Ip Man movie - Page 12

It was good. Not as good as the first movie, which was even really good. It lacked a few things, and I also thought the fat kung fu master (as stated before, I don't know the names...) in the middle of it all somehow split the focus of it all. He wasn't impressive to watch at all, simply because it didn't look credible when he fought. I don't mind him really, but he took up way too much space. I also feel the big time ending of the movie only really got built up to by the end of the movie, while there was lots of stuff going on in the beginning that didn't really play a part in the end (but not as extreme as in the first movie, where it felt like watching two different movies). Overall it also felt like they toned down the brutality of it all though, kinda understandable considering the change of context but it felt watered down. The Chinese pride talk kind of annoyed me too, but more from the context that it seems to be so common in Chinese movies that I've seen lately (even more so than American freedom speeches in American moveis), I suppose it fits with context of Hong Kong and all.

The fight scenes were not as impressive either. What I *really* liked in the first movie, which in my mind made it unique and really cool, was how brutal the fight scenes were when Ip Man got serious. And how clearly they showed the brutality of it. This was never done here. Also, some fight scenes were too dragged out, without the real punch they had (read brutality) in the first movie. It all felt watered down. The only fights I really enjoyed was the first vs his student-to-be and the last, which I still would have enjoyed more had it been more brutal like the last fight in the first movie. I also missed some one Ip Man vs ten Japanese dudes fight scene, or that kind of.

Enough of the critisism. It was a good movie. I just felt it was watered down to make it more appealing to a wider audience (younger+families), instead of keeping with the brutality that made the first movie unique. But still, it's still one of the best new martial arts movies out there. Donnie Yen is extremely good, and I look forward to see him again.

The movie is damn good. I don't care that it's watered down, but it's jam packed with action and showed how effective Wing Chun is. The characters are portrayed well as Ip Man was gentle in nature despite his godlike skills (love the way he used the two butcher knife in the fish market - butterfly knife technique perfection). Only Sammo Hung was out of place since he's so damn fat.

The movie invoked the theme of humility, but standing up for what you believe in when the situation arises and stand behind your friends/students/colleagues no matter what. Donnie played the role extremely well and his Wing Chun is top notch. The fight with the boxer was awesome and loved the way he punched the crap out of him at the end.

THE TWISTER? REALLY?

that being said, the movie was damn good. loved the bruce lee bit at the end