Hey Johne

You were right about Ip Man.  What a good movie.

I'd had it in my instant queue for awhile but finally decided to pull the 
trigger with my wife out of town after seeing your facebook post about it. 
It was a great story with a bunch of classic elements, from a david/goliath 
thing to repentance with a love story thrown in.

I was amazed at how well it was done too, even with rather succinct 
subtitles all sorts of emotion, pathos and heart came through.  Well acted, 
directed and filmed.

Don't let the martial arts stuff put you off, it wasn't what the movie was 
about even if it wouldn't have been a movie without it.  And it was 
extremely well choreographed, like a ballet.

I did find the propaganda aspect of it interesting.   There is no love lost 
between the Chinese and Japanese, (the Rape of Nanking), so some if it was 
understandable, but the statement about the Japanese surrender in 1945 with 
nary a mention of Hiroshima or the battle in the Pacific - it was as if the 
Chinese has single handedly defeated the Japanese.  It was only during the 
final subtitle/history screens and it didn't detract from the movie for me 
but it was almost comical.

Highly recommended.

Mike F.

P.S. What did those of you that saw it think of Machete? 


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