FILMMAKER MOVIE REACTION!! IP Man (2008) FIRST TIME REACTION!!

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[@JamesVSCinema]

Remind me to never mess with Donnie Yen! Something new I'm excited to add to the mix here! Want to vote on what I should watch next? Click here! www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema Have a THE PUNISHER Episode on Friday and Band of Brothers on Saturday Enjoy the day!

[@MrBodies07]

Congrats on 50K man

[@JamesVSCinema]

Yup!!

[@JamesVSCinema]

Thanks man!!!

[@smokeymcpot982]

Ong-Bak and The night comes for us are also a must see

[@Farmer_Dave]

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"

[@thedernboy]

interesting fact Donnie Yen's mom is martial arts grandmaster, her name is Bow-sim Mark

[@JamesVSCinema]

WHAT!? That’s badass

[@thedernboy]

@@JamesVSCinema yep yep and his sister is also a Martial artist, Donnie Yen is such a badass! Love his movies!

[@VeerleTakino]

@@JamesVSCinema I've heard that the swordfight between the two women leads in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were choreographed from videos of her performances

[@Zcorck]

@@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.

[@number1sun]

Thats one family that never gets fucked with! lol

[@TotallySquirrel]

"He's literally breaking their bones... I don't even think that's how bones work!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisleebowers]

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"

[@nocturneJOJO]

Donnie Yen played Chen Zhen too, in the 2010 movie Legend of the fist: The return of Chen Zhen. :)

[@chrisleebowers]

@@nocturneJOJO Which was a double tribute to Bruce because his Chen Zhen also dressed like Kato

[@kazkilla1]

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!

[@pomaimoikeha829]

@@Joetorres3 the classic!!!! smoke ,gunfire and chickens love it

[@pomaimoikeha829]

yes a good follow up to CTHD

[@exagerratedblindness]

I totally agree with watching Hero! The color changes for each "chapter" and camera work for the fight scenes is amazing!!

[@dylanbollinger6270]

Two fantastic movie’s.

[@jamessmcgregor1948]

Came here to say this

[@frankyeichler3303]

I absolutely love these films. Donnie Yen is amazing, especially whenever he rolls up his sleeves

[@JamesVSCinema]

He’s an absolute beast!!

[@angellopez3202]

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

[@JamesVSCinema]

Bro that had me wincing every second lmfaooo

[@envowedsyntropist2555]

I shared or showed that clip so many times.

[@gh41996]

The shot of his hands at the end revealing his two (only two!!) bloody knuckles gives me chills every time!

[@One.Zero.One101]

This is probably the best choreography of one man fighting multiple enemies I've ever seen.

[@hellowhat890]

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.

[@phantomkitten73]

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!

[@noellumleysavile5063]

How old are you ? (10) this film was made 12 years ago your acting like it was 100years ago

[@phantomkitten73]

@@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.

[@sntxrrr]

@@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.

[@anxiousweeb8753]

hong kong cinema has been doing these kinds of fights since the 70s

[@phantomkitten73]

@@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.

[@hellowhat890]

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.

[@daxdynamite2750]

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.

[@Sandwhaler]

A double bill of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars. :D

[@sntxrrr]

Yes, I've suggested it for the poll. Maybe next time we'll get it.

[@silentreactor97]

To be fair, I hope he reacts to Once Upon A Time In America, now that film is easily the best Sergio Leone movie.

[@daxdynamite2750]

@@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.

[@hellowhat890]

"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.

[@lks9988]

I don't think he broke any bones, just destroying ligaments and tendons

[@07jimmymitchell]

If you liked that 1 v 10 scene, you'll absolutely love The Protector with Tony Jaa

[@champcpr]

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.

[@JamesVSCinema]

So happy to hear this!

[@aleedriftwood]

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.

[@CollinBD]

Funny thing but they did fled to Hong Kong so you're wrong. Watch part 2

[@caiptainawesome807]

@@CollinBD The events are actually fictional. He never fought a japanese general or anything.

[@0xLimas]

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

[@CygnusVoyager]

DISCOMBOBULATE

[@TheClassicWorld]

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.

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

actually wing chun doesn't have belts. chinese martial arts don't have belts, that's more of japanese/korean or brazilian tradition.

[@Supirbemo]

@@user-vc5rp7nf8f True

[@miamiassassin13]

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.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Always brotha, keeping it chill all 2021 my brother

[@hellowhat890]

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.

[@jamesdawson2393]

You should react to Jet Li's Fearless, it's probably my favourite martial arts film, along with Ip Man.

[@somniumrabidum]

Fearless and Hero are definitely my top 2 must-watch Jet Li films, both are just incredible

[@jp3813]

@@somniumrabidum Fist of Legend

[@patinho5589]

But it has to be the version in Chinese. Not dubbed!!

[@douglovesmovies2376]

The protector???

[@EmoDragracer]

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.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Ayyy Dave my man!! Appreciate the love!

[@Nexus8VK]

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!

[@JamesVSCinema]

He’s super dope!

[@forsakenstranger2282]

@@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

[@jonahhex9620]

Your observation is impressive- it is about center of gravity surprised anybody who hasn’t done Wing Chun could notice so quickly

[@bailincen7472]

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).

[@hellowhat890]

5:22 Rolling Thunder punches are in fact quite lethal.

[@Facelessify1]

Ip Man 3 probably remains my favorite movie in the franchise, the story, the choreography, the music, everything's on top

[@brandonchang4685]

The other style was “Karate” I believe

[@rabbitshady499]

Yep that's traditional karate.

[@peters4115]

MFW you realize the dude that got the 20 punch combo to the face got off the easiest in that 10 man fight

[@JamesVSCinema]

Hahahaha honestly though!!

[@specialbeamvegeta4059]

Nah I think one of the last four guys just took a punch and was taken out or I saw it wrong

[@katwebbxo]

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. 💕

[@VeerleTakino]

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

[@nocturneJOJO]

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.

[@diakojim1977]

like most American movies ?

[@nocturneJOJO]

@@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).

[@diakojim1977]

@@nocturneJOJO I do not disagree.

[@bailincen7472]

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.

[@Yumm...]

@@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.

[@robertmitchel2194]

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

[@rookiecookie722]

At 19:39, when Ip Man slaps the translator, in the movie he starts throwing a fit (the translator), and in his anger he yells after Ip Man "I'm a Chinese man!", but in that last sentence, in his anger, he reverts to speaking Japanese, so he shouts "I'm a Chinese man!" in Japanese, not Chinese. An interesting little detail.

[@sovit7264]

18:57 i was not expecting this anger…. IM WITH IT. 😂😂😂

[@tt90001]

Basic on Ip Chun (Ip man's elderly son) described (the kid who probably appeared in movie while riding a tricycle), roughly 1/3 of the story were "exaggerated". He also mentioned while Ip Man were holding/broking a gun i.e cylinder of the revolver went off was 100% true.

[@hungryclone]

That fight against the Japanese karate fighters is one of the most brutal. Loved watching your reaction to it.

[@sokhon6590]

One thing you should know about ip man, if he rolls up his sleeves, you’re dead.

[@lucymolockian1849]

My older brother took Wing Chun for a number of years. He has the wooden dummy at his house which he still uses...shit is brutal.

[@StrangeDuck]

i like how every one of those feather duster hits would have been a strike with a blade. that fight would have been over 10 times had he not shown restraint.

[@RictorIAG]

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.

[@vyshak4455]

Ip Man is legendary!!!! Glad you reacted to this masterpiece man!!!!

[@marxseet]

WIng Chun is a martial art (used by IP Man) developed by a woman, the principle is to keep your opponents very near so that he can't pull a full punch or kick due to the close distance (therefore minimising the impact). Then using speed to strike at the weakest parts of the body of your opponent to bring him down and at the same time using the hardest part of your body such as elbow for defence. On the surface it looks like a defensive martial art, but in actual it is combination of both a attack and defence martial art.

[@talisredstar1543]

Wing chun from what gathered is a form about direct movments and attacks. You defeat your opponent from multiple hits in usually quick succession. Think Death by a thousand cuts. It minimizes movements and keeps the center of gravity strong so that even when you have to move and dodge your still centered. It is said it was designed for women, and as you see it is designed for foe people that don't have incredible strength. When you face someone that does have it, taht is when you have to have strong technique, and become mobile. Wing chun either wins through overwhelming the person's body with attacks, or through out lasting your opponent because you not wasting energy. Martial arts are also about distraction, and so that is why you see alot of the other forms used have the elogated attack sequences, or strikes. Its suppose to draw you attention away from the actual strike leaving not only open for the strike, but confused.

[@deannascott8050]

One of my fave movies of all time. And one of the hardest to watch.

[@JustSomeGoy]

That 1 vs 10 is one of the best fights ever filmed, not sure if you noticed but all of the japanese fighters were Black Belts.

[@kevinjaypattie8438]

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!

[@hellowhat890]

10:12 You might think it seems too fairytale or whatnot, but actually, duels like that could severely injure or sometimes kill people. My Kung-Fu master, who immigrated from Taiwan and was an 8th generation student of Wing Chun explained that a lot of people, like distinguished martial artists wore white shirts. Basically, getting punched, kicked, or thrown in the mud meant you got beat or hurt. So if you went home after the end of the day without having to clean your shirt, you survived the day. That was really the mentality before and around the end of the 1900s. You could say that as things progressed for Asia after the First World War, martial artists kinda lessened the strictness about killing each other in 1 on 1 duels. But even in the 30s to 40s, that didn't mean you couldn't leave a lasting impression by getting the crap beaten out of you.

[@aerthreepwood8021]

As a long-time Nak Muay, I highly recommend the first Ong Bak and The Protector. The Protector has one of the greatest tracking shots of all-time.

[@agentdandagame7179]

The first Ip man, although not entirely historically actuate (ip man didnt fight 10 black belts, nor did he have leave his home when Japan invaded China) is still great to watch . Awesome set of films .

[@whoalookout8578]

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.

[@raveenrandika9191]

50K ! congrats Bro . You will hit 1mil in no time

[@Heiryuu]

Loosely based on real life. ip man was real, he really did become homeless, and he did flee to Hong Kong after the war. But the circumstances are much different. The goal here was to create a kung fu legend and have him go on adventures. Kinda like how Disney made Davy Crockett into a legend back in the 50’s and 60’s.

[@kenkauffman3522]

He’s using a form of Karate. Shows the difference between Chinese and Japanese Martial Arts

[@justaguy3658]

dude you deserve way more subs. you're incite is awesome and videos are dope keep it up man.

[@Ihamdrumm3r]

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

[@JamesVSCinema]

Hey thanks!! Yeah that fight was WILD

[@jalankvng]

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

[@samwisegamgee4952]

You should really watch "The devil all the time"

[@mothermedusa9921]

Absolutely! Mind-blowing and gut-wrenching.

[@beanz6745]

Deluuuuuuusion!

[@rebelvinny7661]

Try Jackie Chan Drunken Master

[@mmmvendico]

This movie has that oldie feel to it. as you said about the colours. Makes a certain feel to it.

[@dionnegoss6897]

The reason his centre of gravity is good is because of the Wing Chun stance. Originally ours was called IRAS (internal rotation abductor stance) with the knees facing inwards like your holding a goat between your legs but now our knees aren't pointing in, but towards the opponent You root into the ground 😁

[@kr0n0sthetitan23]

When I watch the 10:1 fight I always hear a quote: "The worst thing you can experience is anger of a calm man."

[@nebularain3338]

No one does fight choreography like Hong Kong. Sammo Hung is a kung-fu legend!

[@emotionallychargedtowel]

Going off on a tangent here, but there's a chinese channel called 锦鲤娱塘 that features videos on supporting actors / stuntsmen in Hong Kong cinema. I'm not affiliated and this channel is only in chinese but will give any HK action / martial arts film fans a taste of the crazy stunts and the industry culture back then, such as the one featuring 钱嘉乐 (Chin Kar Lok). As someone who grew up on 80s and 90s HK cinema, this brought back a load of nostalgia and interesting stories I hadn't heard of. Back on track, this was one of the first films that made me appreciate Donnie as an actor and not just an action star.

[@unethicalknight]

Oh hell yes, so happy to see you take this one on!

[@fionatsang9353]

Really loved your take! You're spot on about the centre of gravity used in wing chun, as opposed to the Mugen style (heh) used by his opponent. One of the key strengths of wing chun is that it is extremely grounded and stable; there are no flying kicks, in fact kicks rarely hit above waist-level (there are hand-strikes for that) so balance is never compromised. While most styles generate strength and force using circular centrifugal motion (like a round-house), wing chun uses straight lines, and has no less force because of it, especially when chain-punches and other rapid multi-hit attacks are employed. I can vouch for the effectiveness of wing chun: my dad attended Ip Man's school in Hong Kong (he was there the same time as Bruce Lee) and I learned it myself (from Ip Man's student's student's student). I recognize a lot of the moves Donnie Yen does as things I've learned (yes I can chain-punch) and used without any restraint, it can be downright brutal. It is after all designed (allegedly by a woman) for self-defence, taking down a larger opponent - or even multiple opponents - as efficiently as possible. Btw if you can find it, I'd recommend a movie called Wing Chun, about the woman who was the style's first student and its namesake, it stars Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen :) Almost forgot: one of the traditional wing chun weapons is the long pole, which Donnie Yen uses in the cotton mill fight (the other wing chun weapon is butterfly knives, which he uses in a scene in Ip Man 3)

[@paradox5391]

James, the Japanese fighters in this movie use Shotokan Karate. It's a traditional Japanese martial art and was adopted by the Japanese military for the physical fitness aspect and to instil a bushido mindset in the soldiers.

[@mejftw]

12:43 omg i googled Samurai Champloo cuz i never heard of it before and the first few seconds i saw were like the o'ren ishii backstory artstyle from kill bill 1 / or the madara first fight against many; how ----- no words, thanks for the reference xD

[@JamesVSCinema]

Hahaha love to hear. 😭

[@basecode8]

Joe and Max Filmed as a TV series then bought by Starz. An amazing boxing film that discusses racism on multiple “fronts”. (WWII reference)

[@erickflores9660]

If you really enjoy this film James, you'll probably enjoy films like One-Bak: May Thai Warrior, Jet Li's Fearless, and The Grandmaster (Which has best Cinematography Visuals).

[@nathanmills5311]

@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! :)

[@davidfinsen]

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!

[@heykenzo4284]

I'm sure someone must have told you at this point but this scene at 6:48 was something Ip Man did in real life. Except that, in reality, he acted as a police officer for a few years and he did that shit to a criminal who wanted to blast his brains off.

[@walkinglootchest1251]

You have to react to Jet Li's "Fearless" and if you want bone-breaking martial arts you should watch Tony Jaa's "The Protector".

[@mothermedusa9921]

I've loved The Protector since it came out, so good! That scene is insanity lol.

[@nofishinmydiet]

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 ✌️

[@florenciohernandezjr.2556]

One of my favorite martial arts films.. I would recommend Fist of Legend, legend of drunken master, the protector, and chocolate.

[@tavisho5046]

You should do the entire trilogy it actually wraps up very nicely

[@Mangolite]

Since Ip Man was Bruce Lee’s martial art instructor, the scene where Ip Man fights against a gymnasium of karate students is a call back to Lee’s The Chinese Connection where Lee’s character nunchuck the whole Japanese dojo.

[@bingsterc7621]

Believe me when I say this James, but a modified and updated version of Wing Chung is an excellent form of self defense in the streets. And, fun fact...in Chinese history, it was said that Wing Chung was created by a woman.

[@pepehandz7657]

I trained Shotokan Karate for 7 years, and the stances and forms check out. In the Dojo scenes that is. Love that movie btw 😎

[@hellowhat890]

Keep in mind when you watch the sequels; Ip Man always holds back his punches. The only time that he actually seriously and mortally wounds is when he witnessed his friend get shot in this film. He literally has the strength to kill but the compassion of someone smart, strong and fast. That's what I always loved about these films. The fact he was so strong and compassionate in the way he fights. And this movie, even if it's the first one, shows that he broke mentally with rage.

[@gordilloramirez9328]

The man in the entire video: Oh,my god

[@Shichiaikan]

One of the greatest martial arts films of all time.

[@latrelljack8751]

I never got this noti. Happy I found it 3 days later after going through yiur channel again

[@Constantine-316]

Just in case there is any confusion Wing Chun aint an effective martial art IRL, there's been a dude in China called Xu Xiaodong that has been fighting Wing Chun and Kung Fu masters using mma and whooping their asses

[@breakitormakeit5833]

Wing Chun is actually one of the most effective martial arts in the world

[@novembercherry4]

I haven't watched this movie yet. Now just from watching the first 30 seconds of your reaction video, I have to find it.

[@mickeygoh25]

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.

[@Teaniinja]

"I'm going to live vicariously through Ipman" A few moments later.. "Oh God, Oh God what what he's breaking their bones" Hahaha

[@adambainbridge1708]

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.

[@CrippledMerc]

If you ever look up and read or watch some of what Jackie Chan has said about his early days in Chinese martial arts films, he talks about the shots and how they try to pull their punches to protect each other but that sometimes it just doesn’t quite work and people get bruised and beat up over days of filming. Especially because of that style of film making I think they also do go a bit harder to make it look better, even while they’re pulling punches. Scott Adkins has talked about it as well, if I remember correctly, because he’s done a lot of those movies too. He probably also explains it in a much more understandable way, because I’m not too good at getting what’s in my head out into words without me writing a whole ass short story lol. Also I believe the Japanese leader guy was doing traditional Karate. I’m no expert or anything but that would be my guess based on the gi and the little history I know. Plus that makes it a clean Japanese vs Chinese fight with each using their own traditional martial art.

[@dialecticsjunkie7653]

Chinese person here: the martial arts aspects are largely fictionalized, but the broader historical story with the Japanese invasion and the falling material fortunes of the Ip family is largely true. The martial arts scene before the Japanese invasion was not really as idyllic and innocent, with everyone behaving with perfect honor and nobody doing anything petty or underhanded, as it's depicted. Shady things have happened throughout human history as you'd expect, and martial arts was always about practicality and survival. The whole larger than life narrative about honor and martial arts as spiritual cultivation is an anachronistic and idealized myth that's invented pretty recently. Neither was hand to hand martial arts really as important (even from a propaganda point of view) to the war of liberation as the movie seems to suggest. And of course the whole "one guy takes on 10 people at once" is pure fantasy. That being said, the martial arts here isn't supposed to be a reflection of factual history, and the audience wouldn't take it as such. It's really more of a metaphor for the human spirit, and it works on that level. TL;DR -- Martial arts looks cool as heck for a movie, but the less glamorous reality is we beat the Japanese by learning how to use guns.

[@Mr.Mike510]

Fun fact, Donnie would pay stunt actors more to actually take some real hits, to make his fight scenes more realistic

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

i don't think these actual fights existed during the japanese invasion, but there was definitely a lot of war crimes committed during that period where the chinese were tortured, raped, etc. so there's always been a historical animosity/rivalry between the two countries.

[@rocklockster3326]

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".

[@PeterPing]

Those punch combos was so unreal it's almost like I'm watching an anime lmao.

[@IveBeenChris]

To me personally Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster is my favorite Ip Man film. You should check it out.

[@OrderOfTheGash]

Almost “every” reactor has second guessed his name as “I.P.” Man but it happens haha

[@TheStoryhasbeensold]

If James likes the undertone colors he should check out The Wailing or The Admiral :Roaring Currents

[@Romanoff.Kalashnikov]

You mention Samurai Champloo! yes the guy whose have unpredictable moves is Mugen :D

[@gabrielbarboza6109]

Man, you gotta watch Central Station. A road movie from Brazil that went to the Oscar and got no justice but won BAFTA and Berlin Golden Bear at the time