But in fact, I refused at first. When "Kung Fu Panda 1" first came out in 2008, I also called this animation a "QJ" of Chinese culture. However, at that time, except for a "Mobis Ring" in 2005 (although it was ugly), there was basically no three-dimensional animation in China. Most of the two-dimensional domestic animations are also younger, and there are many plagiarisms of foreign plots and pictures. So from this point of view, saying that the "Kung Fu Panda" of that year blasphemed Chinese culture is more like a meaning of being unable to eat grapes and saying that the grapes are sour.
"Kung Fu Panda", from the first to the third, has been exploring a question - who am I? Part 1 - Who am I now? No matter who I am, I have to believe in myself, I have to be myself; Part 2 - Who am I? Although I have found the answer, the most important thing is to look back on my past and maintain inner peace no matter whether it is pain or pleasure; Part 3 - Who am I going to be? Now that I am connected to the past and the present, how will I go in the future? Is it to continue to be the incarnation of justice as a dragon hero? Or to be a carefree panda away from the hustle and bustle? The answer is of course!
Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, isn't that what Ah Bao and his friends conveyed are both universal values and traditional Chinese virtues? Well, with such a spiritual core. Even if the plot of "Kung Fu Panda" flies again, is out of reality, and is not Chinese or Western, it will still be moving and attract people's attention. In comparison, when China's current technology and storytelling methods have made great progress, there are still animations such as "Little Door God" that are a bit crooked in three views. This is the most heart-wrenching thing, hey...
Speaking of "Kung Fu Panda 3", in my opinion, it is not as good as the previous one. It can be seen that Pinfang also knows that the entire production staff of Oriental DreamWorks is said to be half Chinese. The distribution and publicity are also more inclined to China than the first two. So I guess, in terms of the plot, maybe Panda 3 should take into account the domestic audience more, so only the most direct main line of "finding relatives" and "fighting the villain" is retained, and some details and branch lines are not extended too much .
Take the second one, my favorite. You can even think of it as a movie with two main characters. The background introduction at the beginning (that is, the super-beautiful shadow puppet part) explained Wang Ye Shen's life experience and motivation very clearly. After that, how did Lord Shen get in touch with the panda, how did he get revenge madly, how did he want to rule the world so ambitiously, and how did he lose in the end. It's a very high level of completion.
And Panda 3, I brushed it twice and felt that the motive of the villain Tiansha was very unclear. From the fight with Master Turtle at the beginning to the later scrolls, it can be known that he is jealous of the higher martial arts of "Qi". If he fails to cultivate, he will destroy it, that is, suck the "qi" of others. But he was also a master-level figure of a generation, a good brother of Master Turtle. There is not much explanation about how he went down the evil path. This takes away the emotional relationship between the character and the audience. Become a relatively one-sided villain.
Even in the first part, the villain Tai Lung had a period of budding teeth. In the narrative flashback, we can deeply understand that his motives for doing evil are his own bad intentions and his ambitions for martial arts or go out of his way. Enchanted, and more or less related to the "teaching the child has no way" of the little panda master (that is, master shifu). Look, there are grass snakes and gray lines in many aspects, which connect the whole plump character, and also enhance the audience's "sympathy" for the character, which adds a lot of sigh to the audience in addition to the joy of justice defeating evil. This is one of the reasons why more and more movie villains are very popular.
Panda 3 is also a bit abrupt in terms of Po's self-knowledge and enlightenment. It is not enough to explain the most important concept in the whole article - "Qi".
Take the second part for comparison~ The second part is mainly about "inner peace". The master has been teaching this concept from the very beginning, and Po is also trying to understand it in the process of crusade against Lord Shen, but in the end He was severely injured and connected with his past, which can be described as the lowest point in his life, but he calmed down and realized the profound meaning of inner peace. In the end, even Lord Shen was very surprised at how he recovered from the grief of the past. Can maintain inner peace. This is the demeanor that a hero should have.
And Panda 3, although everything starts from "Qi", and constantly makes various choices because of "Qi". In the end, Po used his own "qi" to summon the dragon (just as funny as him). Use "chi" to win. But I always feel that the comprehension of "Qi" is too sudden, and not only A Bao, but all relatives and friends can use "Qi" all of a sudden, it is really not enough to render the plot and atmosphere. But there is one thing that is well designed. In the end, what defeats Tiansha is not to take away other people's "Qi" like him, or to cut him directly, but to let him be overwhelmed by too much "Qi" and suffer the consequences. A cannonball like Lord Shen finally hit him. When I contacted Panda 3 at the beginning, Master Turtle said to Tiansha that "the more you get, the more you lose." I think this is a level that neither of the first two have reached.
PS. Although Panda 3 makes me feel a little bit out of my expectation, it is still a very good animation. But what excites me the most is seeing the tail feathers of Lord Shen passing by in the flashback~
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