KUNG FU PANDA 3

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Who cuter ? Me or Po ?

REVIEWED 

I can still felt the excitement when watching KFP1 not a long time ago. How a cartoon movie that seem not so appealing suddenly ended up watching with satisfaction and awe. Guess it was because of a fat unlikeable hero Po voiced splendidly by Jack Black which fit the character well. Not forgeting the other big actors playing voices like Hoffman and even Jolie. That movie storyline from the unacceptable Po to become the mighty one was great. The formula of making a good cartoon film was there, simple straight forward and aswesome cartoon fighthing scenes and sequences which was not seen on the level of kids movie.

Then they make KFP TV series and came out with 2 which I cant remember of seeing it or not. But definitely it was not memorable enough because I cant remember. 

So now KFP made a comeback with the 3rd installment with even bigger ensemble. They manage to mantain the voices of the already impressive voice casts including Hoffman and Jolie and added JK Simmons and Cranston too.

My compliments to the drawings which was fantastic as usual. As it is from Dreamworks it never fail to come out with fantastic artistry. 

Ok here are my problems..

The villian of the movie Kyle voiced by JK Simmons who is a Bisson is very menacing at the start of the movie. Big, Strong and ugly to be one memorable villian in a movie eventhough its only cartoon, like Clauber Lang in Rocky 3. But through the movie he was made to be funny and that spoils it. And when you have a villian with that look acted funny then it collapse the whole believability of what it can deliver.

Second, there are too many pandas from grandma to grandchildren pandas. I remember KFP1 and even 2 are cute because you have only 1 panda to relate to. Now you have lots of em it sucked the cutiebilities of Po bigtime. And they all look the same ! (You cant get round this as they are Pandas, for godness sake!). But to have that element into it spoil the fun for me.

Maybe this is the last of the KFPs ? Why not as now you know why Po became Po and his roots is answered. 

But it was fun watching it immediately after the horrible in the stomach Attack on Titans. But could have wished it was approached differently unless as I reckon, Po is retiring.

THE PEANUTS MOVIE

REVIEWED
I was never a fan of Charlie Brown or Snoopy. I know them from the cartoons in papers which they appear. The short strip ones. But seeing this one was a surprise and no wonder it has very good ratings on imdb.

The movie is cute with a cute story. What do you expect from a cartoon especially when its Charlie Brown. But I was impressed on how they draw the character and made it fit for the big screen. There are already version of Charlie Brown on the small tube but on the big screen ? That could be a challenge. What the animators did was to draw full 3D stuffs of the body but the face remain a sketch. At first, I thought this to be awkward but then it did not. In fact that brought the cuteness in the movie and the characters of course.

Its a feat as Charlie Brown and his friends are ordinary kids and to have a feature film that long could be a bore particularly to the kids. The main theme is that CB had a crushed on a girl who moved in to his school. It happened that the girl lived right in front of his house. But his shyness got the best of him and through out this movie it show how much struggle he envisage just as to be brave to talk to her.

Actions scenes were provided in Snoopy's dream where he battle the Red Barron in air to win his girl friend. So funny that he flew on his dog house to chase red baron. Worth mentioning Snoopy's yellow bird friend and the friend's friends too.

Its a good cartoon movie with that feel good feeling. Recommended even for parents particularly those who grew up reading Charlie Brown comics.

THE GOOD DINOSAUR

PreREVIEW
One for the kids for the holidays a cartoon movie with 7.7 imdb ratings !
REVIEW
The main complaints I read about this movie is how cartoonic the characters are despite the splendid rea life background. And... I agree. Its not that they do not blend with poor textures etc, they did, but why drawn to that shape ? Perhaps to be more friendlier with the children audience ?

Unlike other cartoons i have seen, this one does not entertain me that much. Other cartoon movie (although they are cartoons !) have their touching moments but this one only 1 when the small boy (smud) depart with Arlo,. The rest did not hit it.

Is it necessary to tell that this happen because the doomsday meteor did not hit earth and so the dinosaurs lives ! Not only that, live to be intelligent creatures who can farm and store food ??

This movie is after all for kids. Maybe the whole plot is just to explain how the dinosaur encounter a small child ? And why did the T Rexes herding bissons ? Perhaps to rear them for food ? And so many of them (bisson). Well these are the things that spoil what is expected of a cartoon dinosaur movie like the others I have seen.

To me, not worth the imdb ratings. Shouldnt be made.