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Just watched for the umpteenth time and(SPOILERS)


There were a few things I hadn't noticed before. They're nothing really life altering, I'm just putting them out there for anyone who didn't notice.

1.) Something I caught during the scene in which Po is finding inner peace. It was Po's father who gave "Wolf Boss" his missing eye. I didn't catch that. I definitely had seen (later in the flashback) the one-eyed wolf chasing down Po and his mother, but I had not noticed the strike which caused it moments before. Just kinda cool to me.

2.) This I sort of subconciously noticed, but didn't really think about. Obviously, when Po sends the last canon ball back to Shen's ship, it creates the black and white yin and yang symbol. But what I found more interesting was the light of the canon balls. Each one fired from a ship is emitting red, glowing sparks with a trail of the same color. As soon as Po makes contact with them, they become white. Again, this was probably a "duh" moment that many could ask "How did you miss that for so long?" I just found it very cool when I finally realized it.
**Side note: I wonder if the light changing might be indicative(sp) of the sacrifice Po's mother made for him. Think back to the flashback, when she places him in the radish cart. As she leaves to lead the wolves away from Po, there is very plainly a white glow around her. And as she disappears over the hill, chased by the wolves and Shen, the light is gone. Cut to twenty years later and result of her sacrifice is standing before Shen, stopping every canon ball fired with that white light. Just another piece of cinematography I felt the makers did very beautifully.

Feel free to discuss and try to avoid flaming me for missing such obvious visuals, haha.

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1) Woah, that just blew my mind 0_o Never noticed that! Awesome.

2) The thing about the mother may be a little overanalyzed, though the colours in this movie are always very well done. I'm sure you also noticed the colour of the sky when Shen enters the city for the first time - all red.
Po turning those red cannons to white is symbolic, but I see it another way - It symbolizes how Shen was ultimately defeated by his own weapons. What he did do destroy the warrior who would defeat him (red cannons) was ultimately what defeated himself (white cannons). It shows how it all backfired.

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1) Still crazy to think how even the smallest details came full circle.

2) Yeah, I figured I might've been going too in depth with it. And the contrast of red to white was not lost on me. In the end, Po defeated Shen with the ultimate kung-fu technique--turning his own strength against him. And yeah, it seemed like Shen was always shrouded in red somehow. Definitely enjoyed the lighting in this one.

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