Kung Fu Panda 4 | The 6 Kid Family Review

[thefanwithoutaface]

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.

[Sjono]

Toy Story 4: “Finally a worthy opponent. Our disappointment will be legendary!”

[arturzinurov]

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

[HestiaHearthfire]

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!

[LukeTheGhostKiller]

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??

[emeraldemuto]

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.

[theanimeunderworld]

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)

[hyperlink]

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.

[Robyamdam]

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.

[elusivemayfly]

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!

[rohit_]

There.. they've done it. They've ruined my childhood.

[Nonjola]

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.

[mr.miscellaneous]

This is the same plot as cars 3 when you think about it, and i thought cars 3 was pretty disappointing too

[sandwichboy]

DreamWorks is Theseus's animation studio. Everyone who made the movies we love is gone. All that's left is the name.

[CaptainCreature]

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.

[Eric_Black]

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?

[TropicaIJay]

"they really want you to know Po has two dads" Of course they do. It's current year

[theofficialVEVOformu]

Tai Lung’s appearance was probably the best thing about Kung Fu Panda 4

[BingBangPoe]

For Kung Fu Panda 5 can they just make this story a fever dream so nothing really happened?

[GeekOwtLowd]

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.