Thoughts on Ip Man? I got all the way through the movie before realizing it was based on a real guy.
Please keep it in mind that the Ip Man films are VERY exagerrated - or flat out bullshit in most cases.
With that said, I'm a big fan of series. I think all four of them are good-to-great. I don't think there's a bad Donnie Yen Ip Man film. Consistently good fight choreogrpaphy, great drama, and Ip Man's stoicism really works for Donnie's somewhat wooden acting style.
I do hate with the Ip Man series kicked off though - seven million Wing Chun films. And I like Wing Chun! It just got to be too much. Every week there was a new Ip Man film. Ip Man and the Four Kings? Really? What the fuck was that all about? China got hooked on Ip Man and did it to death. The fact that Donnie Yen's still talking aboiut an Ip Man 5 is fucking crazy. While I can't see it getting made, if it does get made, I can't see it being as goosdas the previous films. That ship's sailed.
ip Man 4 was proof that the concept was losing steam. I still like that flick, but it's a far cry from the first film and nowhere near as fun as the somewhat cartoonish second film (which might be my fave).
Will I watch Ip Man 5? Yup. Will I love it? Maybe. But I still wish Hong Kong and China would sink their teeth into a new gimmick. Ip Man and, moreso, Wing Chun, needs to be put to bed.
