I liked KFP 2 because it had a lot of suspense and action.
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Am I the only one who dislike KFP 2 and like more KFP 1 and 3?!
The Reasons:
And people like you are the reason why we can't have nice things in this franchise.
I wanted to call this trilogy the Best Trilogy Ever, but with the letdown of Kung Fu Panda 3 (which fits all of your expectations, by the way) I'm afraid I can't do that.
Mine would be KFP2 as the first preference, a good balance between action, dark and humour, an the last reunion of Po and Mr Ping was an incredible icing in the cake, I cried everytime I watched it. How heart moving to see, two creatures, not related by blood, sharing a bond of father and son based solely by love.
Second one would be KFP1, I love it, it was funny and Tai Lung was an excellent villain to start the franchise, giving a little twist on his backstory, the reason why Shifu and Tigress behave like they did in the movie, and how Po fit into fixing everything for them with his usual goofiness, innocence and benevolence.
KFP 3 is a good movie, but not as great as the other two. I feel the plot was rushed (suddenly they were in panda village... tadah!), I feel those silly moments with the pandas could be cut a little bit, there were too many new characters for such a short movie, I barely knew each of them (3 masters and numerous pandas). Kai could be very well a formidable, scary, spirit warrior... but I felt his existence was undermined by the cuteness of the pandas and many slapstick jokes. And I find the 'moving scene' of Po asking about his mother not as moving as his with Mr Ping.
Definately KFP 2, because Tigress is really nice to Po and she seems to care about him a lot
Kung Fu Panda 2 is the best to me (as well as having the honour of being my favorite film ever).
The characters were written perfectly.
The lore was written perfectly.
The story took itself seriously and wasn't over-hacked by comedy.
The villain (Shen) was perfect.
The hero (Po) was perfect.
The duality between Good and Evil was perfect. Shen and Po had a surprisingly thin line drawn between their moralities.
There was comedy, but it was hiding the fact that the film was a dramatic tragedy at heart.
Seriously, Kung Fu Panda 2 to me is the Best Film Ever.
(I even wrote an essay on it and got top marks for it!)
The villain (Po) was perfect.
The duality between Good and Evil was perfect. Shen and Po had a surprisingly thin line drawn between their moralities.
That's not true, Po is nothing like Shen. How is he villainous in that film? He just wanted to know who his TRUE family was...
^ Holy crap, I accidentally said that Po was a villain. Major proofreading fail on my part.
Yeah, Po definitely didn't cause any genocide, that's for sure.
I don't want to argue with a guy/gal who agrees with my choice, but I just want to point out where i'm coming from.
Both Shen and Po were ambitious (Shen wants to build a great weapon, Po wants to learn Kung Fu).
Both Kung Fu and Cannons are deadly when armed in the wrong hands (Tai Lung with Kung Fu, Shen with the Cannons). Plus, one could defeat the other depending on the wielder (Shen defeated Rhino, Po defeated Shen).
Shen and Po both achieve their initial goals (Shen builds his cannons, Po learns Kung Fu). But Po uses his gift to protect and not to destroy.
Po can wield his power responsibly, while the more Shen takes, the less restraint the peacock has.
Both have loving parents, but Shen ultimately chose his dreams over his parents' happiness.
Shen snaps and lashes when faced with the root of his trauma, while Po overcomes it.
I'm pretty sure there are other similiarities and differences, but I think I've pretty much nailed the main bulk of it.
In my opinion the second movie was the best one in the whole KFP-Saga and one of the best animated movies ever. Its so deep and dark. I love that. Also, the characters are written very well.
The first was a really good one as well. KFP1 had the best fighting scenes, I think. But fights in KP2 are also great.
However, I have my struggles with KFP3 because it is not like the two predecessors. Not at all. The movie is too silly and destroys the previous development of each character.
I also think KFP 2 is the best film so far is because of Shen. I really didn't like him at first but now I love him xD. I feel really sorry for him because I think that he acts like a big bad villain, and that nothing can affect him, but really he's crying inside :(. Especially in the scene where the soothsayer tells Shen that his parents DID love him, he seems like he's about to cry! Aww, that would have been so sad, but cute. He seems really depressed there and I think that is his secret personality, which is why he let the cannon fall on him, he wanted to die.
Anyways, sorry for that load of fangirl crap, when I start talking about Shen I can't stop xD
I think KFP 2 is the best film as well, because of the wolf army, Wolf Boss, but the primary favorite of mine is Shen, where he commits a mass killing of pandas. The worst part is that he was crushed at the end.
I’m the only one or few who like better Kung Fu Panda 1 & 3!? The third film reminded more and especially relived memories and feelings for the first movie and the villain Kai at least looks more scary as a bull and was against pandas as Shen too.
The reasons why I dislike Kung Fu Panda 2:
1. I especially didn’t like there was too serious and dark theme at the same time for lighthearted, funny, non-serious and innocent characters as Po who are just especially one of my most favorite characters.
2. There are more plot holes.
3. It’s focusing more on the Furious Five.
4. The villain Shen is a killer rabbit villain who looks less scary as a peafowl, even though he was just responsible for Po being separated from his family and killing his mother, but Po let go of it a little too easily and was happy even before he knew it and/or after since he had no experience of it.
The plot holes:
1. It seems first Shen wanted to weaponized fireworks because he was power hungry to conquer China as he was a evil psychopath, his parents was worried about him because of his evil nature and tried to kill all pandas too make sure the prophecy about a warrior of black and white as pandas would stop him to conquer China wouldn’t come true, but other source says Shen wanted weaponized fireworks to impress his parents and business of Gongmen City at first. How can Shen become power hungry to conquer China because he wanted to weaponized fireworks or his parents exiled him who had nothing to do with China, kill all pandas if Shen didn’t want to conquer China at first and believe his parents would be proud of him for killing all pandas and conquer China when they weren't even evil too and even let his cannon crush him if he want to conquer China anyway? Shen would at least get his will to conquer over a kingdom since he was at least a prince who are the only heir after his parents to conquer over their own kingdom, usually royalties who have and are jealous of their older siblings who are the next to rule over their kingdoms and advisers who dislike their job or never get any praise and honor, become power hungry and will only conquer over their own kingdom instead of entire country or the world that have nothing to with them. How could Shen believe his parent would be proud of him to weaponized firework and conquer China if his parent weren’t evil too? Would Shen want to take revenge on his parents? It were his parents who banished Shen because he want to conquer China and massacred pandas, but why did Shen still want to seek revenge when his parents was nevertheless died before his return?
2. Why did Shen want to make an end of kung fu? Shen even was a kung fu master too, kung fu had nothing to do with his backstory, his main goal was to conquer China and kung fu could be useful to conquer China. Shen created a cannon that would put an end of kung fu, but it's not only kung fu it should make an end of if there are anything else are as powerful or more powerful than kung fu, as chi.
3. The kung fu masters seems more weaker. How could the kung fu masters believe even only one cannon could put an end of kung fu and conquer China and didn’t even knew first that Shen at least had more than one cannon and could create multiple cannons quickly that they should rather stop him from doing instead and how could even Po believe a cannon figurine was Shen's actual cannon when and didn't even laugh just because of it was too small too put an end of kung fu and conquer China? Aren’t kung fu masters smarter, too quick and has high strength to hit the cannons and wasn't there other more kung fu masters than just Po, Furious Five, Shifu, Storming Ox and Croc who could also go to stop Shen if they needed more help? Cannon is too slow and heavy to swing fast enough and can only shoot on one place at once if there are more kung fu masters than cannons and are in different directions, even Tai Lung was shown to be cunning and swift enough to avoid firing weapons and was able to defeat the Anvil of Heaven, the Furious Five and Shifu on is own, Tigress hit the cannon down to the bottom floor of Tower of the Sacred Flame, Kai easily defeated many kung fu masters by taking their chi on his own and Thundering Rhino didn’t even dodge the cannon’s fire. Shen must at least have kung fu skills and learn his wolf and gorilla army kung fu to defeat kung fu masters, Kai and Taotie could make an end of kung fu, Kai easily defeat many kung fu masters by taking their chi on his own and once Taotie created a machine that easily defeat Po, Shifu and Furious Five (without Tigress). Why didn't Thundering Rhino try to dodge the cannon's fire and how could the other kung fu masters survive blow from the cannon when Thundering Rhino who easily dies of just a one blow by the cannon when he was bigger and stronger? Po survived probably because of his enormous body fat. Wasn't most important to stop Shen from conqured China than to stop him to put an end of kung fu?
4. Why is Thundering Rhino's physical appearance different than in Kung Fu Panda Holiday? Why is shown in the credits of Kung Fu Panda 2 Po made the the Furious Five action figures when he was a child if he was fan of kung fu since he was a teenager and the Furious Five were just formed then as revealed in Secrets of the Scroll?
5. Why is not even shown or mentioned that Shen began his plan years before or it was lesser than 30 years ago for the panda massacre and when he was exiled if it was 20 years ago as revealed in Kung Fu Panda 3?