Comments on: Movie Recommendation for the Weekend: Ip Man

By: hallamq

hallamq — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:51:56 +0000

Great flick, but viewers beware that it’s only biographical in the loosest sense of the word.

By: thatguy

thatguy — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:47:08 +0000

i love the movie’s action, but i hated how much anti japanese nationalism was in this movie. ESPECIALLY that one japanese commander whose look was basically pulled from every racist jap poster during that time. even the way he spoke was stereotypical. other than that…good movie!

By: decuto

decuto — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:20:20 +0000

Pepper, You’re confusing Ip Man, who died at age 79 in Hong kong from throat cancer, with Huo Yuanjia who fought said champions and may have died from arsenic poisoning.

By: Pepper

Pepper — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:47:25 +0000

Ip Man is a solid film, and Donnie Yen totally restarted his career after this.

The Sammo vs Donnie matchup was THE fight to watch in the sequel! It is so awesome that it totally blew the rest of the battles later (supposedly the climax) out of the water.

Ip Man did have a series of matches against the colonial powers’ champions and won, and he WAS poisoned to death, but of course dramatic liberties have been taken.

On a somewhat less related note, Donnie Yen vs Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China II was also a fantastic fight.

By: shri

shri — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:33:39 +0000

the first IP man is the best film for sure, but the “sammo hung vs donnie yen” fight on an unstable table in ip man 2 is one of the most epic fight ever! they probably used some wire, what I generaly dislike, but they don’t make 100 feets jump that make it totally obvious, so I don’t care much this time!

By: Dimitrios

Dimitrios — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:16:42 +0000

Ip man 2 is pretty good as well. Except for anything involving the boxing matches. God I hope that really happened like that because it’s so dumb that I can’t imagine anyone would have thought it would be a good idea. But I love the gang fight in the fish market and fight on the table.

By: Lman

Lman — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:51:30 +0000

Dude, watch Ip Man 2 ASAP. It’s the Rocky 4 of the series, with Sammo Hung!

By: Ez E

Ez E — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:40:26 +0000

It was a good movie but I wasn’t as taken with it as others.

The Raid on the other hand is mind-blasting.

By: GrandWazoo

GrandWazoo — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:54:42 +0000

One mor ething. Ip Man 2 is amazing and I highly recommend it if you liked the first one.

By: E. Lee Zimmerman

E. Lee Zimmerman — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:50:28 +0000

Smokin’ hot recommendation. The first IP is very solid. I had a few nits that I picked with it when I saw it, but it still gets a very enthusiastic thumbs up.

As for the sequels, the only one really worth its salt was IP MAN: THE BEGINNING (I think it’s called). It’s clearly not as inspired as the first one, but it has some very nice moments.