Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

We now know that Po is in fact the long foretold dragon warrior but that doesn't mean that it's the end of the story... come along and see what happens next

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8 point acupressure cuffs, a peacock is defeated by a warrior of black and white, being right makes me right, bunny fan voice as alexandra jourden, catch your freedom, deja vu, disc of destruction, disk of destruction, dragon korean noodles and tofu, dragon warrior, dragon warrior size, dragon warriors mop, eight point acupressure cuffs, free the five, from that moment on my soup and my life have been that much sweeter, gong men city, gongmen city, gorilla guard 1 voice as michael patrick bell, how can kung fu stop something that stops kung fu, how did i get here, how many bean buns can po fit in his mouth 40, how many times do i have to kill the same stinking panda, i am po and im gonna need a hat, i can feel a kung fu chill riding up my spine, im not freaking out im freaking in, inner piece of what, ironwood trees, jade palace, kung fu, kung fu is dead, kung fu panda 2, kung fu panda two, kung fu radish, master croc, master crocodile, master ox, master shifu, master thundering rhino, mountain goat, mr ping, musician bunny voice, musician pig, my fist hungers for justice, my little panda, my old enemy stairs, nightmare or memory, oogway, pig fan, po, pos having daddy issues, prison of fear with bars made of hopelessness, rickshaw, shee fu, shens palace, shi fu, shifu, ska doosh, son of legendary flying rhino, stain pig, stealth mode, stinky tofu, the dead exist in the past and i must turn to the future, the ferocious master croc, the furious five, the only reason youre still alive is i find your stupidness mildly amusing, the subjugation of the whole world, the year of the peacock, this cloud us about to bring the thunder, ugway, vandals on volcano mountain, vengeance is served, what brought power and joy could also bring darkness and destruction, who am i, who you choose to be, wings of justice

Transcription can be found below

[00:00:00] Good morning and welcome back to another episode of movie deputy reviews on the one and only movie deputy podcast, where we interrogate movies for their plot and content, looking at a little bit of everything from the story to the audience and just kind of everything along the way. If you caught yesterday's episode, you know we are doing the kung fu Panda movies this week. Yesterday was, of course, the first one that came out in 2008. Today we are talking about Kung fu Panda two, which came out in 2011. [00:00:36] Now, like I said, these movies are not what you'd expect. I mean, a panda and kung fu, you combine them together and you're bound to get chaos. And yes, we do get a lot of chaos, but we get a lot of heartwarming entertainment along the way, if you like that. If you didn't catch yesterday's episode, all of the kung fu Panda movies, at least thus far, the first four, well, there'd be more, I don't know, but with kung fu Panda two, but we are with the, with kind of the original two, three, and four, they are all, they all have an innocent rating on the deputy scale. And I will give you the score as soon as I share with you the original review that we had on moviedevity.com. And as I've been trying to inform people along the way, is be sure to click those buttons so you never miss the latest and greatest of a movie deputy episode. And of course, if you like what you're hearing and you just want to be able to go back and like read the original review, the transcription is going to be in the description below the in the podcast itself. So if you still want to go back and read it, you still can rather than listening to it. But as they switch over to the podcast format, they are disappearing from the movie deputy website one at a time. As you can guess, we've got a long way to go as we have reviewed over 2000 movies in the last ten years. I still can't believe I've been doing this for ten years, but that is so awesome. So if you haven't caught Sunday's episode, I know we don't normally do an episode on Sunday, but Sunday was special, so be sure to go back and catch that if you have not done so already. But that is a special thing as that was the ten year anniversary of movie deputy going live, so I hope you come back and check that one out as well. But the original review of Kung Fu Panda two that was on moviedevity.com is as follows. [00:02:28] Poe has proven himself as the dragon warrior but his story is far from over. It will take everything that the furious five and the Dragon Warrior have to defeat the foe that wants to put an end to the China that they know and love. This foe has a lust for power that has never been seen before. In his actions, this foe will present an entirely new set of challenges for our heroes. The secret ingredient in this story isn't an ingredient at all. It's a mastery of something that has presented itself as difficult, if not impossible, for all those who have tried. It will take something that one of them possesses to conquer this challenge. Once done, they realize that China will never be the same. What does that mean? Well, you're just gonna have to watch it and find out. This second installment in the kung fu panda story doesn't have as much pizzazz as the first one, but it is still enjoyable to watch. The complexity of the tale may be a little hard to understand for younger viewers, and there almost seems to be too much going on at once. [00:03:45] Will there be any more to the story? [00:03:47] There's nothing planned at the moment, but this story still has room to expand. [00:03:53] Overall, this is a cute story that doesn't make much sense without the first one. Watch them in order and wait with me to see what happens next. Well, of course we all know what happens next, but when I did these, it's like I write them in the actual. I wrote I wrote them, not write them speaking the proper tense here, but I wrote them in the time period. It's like I wrote them as if I was watching this in 2011. Which movie deputy didn't yet exist in 2011. So it's like I try to look at movies based on when they were made. It's like I don't judge something from the 1980s based on the technology we have today. So I try to look at them based on the timeframe and what they're done. And of course, back in 2011, we had no idea that kung fu panda three and eventually four were coming. So it was just kind of a nice surprise. But like I said, this one, it loses a little bit of the pizzazz from the first one, but it is still a solid story and very enjoyable. There is the little secret that I'm referring to, the whole mastery of this entire movie. I'm sure if you are familiar at all with Jack Black and his portrayal of Poe, that you probably know what the little secret little thing is on that. If not, like I said, these are ones that you kind of need to watch in order because this one references the first movie quite a few times, and in doing so, if you're not familiar with the story, it may be a little hard to understand, but I gave Kung Fu Panda two a six out of ten on the deputy scale. So I hope that you are enjoying this series. And like I said, if you know what to do, what buttons to push so you never miss the latest and greatest. But I will be back tomorrow to talk to you about kung fu panda three. Bye.

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

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