Ip Man was a pretty good film. It wasn't the greatest that I've watched on this blog, but it still had some strong things going for it. This is a movie that has been on my watchlist for a while, but it was always at the back of my head, so I wasn't thinking about watching it until I saw it while searching for a movie. One thing I didn't know that this film is loosely based off of a real person. The cool thing is that this person in real life was the person who trained Bruce Lee, an absolute legend.
This movie was a pretty good watch. If you enjoy fighting, there was a whole lot of it in this film. The good thing about it though, is that it there isn't a single bad fight scene in the entire movie. Every single one flows well and isn't confusing to follow at all. The choreography for these fights is also insane. At one point Ip Man fights ten Japanese fighters at one time and just absolutely beats the crap out of them. That makes it so enjoyable to watch, because the Japanese are seen as the villains in this film. The fights aren't 100% realistic because in some parts you can tell that something wouldn't happen in real life, but you don't really care because of how cool it looks that a simple kick sends someone flying about 20 feet backwards. It also isn't just hand to hand combat. Weapons are used mostly by the villains, but when Ip uses something to defend himself, he doesn't use a weapon at all. He uses a feather duster (I think) to beat Master Jim towards the beginning and towards the end he beats him with just a long bamboo pole as well. The fight scenes from this movie are definitely the stars of this movie. The acting was pretty good. However, I was watching with subtitles and listening in Cantonese which should make sense since the movie takes place in China, but something felt off. When the actors spoke it didn't look like they were actually saying their lines in Chinese. It sounded more like they filmed the movie and voiced over all of the characters afterwards. To me that just didn't make sense. I got used to it by the end, but when I first saw it I kept noticing it for a little while. The cinematography was just okay. There were not a whole lot of knock your socks off shots (I can't believe I actually just typed knock your socks off), but the movie isn't boring to look at. In the beginning when Ip and everyone else are doing well things are very colorful, but once the Japanese invade the only colors that you really see are black, grey, and white. Besides that the only color really is from the red of the Japanese flag, and the red blood after someone gets hit. That was visually interesting, but the shots were a bit lacking. I don't have a whole lot to say about this movie. It was just above average for me, but will probably be forgotten about unless someone wants to watch it later in my life. 6.5/10.
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