Ip Man 2

I have completed the film challenge for this year. I think that there were a few remakes that I said I would watch the original of so I will try and do that before the new year. After watching the first film I acquired both the first and second Ip Man film and added Ip Man 2 on to the end of the list so that if i got time i could watch it.

With talk of an Ip Man 3 being made I had to watch the second film and it was definitely worth the time spent on watching it. There's a skill to making a super martial arts film. To get the balance of story and martial arts perfect is very difficult but it is something that Ip Man always manages. Ip Man is probably the best martial arts film in the world and in the second film it shows you why. There isn't one skill that is better or stronger than the others, Boxing isn't better than Wing  Chun- it is a different type of application to the body and mind. Fighting always has been about managing your emotions and understanding. We all learnt in the Karate Kid that people who bully others and think that they are better than others always, in the end, lose and lose spectacularly.

Ip Man 2 is just as good as I remember Ip Man being and that made me happy. The quality of the martial arts was at the same level (not surprising seeing as Donnie Yen did all his own stunts). I think that what i probably liked the most was how they were all brought together by Ip Man at the end in an unexpected way. 

There were moments when i found myself getting a little upset by the development of the plot but not in a bad way. It was a moving film, almost coming close to a Spielberg film and that really makes the difference in a martial arts film.

I can't wait for the third one to be released.