masters. They had to remove those characters so the perception of her being ostracized/marginalized appeared to be true. If Mantis were in the movie standing next to her, the whole premise would fall apart.
Communism and Religion
Abolished - all religious and metaphysics is rejected. Engels and Lenin agreed that religion was a drug or “spiritual booze” and must be combated. *To them, atheism put into practice meant a “forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.”*
---Whether you want to accept it or not, the United States and Western civilization have been founded on Judeo Christian ideas, principles, morals, values and ethics. If the Bible says the man is the head of the house and should be leaders in society, the activists claim it is "sexist and bigoted". If the Bible says a marriage should be between a man and a woman and that homosexuality is immoral, the activists claim it is the people who stand up for morality who are actually immoral. The Bible forbids men from dressing as women, and women dressing as men, so they go a step further and say you can change your gender (and use mental gymnastics to try and say there is a difference between sex and gender to justify themselves).
Eliminating American exceptionalism, fundamental change of national identity, structural deconstruction of foundational principles, elimination of religion. Embedding a new societal design upon the psyche of generations through ideological academia, peer pressure by elites upon academics and society to convince that prior values were inherently flawed, racist, prejudiced etc. National identity is diluted with aspersions toward historical references. National History is re-written, re-defined, and molded to fit the new intended behavioral model and create the new values.
---Established IP are a part of our national, cultural, social and (for many) personal history. To see them try changing history to force in an ideological viewpoint that contradicts national/historical evidence and tradition is only going to create conflict.
"Bread and circuses" (or bread and games; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to *superficial appeasement.* It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
In a political context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace,* by offering a palliative: for example food (bread) or *entertainment* (circuses).
Juvenal originally used it to decry the "selfishness" of common people and their neglect of wider concerns. The phrase implies a population's erosion or ignorance of civic duty as a priority.
---It is evident that only a selfish, small vocal minority of people are being given what they want, and even that is on a superficial, bare minimum level.
This phrase originates from Rome in Satire X of the Roman satirical poet Juvenal (c. 100 AD). In context, the Latin panem et circenses (bread and circuses) identifies the only remaining interest of a Roman *populace that no longer cares for its historical birthright of political involvement.* Here Juvenal displays his contempt for the *declining heroism* of contemporary Romans, using a range of different themes, including lust for power and desire for old age to illustrate his argument.
---All of our childhood heroes are being destroyed by Hollywood, and the new heroes are nothing worth getting excited about.
Juvenal here makes reference to the Roman practice of providing free wheat to Roman citizens as well as costly circus games and other *forms of entertainment as a means of gaining political power.* The Annona (grain dole) was begun under the instigation of the aristocratic popularis politician Gaius Sempronius Gracchus in 123 BC; *it remained an object of political contention until it was taken under the control of the autocratic Roman emperors.*
Step 3 of the "Four steps for ideological subversion".
Crisis-This is a major step lasting up to six weeks and involves *a revolutionary change of power.* This is where a cataclysmic event (false flag event, civil war, invasion) upsets and divides the country thereby creating panic among the citizens.
To Americans, symptoms would include circumventing the Constitution (re: Use "privately owned" social media sites to restrict free speech/First Amendment rights) and altering the checks and balances of government (see: Video and article I posted above), and possible martial law.
Creation of economic, financial and national security crisis. Also includes social crisis and a breakdown of previously self-evident restrictions on moral behavior.
The Cloward-Piven approach is used to create more takers than producers.
*The crisis produces benevolent leaders who will promise to deliver things to meet people's needs through “hope and change”* (ie: Hitler’s rise to power amidst a disenfranchised German population reeling from the effects of WW1) through social and economic justice. False illusion that the situation is under control if strategic directions are followed-Bailouts, regulations of industry and so forth.
When a small minority of people are given entitlements and benefits while the majority suffers, that leads to the majority of people seeking a leader who gives hope to the majority by promising to restore things back to the way they were and Make America Great Again.
Oddly enough, Donald John Trump, descendent of Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, is the man who people will turn to as a means to save us from Communism and give us hope once again.
What's really strange actually is that KFP 4 has the same writers from the previous movies, but the original director is just gone.
There.. they've done it. They've ruined my childhood.
Bro, just pretend the movie never happened. It’s that easy.
@@Gurly23As a long time Kung Fu Panda fan . This movie shocked me and not in a good way .
@JosephinePark-pv6hf I was about to say the same thing. I already did this for at least Indiana Jones, selectively to Batman and Spiderman, Aladin, and the Lion King way before even current-era Disney. Heck, I'm pretty sure I did this to Kung Fu Panda before this one came out.
This is the same plot as cars 3 when you think about it, and i thought cars 3 was pretty disappointing too
lol! seriously I watched that movie and was like..... uh that dude obviously has more horsepower than this random sedan or dodge charger lookin car wtf is this
Hey P,o you're old. Go teach someone new. Because you are old and that's what old people do.
I enjoyed cars 3 felt like a great ending for his career i understand some people's disliking it but it felt real to me at least better than this
Don’t you love it when our hero’s get replaced with annoying kids
I thought it's the best one in the dualogy
"they really want you to know Po has two dads" Of course they do. It's current year
I don’t see the problem. His adoptive dad and his biological dad are equally important to him. It’s a good message. Family is family even if you aren’t related by blood. The relationship he has with his adoptive parent isn’t any less important.
@@blueflare3848 there's no problem, but he said the movie really wants you to know he has two dads. Which makes sense, since Hollywood is pro that stuff
Of course it is. But, you don't have to reiterate that point to prove their importance. The fact that Li and Ping were there should have been enough. Virtue signalling does those two really awesome characters an injustice. Show don't tell @@blueflare3848
@@lowdistortionbut the dads don’t like each other like that, he just has 2 dads
@@PARTY_MUTTwhich makes the constant reminders that much more stupid, no one has a problem with the idea of having an adopted or step-father in addition to your real dad. So why are they pushing it?
The animal, who has the fish inside its beak is not a stork, these birds are called pelicans. A type of very large seabirds that live in America, Africa, and Australia. As for the Chameleon's henchmen, these creatures are supposed to be komodo dragons, the biggest lizard species on earth, but they look more like very lanky iguanas.
yeah and one of my favorite animals are komodo dragons
wait... they were supposed to be komodo dragons? They really done did the animal in real life who knows how to fight DIRTY by making them basic henchmen.
DreamWorks is Theseus's animation studio. Everyone who made the movies we love is gone. All that's left is the name.
I COMPLETELY agree with what you said about Awkwafin. I enjoyed her character in Shang Chi. I do feel that Po rising up to Oogway's mantle was a great idea. Also, the Chameleon's powers were pretty cool. She was basically an evil Kirby. BUTT!!! The lack of depth and wasted character arcs was VERY disappointed. Foxkwafina(Zhen) was cute... but cliché as hell, and talked....alot. What I liked the most is that Po was strong as hell!!! For that alone... I gave this a 7 out of ten... a C-. But otherwise, DreamWorks... you gotta do better. I know Pusd In Boots2 was a *perfect* movie...but that doesn't mean you should stop making movies that great.
I would have loved if Chameleon was using the shape-shifting powers to sow chaos or confuse the heroes or something. As it is, the powers don't serve any purpose and she doesn't even use them on Po!
This one had potential and they took the easy route in every way
@@gregowen2022sure did lol Like you said, laziness
Po was strong as hell in the 4th, but they nerfed the SHIT out of him during the storm fight with Zhen just to make her look better or "skilled". Po was punched through an entire mountain by Kai's chi-powered punch and shrugged it off, yet he was left tired and exhausted after retrieving a few damn hits from Zhen who'd realistically hit like a child if you compare it to all the shit Po endured through-out the franchise.
@@user-zw2wq8jo2rin that scene I was fully expecting him to just go through her like she wasn’t even an obstacle, but then he like pretty much loses?
@@SyntheticSpy Yeah, even though I'd say he was DEFINITELY holding back, there's no way he'd struggle that hard against Zhen. Especially given how damn strong he is.
Kai shouldn't even be there, right? In the ending, Poe gives Kai all of his Chi and he explodes... he was already a spirit warrior when he explodes... shouldn't he just no longer exist?
For Kung Fu Panda 5 can they just make this story a fever dream so nothing really happened?
I wish
Had to rewatch the first two kung fu panda films to wash this one out of my mouth.
Rewatching one reminded me of how near perfect a film can be. Rewatching 2 caused it to dim a little in my eyes but still a fantastic film that by all means should have ended the film series then and there.
Yea 3 was the weakest but still a good film until this came out.
It's sad. Kung Fu Panda is my favorite Dreamworks franchise.
I could tell it wasn't going to be a clever sequel when Awkwafina was the sidekick.
You deserve a thanks for suffering through this for us. I hope you watch the first three again as a palette cleanser. When you are ready!
That is extremely kind, thank you so much!
I was already dissapointed with the third one so I saw this coming since they announced it, I hoped this might be another chace to have the last one be something special, but I guess the first 2 will always be the best, it was the same thing with Hotel Transilvania. I'm also tired of Awkwafina to be honest
Agreed. I didn't hate the third movie, but it's clearly the weakest of the trilogy. This could have attempted to redeem it, but they decided to phone it in instead
Watching this made realize we were a bit too harsh on 3
Nah you weren't, 4 is still better than the dumpster fire that is 3.
@@fireemblemaddict128 Nah bro the villain is not as good as kai in any way
@@fireemblemaddict128 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@OhNoTheFace Lucius spotted out in the wild.
Also, I'm right. Recency bias is making people hate Chameleon more but Kai is even more underdevelopment and meaningless.
@E.Zleech I can name several ways she is better than Kai. Can you point out how Kai might be better?
I rewatched Kungfu Panda 1, 2, and 3 a few days before 4. People forgot how undeveloped Kai was.
I'm certain I put more thought into this than any UA-camr who made a video on this recently as none of them have any points, they just say Chameleon is bad. Which I mean, she isn't a good character. But people are so blinded by the hate wagon they forgot how trash Kai was.
I think like many once you create something great and accomplish great success, the temptation you have to overcome is not listening to the echo chamber that tells you everything you do is amazing because it blinds you from creating great work, it makes you lazy cause you think everybody will like it anyway, frees you from doubt and doubt is an important ingrediant for great work, so its a mixture of playing it safe, thinking they are hot shit and comfort and leaning on what they have done before, combine those together, you get reboots or sequals that are pretty "cool" on the surface but for a mature mind it lacks progression and substance.
As soon as I saw the trailer I knew I didn't care. The 3rd one ended on a perfect note. Po mastered Chi, came to terms with his past, defeated the big bad bull with the badass weapons, freed the souls of the captured warriors, and completed his journey.
This is up there with Toy Story 4 as one of the most unwanted sequels of all time. Not only that, but they shoved in some of the "classic" contemporary Hollywood tropes. A shit covered cherry on the shit covered cake. Great.
Edit: This was commented twice because UA-cam was being stupid.
I think comparing it to toy story 4 is a bit harsh. I thought this movie was fine. not great of course, but it didn't do anything to ruin any of it's characters. Toy Story 4 is a complete betrayal of all the lessons and values that series built up.
Honestly I would've preferred that was how tai lung was freed from the spirit realm instead of the chameleon
@@ArynBacklogDragonthe comparison is valid…Kung Fu Panda 4 wasn’t needed
They should have simply made a series instead of a movie(one that's actually good this time), working with Po as a teacher, Tai Lung's redemption and introducing interesting villains.
3rd one was trash, I don't care how nice of an ending it was, there was no narrative tension or character development in KFP3.
Him saying he almost fell asleep while watching kung fu panda is exactly how I felt watching Batman versus Superman except me and my uncle literally fell asleep
They won't stop until every Kung Fu movie trope is exhausted 🤣
This movie was failed in the beginning their isn’t any story left to tell.
It was clearly a cash grab. Based just on the villain.
I guess I can add a new basis for my “bad writing red flag”.
1: When a writer takes their story out of their established world because they can’t remember their own rules.
(Multiverses: MOM, Time travel: Terminator, Alternate worlds: RWBY)
2. A writer reuses villians or heroes who are dead as new villians. In either comics resurrection. Or shapeshifting.
3. Lecturing during the marketing. (Captain Marvel, She-Hulk)
Ha, those red flags are extremely accurate. Excellent list
@@gregowen2022I can at least thank these bad writers.
For one thing what to avoid in my own writing. Especially since I have a “strong female character”.
I simply gave her flaws. And made it so when she is unlikable.
She gets called out for it and it ruins her reputation. And she grows.
Wonder why big companies couldn't piece that together 😂
We just going to ignore some street fox was able to go head to head with Po who is suppose to be the master of kung fu?
@@magistersolis.3750
Omg did Viola Davis try to lecture people again in the KFP marketing reels? Cause it wouldn‘t be the first time. Jeez she is unlikable af.
@@jadjason6053 Who is Viola Davis?
I have seen a few comments and my idea would be to join a couple ideas for a long and interesting movie. People mentioned Tai Lungs redemption arc and people also mentions Po becoming a teacher naturally and teaching Zhen how to be a better person, her inner self yada yada yada. These ideas could be put together where two things are developing at same time where Po chooses to try and teach Zhen but will not be good at in, main bad guy shows up, Tai Lung is brought back and Po and Tai Lung will have to join forces, Tai lung will see Po through out the journey and breaks between fights and events as a sloppy teacher, and with his sturn attitude, Tai Lung would teach Zhen how to fight which would show po how to teach others how to fight, but then Po would help Zhen find her inner self and Tai Lung as a spectator would learn and reflect on himself after seeing and listening to those interactions. This would then fall into an ending where Po becomes the next master Oogway, Tai Lung would be the strict teacher like Shifu and Zhen would become the next dragon warrior, plus it would be a neat scene where master Shifu would get to see that Tai Lung one of his most precious students would finally find inner peace and be in the right place, master Shifu would leave the Jade palace as everything would be left in perfect hands. My idea inspired by some of the ideas of others.
It feels like the Kung Fu Panda tv show
Ep1 Fox come to steal
Ep2 Show big bad
Ep3 Show 2 dad
Ep4 Beat big bad
Ep5 Fox who steal is now good guy
I watched this movie being really excited since I love the Kung Fu Panda franchise...just for it to be painfully mid
I really had my fingers crossed, but they chose the lazy cash grab option. Very sad
I don't see anyone else talk about this - the og characters were designed after their Fighting styles (crane, snake, tiger, mantis ,etc...) There is no fox in kung fu, as far as I know.
Puss in Boots The Last Wish gave them the artistic Blue print to make this movie and yet they ignored it, to make a lil kids movie.... I am hoping Shrek 5 is a good movie🤞
Shrek 4 was the apology and redo of Shrek 3 and it made up for it (I love how much they gave that movie the middle finger when they did the montage at the end of Shrek 4: a single scene that excluded Arthur and Merlin, thank God!). Shrek 5 is probably going to be a mistake. I hope I'm wrong, but a pattern is starting to become clear and I'd rather the franchise not fade into a state of suckage that colors the ones that came before it.
How does a film in 2008 look better then a movie in 2024?????
Ian Mcshane didn't come back to play Tai Lung because he was too busy doing John Wick 4
When the chameleon told her backstory, All I thought was that it's the same as minkey's a character from Kao the kangaroo
I hated tai lung in the movie he didn’t act at all how he did in the first one. He was just constantly making jokes and being sarcastic I hated every time he spoke.
1:55 "which was definitely... a *choice* ..." 🤣
Plot wasn't great yeah but I'm an animation nut and this movies action scenes were actually really good. I really liked the chameleon fight at the end, that sections choreography and creativity with how she fights was great
Yh the camera work was great for her fight against Po...then they stsrt her fight against Zhen which killed like ALL the tension🙃
@@no.1spidey-fan182 completely fair. But I still really enjoyed the erratic movements of chameleon Po, they looked so quick and unnatural and I loved it.
Imagine being defeated in only two hits form an OP magic stick couldn’t be the previous villains
I still had the thought it would have been interesting if Po had to find and redeem Tai Lung and train him so that he could become the next dragon warrior. I think a redemption arc and Po becoming the teacher , not the student, and a spiritual leader and not a warrior would have been an novel arc. But no - we got this >__
I love the 4yo "1 bathroom break (2nd attempt denied)" I felt that😅
I wish that in kung fu panda 4 that tai lung was like more of a character instead of zhen. I wanted tai lung to like stay alive and adopt zhen as an apprentice in learning to be unevil together or something more dialogue wise between those two. But its also the first movie date me and my bf had so its always gonna be nostalgic tbh
Thank you for your input and your review of the movie. I wasn't really planning on going to watch it. I felt like the third one ended on a great note and I'd like to leave that memory that way
So what your saying is Kai just leaves the scene like Po's his master, that's disgusting, the biggest and baddest character just surrenders to Po just like that, man this is ugly.
He's had a few years in the spirit realm to mellow out a little.
@@ninjafoxgamesgeekery4555 He spent 500 hundred years in the sprit realm, and he even said at the end of 3 that he would spend another 500 just to get Po’s chi. There’s no way he wouldn’t be seething to get his lick back (also the fact that he’s even here is impossible, since he was essentially erased after gaining to much chi at the end of the third movie the same could be said for Shen those two had no reason to be here other than for terrible fan service)
ok kung fu panda 4 was mid and all
but here's my takeaway
The Jack Black Baby one more time cover goes INSANELY HARD
MY LONELINESS, IS KILLING MEEEEEE 🗣️🔥
It’s basically another Toy Story 4 incident. The movie wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t good, it was mid and overall unnecessary. I just wish companies would stop breaking trilogies that should’ve stayed trilogies just for money.
To me, KFP4 is an epilogue, not a finale. It ties up lose ends no one cared about, and answers questions no one asked. But importantly, it DOESN'T erase the happy ending of the previous installment, like ANOTHER "4" movie I could mention...
It's not the best, but it's enjoyable in its own way.
I'm also glad they didn't try to imitate the style of The Last Wish. It had its own style, so there wasn't any over-saturation of an otherwise good thing!
Sorry dude, ur judging with ur nostalgic hearth, The reality is that this movie doesn't have sense, doesn't feel like and epilogue (it's the start of a new trilogy) and just make us feel that Dreamworks will dissapeard in a few years
We *really* felt Jennifer Yun Nelson's absence in this film.🙁
To answer the question posed at the end, Puss in Boats The Last Wish was the exception and you expected it to be the rule.
My expectations were unfortunately low from what was shown in the trailers, but I was at least hoping that the chameleon could be the highlight of a mediocre movie (admittedly I developed a bit of a crush on her when the first trailer dropped). Like she genuinely has potential, the shapeshifting idea was so cool, but she was underutilized because she barely shows up, she barely gets fleshed out, and you can't scare the kiddies by having her commit war crimes like Shen did so down the stairs you go. Even in my lovestruck daze I could tell she paled in comparison to the other villains we were given. Imagine if the time given to Po's dads was given to her instead, and they gave her more of a personality, and they gave her a motivation that doesn't suck. Like maybe she tells people she was rejected because she was too small but actually she was rejected by every martial artist because she's just an all around insufferable woman and nobody wanted to deal with her, so she rose through her own means, i.e. becoming a literal crime boss. Idk I'm just tossing out ideas off the top of my head but I really wish more was done with her, she showed so much promise.
Po had a great ending to his story in the third movie I would have enjoyed a team up with Tai Lung and then the movie ended up being a redemption for Tai Lung and having him repair things with Shifu, much better plot right there not to mention all the things they could have done better with the villain
You really nailed the disappointed dad vibe straight from the beginning, the edgier version of it. 8O I wondered if this franchise could possibly have a good fourth installment left in it. From the trailer, I expected Po to defeat the bad guy/girl by literally doing nothing, so she'd have no attack to copy. I think I forgot to tell you last time I commented that I think your kid-score method is genius. That's useful info there I don't think any other reviewer on UA-cam gives. It really helps you stand out. :)
‘Member when we knew “Story is king?”
Weird since they put out movies like Puss in Boots 2, and a moive like Teenage Kraken and Kung Fu Panda 4 back to back. I guess they have whole separate set of teams working on different movies.
First movie i ever wanted to walk out of. First movie to make me physically eye roll.
Tai Lung’s appearance was probably the best thing about Kung Fu Panda 4
O dear LORD! They recycled the baddies: The final sign that they lost their touch with their own franchise, they got LAZY!
Man, REALLY? You had TIME to work on one of the most beloved characters and this is your best? After that masterwork that is Puss in Boots the Last Wish? SERIOUSLY?
This is really disappointing. I mean, I never got into Kung Fu Panda, but I knew the story and themes are stellar. If this is a slap in the face to me, I can't imagine what it's like for diehard fans.
everyone wanted a tai lung redemption arc and him to finally become the dragon warrior, but instead we have awkwafina so we can bring her back because she'll literally be in any movie that gives her money.. another franchise ruined imo 💔
I really enjoyed the film and think it's far better than the third. I think it has some of the best action scenes with the fight choreography being on point, the fight in the smoke and the one in the thunder strorm being highlights for me, and i think it has some of the best looking amimation in the series. To me it felt more like a follow up the first film specifically rather than a sequel to 3. The film is about change and acceptance. It's about how as we get older things will inevitably change regardless of whether we went them to or not and that is something we have to accept which I think is an important message for children considering they're the films primary demographic, like I love the scene after Po's initial failure where he says he wishes that things had just stayed the same and his father says this to him in response "Everyone is afraid of change... change doesn't always have to be a bad thing... if things stay the same forever sooner or later they'll lose their flavor", that's the whole point of the chameleon, she's a character who is constantly changing on the outside and her major flaw is that refuses to change how she is on the inside as a person and is defeated when Po fully accepts change and allows Zhen to join the fight and be his successor, and since this is the first film in a new trilogy this narrative makes sense and on top of that this film re-enforces the message of the first film, that you can make something out of nothing if you just believe that something can come out of out said nothingness. That's why they brought back the peach pit metaphor from the first film. That's also why Zhen is similar to Po in the first film, she came from nothing, and didn't see or understand the importance of being a good person until meeting Po who believes in her and that she can be better that what she previously thought she was capable of. People just saw Po as a fat smelly loser who couldn't be anything else, every one also saw Zhen as nothing but a lowlife thief and backstabbing servant to the chameleon, both Po and Zhen proved everyone wrong once people believed in them and more importantly when they believed in themselves.
I think people went into this film with skewed expectations, they wanted the Furious Five back in full swing and for Tai Lung to go on this big redemption arc and become the next dragon warrior, or something ridiculous like that, and they refuse to just see the movie for what it is and accept it that way so they were disappointed. But in the words of Master Oogway "you may wish for an apple or an orange but you will get a peach."
But whatever if you don't like the film and got nothing out of it like I did, fair, to each his own.
I also agree that this film isn’t bad outright, just different and preparing to tell a different story about Po. It makes sense that after the lessons he learned from the first 3 movies that he should take on a more full time teaching/leading role, and find a student as well. Part of being a teacher is having someone to teach after all.
The Furious 5 already have their own styles and skills developed from their time with Oogway and Shifu, so they are out. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to bring Tai Lung back because he didn’t have the inner workings to be the Dragon Warrior and honestly, leaving the Spirit Realm to study under Po would be both a downgrade and probably humiliating thing for him.
It made sense that Po would need to take on an apprentice outside of the Valley since he’s too close to everyone and Zhen being from the outside allows them to explore different perspectives.
Yeah the movie could have been polished up in some spots, but I thing it worked as a solid foundation for the next stage in Po’s life.
I agree with the 4 year old. Before 7 kids are still a rather blank slate and have strong intuition. Being relatively blank slates they don't conform to expectations set by others such as suffering through a bad movie because someone else wanted to see it.
I actually like the first 3 Kung Fu Panda movies, but I learned my lesson with Toy Story, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel, Willow, & any animated direct to video sequel that disney doesn't let anything go out on a high note. Awkward-fina did no favors in swaying my interest. Her comedic timing & delivery is painfully predictable.
Your review is fantastic, thank you for confirming my suspicions.
Yeah...this made me sad more than angry. 1-3 were so amazing (2 being my favorite). This was just a straight-to-dvd sequel movie a-la 1990s Disney released to theaters. The only thing that made me laugh was when Po's dad...the biological one...chewed on some Pai Sho tiles, in a failed intimidation attempt, and spits out his teeth. That sequence takes 5 seconds....5 seconds out of an entire hour and a half. Can someone PLEASE rehire John Lasseter? I think he learned his lesson. I doubt he'll ever rub anyone's shoulders ever again. We all need him back in Disney or DreamWorks asap
They should up the 5 film and make it like the 2nd movie make it thought provoking and dark.
(Yes there is more films on the way and they are making it into 6 films)
I even settle for a furious five tv series or film spin off.
I expected the murlock clip charging lol 😂. Would have been golden!
There was so many theories going around with this movie before it released on top of Dreamworks usually having really amazing story telling (obviously not so much the last few films) I would have killed to see a Tai lung redemption arc, but after seeing more and more of the fox character I had my concerns... Its a shame that Kung Fu panda went down this route, the first two of them being my favourite movies of all time. Its clear there was no passion put into this.
Is it weird that this was what I was expecting from this movie? Ever since the trailer for Kung Fu Panda 4 was released, I thought "But why do we need a fourth movie? Kung Fu Panda 3 ended the story perfectly." I'm can't say I'm surprised by how right I was. 🐼🥋
Damn, and i was looking forward to this.
Il be honest this felt like one of those tv series but with a higher budget…this felt like the Netflix kungfu panda series but with a higher budget.
I was more than looking forwardto this. I thought it was a sure fire winner given the previous 3. damn it!
Going to have to be like Toy Story 4, we just pretend it doesn't exist
Personally, I thought it was funny at times though that might be just my level of humor speaking. I understand that it might be Dreamworks first mid movie in a great franchise. The other reviews that I looked at wondered if this movie should've been made in the first place given that Po was still young when he was given the ultimatum by Master Shifu and also noticed the lack of being threatening by The Chameleon and lackluster reason for doing what she did. Still, it's surprisingly doing gangbusters at the theater where I'm working so we might be at the edge of this before people starting to notice that DEI is starting to infect Dreamworks. We'll see.
Why does Akwafina keep getting work???
I can think of better plot for next movie then what they’re gonna come up with. The next movie should be about fighting (kung fu) not always being there answer to fix your problems. And sometimes just basic talk and peace can prevent bad things. You know, prevent a war before it even starts type of a thing. But they’re probably not gonna think of this.
A better Kung Fu Panda 4 would have been what the show (Kung Fu Panda Legend of Awesomeness, try to say that 5 times fast) did with Peng. Him looking up to his uncle Tai Lung. Having him trust Po only to then have him find out he killed the person he looked up to because he didnt know about what his uncle became only what he was. Then having Po going through what Shi Fu by seeing Tai's darkness only to have him make the good decision, unlike Shi Fu and a certain Jedi not acting like his former self, did when he saw darkness in someone else. But this is why we cant have nice things when just dumping exposition so you can dump a plot that can be dumped onto a streaming service. Like Megamind 2 and the "show" that was also released and I refuse to see because looks like a big dump load.
The second I heard a fourth one was coming, I was incredibly skeptical that they would tarnish what was a perfect trilogy. Looks like my fears were valid.
I was so desperately hoping this would be as big of a surprise as puss in boots 2 was 😭
As someone said in another video, Puss in Boots The Last Wish wasn't a sign of change. It was an anomaly.
At this point, does anyone need Aquafina in a movie? She's like her namesake: Bland and Flavorless, though she doesn't bring life to anything.
Something like Vinland saga where in the end violence is not the answer
the intro.
savage
"That's a lot of bull"... oscar worthy:D
I feel like this movie could have been a lot more interesting if they had followed the change theme more literally. Maybe have chameleon as the the owner of an outdated business, while society is moving towards a more futuristic business model. Have her frustrated by this and use new tech to show the world that we should live in the past and not evolve due to the fears of new change (a tech is bad sort of approach). Meanwhile, Poe is struggling to deal with the change of going on less awesome (I know the writers love that word so that should meet the quota for them) adventures and instead is taking up more of a Oogway role where he doesn't really fight and what not, having Poe struggling to come to terms with this change. Obviously, in the end showing that change is a good thing and allows Poe to better more lives by becoming a teacher instead of a warrior. Thoughts anyone?
Tai lung should be the dragon warrior he deserves it
The only good thing about the kung fu panda movie was tai lung and he should've been the new dragon warrior if they insist to give to someone
The fox and juniper city are Tokyo Japan. Otherwise, everything else, spot on.
At least the movie’s promo of Tenacious D covering Britney Spears’ Hit Me Baby One More Time was entertaining. I could use an entire album of 90s pop covers.
I hope The Wild Robot is good. The trailer for that looks great and it’s from the director of Lilo and Stitch and HTTYD. Dreamworks really needs to get back on track
Man. Every movie these days just has no decent writing. These movies are meant to tell a story, but not to TELL the story to us!
Honestly, this makes me wanna write my own Kung Fu Panda movie. Maybe one that'll expand the world and bring Japan into the picture.
Google Docs, let's go!
I haven't watched the video yet but I felt like I could tell from the trailer that it didn't have the same magic. Not surprised to hear you found it disappointing.
Dreamworks are apparently shutting down internal film development and focusing on working with external film studios. The Wild Robot is the last film they’ve got from their animation department.
lame
What "genius" thought that was a good dea after Puss in Boots 2!?😭
English?
THE FURIOUS FIVE DON'T APPEAR!? 😮 Now I'm mad.
i have the same mug!
Another missed opportunity. The villain says she couldn’t learn Kung Fu because she is too small despite Viper and Mantis being smaller would be a perfect time for the movie to acknowledge that some people are power hungry and evil and have justifications for that bad behavior that are MADE UP! It’s not even that far fetched! I do it daily because I have a bad coffee habit, I drink way too much coffee, but I have my excuses that I will tell you through my yellow teeth.
As for Dreamworks I dunno… seems they were not spared the bad writing kick that is ravaging HWood I thought The Last Wish was a triumph but then we got all the rest and they’re fine I guess. Trolls is Trolls not particularly deep or anything but it’s fine. HTTYD seems to be failing with 9 Relms for TV being garbage tier so I dunno.
Might they have made his sequel so they can make a dreamworks movie verse where shrek, kungfu panda and others combine? If so i think that the fights would develop where death would be beating everyones butt with oogway ultimately stopping him, since weve never seen oogway at his full...just my opinion
Not sure why they felt they needed to make a 4th film.
I thought it was okay, but nothing special and definitely not a necessary movie. The second film will always be my favorite.
Given that its the Year of the Dragon I expected better coming from the DRAGON WARRIOR
My youngest got so bored he started walking out 😅
hey, at least we got a Jack Black cover of Brittney.
The chameleon needed more story more evil anything it was such a unique design, so much wasted potential
The villain, was traumatizing for me. Not good, just traumatizing.