Friday, March 8, 2024

Response to Beyond The Trailer's Kung Fu Panda 4 Review

Welcome back to Your Opinion Is NOT Law, where we debunk and critique bad faith critics. Today's subject is Grace Randolph, host of Beyond The Trailer. Yes, I know I defended her; and I was a FREAKING MORON for doing so! Her review of Kung Fu Panda 4 was what finally made me realize just how disrespectful and rude she actually is. So strap in, we're taking down this cow a peg.


0:56 To answer you question, yes they do! The filmmakers were inspired by anime when making this movie. And the bunnies in this film act nothing like the Ongees in Raya because the Ongees were just theives, the bunnies were actually vicious. What a very narrow-minded thing to say.


1:04, it's not exactly a road movie as most of the film is set in Juniper City, and even then, so what? Characters need to get from Point A to Point B. That's how story structure works.


1:35 ...No he's not? Like, his charm only in the film for a few scenes and they were really expository.


1:53 How? How exactly are they in anyway like Pleakly and Jumba? Unless your reasoning goes beyond the "fat and skinny duo", you have no ground to stand on. Also, they're not presented as a gay couple. They're relationship is just friends who happen to share a son. Many kids have 2 Moms or 2 Dads that are like Po's Dads with one being biological and the other being the step-parent. My older sister is like that actually, as she has a biological father but was raised by her step-father (my biological father) since she was 3. And both her Dads get along just fine. So no, Grace, it's not queerbaiting. It's just a mutual friendship between 2 Dads.


2:53 Says no spoilers, spoils them animated corpses. Wow, just wow 🙄


3:44 Or, maybe, this is a movie where one scene leads directly into the next. You know? Like a movie?!


3:57 I can't begin to fathom how anyone can say there's little creativity in a movie. It's beyond disrespectful to the hardworking men and women who spent years of their lives crafting the picture. And there's plenty of creativity in this film. Po explaining where the Furious 5 are and it being shown via Chinese puppetry, The Chameleon's shape-shifting powers, the Happy Bunny tavern being built on a cliff, Juniper City being a busseling metropolis, Han the pangolin rolling into a ball and having a lisp, those vicious bunnies, and so much more. And that's just scratching the surface. Don't you DARE say there was little creativity in a movie -.-


5:11 👏It's 👏a 👏COMEDY! It's supposed to supply jokes and gags, otherwise it's boring the audience to tears.


5:18 All these movies have kids as their primary audience. All of them were marketed and have sold lots of merchandise specifically for kids. You're surprised this movie's aiming for kids, the target demographic? Grow up -.-


5:49 Is this relevant to the film you're talking about in this video? Was there someone in the audience actually doing this while you were watching this film? No? Than shut up! -.-


6:36 Because chameleons are actually 7-10 inches long and the characters have their proportions based on their real life counterparts! Why do you think Mantis is so small? Or why Mr. Ping is halve the size of Po?


8:16 You never once talked about how her performance was in THIS particular movie! How was her comedic timing? How did she handle her chemistry with Po? How did she sound during the dramatic parts? I'm not watching this video to hear you talk about her other works, Im here to watch you talk about how she does in THIS film!


8:51 Yes it is, as it continues Po's journey and gives him unique obstacles to overcome as well as allow Jack Black to further dive into Po's character.


9:27 You just said this film feels like it was made for younger kids as opposed to adults! Putting Tenacious D's cover of Baby One More Time during the climax would've taken away from the seriousness of the situation and made it more juvenile! Pick a lane and stick to it! -.-


10:00 The main message of the film is the more things stay the same the less special they become. Po has to learn to accept change not as a negative, but as something to be welcomed.


This review made made me realize just how rude and disrespectful you are. I don't know why I or anyone else subscribed to you take you seriously as a person, never mind a critic. You have no respect for filmmakers, your points don't hold any water, and you don't even pay attention to the film because you're too distracted by what people in the audience are doing. If I was your boss, I'd fire you. I'd even go one step further and have you blacklisted from ever working for mainstream publishers ever again. Nobody likes you Grace, and it's not because you're a woman, or your a feminist, or even a critic: it's because you're mean. John Campea was right, you ARE a disgrace. Like I always say: Your Opinion is NOT Law -.-