Alice and I saw Kung Fu Panda 2 today. We had enjoyed the first movie and this movie was somewhat different. There was less emphasis on the things that the Po could not do and was instead a focus on his surprise that he was adopted as a child by his father who happens to be a goose. Later in the movie when Po reveals his surprise the tiger character says, “You didn’t know this?”
The point, however, is not so much on the adoption as it is on the fact that he loves the father who raised him. The evil Peacock (!!!) has a plan to conquer China and Po and his Kung Fu friends are left with the task of thwarting this plan. It involves cornering all the metal possible to construct an evil and deadly gun. Despite the excessive fighting and fight scenes, it is interesting that there is no blood and I’m not sure more than two “people” die. That, I suppose would make the movie too heavy.
The ending with Po telling his father he discovered the answer to his question, “Who am I?” He answered, “I am your son.” That little revelation was worth the price of the movie. One shameless anticlimactic scene after that poignant scene was Po’s biological Panda father realizing that his son was still alive. It sets up the sequel. It didn’t have to do this.
Hey, we loved the part about the relationship between Po and his father and that was a nice close to this sweet movie. Forget the last 20 seconds of the movie.
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