Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda 3 is a movie I was very excited for as you all know. And, as you also all already know, I love the other 2 and the second one was might be one of my favourite movies of all time. So, there was a lot riding on this film. If it was a good, it would be like the 3 Toy Story movies with it being one of the best animated trilogies ever. Or if it was bad... well... it would pretty much be doomed to be a failure. So, was this movie any good? Yes. Yes it was. I don't know how I would put this. I do like it more than the first movie but I don't know if I like it more than the second. I'd say they're both either the same or the second is better. I can't choose. Also, again keep in mind for spoilers because I'm going to be talking about the whole story again. So if you don't want it spoiled, go watch it than read this review. You've been warned. What's the story? It starts of with Oogway in the spirit world fighting someone named Kai. Kai uses something called chi to steal Oogway's chi and captures him in a green thing that allows him to use him as a green covered minion. He then uses Oogway's power to escape and he come back to the spirit world. In the meantime, Po is trying to learn to be a teacher to the Furious Five. But he sucks at it. And we get a hilarious scene of him trying to teach them. That is one of the best jokes in the movie. Anyway, it then cuts to Shifu telling him about chi and how he must learn it. Then Kai arrives and sends his minions to attack the valley. We then see Po at his house and then another panda arrives and it's Po's real dad. It's also revealed that Po's real name is Lotis. Ain't that a funny name? Anyway, after a while, Po, the Furious Five and Shifu fight the minions and during the fight, the minions retreat and Shifu says Po has to learn chi to beat him. Apparently Oogway learned how to use his chi from pandas so Po's dad says he can show him but he has to come back with him to the panda village. They do and even Mr. Ping, (Po's adoptive dad) also comes. While there, Po meets all the panda there and each one has something that's funny. Back at the Jade Palace, Shifu sends Crane and Mantis to find Kai. When they do, they're transformed into green minions. They then go to the Jade Palace and Monkey and Viper are then captured while Tigress tries to go and warn Po and Shifu tries to fight Kai but he's then defeated and captured as well. Kai also destroys the palace and a huge statue of Oogway. When Tigress arrives, Po asks his dad again to teach him chi but then he says he doesn't know chi and that he was lying just to get Po to come so he wouldn't lose him again. Po gets angry and begins to train to fight Kai. Tigress and him talk and she manages to snap him out of being angry. He then gets the idea to train the other pandas to fight Kai. He then gets an idea to use the Wuxi finger hold on him but he needs to be close enough to do it. In case you don't know what the Wuxi finger hold is, just watch the first movie and you'll know. To make a long story short, it sends people to the spirit world, which is where Oogway and Kai were at the beginning of the movie. During the fight Po tries to use it on him but it doesn't work because it only works on mortal creatures and Kai isn't mortal. He's a spirit-thingy. Po then grabs Kai around the neck and uses the move on himself and both of them are sent there. The others then use their chi and give Po power and he gets a pretty awesome form cool clothes and cool dragon thing. With it, he beats Kai and sets everyone free. Before he returns though, he talks to Oogway and even gets a cool staff. And the movie ends with Po teaching chi to everyone in the village at the Jade Palace. So yeah, it's a little hard to say what I thought without talking about the rating of this in compared to the other 2. Like I said before, I would probably say it's better than the first movie but it's kinda hard to say that it's better than the second. I would say the same in terms of quality. Now the stuff I liked. Firstly, the characters are still likeable and funny just like we left them. Po is still my favourite for being his usual hungry, funny self. The story is also interesting and it's cool to see Po actually trying to be a teacher for once. And Kai is a cool villain. He's not better than Shen, but he still is menacing and he does have some funny stuff every now and then. On top of that, the animation guys. The animation is just perfect. The second movie is some of DreamWorks' best work ever and it definitely broke some new ground with what they did. How they managed to outdo that, I have no idea. First off, the textures are all so life like, especially the animals. They do feel like they're actually real. But, the best part of the animation out of all of it, is the action scenes. The choreography of the fight scenes are just amazing. The best one being the last one in the Spirit Realm. There's also new forms of it like hand-drawn, which by the way is incredible with how they show it with a few things happening at once. So yeah, this is a great movie and definitely check it out if you're a fan of the first 2 like me. Or really just check it out if you think that it's great which it is.