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This afternoon, my husband and I took our four-year-old nephew on a Guncle Movie Day, filled with popcorn, gummies, and a stop at the donut shop afterwards, as promised. On the way out of the theater, with a vocabulary fueled by one of Illumination’s trailers, our nephew offered his review: “That movie was despicable. I never want to see it again.” While even I am not so harsh a critic, I can’t deny that he’s on to something. Over the past week, I had the pleasure of catching up on this series of animated films for the first time. Released from 2008 to 2016, they vary in their degrees of success, but there’s a heart that ties a through line across them. Eight years ago, the third movie was undoubtedly planned to be the finale, wrapping up a trilogy of family trauma, self-discovery, and belief in one’s self. Now, the franchise has returned from the Spirit Realm with a hollow, heartless 90 minutes that feels like little more than a cash grab. Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) has decided: Po (Jack Black), our beloved panda and Dragon Warrior, is to become the spiritual leader of Peace Valley. He must pass down his mantle of “Dragon Warrior” to a successor of his choosing; Po has a difficult time with accepting this change. All the while, a witch chameleon (known only as “The Chameleon”, voiced by Viola Davis) with shapeshifting abilities and non-existent motivation is bent on collecting the kung fu abilities of masters from the Spirit Realm to use in her conquest of China. The catch? She needs Po’s Staff of Wisdom to do it. Teaming up with newcomer fox Zhen (Awkwafina), Po sets out to stop The Chameleon. Animation has jumped leagues in the near-decade since the last Kung Fu Panda movie, and it’s visible all over the screen. There’s a depth of field to many shots that didn’t exist previously, and a fluidity to the character movement (particularly The Chameleon) that’s really impressive. The environments are also much more ambitious, this time around bringing us to a massive, bustling city (that, in a running joke, has never heard of Po or the Dragon Warrior). The Chameleon herself is an interesting visual feat as well, changing shape and size frequently and, when necessary, in a pretty frightening manner. The production makes a smart choice of keeping her scales in the texture of whatever character’s skin she is in, making identification easier for audiences. Unfortunately, both The Chameleon and the film itself are lots of fun to look at, but fail to thrill otherwise. Where Po’s previous nemeses were driven by relationships and paranoia, our villain this time around simply sets her eyes on world domination for the heck of it. Similarly, Po’s personal journey of growth has fallen completely by the wayside to allow for the inclusion of a bland new protagonist, Zhen, voiced by an underwhelmed Awkwafina. Ian McShane turns up to briefly voice Tai Lung, along with James Hong and Brian Cranston as Po’s dads (long story), but other than that, there is an absolutely deafening silence from the stars that previously voiced the Furious Five. Though their absence is quickly explained away, it reads glaringly as both a lack of belief in the material and as a cost-cutting measure. Po’s arc had been completed; through discovering where he belonged in the world and who he belonged with, he unlocked his own true potential for kung fu mastery. Here, he’s predominantly been dragged back out to facilitate the introduction of what’s positioned to be the new headliner for the foreseeable future. Don’t be too surprised when we get Kung Fu Fox in a few years.

No matter what you thought of the movie, you have to admit Tenacious D's cover of Baby One More Time rocked!

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A good one time watch,I actually thought the pig in the panda costume would be the dragon warrior for some reason.Loved the parents

Onestamente come film non mi è dispiaciuto. Certo, non è minimamente paragonabile al resto della saga, ma non è così male. La struttura è molto semplice, colpi di scena non troppo travolgenti e le storie separate dei vari personaggi sono state trattate discretamente bene. Il villain davvero figo, ma me lo aspettavo più forte e che lo avessero "ingigantito" di più, sia per il tempo sullo schermo, sia durante il combattimento finale. Dai, alla fine non è così male 🐼☯️