The only thingthat's left is the divine perfection and invulnerability. The complexity is gone,the humanity, with all its inherent flaws, is gone. And, at the end of the day, KFP3finished creating a cult of the Dragon Warrior by transforming Po froma goofus with a heart and spirit to some kind of omnipotent goldenBuddha, smiling and just-be-yourself-preaching.
So each next film was basicallycreating a new villain out of thin air (or, in this film's case, fromthe other world, literally) and imposing the duty of defeating him onPo, using it as a justification for granting him another magic ability.The gods are what we create ourselves. But letting him keep that spirit wouldmean losing pace for the franchise. Po is not aleader, he's not even a hero, he's just a guy who does what he canbecause his heart tells him so. It'swhere the pursuit of a dream was replaced with a job. Po's power was in finally letting himself pursue the dreamhe's been having on his own for so long, and in how a true dream canovercome any obstacle on its way.The problems began when Po was raised to the supreme position. First film's Po wasso great because he was a classic 'loser with a dream' type ofcharacter: confined in his bleak reality but refusing to accept hisdestiny. So it's no wonder thatmy greatest wish for every next KFP movie was to have him back somehow.Those vain hopes.The villain's complexity became the foundation on which the rest of thestory could develop. One of the reasons behind thefirst film's excellence was Tai Lung, a character so intense,conflicted and deeply rooted in the history of the KFP universe, thathis story managed to combine the vibes of two great confrontations:Obi-Wan vs Darth Vader and Darth Vader vs Luke. The same rule actually applies to just about any storywith some kind of confrontation, with the best of such stories havingvillains which you even want to relate to.Kung Fu Panda trilogy is no exception. As a certain character once said, a James Bond movie is only as good asthe villain.
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