After eight years, DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda series has entered its fourth installment. Today we’ll take a look at what you need to know before watching the movie!
Kung Fu Panda was actually inspired by Stephen Chow's "Lord of Destruction" and Ang Lee's " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ". From the beginning, what DreamWorks wanted to produce was an action comedy martial arts movie set in ancient China!
The first "Kung Fu Panda" was released in 2008.
Living in the Peace Valley, the panda Po, who knows nothing but has a kung fu dream, was accidentally selected by Master Wugui, the master of martial arts in the Jade Palace, and became the "Dragon Warrior" who defends the Peace Valley.
Po became a disciple of the Little Raccoon Master, who also had five apprentices, namely the Jiaohu, the Crane, the Praying Mantis, the Spirit Snake, and the Golden Monkey, and they were known as the "Five Great Heroes"!
Tiger, crane, monkey, snake, and mantis actually correspond to the tiger boxing, white crane boxing, monkey boxing, snake boxing, and mantis boxing respectively in the traditional martial arts Xingyiquan.
It is worth mentioning that the golden monkey in "The Furious Five" was dubbed by Jackie Chan , and Jackie Chan completed his dubbing part in only 5 hours a day.
As for Po, he will face the infamous Dalong, also known as the Canned Leopard.
In fact, Dalong (Canbao) was originally an abandoned baby adopted by his master. Later, under the careful guidance of his master, he developed martial arts skills. Dalong (Canbao)'s dream is to become the "Dragon Hero".
However, when Da Long (Can Bao) was tested by Master Oogway, Master Oogway saw the evil buried in Da Long (Can Bao), and Da Long (Can Bao) was deemed not qualified to become the Dragon Warrior.
Dalong (Can Bao), who felt that his efforts had not received the rewards he deserved, instantly turned black and began to attack the villagers of Peace Valley. In the end, Master Oogway came out to subdue Da Long (Can Bao) and put him in prison.
But now, after knowing that the panda Po was chosen as the "Dragon Hero", Dalong (Can Bao) broke out of prison angrily and challenged Po!
In the first part of "Kung Fu Panda", the more interesting part is that the little raccoon master trains Po by taking advantage of his biggest weakness and turning his gluttony into the motivation to practice martial arts.
The most impressive scene is when Po got the legendary dragon secret book but found that there was nothing written in the secret book.
Later, the father who opened a noodle shop suddenly realized that "there is no secret recipe for my noodle shop." The setting of the Wordless Book is full of Eastern philosophy.
The concept in the movie actually came from the famous martial artist Li Fengshan.
Abao, who finally understood the secret of martial arts, of course defeated Dalong (Can Bao) and became the real "Dragon Hero"!
The trick that Po uses is the "Wu's Bone-Breaking Finger" taught to him by his master. In fact, the "Wu's Bone-Breaking Finger" pays tribute to the martial arts director of "The Matrix" Yuen Woo-Ping, the famous Hong Kong action director known as the Eighth Master.
Yuan Heping's English name is woo ping. The literal translation of yuen is Wu Ping, which means that Wu actually refers to Yuan Heping.
The appearance of "Kung Fu Panda" in 2008 was of great significance to the times.
And this "Kung Fu Panda" also won the North American single-week box office rankings, breaking the box office record of DreamWorks non-sequel animation in one fell swoop!
"Kung Fu Panda 2" was released in 2011.
The story of Kung Fu Panda Part 2 takes place three years after the panda Po defeated the big villain Tai Lung (Cruel Leopard).
"Dragon Hero" Po and the "Five Furious Five" guard the Peace Valley together.
The big villain in this movie is Prince Shen, the son of the Bird Clan who has ruled Gongmen City for generations.
Prince Shen developed new weapons and cannons, tried to rule the world, and even threatened to destroy Kung Fu!
Many people are curious about why the panda Po’s father was a goose in the first Kung Fu Panda movie?
The answer is given in this film, and the clever thing is that Abao must uncover the mystery of his life experience in order to obtain the key power to defeat the villain Prince Shen.
It turns out that many years ago, the arrogant Prince Shen learned a prophecy from the Sheep Fairy Aunt, that is, he would be defeated by a black and white warrior in the future. Therefore, Prince Shen ordered the extermination of the panda clan!
Prince Shen led a group of evil wolves to attack the panda village. A Bao's father, Li Shan, fought the wolves to protect his wife and children. Under the cover of Li Shan, A Bao's mother escaped with A Bao.
But as the wolves approached again, Abao's mother hid Abao in a radish basket at the foot of the hillside, and herself lured the hungry wolves away. Eventually, Abao's mother was unfortunately killed.
The radish basket in which A Bao was placed was sent to a noodle shop in Heping Valley. In the end, A Bao was adopted by Goose Dad, who opened a noodle shop.
It is worth mentioning that "Kung Fu Panda" has achieved great success in China, so when producing the second part, the president of DreamWorks led the production team to the Chengdu Panda Base in Sichuan, Jinsha Ruins, Qingcheng Mountain and other places for filming to find creative inspiration.
And the world premiere of "Kung Fu Panda 2" was also held in Sichuan!
As for the end of the movie "Kung Fu Panda 2", Po, who knows his own life experience, faces his past calmly, realizes that the true meaning of life is to be calm, uses Tai Chi to receive his hair, and successfully defeats Prince Shen with a move of the Great Shift of the Universe!
In the film’s post-credits scene, we saw a group of giant pandas living in a remote hidden village, and it was finally revealed that Po’s biological father was not dead, which also paved the way for the third part of Kung Fu Panda.
13 years ago in 2011, we did not have "The Return of the Great Sage" or "The Devil Boy Comes to the World". The opening shadow puppet show of "Kung Fu Panda 2", coupled with the use of traditional folk music and landscape painting, has already interpreted the oriental aesthetics of Chinese culture to a sophisticated level. situation.
It is natural for everyone to have various ideas and voices at that moment. In 2011, when the domestic cinema market was not very developed, "Kung Fu Panda 2" ranked second with a box office of 600 million for the whole year. Won the third place at the annual box office in "Transformers 3".
"Kung Fu Panda 3" will be released in 2016.
Po's little raccoon master retired, so the important task of teaching the "Five Heroes" fell to Po, who is the "Dragon Hero".
If the key to the second part of Kung Fu Panda is Tai Chi, then the third part focuses on "Qi".
Master Wugui, the master of martial arts, can be said to be the boss of Panda Po.
In the first part of Kung Fu Panda, Master Oogway ended his thousand-year life, turned into a peach blossom and passed away, and finally his consciousness came to the spiritual world.
The main villain in Kung Fu Panda Part 3 is Tiansha from the spirit world.
It turns out that Tiansha was originally the sworn brother of Master Wugui. When Master Wugui was injured, Tiansha took him everywhere to seek medical treatment. Later, he found giant pandas who knew Qigong in the mountains. The giant pandas used their Qi to heal Master Wugui.
Tiansha longed for the power brought by Qi, and instantly turned black and began to rob the giant pandas of their Qi. In order to stop Tiansha, Master Wugui banished him to the spiritual world.
But as Master Wugui also came to the spirit world, Tiansha once again launched a life-and-death showdown with Master Wugui here.
It turns out that Tiansha has been in the spirit world for a full 500 years. During these 500 years, he has sucked the energy of all the kung fu masters who came to the spirit world. The arrival of Master Wugui, and then sucked away his energy, made Tiansha return. The last piece of the human puzzle!
As Tiansha absorbs Master Wugui's energy, the passage to the human world is finally opened. Countless puppets who obey Tiansha's orders are summoned. The world is in danger!
In "Kung Fu Panda 3", Li Shan, the biological father of Po the panda, finally made his official appearance.
And the mysterious "Pandaria" that is isolated from the world has also been unveiled!
Tiansha is definitely the most difficult opponent that Po has ever encountered. Not only did Tiansha destroy the Peace Valley, he even led an army of puppets to attack the Panda Village!
Abao is obviously no match for Tiansha. In desperation, Abao's only choice is to die together with Tiansha and return to the spirit world together.
The war in the spiritual world. Thanks to all the villagers in Panda Village using Qigong together, Po finally became a complete "Dragon Hero" and completely eliminated the evil spirits!
Master Oogway in the spirit world passed on his yin and yang scepter to Po, and this scepter will also become a key prop in " Kung Fu Panda 4"!
It is worth mentioning that "Kung Fu Panda 3" is jointly produced by DreamWorks headquarters and Oriental DreamWorks in China.
In the past, we have been accustomed to the problem that the lip syntax of the Chinese dubbing version of the movie cannot be completely matched, but this "Kung Fu Panda 3" is unprecedented. In order to match the Chinese dubbing, two versions were actually produced!
Huang Lei is the panda Po, and Jackie Chan is Po's biological father Li Shan.
In 2016, "Kung Fu Panda 3" ranked 10th in the domestic box office rankings with a box office of 1 billion.
Ranking third on the annual box office list is " Warcraft ", which failed at the North American box office and received a wave of enthusiasm in the country, earning nearly 1.5 billion.
What's interesting is that "Kung Fu Panda 3" of the same year has the feeling of perfectly connecting with the "Warcraft" movie and directly entering Mists of Pandaria...
"Kung Fu Panda 4" will be released in 2024.
Obtained the Yin-Yang Scepter, the exclusive weapon of Master Oogway, and the panda Po, who has the ability to open the door to the spirit world, was forced by Master Raccoon to advance in practice, and Po must also find the next "Dragon Hero"!
In "Kung Fu Panda 4", we will see the big villain Da Long (Cruel Leopard) in the first part and the big villain Shen Prince in the second part appear again. Now our Po will face a man who can transform. The villain, the Chameleon Phantom Queen, becomes Po's old enemy!
The appearance of a little fox Xiao Zhen will also add a lot of variables to Po's journey to defeat the Phantom Queen.
This time the Chinese version of the dubbing panda Po is performed by Huang Bo , the little fox Xiao Zhen Yang Mi , and the villain Chameleon Phantom Queen is Jiang Xin .
It is worth mentioning that "Kung Fu Panda 4" also hides a welcome Easter egg at the end of the film. After "Kung Fu Panda 4", there will be two orthodox sequels to the Kung Fu Panda movie!
Okay, so what do you think of "Kung Fu Panda 4" after watching the movie for the first time?
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