When does Part 2 Come out? Great Video I love Bruce Lee! I don't know if this is me being a fanboy of Bruce but his fight scenes are better than most modern Fight scenes It just something about them that I can watch over and over again and never get bored with them! Whenever I see his old movies they just stand out from all others modern and old. I wish they would go back and remake Game Of Death They way Bruce Lee originally intended with Donnie Yen before he gets too old!
The great thing about Bruce Lee's choreography was his use of broken rhythm, and no one could do that better than him. In the other kung fu films, you will see people trading punches and kicks back and forth in a non stop steady beat. The tempo of Bruce's fights looked so much more realistic. In fact, Bruce talks about broken rhythm in his fight against Dan Inosanto in GAME OF DEATH.
I don't think people have truly taken into account how much American Black people, of my generation, totally loved this man. Thank you for illuminating some things for me about Bruce and his film making styles. This was a great video.
Spoiler for Enter the Dragon: But man I wish it was Williams (the black dude) who fought alongside Bruce Lee at the end of the movie. He looked like in better form than Roper, the white dude. He was alright too, but it would've been more epic to have Williams.
Everything you start the video with is how my friends and I saw him, and my respect only grew when I was wise enough to see the racism he fought against (was literally told he was to Asian to be the lead in the tv show kung fu which was HIS idea). My friends were all white and black and to each of us we knew we were looking at a legend even when we ran home after school to see the Hong Kong films.... Shaw brothers and the like.. but when Bruce came on it was always something more.... Then as we grew up and knew the racism he fought against with Hollywood not seen an Asian lead as possible, him creating his own martial Arts, and how he was one of the earliest to say he would teahc whom he wanted to Asian or non asian alike.... this was a beautiful video to see today @Accented Cinema :) I can NEVER thank you enough as we loved him and respected him immensely and always will...
Michael Coffey what a nice comment. Hollywood had a chance with Bruce. We could have had a Chinese American movie star at this time. I also want to piggyback on your comment and say that I am also very proud of this video.
@HenryDavidT asians in american movies/series -Jet Lee, Michelle Yeoh, Lucy Liu, Maggie Q, John Cho, Sandra Oh, Ken Jeong, Jackie Chan, Yun-Fat Chow, Kelly Hu, Constance Wu, Randall Park, etc
@@thelastofthehitachi972 He specifically said "leading roles". None among Michelle Yeoh, Sandra Oh, Ken Jeong, Maggie Q, Kelly Hu, Constance Wu, or Randall Park have ever had a leading role in a major American film. Sandra Oh has admittedly had a very long and successful career, but it's pretty much been entirely supporting roles and ensemble television casts. Jet Lee and Chow Yun-Fat have each lead a small number of American films, but they're ALL action films, most of them martial arts oriented, and all of them are "asian" in some way (set in asia or about asian gangs or something like that). This is also true of Jackie Chan with the SOLE exception of "The Tuxedo". You know... if you wanna count that one. Lucy Liu ALMOST counts with Charlie's Angels except she costarred with TWO white girls. Unless you wanna count Ecks vs Sever but, again, I don't know why you would. John Cho was in Harold and Kumar I guess? Cool. It's not a secret that Hollywood doesn't think asians can carry movies. Like, period. It has nothing to do with acting ability, it has to the with the fact that studios don't think white people will go to see asian leads. Again, this is NOT A SECRET. Anyone actually in the industry knows this. Why do you think that neither Dragonball nor Avatar TLA *NOR* Ghost in the Shell had asian leads? Between the best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, and best supporting actress categories at the Oscars, you know how many nominees have been asian? Nine. In 90 years. One each best actor and actress, four supporting actor, and three supporting actress. And that includes Middle Easterners and Indians. One each has won for supporting actor and actress, in 1957 and 1984. The last nominee was in 2006.
One day, My dad and I were bored and channel-surfing when we landed on The Big Boss by pure chance. My dad was always a big fan of Bruce Lee and immediately knew what is was before Lee even appeared on screen, so we decided to watch. It was already about halfway through, but even so we were immediately pulled into it and I've loved it ever since. It's definitely a little rough around the edges, but my dad and I have always bonded over movies, so It's really special to me as a result.
2 Things that Bruce Lee did,that nobody else was doing at the time: 1). he moved away from the more over the top Wu Xia style to a more ''realistic'' type of fight choreography and 2).he used real-life martial artists in his movies.People like Robert Wall (''O'hara'' from ''Enter The Dragon'' who is a Tang Soo Do and Shotokan master) Chuck Norris,Bolo Yeung or his teacher/ student,Daniel Inosanto. (Inosanto tought Bruce how to use the Nunckuchs and also Eskrima,fillipino stickfighting and then Bruce tought him Jeet Kune Do)
to be fair, back then, martial artists who were open to learning learned from each other as there was no other place to go once you learned everything about your specific craft when Joe Lewis and Bruce lee got together they studied Willie Pep and Muhammad Ali's footwork, thats why you see similar movements with Bruce when he's filiming and Joe when he was fighting
*Bruce Lee inspired me to train Martial Arts* I read his Books and watched every Documentaries and RU-vid Videos I could find about him He has taught me things that made me the person I am today You did an excellent work with this video I can't wait for Part 2!
For those of you that enjoy Bruce Lee, Van damme and other screen fighters, hope you check out my Movie Retrospective about Tournament Fighting in Martial Arts Cinema today. From Best of the Best to Enter the Dragon, we look at the tournament trope and how it's changed throughout the years for Martial Arts Cinema. Hope you enjoy and subscribe for more content like this! :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ya-UgBut_bU.html
You just struck the deepest, strongest cord in my heart. Bruce Lee is everything to me and i already am in love with this channel. I only just discovered it and already have gotten Ip man, Steven Chow, And Bruce all in the short time ive been following you. This is one the most entertaining channels i follow. Very informative and introspective, i already and repeating things you say. Thank a million friend.
Bruce Lee’s legacy deserves the attention of this channel, and you deliver his impact in cinema so well! Thank you so much for your insights into the meaningful contributions Bruce Lee made in the film industry. As always, your presentation is well done. I think any fan of martial arts films can look back at Bruce Lee’s era in movies and see the very noticeable transition from anything prior to his presence. Even when I was a kid, I always felt Bruce Lee’s work seemed more modern, or ahead of its time compared to other kung fu films. The quality of action was higher, deeper, and felt much more real. And even to this day, no action star feels more authentic to me on screen than Bruce Lee. Each film felt like he was expressing who he was through his movements and choreography. It was more than fancy action for action’s sake, rather, his direction had something deeper and meaningful that was important for him to communicate. I think this plays a big part in why he’s still talked about and respected to this day. You can just intuitively feel something real in his art of cinema. He was intent on communicating with the audience, rather than crank out empty action flicks. Again, thank you for acknowledging Bruce Lee’s work on your channel. I look forward to watching part 2! 🐉
You didn’t mention that Sir Run Run Shaw owner of the gigantic Shaw Studio said that the biggest mistake in his life was that he did not sign Bruce Lee to his studio. Bruce Lee demanded too much money he thought at the time. Golden harvest signed Bruce Lee and then became a powerhouse studio.
I am in love with your analysis of films and particularly Asian films. I've learned so much by watching your videos and I've taken time to explore the films you include. I was waiting for you to do a Bruce Lee video, and now you're doing two parts! I'm sorry I couldn't give more at the moment but when I can, I will.
Wonderful. Good job on explaining the shift from old wuxia to modern kung fu movies. As much as I love Shaw Brothers wuxia movies, it is hard to watch the dramatic, sometimes stilted, choreographed fight scenes that do not age very well, particularly in their movies before 1972.
Brother I gotta say, I love this channel. Not only do you make these professional grade video essays, you give some much needed (at least for me) perspective into an entire different culture. Keep up the good work!
This was a very good video essay on the Great Man & Martial Artist, Bruce Lee. To have a charismatic influence on the masses, 46 yrs & counting after, passing away is a phenomenon within it self. One mystery, we will never know, to question, was Bruce Lee at his peak when he died or not? If not, then WHAT??? 🤔😯😳
One of the most important and incredible video essays I’ve ever seen on RU-vid. Was looking for far more information about Lee than I could find on this platform and I’m glad yours was the first and really only I could discover. Beautiful content man. Keep striving. 🌺❤️🌺
The man, the myth, the legend. I get teary-eyed everytime I watch this video. The gods took him too soon, leaving us scrambling to continue his legacy.
My husband and I have been trying to look into the history behind martial arts and some of the iconic actors involved, your video was great and very helpful! Thank you!
IN 'FIST OF FURY' IT WAS HIS TEACHER WHO DIED NOT HIS FATHER! BUT YOU ARE RIGHT THAT BRUCE LEE INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE AND CHANGED CINEMA! NOT JUST MARTIAL ARTS BUT ACTION, DRAMA AND PROBABLY OTHER GENRES AS WELL!
Man, I liked so much Big Boss. It s my favorite Bruce Lee film, it maybe is the clash between the old and the new that I enjoy so much but Im not shure.
i still want to cry because we lost him so young..he had still so much to offer..i was 7 years old when i first watched The Big Boss and till today i mourn his loss..
man that golden harvest logo opening is like a pavlovian response to me now bc i grew up seeing that all the fucking time. even when you muted the sound, i can hear it in my head
Well made and informative video..Bruce's martial capabilities may sometimes be oveblown by his fans but in spite of that, one cannot overlook the cultural impact he had, not only in cinema but also the martial world and pop culture. His legacy will live on forever. I give this video two fists of fury(with thumbs up of course)
You’re great man! Love Bruce Lee and he’s one of my heroes! Never gave a shit about him being Chinese as a kid, but as an adult, I came to truly view him as a civil rights hero almost equivalent to Martin Luther King in the eyes of Chinese and asian cultures. Major respect! And I hope dumb MMA fans stop trying to jab at Bruce Lee’s abilities. He did more for popularizing mixed martial arts than anyone ever and I wish these people would recognize that inspiring people through filmmaking is just as important as the actual craft itself. Bruce himself even understood this concept, hence why he choreographed his own scenes later on and vastly improved the fight sequences in cinema as a whole. I wish people could finally put race behind them and realize Bruce Lee’s amazing philosophy of inclusion and self betterment through each other.
Thanks for this. I admire Bruce for so many different reasons. He may be the only picture-perfect example of a self-actualized human being that I can point to. That, and his mind was every bit as powerful as his body.
As a kid, I loved these movies; but, hated Bruce Lee films. As a kid, Big Boss was pretty bloody with body horror such as dismemberment and decimation (in a kids mind). I prefer Jackie Chan stuff compared to the bloody consequence harsh reality of Bruce Lee. Today, I love Bruce Lee-the Human Being for his work ethic, ideas, philosophy, cracking the bamboo ceiling of Hollywood. Today, I can appreciate the fictional character, the fake blood, the prop bodies in his movies. I can appreciate both.
I was born in 1987 and remember watching many of his classics on VHS at a friends house. I was to young to understand the deeper themes of the movies but we used to love watching the fight scenes. Rewinding them and watching them over and over. For me he and Jackie Chan introduced me to a style of action I had never watched before, but got to love and got even more into as a young adult. I even singed up for jujitsu but lost interest and quit after getting the orange belt. I am happy that I learned some self defense (I am a 5.01 feet/153cm tall so many people used to pick a fight with me) because basic jujitsu saved my ass in a couple of fights as a kid and young adult.
I wish this channel would review "the boxer from shantung", one of my favorite martial arts film than combines hand to hand kung fu, some elements of Wuxia and the heroic bloodshed drama from Chinese gangster movies.
I think this is what western medieval films need. People with HEMA training making sword fights more realistic and less theatrical, because swordfighting in Hollywood are too fake and brootish. We need a HEMA Bruce Lee, and the western industry needs to change
I discovered your channel today through your video on Parasite, and this video was such a pleasant surprise. Especially after Once Upon A Time In Hollywood earlier this year, it seems like it's becoming popular to act like Bruce Lee wasn't all he was cracked up to be. It's great to see videos that pay him his due. Thank you.
One armed swordsman and third master's sword is my favourite wuxia film😀😀 . My bias for wuxia films is the ones that are adapted from the novels of Gu Long, a novelist who is absolutely genius.He has that detective genre in his novels which I find interesting, and the movies also did the novels justice too
6:23 I actually prefer the wider angles, with the resolutions we're viewing things at today I think wide angles should make a come back. I get a sense of environment and space when I can see more of the scene.
Amazing human being I'm glad there are no videos of him fighting in real life Real life fighting is ugly.. True fighting doesn't depict the beauty of the art and Bruce Lee aspired to embody the art of combat not combat itself
@Jon Goat what kind of tone is that? Do we have to be experts about Bruce Lee before we watch this video? How do you even arrive at the conclusion that 1st commenter doesn't know "anything" about Bruce Lee?
Bruce fighting even copied in anime Fist of the north star...well, not exactly the same copy..but the scream, punching, topless...kind of remind me of Fist of fury...
Bakpao Daging Actually! It’s was first copied as a manga and then as an anime adaptation. Burunson’s & TETSUO Hara’s Hokuto no Ken is a Shonen Jump series that was heavily inspired by Bruce Lee, Mad Max, and Chinese Medicine (acupuncture). While Go Nagai is regarded as the godfather of Shonen genre, Tetsuo Hara & Burunson are regarded as the father of Shonen and Battle genre due being the first one to use lore scale to show the marital power and superpowers of a character. Many of the it’s tropes are easily seen up to this date in other Shonen manga and anime. Even Dragon Ball was influenced by the Fist of the North Star.
