I’ll say this for DreamWorks: when it latches on to a concept it doesn’t let it go.
I’ll say this for DreamWorks: when it latches on to a concept it doesn’t let it go. There have been four Shreks (with a spin-off, Puss in Boots, due in November), it’s preparing a third Madagascar, it has begun work on a sequel to How to Train Your Dragon and now this, Kung Fu Panda 2, and so should any of these films feel like more of the same, it’s probably because they are more of the same.
As it happens, I didn’t see the first Kung Fu Panda — God must have been feeling kindly towards me that week — but this still feels like more of the same. How does that work? I don’t know, but I’m hoping How Does That Work 2, released next summer, will answer that question unless I decide to leave the ending up in the air, in which case you’ll have to come back for How Does That Work 3, 4, 5 and 6, as well as the spin-off, Yes, That’s How It Worked and, Boy, Did We Work You.
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