Review of Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) by Avanbeek0209 — 03 Feb 2016

Kung Fu Panda 3 is definitely the weakest movie in this trilogy, but that shouldn't put you off from seeing it. The plot itself is eerily familiar to the first one, and I felt at times I was just watching a retelling of the first movie, right down to the villain who's motives are cliche and only has a few sentences of exposition to explain their back story. To be honest, some of the plot points used in this movie are quite lazy, to the point that it became predictable. Fortunately, the movie doesn't spend a lot of time focusing on those particular plot points. Some of the humor is pretty funny, but I felt as if this movie was trying to throw everything but the kitchen sink at the audience to milk every laugh they can get. While I found most of the jokes funny, when they miss the mark, they miss the mark big time and sometimes upset the pacing of the story. Needless to say that because the previous two set the bar so high, it was a little disappointing.

However, by its own merit, this movie is still worth watching. The traditional Kung Fu Panda movie has excellent animation, a well composed soundtrack, and an excellent cast; and this movie is no exception. Although I said previously that some of the jokes miss the mark badly, there are plenty of jokes still that got a good laugh out of me, even the ones that they have used before. So overall, it's a decent movie, though could have done better.