That Was Pretty Hardcore!

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2015)

"Your story may not have a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be." KFP2 is a combination of human spirituality and a brilliant touch of humor; which is very hard to come by. The story maybe not as original as the first movie but more enthusiastic and entertaining; and above all, the animation are flawless with lots of scintillating Kung Fu action.
Here I was watching Kung Fu Panda 2 for the Intermittently-forgotten-TH time at my 26th B'day, right there I got the mood to write something about it. Though I didn't write it instantly as I was through some critic that gave me an emoticon face like :@ as none of them were 100% satisfied with that particular movie. However that didn't lessen my interest instead makes me feel like "step aside Sire's, I am in a mood." For the recent 3D-ish spectators, I won't mind stating that I was not lucky enough to watch it on a giant IMAX 3D screen.
With an amazing voice crew (including Jack Black as the fluffy panda Po, Angelina Jolie playing the adverse Tigress, Dustin Hoffman as the one smart master Shifu, Gary Oldman this time as the evil Shen and chunky Jackie Chan as the best Monkey around) under the best visual team of DreamWorks studio, this film fires on nearly every cylinder. KFP2 is a visualization of complex hypothetical touch through a fun-flown story. Talking about the hypothetical-term here firstly comes to the mind; is a face of a goat 'The Soothsayer'. It was visible that the future teller Soothsayer enriched the humor revealing his clever appearance like telling lord Shen, "If you continue on your current path...you will find yourself...at the bottom of the stairs." or in another conversation like, "Lord Shen: One panda lives. That does not make you right. The Soothsayer: You're right. Being right makes me right."
Again simply remember master Shifus inner peace. The concept of Inner Peace was presumably created along with Kung Fu by Master Oogway centuries ago. Through meditation, the power of Inner Peace was shown when Oogway's senses were heightened immeasurably. When PO introduced to that spiritual inner peace concept by his master Shifu, what was his instant answer! "PO: So that's it? I just need inner peace? My innards(Showing his bowl) are already super, super peaceful. So all I need to do is just get this thing going. Inner peace?" Isn't that super humorous? Anything but the movie was never boring for a moment, because of the comic presence of that panda. Po was cool as usual with his awesomeness of the delivery of quotes like "I'm not freaking out, I'm freaking in!" Before Po sets out for Gongmen City with the Furious Five, Shifu's last words to him are, "Anything is possible when you have Inner Peace."
The fat fluffy panda touched my soul when after much pain and suffering through the encounters with Lord Shen and his own repressed memories, he finds his inner peace in the remains of the village where he was born. By coming to terms with his inner conflict, Po achieves Inner Peace, signified by Po performing his masters final teaching apparently comes in the form of catching a rain drop and redirecting it into the ground without breaking it (Which was an eye comforting visual masterpiece).
Most of the conversation between PO and the violent peacock Shen were amusing which makes it different from the first part of the sequel "Po: Scars heal.
Lord Shen: No, they don't. Wounds heal.
Po: Oh, right. What do scars do? Fade?"
In summary Kung Fu Panda 2 is vigorously fast developed story which includes life lessons and lots of Chinese cultural references with plenty of adorable vibrant animated characters. Before watching it I was confused when many renowned critics hailed KFP2 as a financial disappointment, despite earning more than $660 million worldwide. Yes, it underperformed in the US, grossing a lesser millions, but the film was hardly a mild disappointment. Usually I don't wait for a sequel, but after the film's awesomeness, I can't help but long for at least one more adventure with Po and the gang.
After watching some hundreds of IMDb top ranked movies I wrote my first ever review not for FORREST GUMP, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GODFATHER, THE LORD OF THE RINGS or THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, considering the ensuing realization of having an Animation-Geek in myself; even not for the WALLE, TOY STORY or HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. I choose Kung Fu Panda 2, which was released some three years back.