"Kung Fu Panda 2": the bear that saved a Dream Works

"Kung Fu Panda 2": the bear that saved a Dream Works ..The director of  "Kung Fu Panda 2' Jennifer Yuh, acknowledges that he grew up with action films from Hong Kong, so when it came to hand the script of the sequel became clear that what I had to do was contribute their experience. Po the panda back to the big screen starring in a story which "responds to the question that has been made public since he saw the first part, why the father bear is a goose?" Says the filmmaker, who immediately responds "it is precisely the adventure of seeking their place in the world which will lead to the hero of the film to run into a villain so powerful it can mean the end of kung fu." The film has become a money machine. At the head of production is the president of DreamWorks, Jeffrey Katzenberg, who says the film has been designed in a very precise in what he does the first part: "Technology has helped increase the creativity of our artists who have done an incredible job. This is a complex story, interesting and beautiful. "

A mystery always
And it only seems that supersedes the previous one in creativity, as well at the box office: 'Kung Fu Panda 2' has become the more than 200 million dollars raised since its U.S. release on tape saving DreamWorks Animation studies . The numbers in the company's first quarter of 2011 fell by 50 percent over the previous year, when "How to Train Your Dragon" devastated. In fact, Katzenberg considered 2011 as a great year, "Guess it will work then as a film at the box office is a mystery. I work all my projects with equal enthusiasm, if not, I do not embark on them, "confesses the producer. After the poor performance of "Megamind", which had high expectations, the board is the second film about the adventures of Po, but on the near horizon are looming titles expected a lot, as is the case of "Puss in Boots" character who gives voice Antonio Banderas.

"Both Kung Fu Panda''2''and''Puss in Boots''have central characters with big hearts who need the work of actors who have unique voices to help them become icons of the silver screen," says Katzenberg . Their struggle is to get the film was screened in original version with subtitles: "It would be much better if everyone could appreciate the authentic voices chosen for each character." The work of the first part was not so simple, but the team throws his hands to his head when asked about the difficulties of this new. It is steeped in Chinese culture, they had set up camp in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and most lived with a group of pandas in a reserve. They took hundreds of photographs to accurately reproduce the temples, streets and sidewalks. "It is intense, but worth it" is the general comment of its members.

Feather pen
For this second part, have more involved scenarios while a greater number of details, so the heads of each animation department moved to China, where they were inspired to a few locations very real. From the production design department said half-jokingly: "We repair expenses, there are plenty of explosions and wet hair and feathers. An old joke says that the phrase more expensive than a writer can write is:''And then it started to rain.'' And this movie also rains. " The appearance of evil Peacock also raised new challenges, since treatment of the feathers is much more difficult than the hair: "We must manage each of them separately, a technique that has nothing to do with the hair treatment '.
In the original version, Jack Black gives voice to the huge bear that in this sequel tries to find inner peace to overcome all the obstacles around you.

With his characteristic humor, the actor joked: "My inner peace is shattered," he says sitting comfortably on a couch in the Burbank studios converted Dream Works for a day in a temple dedicated to the martial arts. "The film is especially for parents who are concerned about the health of their children. We all seek peace, and calm, be comfortable with ourselves, but our parents are more concerned about it and not suffer want, which is what happens to Po's father. " Jack, who can not stop a moment, rises from the sofa as a spring and teaches kung fu moves without the slightest shame. And what is striking is how reminiscent of the panda. "The animators copied me," she says by way of explanation with a voice that provokes laughter. "I am very proud of this character because through his sensitivity and his sense of humor becomes a hero. I just hope this is not the last time ', drop as a warning to mariners.

Emotional Control
Black also return alongside Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Lucy and Jackie Chan, who accompanies a new character, whose voice belongs to Gary Oldman, who plays the Peacock Lord Shen. "This quest teaches you many things inside. It is the most complex film in which I worked, "he confesses Angelina Jolie, who lends his voice to Tigre:" My character shows that emotional control, relax and do not know is the opposite of Po. Mourn not allowed, do not talk about your feelings and hides himself. The result was a very enriching experience because I needed to demonstrate through my voice that lives repressed. "

This sequel also benefits from the contribution of director Guillermo del Toro, who participated in the project as creative consultant, "Animation is a medium long, and I think wrongly, is intended only for children. However, I think allowing a film expression that is unlike any means and also the adults can enjoy. " The shoot lasted three years and Del Toro "was just in the middle, the film was in full chaos. We were happy to appear because he helped us organize ourselves and gave us lots of ideas, and all good, of course, "says Jennifer Yuh.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" goofing
Director: Jennifer Yu. Screenplay: Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Original Voices: Jeck Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman. USA, 2011. Duration: 90 minutes. Animation.

Once you become a hero, the man in the street or, for that matter, the panda commonly have to seek inner peace, recovering memory and ask the question of rigor, "Who am I?". It is a popular strategy franchise Superheroes: find a traumatic childhood to avenge, to overcome the feeling of orphanhood, put down roots for identity issues do not impede to defeat the enemy. All these concerns, strongly encrypted, were written in the genes of "Kung Fu Panda," though his approach, more frivolous, the genre "wuxia" did not stop to think why an endangered species of bamboo was addicted to a goose as a parent.

The only major development of this sequel is the appearance of a villain, voiced by Gary Oldman and a peacock, who wants to become the master of imperial China to blow gun. Lord Shen, which is the name the evil, has much to do with children aborted Po, and the film keeps the secret of the link between the two appearing at hand for a surprise. Impossible to be surprised by anything that raises "Kung Fu Panda 2 'or the visual finish, clean and dressed with 3D binding, or the mad momentum of the action sequences, involve a change of course. More of the same, and less than zero: we must raise cash. We must reclaim the idea of ​​family to make parents and children feel they belong to a community, the film, larger than life. Do you hear the tinkle of the Euro?


Living Art ... martial
The great Bruce Lee. Born in the year and at the hour of the Dragon and was one of the most martial artists of the twentieth century. He studied philosophy and applied to daily life the knowledge of Hegel, Spinoza, and Krishnamurti. At six years old made his first film, although the last of 1973, was left unfinished by his sudden and mysterious death at age 32 and which is still speculation. Kung Fu master. The adventures of the "grasshopper" burst on the screen in the mid 70's. David Carradine snatched a paper intended for Bruce Lee. His teacher, blind from birth, gave him life lessons continued: "A wise man walks with his head down," was one of his favorite along with "Never try to cope with a wave. Dodge them. "

Van Damme's kick. Born in Belgium and found success there as an expert in martial arts, a discipline that grows from ten years and thanks to the one with a muscular vertigo (became Mister in his homeland). Black belt in Karate Do, became one of the actors in action movies highest grossing of the 80's and 90's. The inner strength of "Karate Kid". Ralph Macchio was a teenager when attending to the philosophical teachings of his mentor. The film, which he pulled himself to the top to drop at breakneck speed, was a revolution in film 80. Not escape the "remake" starring two decades later by the son of Will Smith, over-violent scenes.