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Kung Fu Panda 3 Review


What I liked: This is really good for a third installment of a film that was planned as a stand alone. The first one was surprisingly funny; this one was much the same: surprising. I was impressed that they were still able to make me laugh. I was impressed that after making a cuddly panda the most powerful kungfu fighter in the animal world in the first movie, and the second, they were able to not only come up with increasingly strong villains to challenge the panda but also that they were able to have somewhere for the panda to grow as a character. There was some cool animation especially with some parts at the end with drawing with light. And the baby pandas are really cute. I liked the portion of Po trying to teach the Kung Fu class. I'm not sure that the panda army would be nearly as effective as the movie portrayed. Sometimes being you just isn't as good as being a ninja assassin, or Batman. But the only kids movie the would say that is one from Pixar so we can live with the be yourself moral of the story. I did like the battle between the little raccoon guy and the evil ox.

What I didn't: While they did a good job of letting the panda grow some as a character, everyone else in the whole cast has been pretty static. Forever. The kung fu friends are pretty cool too and it would have been nice to have more screen time with them. I didn't love the hidden panda society thing or the dad story arc. Both had their moments but didn't really catch my interest.

Who should watch this? If you liked the first two, you will like this one too.

Would I watch it again? It was fun, I liked it better than the second one. If I were to rewatch I would probably go for the first one.

Final note: how are there no good movie posters for this? I mean how hard is it to make a poster? honestly.
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