Woke-wise, it was fine. There were occasions where the woke alarm started ringing in anticipation of woke nonsense but it generally never went over the line.

SPOILER SECTION

Did it expressly state that Zhen lost the first fight on purpose rather than taking advantage of his good nature afterwards? If so I didn’t hear that, and Po defeated her when she was holding the staff and making an exit, so surely there was no reason to deliberately lose and get locked up. The final fight also pleasantly surprised me, when it transpired Po was deliberately letting her fight alone whilst also landing the final blow himself. I fully expected a ‘girl-boss proves she’s better than male hero and saves the day’ scene but again ended up better.

Granted, their fight on the steps should have ended with Po defeating her and imparting a final lesson that came back into play in the final battle, but this is the only major plot issue I had and even then, she’s clearly shown as needing to learn moral lessons from him. This could just be a writing decision but admittedly could have been a decision motivated by not wanting the male mentor to mansplain, or whatever. Also have to say I loved Jack Black’s credits song.

So basically, on the face of it the plot looks like it’s going to fall into all the usual woke tropes (female apprentice replacing male hero), but it dodges most if not all of them and gives a pretty good film that doesn’t put down Po. I find Dreamworks is far better than Disney/Pixar for kids stuff these days.

Ps. Love the reviews, this is one of the first places I look when I’m considering new films for my kids.

The funny thing about it is, if kids who watch this movie later hear that someone has two dads, they’ll probably think that it’s a biodad and stepdad who don’t love each other, as is shown here.

We already know all you wokey wokes have the mental maturity of a toddler, you don’t have to go out of your way to remind us.

I don’t want Hollywood to burn to the ground. I want it to stand as an eternal monument. Centuries from now, I want children to ask their parents about Hollywood, for the parents to tell them honestly, and for the children to ask how anyone could make such obvious mistakes. As such, it can serve the purpose of good by being an example of what never to do.

Thank you for showing everyone what the typical woke individual acts like. Many people think we engage in hyperbole when we describe them.

I would love to see how you respond to some of the stuff in the Member Content section.