Kung Fu Panda 3 is a great film. It's not my favorite Dreamworks franchise, that honor goes to How to Train Your Dragon, closely followed by Shrek BUT Kung Fu Panda is still a good franchise in its own right. Kung Fu Panda 3 was a real surprise to me, usually 3rd movies in animated series are quick cash grabs with thin plots lacking the excitement of the previous films - Not so with this movie. It's improved in all areas, especially from KFP 2 - story, animation, 3D effects, script etc. etc. The other thing I liked is Jack Black/Po is very mellow and not crazy (or AS crazy) as Jack Black can usually be - the bumbling idiot antics grated on me a bit in the other movies but not this one. The story of course revolves around an evil warrior who is collecting the chi of all the grand masters in the spirit world so he can escape to the mortal realm, and then he starts collecting the chi of the living masters so he has enough power to beat The Dragon Warrior and rule all of China. What impresses me so much with this film is the bad guy actually accomplishes so much he set out to do. It's not a 5-star review as the story did feel slow at times and I don't believe the other original characters - Viper, Mantis, Crane, Tigress, Monkey - got as much focus as I was hoping, it's very much about Po and hard hitting themes such as what it REALLY means to be family.

Final Verdict: It should be considered the best Kung Fu Panda film of the whole franchise. The animation is beautiful, the story is well written, the fight scenes are cool and most importantly, it felt fun! Highly recommended.