Kung-Fu Panda Made My Heart MELT (First Time Watching & Reaction) 

Oogway leaving is actually a brilliant move on his part. If he stayed he would’ve just beaten Tai Lung again and nothing would’ve changed. Shifu would still be distraught and filled with grief, and thus he would not train Po, who then cannot fulfill his destiny of becoming the Dragon Warrior and would remain sad and upset with his life. By removing himself from the equation, Oogway forces Shifu and Po to come together and train, allowing them both to find their calling. And maybe most importantly, it let’s Shifu overcome his pain and trauma with Tai Lung so he can finally find peace, just as Oogway had promised.

Tai Lung is really a tragic villain. He wasn’t born evil but was molded to be one after countless years under Shifu’s tutelage. Shifu trained him until his bones cracked and filled his head with dreams and greatness from the time he was a child. Pretty much boosting him up to be the dragon warrior only to be rejected. He pretty much cracked.

My favorite detail is how when Po sees the dragon scroll he describes it as "blank", where as Tai Lung described it as "nothing". Truly demonstrates how differently they viewed everything

33:19 "You? He's a panda. You're a panda. What are you gonna do, sit on me?" Just, the delivery makes me laugh, especially considering the scene moments before were he gives an even more incredible delivery of "Everything I did, I did to make you proud. Tell me how proud you are now Shefu." amazing film. also, love your reactions to this. Subscribed and and hit that like button. :)

Jack Black really knocked it out of the park with this one. With celebrity voice acting, it's always hit or miss, cause they don't have the ability to stomach their ego and literally become someone else. It's just them in a recording booth, that's it. But with Jack even though his voice is just THE SAME as who he is....I can't ever picture Po being voice by anyone else. It just fits. And when he says the line "I stayed because every time you threw a brick at my head or said I smelled, it hurt, but it could never hurt more than it did every day of my life just being me. I stayed because I thought, if anyone could change me, make me NOT me.....it was YOU. The greatest kung fu teacher in all of China!....Even if it takes a hundred years for him to get here, how are you gonna turn THIS into the Dragon Warrior huh? How? How? *_HOW?!"_* The way he yells that last "how" is how I knew he wasn't phoning it in. He meant it. And it hits so hard, because who hasn't thought the way Po has? He's essentially saying he hates himself. But you don't need to change yourself, to please others. You shouldn't have to change who you are to learn. And I wish I had this movie as a kid, because this movie's lesson, is we all learn in different ways. And every school teacher, should watch this movie, as part of training.

i would like to adress the fact, that i was a fan of po's dad, before it was cool being a fan of him, this character has wisdom that is missed by most, and he loves his son like a true father does.

Tai lung was not evil. He was raised with high expectation, to which when the moment came to determine and confirm that he will be a dragon warrior, he was denied by Oogway because Oogway saw the darkness within him. Which is not to say that ever since Tai Lung was born that he was already evil. No, it meant that Shifu's method of raising his adopted child was not appropriate, I guess. What I mean by this is that ever since Tai Lung showed such great skills in Kung Fu at a very young age, Shifu became ambitious to immediately turn him into the dragon warrior when it was not his but Oogways decision. Shifu narrowed Tai Lungs paths to only becoming the dragon warrior. Tai Lungs rage stemmed from betrayal, betrayed that all his life he was taught and was told that he would definitely become the Dragon Warrior, only for him to be denied.

Oogway is the perfect representation of Zen. "Going with the flow" or just allowing the river to carry you along its path. He is so enlightened and in tune with Zen or the Dao that he know Tai Lung will escape. Shifu hasn't achieved Enlightenment and thus he tries to stop it, and thus causes it. If Shifu was more in tune with the Dao he wouldn't have sent the messenger to then allow the feather to be used. That scene is the perfect representation of Oogway's past present and future speech because if you spend all of your energy trying to prevent something the universe will allow it to come true, if you just sit back and allow yourself to be in the moment and be present at all times and not overthinking then you can just accept whatever comes your way. I always enjoyed studying philosophy and Daoism was always a favorite of mine and these movies unironically do a very good job at showcasing somewhat harder-to-grasp metaphysical concepts.

Little fun fact I thought of when you mentioned Tai Lung's insane amount of teeth. It's even weirder how many teeth he has because snow leopards actually have 32 teeth just like humans

Can't wait for this reaction! Also, I can't wait for you to react to the entire trilogy, especially the second one, you'll see!

My teacher also showed my class the mirror in the box, I must have been around 12 years old or something. We were all seating in class and she shows the closed box to the class saying that our most precious belonging was inside, then she goes up to each of us one at a time and opens the box so only that person can currently see what's inside. I was watching my classmates reaction the whole time while trying to guess what was inside, some of them had some pretty funny reactions, like nodding thoughtfully after seeing what was in the box (as thoughtfully as a 12 year old can XD) or saying "that's so pretty!" like it was a expensive jewellry inside, I was sitting there scratching my head at what could garner all those reactions and when I finally saw what it was it all made sense.

"There are no oogways" - master accident

The crown jewel of Dreamworks. Beautifully animated, very humorous solidly cast and a decent story to boot. If you want action and comedy, i suggest you watch the movie's inspiration: Kung Fu Hustle which has plentiful of action and just as funny, maybe even funnier.

I like how Viper is the one character (well, other than Oogway (sp?)) who is not mean to Po. The others have their understandable reasons, but still. -I mean, yes, she does clock him in that first sparring match, but I think she genuinely thought he was ready.

Loved this reaction! Been so long since I seen this film so was great rewatching it and so glad you liked it! Thanks for all the content as always!

Glad you’re watching animation movies that aren’t just for kids. Kung Fu Panda was one of my favourite movies because of its themes, music and story

this trilogy as well as the 'how to train your dragon' trilogy are really solid, enjoyable films made by dreamworks - i hope you watch them all!

The Tai Lung escape scene still gets me hype

Regarding the mirror story at school, I would argue you were the only one who gave the correct answer. Also, the factual answer you gave shows you have an unassuming nature, which is a wonderful quality.

Kungfu Panda is easily one of the best best movies done by Dreamwork and you reaction videos are honestly awesome ❤️❤️

AH, yes, the movie that made Chinese officials angry. Not because they were offended by it, but because it was a better representation/promotion of Chinese culture than the stuff their own studios were coming up with. They ended up partnering to make the next two films.

My favorite 3D animation movies are The Incredibles and Kung Fu Panda, because they all have the most insane and impressive (and funny) action sequences.

Sometimes it’s nice to just watch something feel good and fun.

Jack Black really brings the character of Po to life. You can just tell he's having a blast!

girl, you're in for a WILD RIDE, the second one is the best btw.

Since you liked Kung Fu Panda you are going to love How to Train your Dragon

I'm disappointed they didn't have Zeng in the other two movies but at least he got to be in the show and even got his own episode

If Oogway had given Tai Lung the scroll, he probably would have been a great warrior, but the darkness Oogway saw in him was just what would happen if he didn't get it. It was always there, and it was the Oogway's decision that made it come out.

He really left like how Aang left when the world needed him most 😭

Oh you need to see the entire saga ;-)

Fantastic movie. Nice to mix it up now and then with an animated classic.

Oogway, Shifu, Tai Lung and Poe = Yoda, Obi-Wan, Anakin and Luke.

32:54 that was the very moment Shifu actually got through to Tai Lung,if Tai Lung could at least understand why Shifu did what he did he might've actually stopped his vengeance,I wouldn't blame him if he still doesn't forgive Shifu coz it's definitely messed up what Shifu did,but I can understand why Shifu did what he did,Tai Lung was basically like a son to him so it would be extremely difficult to make him the dragon warrior,if it were possible for Oogway to show Tai Lung his vision before his descent into darkness he might've been put on a path of greatness rather than one of tragedy

"Accidents are not accidental" is more suiatable than "There are no accidents"

“Damn Po got cake” that had me in a fit 😂 I was not ready for that

Fun fact po’s full name is xao po ping :)

Only 1 % ppl know that Po thought of Tai lung as noodle he imagine him as a noodle if he was making noodles during fight.

These are my favorite DreamWorks movies. Hope you enjoy it! Super excited to see your reaction to this trilogy and super excited we're finally getting a fourth film in 2024!

19:15 - that IS Seth Rogen Tiger - Angelina Jolie Monkey - Jackie Chan Viper - Lucy Liu Mantis - David Cross

Kung Fu Panda had some dope martial arts fights.

I learned the first time I saw this to make a panda-worthy pot of noodles to eat whenever I watch. It's the natural order of things.

Unfortunately the tweet no longer exists, so I don't know who said it first, but there was once a viral tweet that went something like "I want to marry the prison escape from Kung Fu Panda and cheat on it with the bridge fight from Kung Fu Panda".

16:10 - this is the best sentence in all cinema. i hope the writer who wrote this got a bonus

so in Kung Fu Panda, certain colors have certain thematic meanings; Green represents "Wisdom" (hence the Jade Palace, and Oogway being a turtle), Red represents "Power" (Tigress and Shifu's outfits, plus the prison where Tai Lung is held) and Gold represents "Heroism". Gold doesn't really appear in large quantities, outside of Po's daydreams about being a martial artist, but it _does_ appear in Tai Lung's eyes, to symbolize how he sees himself. this is not portrayed as a good thing, since he's deluding himself into thinking he's the "hero" who was "betrayed" by his master, and it's telling that Tigress also has Gold eyes because she is very similar to him. (and as a side note, the Dragon Scroll is all three colors) now look at Po's eyes; Green. he's a fanboy, with an encyclopedic knowledge of everything related to Kung Fu, all he lacks is the actual ability, or so everyone thinks- including him. Po has a big problem with imposter syndrome, especially once he's named Dragon Warrior "by accident". it even extends to his abilities as a chef, downplaying himself compared to someone with "ability" ("you should try my _dad's_ Secret Ingredient Soup, he actually _knows_ the secret ingredient") it takes Mr. Ping (Po's dad) telling Po outright that there _is_ no "secret ingredient" for it to finally click in Po's head, and when he looks at the Dragon Scroll again, the final lesson makes sense to him, and his reflection's eyes are glowing Gold; he finally sees in himself the Hero that Oogway saw from the beginning. and tellingly, Tai Lung _doesn't_ . Tai Lung has the same problem with imposter syndrome that Po does, except he had ability, which Shifu was quick to cultivate, teaching him literally everything there was to know about Kung Fu. but the problem was that Tai Lung absorbed the letter but not the spirit of Oogway's teachings, and constantly sought validation from outside himself. he doesn't love Kung Fu as Po does, it is simply the means by which he can achieve validation from his master and father, and more importantly he doesn't love himself, which was also a struggle for Po. everything Tai Lung is, he is so he could be his master's perfect son, to make him proud, and what could make him prouder than being the Dragon Warrior? but he never learned to be at peace with himself; he's still that little baby on the doorstep, so fundamentally unlovable that his parents abandoned him. and so he can't see the final lesson of the Dragon Scroll, all he sees is his own reflection. all he sees is nothing

Nice reaction! You're one of the few people that recognised what animal Tai Lung was right from the start. Can't wait for you to react to the other 2! Also in case you didn't know a 4th movie got confirmed some weeks ago, so that's some good timing

Notice that Viper was never nasty to him, at all.

Kung Fu panda things that makes me laugh: Shifu Yells *Panda!* Tai lung screams Po gets beaten by Shifu Crane’s head gets smacked Shifu Takes Po’s Dumpling And Po said It never been Dragon Warrior!

You will also love Kung Fu Panda 🐼 2 and 3

This movie will always be very special to me, because I refused to watch it when it first came out. Back then I was obsessed with martial arts movies and I bought at least two videotapes a month in a little store in Amsterdam that imported them from Asia. I must have had at least 150 martial arts videotapes in my room at one time. When Kung Fu Panda was announced I felt insulted as I thought this would be an American version of a Martial Arts film made for kids and that it would make fun of the genre. It didn’t help that I also didn’t like Jack Black very much back then. I clearly remember looking at the movie poster and thinking: ‘Yeah, this panda somehow has some kind of superpower that is going to make him invincible, or something. No thanks!’ It wasn’t until years later that I saw it at a friend's house and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Not only was it a great story, it was the greatest martial arts film I’ve ever seen! This was a great lesson for me and KFP is now, by far, my most watched martial arts film of all time. I’ve not only watched it a lot of times, I also regularly watch reactors reacting to it! So great was my surprise to see you, one of my favorite reactors, react to it today! I instantly knew you were going to love it and you didn’t disappoint! Thank you! Please react to the other 2 as well!

One of my favorite DreamWorks Animation franchises, combing computer animation with segments of traditional 2D animation. The three main movies are great. So are its short films and TV specials: Secrets of the Furious Five, Kung Fu Panda Holiday, Secrets of the Masters, Secrets of the Scroll, and Panda Paws. And don't forget its three TV series: Legends of Awesomeness, The Paws of Destiny, and (most recently) The Dragon Knight. As well as their shorts at the Universal theme parks: Unstoppable Awesomeness and The Emperor's Quest.

The difference between Po and Tai Lung is that Po had to believe that he is the Dragon Warrior and he love Kung Fu, for Tai Lung is that he was so talented in Kung Fu and the Greatest Kung Fu Warrior that has ever lived and he did all that to make Shifu proud of he and to became the Dragon Warrior for Shifu from all the years that he trained for Shifu, Tai Lung was not evil at the beginning for his selfish ego, he became evil when Shifu betrayed him for not being proud of him for not become the Dragon Warrior.

When an American cartoon causes the Chinese government to go "why are they representing our culture better than you" to their film industry.

i realy love oogway, he embodies what kung-fu is suposed to be about.

You weren't wrong to say 'mirror', because that's what was in the box.

i see your kung fu panda 3 on my wall, now i decided watching this first.

"when in doubt: fireworks" ooohhh cant wait for kung fu panda 2

Po can’t open the double doors but then it cuts to his dad opening them on his own 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

That Samsung screen is WILD! alyskaPog

This movie is my favourite childhood memories

"He's just thick with two C's" is the best commentary quote. 😂😂

2 and 3 are also really good! Watch those please!

32:57 😂you know this isn’t a Disney movie

Love how Po being adopted isn’t acknowledged in this movie. Helps adopted kids find some relatability in this movie

Imagine being a youtuber for 10 years of experience but a recent youtuber gained idk say maybe 90k subscribers in a day Will you still say :yes it's not his fault to gain that much cuz he deserved it?

"He can't paralyze him because he's got too much... "Fat?" "Fluff. I was going to say fluff." "Sure you were."

Dunno if youve ever watched 2000's El Dorado but you totally should! The second Kung Fu Panda is also a great choice!

40:32 That's the one he stuck in the ground when he was arguing with Oogway.

Yes! Please do KP2 & 3!

A classic

How to Train Your Dragon next!!!

Going off of spoilers from the rest of the series, I HOPE so BADLY that Tai Lung is still alive. Even if it was well-intentioned, Master Shifu raised him to be something he wasn't and completely ruined him. So I hope there's some hope of Tai Lung coming back and achieiving his own inner peace alongside his father.

funny detail Pou bumbs into everyone XD

Also there are 2 youtubers you need to watch their videos about this 1 is Film Theory who made a video on Po and why he's the Dragon Warrior and the other youtuber is Sage's Rain who made videos explaining the villains of Kung fu panda but only watch them after you have watched all 3 movies I believe you will like them 😸

The scroll is giving him power! Me: Yes and no.

1:31 wow the stairs are nice

That built in ad was hilarious oh my god

Not gonna lie, I kinda really want that screen.

Your British accent is so beautiful!

Po is a big panda. Shifu is a red panda. So actually the kung fu panda are both of them.

im honestly surprised how many people don't just immediately accept that Po was adopted, its pretty damn obvious......do that many people honestly not consider adoptive parents as actual parents? Mr Ping is his dad, you don't have to be biologically related to be a father

I like that this cartoon reveals the theme that each personality is unique and special in its own way, when Po talks to Oogway about the Five, he lists their unique qualities that the Viper has poison (but it does not have poison and fangs) the Crane has wings (despite the fact that he was frail and weak and worked as a cleaner at the academy) "I don't have claws" Yes, the Tigress had claws, but note that she doesn't use them in battle (because she can hurt or even kill with them...) and only beats with his paws, well, the Mantis is just small and dexterous and there is nothing extraordinary about him that he voiced about them by. No Secret ingredient :3 p.s My favorite trilogy apart from How to Train a Dragon and Madagascar.

Excellent job as always Alyce reacting to the original Kung-Fu Panda!!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽The sequels are equally well made, and entertaining. May you have the noodle dream.🙂

Imagine working your whole life for some rando to plop in and steal what you think you worked for

Glad you got up and looked inside the box. Enjoyed your laughter and joy!

I absolutely loved your reaction to Kung Foo Panda. Simply adorable Alyska ❤️❤️❤️

There is a short after -credit scene.

Pod is a tank basically so he can take a ton of damage

I think i saw u tear up when it looked like shifu died but then he was like psych i aint

It ginda was hes fault. He did the failure of a parent. He never made Tai lung realize hes perfect but gaved him too high expectations.

Seeing how much you enjoyed watching this makes me wanna go back and watch it myself. But also that story from your childhood. 🤣

I really loved this movie, I am so happy you enjoyed it too. Your reaction videos are one of my favourite on youtube, it's a lot of fun, I love it! You should watch and react to Megamind if you haven't yet since it's a wonderful animated movie too.

i dont think that the mensage is necesseraly "you are enough" by that i mean, it make it sound like we shouldnt strive to becoe better... thinking one is enough, is thinking you dont need anything else, that is pride... and pride, being the oposite of humbleness, is not the right way. i think the mensage is, with hard work and a good heart, you can achieve your dreams, that what makes you special, is your desire of being special, alongside with your resolution into acomplishing that goal. troughout all the movie, we can see that poe is a hard worker, always have been, he isnt some lazy guy who ust like to sit around doing nothing, he wakes up earlier than everybody else, he realy try his best to achieve his goals, po is special because HE MADE HMSELF special.

The sad part of this movie is the contrast between Po and Tai Lung. When he sees the scroll he says "It's nothing", because what he sees is himself, so he sees nothing because in his mind the fact that he's not the dragon warrior means he's nothing.

Alyce is so pretty 😍

I think that Master Oogway had the Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren effect. When he saw visions of Tai Lung's darkness, his decision led to what he saw, just like how when Luke tried to kill Kylo Ren because of a vision of Kylo going to the dark side.

Fun Fact Micheal Clarke Duncan voiced the Rhino Warden Also Mantis is my favourite member of the Furious Five

Oogway reminds me of my grandpa both wise and strange at the same time

I love this film! Jack Black is absolutely funny as Po.

Loved watching you watching this! You always remind me why "I" loved it in the first place. Agree with the suggestion about the whole trilogy. One more suggestion for a movie: Kubo and the Two Strings. Won a bunch of awards; deserved it IMO.

Thank you so much for filming the first time you watched Kung Fu Panda, it always brings back all those first impressions and warmth in your soul ^w^