FILMMAKER MOVIE REACTION!! IP Man (2008) FIRST TIME REACTION!!
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- Опубликовано: 10 мар 2021
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Remind me to never mess with Donnie Yen! Something new I'm excited to add to the mix here!
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Have a THE PUNISHER Episode on Friday and Band of Brothers on Saturday Enjoy the day!
Congrats on 50K man
Yup!!
Thanks man!!!
Ong-Bak and The night comes for us are also a must see
Ip Man taught Bruce Lee. If you want to see how it progressed then checkout Bruce Lee's Son Brandon Lee in the Movie "Rapid Fire"
interesting fact Donnie Yen's mom is martial arts grandmaster, her name is Bow-sim Mark
WHAT!? That’s badass
@@JamesVSCinema yep yep and his sister is also a Martial artist, Donnie Yen is such a badass! Love his movies!
@@JamesVSCinema I've heard that the swordfight between the two women leads in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were choreographed from videos of her performances
@@JamesVSCinema If I recall correctly, she's teaching in Boston. Black Belt Magazine listed her as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century.
Thats one family that never gets fucked with! lol
"He's literally breaking their bones... I don't even think that's how bones work!" 🤣🤣🤣
Fun fact: Robert Downey Jr actually practices Wing Chun. You'll notice he has a Wooden dummy in Iron Man 3 and he also showcases this in Sherlock Holmes. A lot of fans don't notice that usually.
you can actually notice the joint manipulation in civil war, when he tries to disarm someone without the suit
Wowww🤩
Yea... that DiScOmBoBuLaTe line Lmao😂😂😂
It was one of the things that helped him power through his initial recovery from drug addiction.
Ip Man taking on all those guys & decimating them left me with my jaw open for like a week after I watched it from how epic it was lol
Bro that had me wincing every second lmfaooo
I shared or showed that clip so many times.
The shot of his hands at the end revealing his two (only two!!) bloody knuckles gives me chills every time!
This is probably the best choreography of one man fighting multiple enemies I've ever seen.
You need to watch jet Li’s “hero” it’s genuinely a beautiful movie even more so than crouching tiger hidden dragon, Donnie yen is in it too!
@@major505 the classic!!!! smoke ,gunfire and chickens love it
yes a good follow up to CTHD
I totally agree with watching Hero! The color changes for each "chapter" and camera work for the fight scenes is amazing!!
Two fantastic movie’s.
Came here to say this
This was also a tribute to Bruce's "Fist of Fury" which was also about Chinese martial artists fighting the Japanese occupation. The scene where he takes on the ten guys is a direct reference to a similar scene in FOF
One of Jet Li's early hits was "Fist of Legend" a remake about the same (fictional) character Chen Zhen, who was fighting the Japanese to avenge the death of his master Huo YuanJia (real guy from history). Li then later portrayed Huo YuanJia in "Fearless"
Donnie Yen played Chen Zhen too, in the 2010 movie Legend of the fist: The return of Chen Zhen. :)
@@nocturneJOJO Which was a double tribute to Bruce because his Chen Zhen also dressed like Kato
Jet Li’s Fearless is incredible. Martial arts movies are a hell of a rabbit hole
Yes!! THIS ONE!!
Great lesson in the movie.
Best martial arts movie ever for me
only the director's cut though
I absolutely love these films. Donnie Yen is amazing, especially whenever he rolls up his sleeves
He’s an absolute beast!!
"He's literally breaking their bones. I don't think that's how bones work!"
Ip Man: "Well yeah... When I break them, they don't work."
XD
Sorry, I was laughing when you said that. That scene always blows everyone's minds.
I don't think he broke any bones, just destroying ligaments and tendons
If you want to be historically accurate, Japanese soldiers did train by beating prisoners to death. They didn't really "fight", they would just test out techniques like bayoneting people, to give the soldiers the sense of what it was like to kill.
Any more info to share? Interested.
Wow that’s pretty cool and freaky lol.
@@JJLL195 My grandparents lived through the Japanese occupation, and my grandfather was a translator for them (lucky he could speak their language it kept them alive). He saw with his own eyes that prisoners convicted of "crimes", real or otherwise, were used as bodies for bayonet training. While alive at first, then they continued to bayonet the corpse.
They did it so the soldiers would be merciless and wouldn't be killing for the first time on the battlefield.
@@ryanong3517 my grandparents and Father lived through the invasion of Sumatra and was put into a slave camp by the Japanese from ages 4-8. He told me of such practices. Horrific…
@Jacky Lin Allied soldiers were not spared by their white privileges. They were locked up in old Changi prison (demolished) or being sent to Burma (Myanmar) to build the (death railway). Either way, most died from malnutrition or from tropical diseases.
Anyway, i got no issues with the present group of Japanese (I like their pop culture). Maybe, except those from the far right old farts who like to dress up in their WW2 imperial japanese uniform. That is a big no-no for me and they are literally asking a beating from me.
This movie came out in a time before John Wick or The Raid, imagine being a martial arts movie layman and seeing that 1 v 10 scene, it would blow you mind!
How old are you ? (10) this film was made 12 years ago your acting like it was 100years ago
@@noellumleysavile5063: My only acknowledgement of it's release date was mentioning the fact that it came out before the creation of two other franchises that have since defined what many people consider to be top notch action. I've seen many other people say the same type of thing about how impressed they were watching this scene when the movie came out.
I'm 18, if you do consider that relevant.
@@phantomkitten73 I mean no offence but the amount of minds blown doesn't equal that of sitting in a cinema with a mostly art house crowd watching an Oscar winning foreign drama called 'Crouching tiger, hidden dragon'. I swear I could hear the minds go pop all around me :-D In my opinion it still contains one of the best fight scenes ever put on film.
hong kong cinema has been doing these kinds of fights since the 70s
@@sntxrrr: Oh it's probably not even in my top 20 favorite action scenes, but quite a lot of people who weren't familiar with action saw it. Younger people who had only seen a few fights from movies like Bourne, to them this may have been game-changing.
12:07 The reason why Wing Chun is so good is because asides from a good center of gravity, as you pointed out, it focuses less on acrobatics and little to no kicks/spinning moves that flashier styles incorporate. Notice Ip Man always faces his front towards opponents and never takes his eyes off of them. It's basically keeping your enemies in your sights at all times. Even his kicks are mostly low and middle front kicks. When surrounded, he turns quickly to face the next person he's aiming for. He actually is flexible to do high kicks but rarely uses them.
Not sure if you noticed but the opening credits says that the "Chief Wing Chun Adviser" is Ip Chun
Ip Man's eldest son. He is still alive at 96 years old and retired.
Do a Sergio Leone next. My personal pick would be "Once upon a Time in the West", but I wouldn't mind some Good, Bad and Ugly love either.
A double bill of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars. :D
Yes, I've suggested it for the poll. Maybe next time we'll get it.
To be fair, I hope he reacts to Once Upon A Time In America, now that film is easily the best Sergio Leone movie.
@@silentreactor97 I'll agree to disagree, in all fairness both OUAWest and OUATAmerica have some pacing problems and overall GBU is probably the better film out of all three, but out of all three. OUATWest has my most rewatches. Bronson, Fonda, Cardinale. the amazing Jill's Theme which is in my humble opinion the greatest piece of movie score ever (chased by Extacy of Gold from GBU), the dialogues. I could go on and on. There's also the underlying theme of the death of the classic Western hero. I also highly recommend the book "Something To Do With Death" by Christopher Frayling for more of an insight into Leone's particular vision as a filmmaker.
If you liked that 1 v 10 scene, you'll absolutely love The Protector with Tony Jaa
I don't know anything about film making but I'm learning to appreciate scenes I've already seen just by hearing the technicalities and thought that goes into them. We don't realize how much color and score manipulates emotion when we're caught in the moment.
So happy to hear this!
You've earned that 50k bro. it's been so awesome to watch your reviews, kick back, and just relax. Thanks for creating a place for chill vibes.
Always brotha, keeping it chill all 2021 my brother
OH HELL YES! Love your reactions btw dude (especially the Ocean's movies so far) and maaaaaaaaan are you in for a ride with this trilogy.
Ayyy Dave my man!! Appreciate the love!
Bro seriously fire movie choices lately, even better than usual imo, loving the vids dude.
You are providing some great content and help open my eyes to new ways of watching and appriciating films or shows. But more than anything you have a nice vibe that I dont mind spending time with, keep up the great work!
Waiting for u to watch Ong Bak, Legend of the Drunken Master, Hero(Jackie Chan) , The Chinese Connection (Bruce Lee), FEARLESS (Jet Li) and countless more martial arts movies
Hero stars Jet Li.
The protector???
Dude, congrats on hitting 50k. I’ve been here with you for a little while, been a hell of a ride ma man. Keep it up and can’t wait to see you meet and breach 100k!
The events are fictional in the movie. IRL, Ip Man fled to Hong Kong when the Japanese invaded. He opened up a school and started teaching Wing Chun there.
Funny thing but they did fled to Hong Kong so you're wrong. Watch part 2
@@CollinBD The events are actually fictional. He never fought a japanese general or anything.
This is definitely one of my favorite martial arts movies I had to subscribe just because your reaction to the fight scenes was just like mines the first time I watched it gonna go on a binge watching ya vids bro also liked your analysis of certain scenes from a filmmaker's point of view good shit bro
Also if you didn’t know Robert Downey Jr is a black belt in Wing Chun. He may even be a double I’m not sure. If you ever react to Sherlock Holmes you get to him do some of it
DISCOMBOBULATE
Note: Wing Chun doesn't have belts, it has sashes. I know because I trained a little bit under Ward, one of Ip Man's son's top students, and 1 of only 13 people around the world who teaches traditional Ip Man Wing Chun down the direct line of Ip Man via his son. It just so happens he teaches in Leeds, UK, and that's where I lived at the time.
actually wing chun doesn't have belts. chinese martial arts don't have belts, that's more of japanese/korean or brazilian tradition.
@@user-vc5rp7nf8f True
Captain Li's redemption is so good, they actually had to delete an scene where he gets beaten by the crowd right after he kills the japanese colonel, great characters for a great movie.
Thanks for making this video. I love your reactions and insights, and have loved this movie since it was released. Ip Man 2 is also definitely worth watching.
60 martial arts movies everyone should see, in the order you should see them if you haven’t. (Plus an honorable mention list.)
Most famous, popular, influential and entertaining:
1 "THE MATRIX"
2-3“Kill Bill”
4 "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"
5 "Big Trouble in Little China"
6 "Kung Fu Hustle"
7 “The Karate Kid” (1984)
8 “You Only Live Twice”
*The stars and their styles:
9"Enter The Dragon”
10"Dragons Forever"
11"Drunken Master II"
12 “City Hunter”
13-14 "Once Upon A Time in China I&II"
15"Fist of Fury"
16"Fist of Legend"
17 "The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk"
18 “Iron Monkey”
19 “SPL"
20 “Yes Madam”
21 "Hero"
22 "Yojimbo"
23 "Drive" (1997)
24 “The Crow”
25"Ong Bak"
26 "The Raid"
27"District B-13"
28 "Ninja Assassin"
29 “Undisputed 2”
30 “The Street Fighter”
*You need to see all of Bruce’s movies because there’s only five, Including
31"The Big Boss"
32"Way of The Dragon"
33"Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey" (DON’T SEE “Game of Death” - see this instead. It has more of the extant footage and isn’t the cash-grab travesty that is "Game of Death") Which then segues nicely into:
*Pre-Matrix Hollywood:
34"Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"
35"The Last Dragon"
36"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
37 "Bloodsport"
38"Roadhouse"
39 “Mortal Kombat”
*Shaw Bros:
40"The Five Deadly Venoms"
41"The 36th Chambers of the Shaolin" (AKA Shaolin Master Killer)
*Fantasy and VFX:
42 "A Chinese Ghost Story"
43 "The Bride With White Hair"
44 "The Storm Riders"
*Animation:
45 “Sword of The Stranger
46 “Kung Fu Panda”
47 “Street Fighter II” (1994)
48 “Ninja Scroll”
49 “Fist of The North Star” (1986)
50 “The Dagger of Kamui
*Jackie Chan’s early-80’s to early 90’s streak cannot be over-hyped. At the bare minimum you should see:
52-55"Police Story" I-IV
55-57 "Project A" I&II
58-59"Armor of God" & "Armor of God II: Operation Condor
60 - “Jackie Chan: My Stunts”
Honorable mentions:
Just really entertaining:
“Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
“Romeo Must Die”
“Tai Chi Zero”/”Tai Chi Hero”
“Shaolin Soccer”
“Kung Fu Panda” II&III
“DOA: Dead or Alive”
“Kung Fu Wing Chun”
“Haywire”
“Chinese Ghost Story” II&III
“Butterfly and Sword”
“Dragon Inn”
Comic book heroes:
“Blade I&II”
“Deadpool I&II”
“The Wolverine”
“Lone Wolf & Cub” series
“A Man Called Hero”
“Dragon Tiger Gate”
“Azumi”
“Crying Freeman”
“Atomic Blonde”
“Bulletproof Monk”
The rest of Jackie’s astonishing 80’s to 90’s streak:
“Who Am I”
“Miracles: The Canton Godfather”
“Wheels on Meals”
“Rumble in The Bronx”
“My Lucky Stars”& “Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars”
“Twin Dragons”
“Mr Nice Guy”
“Gorgeous”
Not quite martial arts movies:
“John Wick” trilogy
“Bourne” I-III
“Hard Target”
“Charlie’s Angels” 2000 and “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”
“The Transporter” trilogy
“The Matrix Reloaded”
“Cowboy Bebop”
“Taken”
“Kentucky Fried Movie”
“Grosse Pointe Blank”
“Undercover Brother”
“I’m Gonna Git U Sucka”
“Shogun” (American TV movie mini-series)
Recent favorites:
“The Foreigner”
“The Man From Nowhere”
“The Last Samurai”
“13 Assassins”
“Man of Tai Chi”
“Ip Man” series
“Flashpoint”
“Fearless”
“Monkey King” trilogy
More history:
Shaw Brothers:
“The One Armed Swordsman”
“Come Drink With Me
“Five Fingers of Death”
“Master of The Flying Guillotine”
Kurosawa:
“Seven Samurai”
“Sanjuro”
“Redbeard”
“Hidden Fortress”
“Throne of Blood”
Not Kurosawa:
“Sword of Doom”
Hollywood:
“Billy Jack”
More Thai:
“The Protector”
“Chocolate”
“Born To Fight”
More stars:
Mark Dacascos:
“Brotherhood of The Wolf”
“Only The Strong”
Scott Adkins:
“Boyka”
Michael Jai White:
“Black Dynamite”
Jet Li:
“Kiss of The Dragon”
“The Tai Chi Master”
“Danny The Dog”
“Kids From Shaolin”
“The Swordsman” I&II
Van Damme:
“No Retreat No Surrender”
“Kickboxer”
Sho Kosugi:
“Revenge of The Ninja”
Sonny Chiba:
“Return of Street Fighter”
“Sister Street Fighter”
Brandon Lee:
“Rapid Fire”
“Showdown in Little Tokyo”
*Everybody*
“The Expendables” trilogy
Documentaries:
“The Black Kung Fu Experience”
“The Real Miyagi”
“Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks”
“Rubble Kings”
F*cking weird:
“Ninja III: The Domination”
“Zu Warriors”(Both versions)
“Heroic Trio”
“Green Snake” 1993
“Swordsman III: The East is Red”
“Gymkata”
“So Close”
“Double Team”
“Knock Off”
“New Legend of Shaolin”
“Last Hero in China”
Congratulations on nearing the 50k mark! I can't speak for everyone who has subscribed to your channel, but I know why I did. Your commentary is often thoughtful and informative and brings things that would normally go unnoticed to my attention. I love the craft of movie making but sometimes get caught up in the story and miss some of the details. I really enjoy when you mention a particular camera angle or an edit or the pacing of a scene. Thanks for doing what you do. peace ✌️
dude you deserve way more subs. you're incite is awesome and videos are dope keep it up man.
Congrats on the growth! Your insight into cinematography is definitely interesting to watch. The scene where he fights 10 dudes is prolly my favorite fight scene of any movie
Hey thanks!! Yeah that fight was WILD
Donnie is soooo fast.
This is the most satisfying movie to watch.
The look on his face after his wife gives him the go ahead is priceless.
In regards to your intro: honestly you deserve more than 50k subs, man. You're a super cool dude with a lot of insight to movies that I would otherwise miss, so thank you. Keep doing you and you'll be surprised with how many more people will sub to your channel.
Oh hell yes, so happy to see you take this one on!
omg, as a student of wing chun, i LOVE this movie, and seeing my favorite film reactor watch it was amazing!!
PLZ react to the other ip man films, especially THE GRANDMASTER
Randomly watching this movie and the sequel in my dorm 10 years ago was one of the best decisions lol. Especially because I don't typically watch a lot of movies like this but I loved this series. 💕
50K ! congrats Bro . You will hit 1mil in no time
Ip Man 3 probably remains my favorite movie in the franchise, the story, the choreography, the music, everything's on top
Ip Man is legendary!!!! Glad you reacted to this masterpiece man!!!!
What makes these movies so great is their dedication to the characters and story (with some historical weight thrown in) combined with the amazing fight choreography, editing and stunt work!
The other style was “Karate” I believe
Yep that's traditional karate.
That fight against the Japanese karate fighters is one of the most brutal. Loved watching your reaction to it.
You should react to Jet Li's Fearless, it's probably my favourite martial arts film, along with Ip Man.
Fearless and Hero are definitely my top 2 must-watch Jet Li films, both are just incredible
@@somniumrabidum Fist of Legend
But it has to be the version in Chinese. Not dubbed!!
James you deserve 750 thousand subs. For starters. 50 is just the beginning for you dude.
Yo man, congrats on getting 50,000 subs, but then again you and your channel deserve it! Also much love for reacting to Ip Man, Donnie Yen is amazing!:)
Thanks so much for real! What an awesome journey this is becoming!
Ive watched the 10 black belts fight so many times. Its on parr with straight up anime like Madara vs the shinobi alliance. Also congrats on 50k. I'll still be here when you hit 100k 🤘
I never got this noti. Happy I found it 3 days later after going through yiur channel again
LOVE this film! I’m excited for you to see the other films in the series! Donnie Yen is awesome! I’m glad Hollywood took notice of him, I hope you also watch his other classic films such as Iron Monkey, Flashpoint, In the Line of Duty 4, and even his role as the villain against Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China 2 was epic!
Good work James, keep going. Nice reaction to IP Man.
In Hong Kong cinema, you're expected to take actual shots during fights. The extras get the crap kicked out of them for sure haha
Congrats on your subs, including mine! Keep doing a good job James! Between you and Brandon, your channel is a great discovery on YT x
Hey!! Thanks a lot man wow!
@@JamesVSCinema (psst i'm not a dude don't worry you couldn't tell ;) haha) xx
Love Ip Man. If you haven’t seen it, give “Flash Point” a spin. Donnie Yen, the same director... one of the best fight scenes ever!
He’s super dope!
@@JamesVSCinema i've heard that the reason some of those hits look so good is because donnie yen is know to go up to stunt men and give them a handfull of cash and be like "i'm gonna hit you real good alright?" lol
I believe that the fights Ip Man had with the Japanese soldier were not historically accurate - which makes sense, because Chinese people were kinda powerless under the Japanese rule, it's hard to believe that anyone who stood up to them survived afterwards.
But it is true that when the Japanese took over China, many Chinese people suffered and many war crimes were committed and well-documented, which I guess is the sentiment in these movies - the feelings of humiliation and disrespect felt by civilians. The scene where the Japanese soldier wanted to take away Ip Man's wife, no doubt that would have happened to many Chinese females during that time, getting taken away and sexually assaulted (as I said before, war crimes). Also, the guy who was somewhat on the Japanese's side, there were many Chinese people who betrayed China during that time and helped the Japanese - some for greed, some to stay alive...of course a lot of Chinese people look back and despise them for their betrayal, but in face of death, I can understand that some chose to be selfish (not saying that it was right).
Great breakdown as always
I appreciate your reaction to this movie 😂😭👍🏽🙌🏼 funny asf
Your observation is impressive- it is about center of gravity surprised anybody who hasn’t done Wing Chun could notice so quickly
Wing Chun can definitely be effective, it's very fast, compact, and centered.
In a modern context, when you're fighting with mma gloves the strikes lose a lot of power, and if it's all you're practicing then you aren't learning how to defend against grappling, so in the ring you're not gonna see much of it
Now you got to react to the rest of them, keep up the great work James!
Fasho!!
I love this movie, and yes it is loosely based on historical events though they are heavily romanticized. The stunts and combat are of course exceptional given that Yen is one of the greatest movie martial artist in activity.
The only issue that I take with not just this movie, but actually a broader issue within chinese movies that came out in the past 15 years or so, is that they quite clearly became a propaganda tool; older one like this are still a tiny bit excusable and its themes are more a way to portray national pride (which is not a bad thing per se unless taken to the extreme), but the more the years went by and China rose in its prominence and importance (and strictiness of its regime) the more you notice how they barely try to hide it anymore. Nearly everything is a metaphor or an excuse to sow the seed of a nationalism that goes beyond the simpler national pride, and also every possible portrayal of what is either foreign or from the more rural parts of China, is done in a very derogatory way, all to promote a quite strong jingoism. It's too bad because I really like the movie, but it's nigh impossible to watch it without notiing that.
like most American movies ?
@@diakojim1977 yes and no, it's more subtle. As a non American the exaggerated patriotism of US movies it's borderline hilarious even when it's done with a serious intent, beside there's plenty of US movies that are meant as a satire or even an open and serious criticism of the USA, not to mention newspaper, TV shows, books, and so on; I can't say the same about China.
While the US have PLENTY of flaws, including the feeling of superiority that many of the Americans have, most of the time these flaws are a consequence of the failures of their own systems (educational in primis) to show their country in relation to the others in an objective way. In the case of China and it's propaganda is the opposite, it's not the failures and mistakes of the country that provide a distorted perception and senso of superiority to its citizens, but the fact that it's system are actually working, because that distortion in perception is by design. Hence why it has to be subtle so it doesn't become a mockery of itself, and why there is virtually no criticism allowed and even the external influences are extremely limited and carefully selected (for instance when it comes to movies only 34 foreign movies per year are allowed to be distributed in China, whereas there is no such limitation in the US).
@@nocturneJOJO I do not disagree.
You'll find older films like these that are produced in Hong Kong are less propaganda-like and more so promoting a sense of nationalism as they were not really restricted in terms of what they could film. Nowadays, films and shows in China have to pass the government's broadcast regulations and thus, film creators cannot freely create, which is why you will see more propaganda -it's simply the product of the rules.
@@nocturneJOJO umm I disagree. I think you’re undermining the US. US military play a huge role in American cinema. If a movie portrays the US army it has to be shown to the army if they disapprove they won’t give any financing, if it’s positive they pump money into the projects. MCU is heavy propaganda - literally work in coordination with the FBI & military on decisions - of US being world police and they get heavily financed by the army - it’s subtle but effective in re-enforcing that ideology. Look at the Top Gun movies and the rate of people who joined the navy. Look to when they had recruitment desks at Man of Steel cinemas. American Sniper is egregious propaganda, the invasion of Iraq was incredibly illegal - think Russia and Ukraine and making a movie about the best Russian sniper. There’s scenes of him literally sniping children, just like children we see in Ukraine fighting the illegal invasion but in American Sniper it’s justified for the greater good.
Look at the highest viewed tv shows in america throughout the years NCIS (and it’s 100 spin-offs), Criminal Minds, CSI (and it’s 100 spin-offs), FBI, Blue Bloods, JAG, Law & Order (and it’s 100 spin-offs), Bones, etc. these were. Played prime time and are all police/military shows, this is important to acknowledge the propaganda as America spends more money by far than anyone else on military spending. NYPD budget is bigger than most countries actually military. 25% of the worlds prison population is American but police only solve 11% of major crimes and 2% are actually convicted but if you watch America TV you’re lead to believe police solve everything and just acts as propaganda to militarise and police state the nation. Even tho spending more on police is proven to not lower crime rates. That’s the definition of success propaganda. You now have the biggest police state and military around the world with barely any questions asked. But with BLM protests, Uvalde incident we are seeing more questions being raised on the necessity of those budgets.
I don’t really get your point it’s the failures of their systems. Because I don’t see it as a failure of their system but a success in their eyes. Many schools in America do a pledge of allegiance in the mornings, that’s not a failure of system that’s a active choice. There is no limit of foreign films in US but how many foreign films get screened yearly in the in the flyover states? More Chinese people are watching Avengers and other American films than Americans are watching Chinese or other foreign movies.
Bro!! You had me dying there at 29:22!! Did not expect that! 😅
I've been watching your channel for months. This is the reaction that made me subscribe. You hit all my favorite notes of this film. Let's see if you can get me to Patreon. Keep going.
The IP Man movies, which I love, are some of China's most successful propaganda films. It's comparable to Top Gun. China v. Japan is a thing in the same way that US vs. Russia is a thing. IP Man was a real guy, but the movies are all heavily stylized fictions about him. I hope you watch the sequels. The one where he fights Mike Tyson is a lot of fun.
I haven't watched this movie yet. Now just from watching the first 30 seconds of your reaction video, I have to find it.
@James VS Cinema You just hit one of my top 3 all time favorite movies. Yes, this is extremely historically accurate. Obviously there were some liberties taken with the actual dialogue and interactions, but the events are true. This actually inspired me to take Wing Chun for a while. While by no means would I consider myself a practitioner, I learned a lot about the history.
Wing Chun (or Wing Tsun) is a fighting style that was originally designed for women, which is why you heard a few references regarding a "woman's fighting style". Basically, it's designed for a smaller defender to defeat a larger attacker, which is usually the case with a man attacking a woman. In addition, it's designed for extremely close quarters fighting, where styles like Tae Kwon Do focus on powerful kicks and attacks from more medium range. Wing Chun is no joke. When you saw Master Ip fighting the 10 Japanese, you saw how fast he dispatched them. That's the entire point of Wing Chun, incapacitate your enemy as quickly as possible. Those bicycle punch combos are also a key basic technique to Wing Chun that you will see often used.
The General was using Karate, which is the Japanese developed martial art. That's also what the 10 opponents were using when Master Ip fought in the arena.
Pulling all this from memory, so if anyone sees something I missed or was incorrect on, please chime in. I love this story and want to make sure I'm representing it correctly! :)
A little backstory about Ip Man which you can see in the film Ip Man: A Legend is Born.
At 15 years old, Ip Man attended school at St. Stephen's College in Hong Kong.
He learned and actually understands and speaks english. It was also one of the places he was familiar with too to escape with his family. That, or a lot of refugees knew Hong Kong was a safe haven.
Loved your reaction to this great movie!
One of my fave movies of all time. And one of the hardest to watch.
What you said about the color contrast, I really like how it seems to gradually change as the film goes on.
MFW you realize the dude that got the 20 punch combo to the face got off the easiest in that 10 man fight
Hahahaha honestly though!!
Nah I think one of the last four guys just took a punch and was taken out or I saw it wrong
So glad you watched this, hope you watch the next one too!
Hey James. Since you are one of the few reactors that read, like and reply to comments (specifically mine :) I got something to throw on your poles thats going to show up eventually on other reactor's videos. Curious to see what your patreons will think.
The 13th Warrior. Its on Disney+ and nobody has touched it yet. Criminally underrated and has a cult following.
Absolutely love your reactions. I'm glad you have such a broad mind when it comes to what you watch. I especially loved your Hereditary and Come and see reactions. Heavy stuff though! I recommend reacting to the film Une prophete from 2009. I see it should be available for streaming in the US now. It is a must see, if you haven't already seen it :-)
I trained Shotokan Karate for 7 years, and the stances and forms check out. In the Dojo scenes that is. Love that movie btw 😎
Those punch combos was so unreal it's almost like I'm watching an anime lmao.
Donnie Yen’s real life style is MMA but he mainly shows that in films that’s based in modern day and in period films he uses more traditional martial arts
10:25 "When all the boys go out and have fun and your mother keeps you at home."
Nice, haven't watched yet but this is my favorite martial arts movie, was waiting for someone to get to it.
Try Jackie Chan Drunken Master
This movie has that oldie feel to it. as you said about the colours. Makes a certain feel to it.
One thing you should know about ip man, if he rolls up his sleeves, you’re dead.
Ip Man and Fearless are exceptional movies. Great reaction man - that 1v10 gets me every time.
Crazy fight!
Yes, they really did this kind of thing. My first Kali instructor's father was part of the Bataan Death March. When they found out he was a Kali instructor, the kept sending Japanese knife fighters to fight him. He fought, to the death, over 40 times before they were freed.
You should really watch "The devil all the time"
Absolutely! Mind-blowing and gut-wrenching.
Deluuuuuuusion!
18:57 i was not expecting this anger…. IM WITH IT. 😂😂😂
I absolutely love all of these movies. Even Master Z. That dude is a badass too.
The first time I saw that 1v10 fight scene, I thought "this is how you disjoint the legs and wings when you break down a chicken".
If James likes the undertone colors he should check out The Wailing or The Admiral :Roaring Currents
Great film and reaction. I practice wing chun (WSL VT) and of course it is very different in real life, the chain punching is only an exercise and represents a concept (to replace what you take away) whereas in practice good wing chun fighters can down their opponent in one or two hits. If done correctly those punches are very hard. Even so, the spirit of Ip Man and Wing Chun is captured beautifully. Kudos to DY and the filmmakers.
Great review. Hope you review the other parts too.
"I'm going to live vicariously through Ipman"
A few moments later..
"Oh God, Oh God what what he's breaking their bones"
Hahaha
Great to mention the centre gravity.. this is one of the key principles in Wing Chun style... to keep your centreline defended all the way...
that's why Wing Chun is a bit different from many other styles in Chinese Kung Fu... Wing Chun masters do not move crazily. They stay firm and adjust their body movements and postures constantly to fit their enemies.
You should do the entire trilogy it actually wraps up very nicely
I was blown away watching this when it first came out, that 1v10 fight was insane and so brutal!
If I can throw a recommendation your way? I see some people recommending 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' and I think that's a great choice. My recommendation would be to follow that up with 'The Good, The Bad, The Weird'. It's a Korean western/action/comedy take on the original, but with a lot more humour and a *lot* more violence. Guarantee you won't be disappointed with it.
James, I love the channel and your insights on everything you watch. I only have one thing to note: With you in a giant bubble in the bottom right, we sometimes miss some of the things that you are reacting to. Have you considered swapping the format to having you be the main screen, and the film be the picture-in-picture? It could be bigger, sure, but then we wouldn't be missing out on 1/4 of what you are reacting too. Cheers!
Ip Man was the founder of modern wing chun and taught Bruce Lee. This film is more a homage to him and his legacy than factual. Also Sammo Hung was the lead fight choreographer who is a living legend, choreographed for enter the dragon with bruce lee and who also starred in late 90's cop series Martial Law.
One of my favorite martial arts films.. I would recommend Fist of Legend, legend of drunken master, the protector, and chocolate.
Oh hell yeah. IP Man is emotional and powerful. Great choice!
I don't want to see drawings and want to throw hands lmao that killed me