After watching the 4th films and that got me thinking "Was Kung Fu Panda 3 really that bad?" I had previously trashed on this film for being inferior to the first 2 but maybe I have been a little too harsh
The animation looks gorgeous! They tried putting a lot of styles into this and it in a visually appealing film that looks even ahead of it's time today
General Kai, although not as insanely well-written as the previous villains is still quite the bull. He is for sure a bit intimidating, any fight scene with him just is just great accompanied by a wonderful soundtrack. Speaking of which Hans Zimmer nails it again with a sick soundtrack which makes the action a lot more tense
The fight scenes are just as good. Kai with his sheer strength and with the guild of his blades make for awesome battle scenes and be may be the funniest overall
The tone was just right. It was overall a pretty goofy film but turned dark and became serious when it needs to and the few dark moments it have are pretty sad
However one major drawback was the panda village. Every panda there was just meh and not really memorable. All the new characters except Li and Kai really felt generic. I also feel like they spend too much precious time on the panda village that instead could have been spent on giving Kai more depth that easily would have made it as good as the first 2
Overall a fun 3rd installment of a wise franchise. No matter how many more Kung Fu Panda's they put out after this film. Kung Fu Panda 3 will always be a natural conclusion to this series
Rating: 8.3/10.
The animation looks gorgeous! They tried putting a lot of styles into this and it in a visually appealing film that looks even ahead of it's time today
General Kai, although not as insanely well-written as the previous villains is still quite the bull. He is for sure a bit intimidating, any fight scene with him just is just great accompanied by a wonderful soundtrack. Speaking of which Hans Zimmer nails it again with a sick soundtrack which makes the action a lot more tense
The fight scenes are just as good. Kai with his sheer strength and with the guild of his blades make for awesome battle scenes and be may be the funniest overall
The tone was just right. It was overall a pretty goofy film but turned dark and became serious when it needs to and the few dark moments it have are pretty sad
However one major drawback was the panda village. Every panda there was just meh and not really memorable. All the new characters except Li and Kai really felt generic. I also feel like they spend too much precious time on the panda village that instead could have been spent on giving Kai more depth that easily would have made it as good as the first 2
Overall a fun 3rd installment of a wise franchise. No matter how many more Kung Fu Panda's they put out after this film. Kung Fu Panda 3 will always be a natural conclusion to this series
Rating: 8.3/10.