Review of Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) by Eludiumq36 — 22 Jul 2016

The Kung Fu Panda film franchise is great overall, but with this one I felt they (producers/writers) were more preachy than before. Let's first examine the secret panda village, which was lazily modeled after the Shangri-La from James Hilton's "Lost Horizon".

Not much diversity there, only pandas, but it was paradise so that's a cultural message of homogeneity being more advantageous - and that's, um, un-American. And then there's the bio-father and adoptive/step-father awkwardness which resolves with their teaming - so there's another preachy moment about how multiple parents should partner rather than compete.

And then in the end, Po doesn't prevail due to his own inner strength but the strength derived from the combined spiritual (ugh) efforts of his family and friends. I didn't see a producer credit listed for Hillary Clinton but jeez, how "It Takes a Village" obvious can you get?! And finally, Po does the Neo into Agent Smith possession thing from "The Matrix Revolutions" - no messaging there, just another example of cinematic plagiarism.

I think we all would prefer more entertainment and less "cultural messaging" (and plagiarism) from the cretins in Hollywood.