For fans of Donnie Yen, his performance will not disappoint you. "Donnie Yen IS Ip Man", and there have been voices of boycott of other unrelated Yip Mun films starring other actors. Many fans will be watching Ip Man 3 simply because Donnie is back as Ip Man, and to many people. Be it hinting "Be like water", or the first scene of "Butterfly"(a Chinese mythology of a returning spirit of a love one, key hint to subsequent events in the film), there are many details which ordinary viewers might overlook, but observant viewers will fall in love with the film. Director Wilson Yip's way of expressing his ideas in Ip Man 3 is that much deeper than previous films.
But fans who look at details, and understanding of Martial Arts will enjoy Yuen's style much more than Sammo Hung, be it water droplets fading upon reaching the ground, glass causing balloon string to snap, "One-inch punch" finish, we are looking at extreme details and incredible beauty of martial arts, which have NEVER been present in Ip Man 1 and 2. Fans who are not used to Yuen Woo Ping's style will find the action weaker than Ip Man 1 and 2. Instead of just realistic fight scenes, Yuen Woo Ping(Iron Monkey, Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) was brought in to add "beauty" and "detail" into every fight scene? So what is the result? A beautiful film in its own right, which may spark differences in opinion between people who understood the film, and people who don't. Instead of Nationalist Pride, the main focus of Ip Man 3 is human emotion and melodrama. They decided to go for a different direction with Ip Man 3, a stark contrast from Ip Man 1 and 2. This is where the difference comes in, director Wilson Yip and Producer Raymond Wong took a risk. But when expectations are high, and compared to Dark Knight(2008), people left the cinema disappointed.
Was the Dark Knight Rises a good movie? Definitely. Similarly, our expectations of Ip Man 3 is at an all time high, due to the hugely enjoyable Ip Man(2008) and Ip Man 2(2010). While Dark Knight(2008) was so good, people were thinking how Dark Knight Rises(2012) can surpass that, and expectations were Sky-High. The truth is the Ip Man trilogy is like the Dark Knight trilogy. The other Ip Man movies have been mediocre at best, in terms of both critical and commercial success. While there have been many other "Ip Man" movies produced by other film companies, other teams and directors, Peagasus Motion Pictures have declared that these have no relations to Donnie Yen's Ip Man trilogy. Let's face it, many of us knew about Ip Man because of Donnie Yen.
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