Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Just as I was beginning to think Kung Fu Panda 2 was the last of the story, they surprised us with 3. We've seen Po progress from simple panda to the magnificent dragon warrior... only we know that was not the origin of the story. Here we truly get to see his roots.

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Transcription can be found below

[00:00:00] Good morning. I hope you are having as much fun as I am this week as we are talking about the kung fu Panda movies. As always, I am the deputy of movie deputy podcasts and of course the movie deputy reviews, which is where you are getting the latest and greatest movie reviews, along with a good mix of some of the older ones as well. Like this week we are doing the Kung fu Panda series. Now, I for one, I have so much fun as I literally interrogate these movies for their plot and content. I look at how the story is developed, how well it's told, how well it's acted. But I don't get into all of that specifics with you guys because honestly, you just want to know if it's a good movie or not. And basically the gist of the story, the appropriate age range, which for these ones is all ages as they are an innocent rating. And I just have so much fun with these as if you are new to movie deputy reviews. As we are transferring the reviews from the website format to the podcast format, they are disappearing from the website. Now mind you, I'm still keeping them on a hard copy so I'm not just deleting them from the world. No, I would never do that. But like I said, if you want to find these, they are here. If you want to read the transcription, you can just scroll down through the description underneath the podcast if you would rather read it than listen to it. I know there are some people out there that would prefer to do that, so I try to always leave that as an option, just in case. What I don't understand is I'm noticing in the transcription things, and forgive me, I'm kind of going a little bit off kilter here, but it says like speaker one, speaker two, and it's like, okay, I'm the only speaker. It's like, how is this thinking that I'm more than one person? And no, I'm not multiple personality either. But for some reason, with the different inflections in my voice, it seems to think I'm different people. So I am still trying to figure out how to resolve that. So I do apologize. I've gotten some feedback on that, but just know I am working on that and trying to get that figured out. Now, today we are talking about kung fu panda three. If you have missed the original kung fu panda or kung fu panda two, check out our Monday and Tuesday episodes. Or Monday, yesterday's Wednesday. Well, time just gets away from me way too fast. But today is one of those days and it's just this has been a very busy week. It's like we had our deputy anniversary and we had our son's birthday, and just, there is so much going on. But I love it. I do. I love it. But I want to go ahead and share with you the review that I had on moviedeoppity.com that is now going to be, of course, in the podcast format. [00:02:47] The Dragon warrior has completed many tasks since he was chosen by Master Oogway, yet there seems to be something missing. As much as he has accomplished, he has yet to fulfill his destiny. One day, while working at his father's noodle shop, a customer comes in that is about to change Poe's life forever. When this new visitor offers Poe a chance to learn who he really is, Poe sees it as taking a step towards his destiny. What he doesn't realize is that in order to fulfill his destiny, he must overcome the impossible. Now, how does one go about doing something like that? He's about to find out. This third installment in the series answers a lot of questions about Po's life and kung fu. There is more depth to this installment than the other two and a deeper connection to the audience than ever before. [00:03:43] Don't worry, there's still plenty of laughs and absurdities, but there's a lot of heart, too. Though some of the jokes might have to be explained to a younger audience, this is definitely suitable for all ages. Come one, come all, to celebrate the what I wrote. Come one, come all to celebrate the conclusion of the series. You'll be glad you did. But as we of course know, this obviously was not the conclusion of the series, but at that time, we did not know that. So that's why I wrote that. Now, of course, you don't have to worry about spoilers with me, but with the whole kung fu panda movies and everything we've seen, his father's a goose. Well, you know, that's not gonna happen. So this one kind of. This gives him a lot of answers to his past and to who he really is and where he came from. And like I said, there's still a lot of laughs. There's a lot to enjoy. There's a lot to unpack. There's so much that's crammed into this one. It's like the almost could have even made it a little bit longer because there's times when the story almost feels just a little bit rushed, but it's not overly so. [00:04:51] And so, like I said, these are ones that you really need to watch in order to fully understand what's happening, though. This one kind of explains where he came from. This is not one that you want to watch first because there's references in this to things that are happening in the other movies. So unless you understand that it may be a little bit confusing to some. Now, score wise, you may be wondering what I gave kung fu Panda three. Well, we are right back on par with the original at a 6.25 out of ten on the deputy scale. So you notice we're kind of right in the same range on these. But that's because they are all just kind of in that. Definite enjoyable. They're definitely going to be somebody's favorites movies, but they're safe for all audiences. They're innocent. They're just cute. And even if you're not into kung fu and you're not into all of the martial arts and everything like that or whatever it is, this is just one of those movies that you could sit down and enjoy. It's also one of those ones that is like, if you just want to put it on this background noise while you're doing something just to entertain your kiddies or whatever, I'm good at doing that. [00:05:59] Of course, I do the one fast cat as well on that. And so everything just kind of keeps us busy with all of this. And I hope you are as excited as I am about tomorrow's episode as we are talking about the new kung fu panda four. [00:06:16] And will that be the end of the story? Is that going to be the final conclusion of what we see, or is there still something else? I guess you're going to have to come back tomorrow and find out. Be sure to click those buttons so you never miss the latest and greatest of a movie deputy episode. And I will be back tomorrow. Bye.

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

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