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My Thoughts About Kung Fu Panda 4 🐼
a year ago
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I watched Kung Fu Panda 4 in theaters as my friends watched the movie and I watched it again on Movies On Demand and it was a really great sequel from the Kung Fu Panda franchise. But I had a bit of a mixed thoughts and feelings about this movie, because I've never seen anything like this before from the franchise.
After John Stevenson and Mark Osborne directed Kung Fu Panda, Jennifer Yuh Nelson directed Kung Fu Panda 2 and then directed Kung Fu Panda 3 alongside with Alessandra Carloni, Mike Mitchell took over as director of KFP 4, after he directed Trolls and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, with Stephanie Ma Stone as co-director, making her directoral debut. What I find it new about the franchise is KFP 4 premiered in March, the same month as the death of Akira Toriyama, Woody Woodpecker Goes To Camp, and the South Park: Snow Day video game. Previously, KFP was premiered in June 2008, KFP 2 premiered in May 2011, and KFP 3 premiered in January 2016. KFP 4 is one of the furry media that has a March release, just like Zootopia, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Raya And The Last Dragon, the DuckTales (2017) episode "The Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker," and Turning Red. Speaking of all that, Lori Tan Chinn did the voice of Granny Boar after she was the voice of Auntie Chen from Turning Red.
For some reasons, Kung Fu Panda 4 reminds me of Zootopia, because both movies has a March release and Zhen The Fox Bandit reminds me of and compared to Judy Hopps, because they're both small characters, but with different personalities, and yeah, she does look similar to Kitty Softpaws from Puss In Boots and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, because they're both thief-type characters. This is the first time KFP 4 has Po's brief inflation scene where Zhen covers Po's nose to prevent him from sneezing, causing his body to expand a bit, then lets out a small fart, after Po's inflation scenes from the Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness episode "In With The Old" and the promo for the show entitled "Kung Fu Animal Alphabet," as well as Shifu's inflation scene from the short film Kung Fu Panda: Secrets Of The Scroll. This scene makes the franchise's first cinematic inflation scene. To me, KFP 4 is another movie that changed my entire life and my point of view with everything forever, because of the brief inflation scene, and I do feel same way with Zootopia, Dragon Rider (A.K.A. Firedrake The Silver Dragon), and Turning Red, because of all the furry content and one inflation scene from Dragon Rider, of course.
Nevertheless, Kung Fu Panda 4 is one of the best movies of 2024 and one of the best movies of the 2020s so far. Also, KFP 4 is one of the celebrated movies ever and to me, one of the movies I considered "Citizen Kane" (as in "celebrated"), alongside with The Lion King, Spirited Away, Zootopia, Turning Red, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, because of Jack Black's cinematic return as Po, the return of Tai Lung from the first movie, and it finally breaks the franchise's 13-year trend as it made the strong box office alongside with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Speaking of that part, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire would be a perfect double feature, right after Zootopia and The Jungle Book live action remake back in 2016 and Turning Red and The Bad Guys back in 2022, because two movies of 2024 are both number 1 movies in the world and both highest-grossing movies of this year.
I always love the Kung Fu Panda franchise as much as Po and a few of my favorite characters growing up and I can't wait for the next two sequels in the future!
After John Stevenson and Mark Osborne directed Kung Fu Panda, Jennifer Yuh Nelson directed Kung Fu Panda 2 and then directed Kung Fu Panda 3 alongside with Alessandra Carloni, Mike Mitchell took over as director of KFP 4, after he directed Trolls and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, with Stephanie Ma Stone as co-director, making her directoral debut. What I find it new about the franchise is KFP 4 premiered in March, the same month as the death of Akira Toriyama, Woody Woodpecker Goes To Camp, and the South Park: Snow Day video game. Previously, KFP was premiered in June 2008, KFP 2 premiered in May 2011, and KFP 3 premiered in January 2016. KFP 4 is one of the furry media that has a March release, just like Zootopia, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Raya And The Last Dragon, the DuckTales (2017) episode "The Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker," and Turning Red. Speaking of all that, Lori Tan Chinn did the voice of Granny Boar after she was the voice of Auntie Chen from Turning Red.
For some reasons, Kung Fu Panda 4 reminds me of Zootopia, because both movies has a March release and Zhen The Fox Bandit reminds me of and compared to Judy Hopps, because they're both small characters, but with different personalities, and yeah, she does look similar to Kitty Softpaws from Puss In Boots and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, because they're both thief-type characters. This is the first time KFP 4 has Po's brief inflation scene where Zhen covers Po's nose to prevent him from sneezing, causing his body to expand a bit, then lets out a small fart, after Po's inflation scenes from the Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness episode "In With The Old" and the promo for the show entitled "Kung Fu Animal Alphabet," as well as Shifu's inflation scene from the short film Kung Fu Panda: Secrets Of The Scroll. This scene makes the franchise's first cinematic inflation scene. To me, KFP 4 is another movie that changed my entire life and my point of view with everything forever, because of the brief inflation scene, and I do feel same way with Zootopia, Dragon Rider (A.K.A. Firedrake The Silver Dragon), and Turning Red, because of all the furry content and one inflation scene from Dragon Rider, of course.
Nevertheless, Kung Fu Panda 4 is one of the best movies of 2024 and one of the best movies of the 2020s so far. Also, KFP 4 is one of the celebrated movies ever and to me, one of the movies I considered "Citizen Kane" (as in "celebrated"), alongside with The Lion King, Spirited Away, Zootopia, Turning Red, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, because of Jack Black's cinematic return as Po, the return of Tai Lung from the first movie, and it finally breaks the franchise's 13-year trend as it made the strong box office alongside with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Speaking of that part, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire would be a perfect double feature, right after Zootopia and The Jungle Book live action remake back in 2016 and Turning Red and The Bad Guys back in 2022, because two movies of 2024 are both number 1 movies in the world and both highest-grossing movies of this year.
I always love the Kung Fu Panda franchise as much as Po and a few of my favorite characters growing up and I can't wait for the next two sequels in the future!
