[Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)]

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So I finally saw this.

 

I have never felt the mantra of "hire actual voice actors" more strongly than I did listening to this. I don't think Ke Huy and Viola are bad actors, but they are not voice actors and it really stands out.

 

I'm torn between calling Akwafina one, just because you're in x amt of animated movies doesn't mean you've got the training, and it sure doesn't seem like she's had training.

 

It feels like they really lost what made these movies special. These weren't the pinnacle of "Eastern Philosophy" movies, but it's like the jokes here are a little too contemporary. I felt that way with the fight scenes too, it felt like there was a lot less martial arts moves and styles and more slapstick fighting.

 

The clearest example I can make are the credits in 1 and the credits here; 1 uses at least the same artstyle that ties into the movie at various points, flat, with a cover of "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting" (which yeah, not a Chinese song in the least).

 

Here it's just a clipshow of the same CGI we've been seeing for the past hour with a rock cover of a pop song from the West.

 

The first 20 minutes or so were kind of odd, so many of the jokes were callbacks to 3 minutes ago. phim sex việt nam mới

It got a few loud laughs out of me.

It looks nice, that's kind of the nicest thing I can say - oh, and I think I'll rewatch the first one instead.

Super disappointed. Tai Lung was completely out of character and had no arc or redemption. Tai lung is on the cover art and all the trailers but does absolutely nothing in the film. Pure nostalgia bait. 
 

Shen and Kai would never bow to Po. They brought back all the villains and did nothing with them. Huge wasted opportunity. 

It's a bit too convenient that Zhen becomes good-hearted enough to become the dragon warrior after a lifetime of crime.
 

I didn't mind the furious 5 not being a part of the movie but the plot needed to be excellent to make up for it and it wasn't.
 

The positives for me were the beautiful environments and details of Chinese culture. Ping's message to Po about change was well done. Fight scenes were great although short. 
 

I watched all the movies multiple times over and loved them all but I wouldn't revisit this one.