Re: Hey Johne

I understand there's an Ip Man 2 (coming to Anglo audiences this summer) and
Ip Man 3 (no announcement of when that's coming, but I assume it will be
subtitled up for us, as well, in the future).

Yeah, I caught the propaganda aspect - I chuckled to myself.

There may have been a little wire-fu in the film, but if there was, it was
so well done it didn't call attention to itself. The one thing that most
impressed me was just how much of a special effect Donnie Yen is by
hisownself. Man, that guy is fast.

This was a diamond in the rough, a gem of a movie I'd never heard of. I saw
all those positive ratings on Netflix and started watching out of simple
curiosity. Imagine my surprise when it was actually engaging and
entertaining, not your average chop-socky flick. The production quality was
great, the camera work was very good, and the martial arts set pieces were
organic, not shoe-horned in. The story was surprisingly engaging, and I
found myself wondering what would cause the normally unflappable Master Ip
(pronounced Yip) to really let loose.

It is a climax worth waiting for. (I kept waiting for Master Ip to merge
forces with the Northern bandits, but that never came to be. I guess even in
very loose historical pictures, there are some storylines that are just too
cliche'. I was both mildly disappointed and mildly pleased.

Really enjoyed this one. Looking forward to Ip Man 2 (where, presumably, our
hero mentors a young Bruce Lee in Hong Kong).

Johne Cook
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On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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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