Kung Fu Panda 3

It was a decent movie but previous movies were much much better.

I was eager to see if Kung Fu Panda 3 could live up to its two predecessors, as they are two of my favorite animated films. However, while the first two movies had perfect balance in their assets, this installment seems to have its focus on only one thing: the message, making it the cheesiest of the three, and one that made sacrifices of its better aspects.

I loved the previous two movies. So when I went in to watch this, I had high expectations.

The third film in Dreamworks enduring martial-arts-comedy franchise has managed the near impossibility of being simultaneously too predictable and too nonsensical. As a fan of the first two films, I often found myself defending them against detractors who claimed they were too prone to the narrative downfall of the "deus-ex-machina" (an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation).

I walked in Kung Fu Panda 3 with high expectations and they were met, and more! The other two KFP films are gold, and DreamWorks shows that they can top themselves every time with their characters and story lines.

Whenever I go into a Dreamworks movie, I have very low expectations. I expected Kung Fu Panda 3 just to be another style and no substance movie.

So, I've been waiting for this movie since I saw the second in 2011. I figured that this one wouldn't compare to that one, but I knew I'd be content if I just enjoyed it more than the first.

When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible-learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas.

SPOILERS Kung Fu Panda 3 is an emotional family movie with interesting storyline, good humor and fantastic animation which is one of the best that Dreamworks has ever made. Every detail is carefully elaborated and the characters are extremely well designed.