I didn't know this existed, just finished watching it this year 2024. I recently got into Bruce Lee after coming across a YouTube short that highlighted a past interview where he demonstrated his ungodly fast punches. Followed the rabbit hole to this gem on Netflix.
From episode 1 I was hooked. It is on a budget but it's homey and emotional and comforting like a favorite bowl of soup. Yellow Brat, even though he was an artistic liberty for the fiction bio, impacted me so much as a character. Turns out he specializes in martial arts and also acts in many movies (Li Bingyuan). I have a lot to say about him but for length I will save it. Feel free to ask me my thoughts....
Danny Chen was superb as Bruce. He was casted perfectly. I felt Bruce's presence watching him. The rest of the Asian cast was good and the non-Asian cast, mostly Blair and Ms. Ingrid. Linda I feel held back a lot and didn't match Bruce's chemistry as well as she could have.
Mostly their chemistry was cute and nice, like when he lies her head in her lap or when they playfight, and I just think Linda as a character could have done just a bit more to make their chemistry a degree more believable. Danny was perfect at it though. I replayed their date scene many times. It was very heartfelt.
Emotional parts for me: When Blair left. Sometimes friends can just up and go out of your life for reasons not understood or just unsolvable differences. The funeral scene of Ip Man was really a heavy moment for the series. The traditional funeral I know is meant to be realistic but the white garbs the brothers wear add an eerieness to the scene that was really well done. Like Bruce Lee walked into a dream to pay his respects to Ip Man. Visually striking and everything else in the scene hit all the right notes, down to the unexpected comment.
I am forgiving of the sometimes spotty dialogue, cheesy songs, pointless shots, lazy costume/extras/background work that sometimes ignores the time period completely. The reason that is because they only had 7 million, and they did very well for a comprehensive series about Bruce's life. It's 2024 and they haven't tried again so this is the best out there right now.
I feel like episodes 40-50 could have been better, like the rest of the series. But I don't know exactly how. I found myself skipping a lot because I knew what was going to be said, it would just take 10 minutes to say it. The final fight with Yellow Brat was tastefully done and smart.
Fight scenes are superb, they hold up until the end. Very realistic and honest portrayal of Bruce's life with a healthy dose of cultural taste and references. I wouldn't watch Li Xiaolong Long Chuan Qi all the way through again because it's so much and it pains my heart to know the opening characters' fates. But I will always remember it. Always.
From episode 1 I was hooked. It is on a budget but it's homey and emotional and comforting like a favorite bowl of soup. Yellow Brat, even though he was an artistic liberty for the fiction bio, impacted me so much as a character. Turns out he specializes in martial arts and also acts in many movies (Li Bingyuan). I have a lot to say about him but for length I will save it. Feel free to ask me my thoughts....
Danny Chen was superb as Bruce. He was casted perfectly. I felt Bruce's presence watching him. The rest of the Asian cast was good and the non-Asian cast, mostly Blair and Ms. Ingrid. Linda I feel held back a lot and didn't match Bruce's chemistry as well as she could have.
Mostly their chemistry was cute and nice, like when he lies her head in her lap or when they playfight, and I just think Linda as a character could have done just a bit more to make their chemistry a degree more believable. Danny was perfect at it though. I replayed their date scene many times. It was very heartfelt.
Emotional parts for me: When Blair left. Sometimes friends can just up and go out of your life for reasons not understood or just unsolvable differences. The funeral scene of Ip Man was really a heavy moment for the series. The traditional funeral I know is meant to be realistic but the white garbs the brothers wear add an eerieness to the scene that was really well done. Like Bruce Lee walked into a dream to pay his respects to Ip Man. Visually striking and everything else in the scene hit all the right notes, down to the unexpected comment.
I am forgiving of the sometimes spotty dialogue, cheesy songs, pointless shots, lazy costume/extras/background work that sometimes ignores the time period completely. The reason that is because they only had 7 million, and they did very well for a comprehensive series about Bruce's life. It's 2024 and they haven't tried again so this is the best out there right now.
I feel like episodes 40-50 could have been better, like the rest of the series. But I don't know exactly how. I found myself skipping a lot because I knew what was going to be said, it would just take 10 minutes to say it. The final fight with Yellow Brat was tastefully done and smart.
Fight scenes are superb, they hold up until the end. Very realistic and honest portrayal of Bruce's life with a healthy dose of cultural taste and references. I wouldn't watch Li Xiaolong Long Chuan Qi all the way through again because it's so much and it pains my heart to know the opening characters' fates. But I will always remember it. Always.