Of course, maybe not one this brief, because although the brief runtime isn't terribly damaging to the film, there are points where things feel a bit tacked-on or thrown-together, from some points of exposition to that moderate cop-out of an ending. Now, I'm not asking for this film to go all-out martial arts film homage and gratuitously run two-and-a-half to three hours, but really, when's the last time a sweeping character study that just barely runs a mere hour-and-a-half worked? Well, I couldn't tell you, but now that I think about it, it couldn't be for a lack of trying, because this film is still rather tight enough to show that a brief martial arts character piece epic could work. Slightly obscure Tenacious D references aside, this film is actually pretty darn cool, yet that's not quite enough for you to completely forget about its flaws. However, next to that, this drop the prejudice for this Dreamworks family film, because although it does get kind of cheesy, if you think that Jack Black is inexplicably as awesome as he fancies himself in real life, then watching this film really will cause your brain to explode out of the top of your head like that one guy at the climax of Tenacious D's performance of "Master Exploder" in "The Pick of Destiny". That was just a little inside joke for all of the Tenacious D fans out there, even though someone into something that crazy isn't likely to even be interested in a review about animated family film about a panda bear becoming a kung fu master, but hey, to those people, I say that you should at least drop your prejudice againsts family films for, well, a Pixar film. Ol' Jackie boy was right, the metal will strike you down with a vicious blow.
Seriously, I was just waiting for that big climactic sequence in which Po just busts out a sitar from out of nowhere and vanquishes Ian McShane's Tai Lung character with the Ancient Chinsese Rock. Thomas Jacob Black, because when he's not doing or at least faking some pretty cool stuff, he's a soft-spoken, but still kind of annoying nerd. No, I don't simply mean that he's playing the character that he always does, I mean that we're looking at a cartoon panda version of Mr. Po's display of forgiveness was a powerful message, and Shen's inability to let go was just as powerful.Vocally, most of the performers fit their roles like gloves, but really, when you look at who they usually play, you never would have guessed most of the people behind these voices, and I only bring that up because, while most of these voice actors are so far out of their comfort zone it's ridiculous, Jack Black is playing Jack Black.
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All of this combined with the excellent music and animation made this movie a 10/10 for me. Eventually, he finally accepted his fate, and allowed the cannon to fall and kill him.
Even when Shen knew he was defeated and understood how and why, ( ). In this scene he was actually speaking about what he believed about his own parents. When he was confronted by Po about their past, ( ), before firing his cannon. Eventually, Shen would return to the city. His actions horrified his parents, who banished him from Gongmen city. He slaughtered all of the pandas in China and weaponized fireworks into a cannon to guarantee his victory. Shen was obsessed with the prophecy that a panda was destined to stop his goals. While Po was able to forgive Shen for killing his parents, Shen could not let go of his own past. He is also somewhat of an opposite to Po. I think Shen is a better villain than Tai Lung, because he has influenced Po's entire life. I like how it explores Po's past and explains where he came from. Don't get me wrong, both of the movies are phenomenal, but I prefer the second one instead.
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