KUNG FU PANDA 2 (2011) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch! | Jack Black, Gary Oldman, Angelina Jolie

Master Oogway once told Master Shifu “One often meets his Destiny on the road he takes to Avoid it”. Classic Forshadowing to KFP 2

Master Croc leaps onto the boat and lands in a wide split position. This is a characteristic move of Jean-Claude Van Damme, who voiced him. Lord Shen (Gary Oldman) fights hand-to-hand with a martial arts style called Cai Li Fo, a Chinese martial art that normally uses a metal fan for defensive and distraction purpose. However, being a peacock, Lord Shen uses his large tail feathers for that purpose instead. During the first shot of Mr. Ping's restaurant, he says that it serves both noodles and tofu. This is a reference to Kung Fu Panda (2008), where Mr. Ping stated he previously had a dream of running away and learning how to make tofu. Apparently, Po realizing his dream, convinced him to do the same.

"What am I?" "You're my son" Has to be one of the most heartbreaking exchanges in all of film history. Gets me every time.

I honestly didn’t expect Michael to cry during Po’s backstory, but that was really deep!

I'm crying every single time Po figures out what happened when he was a baby!

My favourite interpretation of the "Warrior of Black and White" theory is that while it applies to Po and the pandas, Shen ultimately ends up being his own downfall, meaning he's also the warrior the prophecy was referring to (bringing back Oogway's "One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it" again). Another implication of that prophecy is that Tai Lung was possibly left at the Jade Palace because his family may have also been part of that anti-monochromatic campaign before the pandas, leaving him as the last alive.

Lord Shen's wolf army had a much more tender backstory than being simple-minded mercenaries: the lore of the movie states that the wolves were the palace's royal guards, and that Shen, as a young Prince, was the only member of the royal family to play with the wolves, feed them, and basically treat them as his own kin, which bought him the wolves' loyalty and devotion. After Kung Fu Panda (2008) was released, DreamWorks Animation planned a second movie with the subtitle "Pandamoneum", which was changed by 2010 to "The Kaboom of Doom", before simply being retitled to "Kung Fu Panda 2". According to The Hollywood Reporter, Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman did an uncredited polish on the script. Previously, he had noted in an interview that he saw Kung Fu Panda (2008) with his daughter, and was impressed by the movie

9:06 Pandas are actually omnivores, just too lazy to hunt. They eat bamboos because it’s easy.

Lord Shen what are you mean everyone? Shen:EVERYONE!!!

Chinese person here: Panda's teeth evolved to chew bamboo, but its digestive system remains bear-like, so wild pandas actually eat a variety of stuff, including fruits and even small animals (bamboo rats).