TW: Arrival
December 17th, 2010 § 2 Comments
I just touched down in Taiwan about two hours ago. The flight was long, but with a little help from my friend Tylenol PM, I was able to take full-advantage of the red-eye and sleep for about ten of the fifteen hours. With the rest of the time I watched Ip Man 2 and finished editing some audio.
Ip Man 2 is well worth your time if you enjoy martial arts movies of any kind. Donnie Yen plays Ip Man, the founder of Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. His performance and martial arts prowess are flawless, and the choreography is top shelf. You might be a little bored with the predictable, martial arts movie format (the story is basically identical to Jet Li’s Fearless), but the story does a passable job of tying the fight scenes together. Contrast it to Ong-Bak 2 which, despite having gratuitous amounts of excellent martial arts, was completely nonsensical and unwatchable.
My only goal for today is staying awake, but if anything interesting happens I’ll be sure to post about it.
ip man 3 is out now too, covers the earlier stages of his life.
Thanks for the headsup. Is it good? I actually haven’t seen Ip Man 1, just the part where he breaks all those japanese guys legs.