tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post7979556034533345516..comments2023-10-23T23:23:56.168+08:00Comments on That Movie Blogger Fella: It's pandering, man!TMBFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01033111132206047919noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-11050423659606660452010-08-11T11:59:52.906+08:002010-08-11T11:59:52.906+08:00@AltWorlder: Fearless did not escape the charge of...@AltWorlder: <i>Fearless</i> did not escape the charge of demonizing foreigners, but it did attempt a balanced viewpoint. <i>Ip Man 2</i> didn't bother.TMBFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033111132206047919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-75062110757990111662010-08-10T17:53:56.410+08:002010-08-10T17:53:56.410+08:00How racist is Jet Li's Fearless compared to th...How racist is Jet Li's Fearless compared to this? This question is important.AltWorlderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181224452493396547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-1487000711118050872010-05-16T00:50:10.181+08:002010-05-16T00:50:10.181+08:00the Ip Man is way better than Ip Man 2. it's a...the Ip Man is way better than Ip Man 2. it's a bit dull and frustrating. I was expecting more real fighting scene rather than all those camera tricks.Nani Azizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427385334019878666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-76471792194084118392010-05-13T00:55:12.241+08:002010-05-13T00:55:12.241+08:00@McGarmott: Not that I feel the need to be validat...@McGarmott: Not that I feel the need to be validated by other people's opinions, but - here's another review that gives it the thrashing it deserves:<br /><br />http://www.beyondhollywood.com/ip-man-2-2010-movie-review/TMBFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033111132206047919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-90697680654910286412010-05-12T23:38:38.658+08:002010-05-12T23:38:38.658+08:00Wow, first time I came across someone who disliked...Wow, first time I came across someone who disliked the film this much. I actually liked it a lot, and I came away with the feeling that could very easily slip into being described as 'feeling proud to be Chinese' but could perhaps more accurately stated as 'feeling the whole weight of European aggression against the Chinese bearing down against the Chinese heroic figure and cheering the hero on because he goes on to defeat the European aggressors'. <br /><br />And yes, it meant that I have a huge capacity for suspension of disbelief; it definitely did not pass unnoticed from me the fact that the caricatured portrayal of the British characters in the film was so grossly overdone, so <i>Hong Kong cinema</i>. But I let that slide, which means I saw it the way the filmmakers intended, I suppose - good East vs bad West. One-dimensional? Very, so sue me. I had a good time.<br /><br />And mind you, due to my background I'm someone whom my Chinese friends consider one of the most Westernised person they've come across, while my European/American friends consider one of the most Asian of people they know ... so it's not like I'm some ah beng supporting ... well, probably not like those ppl you were arguing with at lowyat lah.McGarmotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100492626536604356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-91831211953719042372010-05-12T23:03:44.495+08:002010-05-12T23:03:44.495+08:00@Anonymous: I believe I made it quite clear that &...@Anonymous: I believe I made it quite clear that "how the story is presented" <i>sucks</i>.TMBFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033111132206047919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-8415674071508967632010-05-12T19:55:16.607+08:002010-05-12T19:55:16.607+08:00A good film can have a story that's been recyc...A good film can have a story that's been recycled a hundred times, I think how the story is presented matters more.<br /><br />Just my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164805258628400279.post-17392238494563806432010-05-10T13:38:03.095+08:002010-05-10T13:38:03.095+08:00Agree that the first half of the film (with the ri...Agree that the first half of the film (with the rival kung fu teachers) was more interesting than the second half. In fact, I don't think they needed the second part really at all, and may have benefited more from a gwailo subplot that showed the English manipulating the various Hong Kong factions against one another (although I have no idea what the case was IRL).dzofhttp://www.dzof.org/noreply@blogger.com