How to Fix Kung Fu Panda 3

[@arnavnagulpally8906]

I honestly love Kung Fu Panda 3 even if it isn’t the most dramatic end to the series. I think it still has a lot of heart despite being what I would consider the weakest one.

[@The_wolf_gamer]

nar number two the weakest 3 was the 2nd best like u know waht was gonna happen but thats in every hero story

[@owalterluan]

​@@The_wolf_gamer your statement should be illegal 💀

[@eliasaquinomijares4072]

This aged like milk 😂😂

[@arnavnagulpally8906]

@eliasaquinomijares4072 True. KFP4 is like a 5/10.

[@addictedtofauna3838]

Excellent video. But to be fair, Kai's story isn't about him changing, rather about Oogway. Oogway changed to good from grey area, Kai turned evil from grey, since they were both warriors who planned to defend the country and kill thousands of enemies in the process according to history.

[@PosiDoesMore]

Great video honestly and I agree with all your changes. I would also have changed Po being comically dismissive of Mr. Ping once Li-Shan shows up, since it's kinda hard to believe he'd be like that after the arc of Po coming to truly appreciate Ping as a father in KFP 2. I do like the conclusion of that plotline with Ping and Li-Shan teaming up though

[@pietert3335]

Really great video! Not sure about Kais redemption tho, especially because it might contradict the theming of the 4th movie as far as we know. Besides this I also think that Kai has to be seen in a light where he's just a bad person. Or at least like they insinuate that. Him and Oogway being war generals and Kai just taking the chi for no reason... Yeah seems like they were both just villains but the pandas made Oogway see the light and he redeemed himself, whereas Kai stayed villainous. Even as is it leads somewhat nice into the supposed themes of 4. I do love the Kai backstory changes you made though, just gives a lot more substance and theming to the movie & makes it all come full-circle. And even as more of just a villain, I think it works. He's a war general, ofc you're not gonna give everyone these powers, that's dumb and will only create more wars, and because he's presumably looking for conquering and power, that'll only make that harder. In that regard his fear is still legit, but with a more selfish undertone. But in the end he still has a point. Imo they couldve also focused more on Oogways and Kais relationship, as they wanna convince you they were really close, but we never see them interact in that bond. So I think some small flashbacks for that wouldve been nice. Also makes Kais feelings of betrayal more legit.

[@hippieblumbus]

Yeah, that's fair. I made these critics without kung fu panda 4 in mind because I had so little info to work off of, and as I said im a sucker for redemption arcs. Cheers hoping KP4 serves as a satisfying send-off to funny panda man.

[@pietert3335]

​@@hippieblumbus Yeah I figured. The video was made in a time were we knew little lol And Im def down for some redemtion goodness in 4. And def think it wont be the last movie if it does well. The director already said he could see 4 being the start of a new trilogy.

[@eosofspades_357]

this is SUCH an insanely good analysis of this movie and how it could have been improved. i loved the bit about how there is no "fixing" art, and i appreciate this analysis as a largely objective description of ways that elements of the writing could have been re-done or bolstered in such a way that it would create a starker, more dramatic and more emotional sense of emotional gravity and theme. my favorite thing though is the idea of kai being "a boogeyman," who comes to punish those who (from his unreliable perspective!! LOVE me an unreliable narrator) are "misusing" the power of chi and kung fu. with the way the movie is now, i really just felt like i couldn't take him seriously as a villain since his motives were so shallow and he wasn't related to the story themes the way the previous kfp villains were - i actually laughed when he goes "i am a SPIRIT WARRIOR" bc it just sounded like he was trying too hard to be scary. but oh man, put into the context of him ACTUALLY having a presence as the shadow haunting china and the practice of chi? THEN that title would have been SOOO effective. THAT would be someone who could call themselves a Spirit Warrior and sound completely terrifying when they do. edit: ALSO!!! oh my GOD the idea of po sympathizing with kai and actually changing his mind!! that would be SUCH a creative way to use the rule of three within the trilogy!!! po tries to sympathize with tai lung, and it doesn't work, and po tries to sympathize with lord shen, and it doesn't work, but po tries to sympathize with kai - here, at the end of the trilogy, and this time, he is able to get through to him. this would be PHENOMENAL

[@hippieblumbus]

Aw shucks your gonna make me blush

[@jamestolbert1856]

6:01 I believe that the village are giving him their chi

[@typhlosion7872]

I really do think Kai is the perfect example of the statement "more power doesn't make a better villain." Despite being the most powerful villain until the chameleon BY FAR, he doesn't carry anywhere near the same menace that Shen or Tai Lung do. He ends up beating Po (until spirit realm ex machina) and still ends up looking like a joke because once Po has chi, Kai wasn't able to touch him. Not even a single hit afterwards. At least Shen got a few hits in on the ship and Tai Lung was going even. The fight coreography for every fight before then was amazing, but the final one is just completely one sided and makes the most powerful villain look like a pushover. JK Simmons did a brilliant job, but the way characters treat him like a joke just makes him way less intimidating. Po constantly interrupting him while Kai doesn't do anything, the characters just asking who he is and then talking about Oogway, Kai just... For a series that has had some brilliant villains, including my second favorite villain in all of fiction, Shen, Kai was just such a disappointment as a villain despite the power. Edit: Now this isn't me saying I like nothing about Kai. The fact he uses ranged weapons, his overall size being so huge and imposing, the way he mixes Shen's mid combat taunting and mocking with Tai Lung's all business while fighting attitude, he's not a bad villain, he's just a huge drop down from Tai Lung and Shen. Also, another thing to clarify, I still really like Kung Fu Panda 3. It's not the greatest, but it's good. Nothing will ever compare to Kung Fu Panda 2 for me (I mean, the second is literally in my top 5 favorite movies of all time, currently at third place, only after the two Spiderverse movies), so I set my expectations more along the area of a bit worse than the first, but not by much. And while it didn't end up being as amazing as the first nor reach the nigh perfection of the second, it was still solid and enjoyable.

[@hippieblumbus]

This, all of this. Yes. A comment out of my own heart.

[@CCommonSense]

He got a little too excited about Shen

[@hippieblumbus]

Factually inaccurate.

[@The_wolf_gamer]

did anyone know po has peter tingle cause when the turtle hit the tree before the peach feel into his hands his hand turned to catch it even tho he wasn`t looking that way

[@dakblagburn692]

I always respected KFP3 at least: it’s KFP4 that this video should be made about

[@sup3rshockwav317]

Great video but to bad that you are probably right about 4, I wonder if you will do another video fixing Kung Fu Panda 4 as I'd love to hear your opinion

[@hippieblumbus]

I want to make that video so badly but gosh there is so much wrong with kfp4 it would be a bit of a doosey.

[@sup3rshockwav317]

@@hippieblumbus True but I still think you could make it tolerable I even rewrote it in my head to be more satisfying though I had an Idea that the villains escape at the end not wanting to return to the sprite realm leading to Tai Lung meeting with Shifu again and possibly a redemption for him but idk

[@jamesmoo3288]

23:15 foreshadowing 100

[@reggietheplague1143]

Great video man You for sure have to do 4 next !

[@AngelMartinez-tx5ll]

18:22 At the speed of sound!

[@Deathclaw-lh5tl]

On top of changing the villain, I would have changed how Po's arc of becoming a teacher would play out. The story doesn't so much as build towards it's conclusion and as it seems to just arrive to it. Most of the scenes in the panda village feel like filler since they don't seem to contribute anything to Po's story. I get the joke of Tigress being confused as to how Po became a confident kung fu teacher, but I'm just as confused as she is. Let's say, hypothetically, there was a small child who has given up trying to fit in with the other children. Maybe she has a disability, maybe she's shy or anxious and Po empathizes with her because he knows what it's like to be underestimated by other people he wanted to be like. And so, in a few scenes he helps build her confidence and teaches her that even if she can't do what others could do, she can still stand out in her own way. When he sees her again seeing how far she's come towards the end, that's when he gets his epiphany of "turning you into you" since kung fu is about self-improvement. Maybe that same panda is the one that gets attached to Tigress.

[@ceruleantortoiseoats]

If you have a problem with this one then wait till part 4 comes out 😂

[@Franktheart]

Hey hey want do you mean you “like” Shen????

[@TheSameGoobyGuy]

Kai? More like… KAW KAW-

[@jamestolbert1856]

It’s about community

[@green-legacy]

befroe i watch this are you gonna say make it less goofy?

[@hippieblumbus]

Actually no. I think arguments against the humor in this film are valid but I focused on more narrative based critiques.

[@ustadspencertracy7195]

Kung fu panda 3 shrank the universe. A thousand years long history of kung fu and there has been only a handful of masters which a villageful of ostensibly impecile pandas took down with ease. They belittle life and death and consequences of one’s action, they spoiled to tone instead of setting up something profound and nuanced, they failed to utilize from the concept of chi

[@pancakes7778]

KFP3 is already good

[@jillianefaithcobre8637]

Yup, changing plot too much in every movie and tv show is pretty distracting, tricky, and lose connection towards the previous works based on the events and timeline. It’s better to change the tone of the story, not the plot of the story. So please: Don’t change every plot from the sequel, prequel, spin-off, extra seasons, and more, otherwise you will be responsible for the movie and tv show’s downfall.

[@owalterluan]

What do you mean?

[@calebe4266]

I love the theme and the lessons of this movie, but i think the execution of them were half baked. I'm excited to see what you have done with it. Yep, it's good, very interesting. BUT, i think you misunderstood some things from the original (not by your fault, the movie is terrible at conveing their message). The movie is really about who po will be and it shines light on the spiritual side, because everything changes, who will po be when he will not be able to be the dragon warrior anymore? So the movie goes about identity, but also repeat the lessons from the first movie. Just like the first movie, there is this lesson about how everyone have a special gift amd for that they should believe in themselfs and believe in others. Po learned to believe in himself, shifu learned to believe in po, now po need to learn to believe in the pandas and they need to believe in themselfs. There is also some bits of humility and generosity, how we have the responsibility to access that gift and share it with others. Going to Kai, he, as portrayed on the movie (although not in a good way), is someone that believe ONLY in himself. Remember that he was not only used to take things from people, but everyone loves him for it, he was invencible. But there was one thing that would eventually defeat him, death (the thing on everyone's future). The answer to that was chi, something that would make him imortal. But, of course, if the pandas shared that with anyone else, his advantage would be lost, so he needed to take them out. He expected oogway to go along with it (he also was well accustomed to taking things from others), but he didn't, this betraying Kai. So the movie is a battle of philosophies: Oogway's philosophy that power should be perceived to make one better than itself and shared to make another one better than itself, while Kai's philosophy is that power should be perceived to make one better than the others, making the top a lonely but a safe place. So Kai's greed comes from fear of death and being forgotten ad his selfishness comes from Oogway's betrayal. He is literally defeated by po and the pandas believing in themselfs because po believed in them and them sharing their "gifts" to him, while Kai was alone. So yeah, the movie is pretty good in themes and ideas, but terrible in execution, you did a good job tho

[@Riverburke8170]

Kung Fu Panda 3 is great already

[@thenightstar8312]

Dosn't need it. Fine how it is.