Thanks for the shout out Stripey, much appreciated🙏🏻. Fair play to the author to get in touch. He's still wrong, though 😂😂. I saw the 50th anniversary release at the cinema, and I couldn't believe how quickly the film went by, plus Bruce looked even quicker. I came away thinking that a 50 year old movie was one of the best I had ever seen in the cinema.Definitely not plodding. Thanks again Stripey, excellent video..
My pleasure, mate. I was surprised Paul, commented, like you said, "fair play" I also saw ETD at the cinema last year ( it works really well on the big screen) great experience. Cheers, bud. Enjoy the rest of the weekend 👍
I watched enter the dragon for the for the umpteenth times since I was a teenager, I’m now 63 years old. I appreciate this movie now more than ever. I never looked at it through an analytical lens, but the more that I do that the better the movie becomes to me anyway.
Appreciate the shoutout, pal 👍 It's good to hear that the author came back with further comments, ah democracy, fair play to him. Congrats in advance for the new Grandchild, nothing like it. I've two, amazing 👌 And, finally, enjoy the Madness gig, great band live, seen them in Belfast a number of times 👍
Thanks buddy. I was pleased the auther commented, as you say fair play to him. Grandchildren are amazing & looking forward to the new addition. I too have seen Madness, many times, I'm looking forward to it. Cheers Pal 👍
I didn’t comment on the original video, the guy got my back up. I bet that guy saw ETD and THEN went back and watched Fist of Fury, Big Boss etc like a lot of us. To make out he was waiting around for GOD is daft. Anyway Stripey main reason for commenting, one thing in ETD that has always bugged me is when Bruce gets up to answer the door to see May Ling. she says ‘where do you come from?’ Then there is a really bad cut and they are next talking on the settee. I wonder if the bit in between exists anywhere? Always wondered. Early congrats on the family extending and best wishes to you all
I've seen that footage someplace-silent, of course, since they dubbed in the dialogue later-where the two have some interaction before sitting down to business.
@@randalwung8715That footage was used in GOD II and was of course redubbed for that particular story. Nice to see it of course but it should have been put back in the 50th anniversary edition of ETD. Thanks for nothing Warners!
@@StripeyR yes that could be some of it mate definitely. In the current print of the film it seems odd how that scene jumps how it does, whereas the rest of the film flows well
Enter the dragon changed kung fu and martial arts films in the future no one to this day can replace Bruce lee there was talk about remake by spike lee still no word
Nice one Stripey this has been an interesting debate. At age 10 when released ETD was the film I most wanted to see but couldn't! Age 15 I did on a double bill with Death Race 2000. Seen it many times since in the cinema inc a packed one off IMAX showing ( seriously ) in Auckland New Zealand in 2010, on VHS, dvd and blu ray dozens of times. Saw the recent anniversary release with my 34 year old son which was a great moment. Significant and culturally defining. ETD never disappoints 😊
ETD by itself hasn't an original storyboard, but the action especially in the cavern sequences was highly modern even for 1973, and the film did open the flood gates for other action stars whether asian or not.
For me ETD is his masterpiece and a perfect film for his last appearance. But Way of the Dragon shows more of Bruce and he expresses his boundless energy and more fight scenes make it probably more exciting if you just want to see Bruce. But I remember after watching the Chinese Connection in 73 a week later a friend told me he died and it’s on the news. So my bother and I ran into his house and watched the news. They showed the cave scene where he takes off the top of his black jumpsuit and in slow mo takes out the three guys and my brother and I could see that since the Chinese Connection he had improved vastly. And he looked like a master at his peak.
Congrats with hitting 30k,youre the man! Highly appreciate you as always my friend, walk on.......enter the dragon was a big part of my childhood,regardless of its prosand cons,there never has and never will be anyone else like bruce......✌️👊
Hi Stripey I hope your good. What some forget is ETD was an international picture made by Warner Bros and Bruce Lee's own company Concord. Bruce understood from the get go that Warners wanted it to be a western version what a martial arts film should look like. Bruce Lee was having none of it. He fought for many changes to be made to the script and just to make sure everyone knew it was a Bruce Lee film, he added the opening Shaolin temple sequence himself. Bruce understood the cultural problems the film script created and tried to work hard with producer Fred Weintraub on finding the right balance that would keep kung fu film fans happy and those who had never seen a martial arts film just happy to see something very different. It is not a pure chinese martial arts film. With the technical problems the film encountered during its production its a wonder how it actually got completed. Everyone involved believed in the picture and wanted it to be great. Now onto Bob Clouse. Bruce lee liked a film called ' Darker than amber' which Clouse had directed. It contains a very realistic fight sequence in the film and it also starred Ahna Capri who played Tania in ETD. Bruce was impressed with the film and chose Robert to direct ETD. Bruce might have even wanted Ahan Capri as well. Bob Clouse made it no secret that he was hard of hearing and wore hearing aids. He mentions this in his book ' The making of enter the dragon' and you can see in the set photos that Bob Clouse is indeed wearing hearing aids. He did have a script assitant on set to make sure that any dialogue was being said correctly in case he misheard what was being said. Bruce stopped filming GOD because he was being offered the chance to make a dream come true picture - one that would give him top billing in an international motion picture. In the end it was all worth it. Enter the dragon strikes the right balance between east meets west. Its a fantastic action film.
Hello, mate. I'm good thanks, I hope all is well with you. I think Bruce & Clouse locked horns a few times making ETD & Bruce stood his ground (Thankfully) I agree with this comment, it is a perfect balance between east & west Thanks bud, speak soon 👍
That would be amazing. I'm looking forward to seeing Bamboo and Dragons (the John Saxon footage) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E-w_SZgeBdY.html
The irony here is that is that part of the criticism is that ETD stunted the growth and or completion of GoD. Most people would strongly suspect that if Lee lived beyond the release of ETD, Game would likely never have been finished. Bruce didn’t want to stay in Asia and he would have had what he most wanted- a reluctant Hollywood prostrated at his feet trying to coax him into making their film with barrels of money. Game would have been back burnered at best.
Hey Stripey and hope u are doing well. I want to comment on your BL comments from other people and I have one and hope u can clarify something to me. In the box set of the anniversary of ETD where u first see the deleted scenes back in the 90’s and in it was a tape, soundtrack, a small colorful pages about the movie, lobby cards and a hologram of a pic of BL posing. What I want to talk about in that book there was a scene where BL, JS and JK was coming off the boat and Tania greeting them with welcome and in the photo it shows all 3 turning their heads cuz Bolo attacked one of the men who was taking the bags and after that is when u see Bolo looking angry at them. Now in the book it say here is a photo that was a deleted scene and can u please tell me was that ever in the movie. Again hope u doing well and always love your information and keep showing.
Hi mate. I know the photo's of the three looking back, but I've never seen that footage (I would love too though) I wonder if it still exists? Cheers Pal (you've give me something to think about) 👍
Great video mate totally agree that the martial's scene wouldn't be as big as it is without this film ,I love ETD got "like you say " every release that has come out in the last 30 years , me personally i dont call it a kung fu film as it has more of a mix of martial arts in it apart from Bruce Lee & his kung fu skills but I do call it an epic martial arts movie .now for me fist of fury I call my favourite kung fu film of all time as it's the first one I watched at the tender age of 7 & im 50 this year & even though it is still mixed with the Japanese and Chinese fighting styles to me its kung fu all the way baby 👊 & as a massive Bruce Lee fan & big collector I do love ETD but it's my least watched Bruce film fist of fury for me every day ..God bless stripey have a good one pal .....love the mirror picture..you could call it .picture perfect. 🐉☯️🙏
I'm a "Way of the Dragon" guy lol That was his best in my opinion. To me that is THE Bruce Lee movie with him in total control and i feel "Game of Death" would have been even better since he got more experience and was going to showcase not only his full martial arts capacity but his philosophy as well. Wish he lived to finish it.
In the AFI's (e.g., American Film Institute) list of the greatest movies of all-time, there are only 2 martial arts movies on that prodigious list. The 2 films are THE SEVEN SAMURAI and yup, ENTER THE DRAGON. What more needs to be said?
The words ''Test of time'' come to mind with ETD (and all Bruce's films). I saw ETD in England when it first came out at the age of 13/14 Yes! Even though it was an 18 rating. I got to see it many, many times throughout the 70's until it was no longer shown at cinemas. I also got to see most of the great kung fu films of the time back then. I was literally a spectator child of this golden era of kung fu films. What I'm getting at is; time is test of greatness in films. And many other things.
The ETD HK version is a completely different movie in the sense of the script and seems more intelligible, and BL did help with an asian dialogue for audience sensibilities, and Lee did know his audience quite well.
I've watched over 400 Fu movies in my time. Not sure I'd say it was the most overrated, it's the one remains popular with Normies because of it's relative accessibility - Western plot progression, Westernised Production, shot in English (though not sync sound, not Bruce's or Shih Kien's real voice etc). Is it in my top 10? not a chance! 50? Probably not and likely not even in my top 100 but it is an important film. I take far greater exception to Jet Li's popularity if I'm being honest and that's because I understand how action movies are made and the extent to which he's been doubled over the course of his career (don't get me wrong, everyone is stunt doubled including Jackie, Sammo, Bruce etc) but with Jet - it's outright egregious and always has been.
Very nice for bringing my comment :)! Yes and that s imo the way it is. You can say its maybe the best or greatest MA movie ever, but not the greatest kung fu movie. And the author spoke about "kung fu". And cool you like _Snake in the Eagle's Shadow_ , that s a real kung fu classic, the snake vs the crane vs the tiger etc.
Hello Stripey, I know you mentioned not doing reaction videos to Bruce's films due to copyright issues etc (how do other channels get around this?) But reaction videos get a lot of views and might lead to many more subscriber!? Anyway, congrats on 30k and look forward to more Bruce content whatever it is. Cheers!
Hello, mate. The thing is, it's hard to do an honest reaction to films I have seen loads. I would have to do watch-a-longs (which I may try in the future) Reaction channels, I have mixed feelings on them, my friend 👍
I know it's a bit late commentig on this video! Still I'd like to tell why I think that ETD is a bit overrated. First of all, Hollywood was too scared to give BL the whole movie. Adding two other major characters is, to me, way too much. Lee, as a character, is quite undeveloped, Roper and Williams come off better. The movie has the real problem that Robert Clouse has never been a first class director and it shows in ETD, unfortunately. Revenge is a strong, if not the strongest motive in HK movies. Lee's sister commits suicide because of Han's men, especially O'hara, so with have established the revenge thread. Fastforward: Lee kills O'hara ... AND THE MAN NEVER LEARNS THE REASON FOR HIS DEATH!!! That could have been done better. Other things that are sloppily done: Han introduces Roper to his daughters ... daddy's trusted bodyguards. WOW, what an army of goodlooking helpers when needed! But, to our amazement, the ladies never show up again. Another thread in the story that leads nowhere. Han invites men to the tournamant who might want to join his organization, OK, got it. Roper is knees deep in debts, Williams is black and might be considered an addtion to the crew. But Lee???? Why should a renegade Shaolin invite a true warrior of the temple? He couldn't be so stupid to think that he can get Lee to switch sides. The movie, IMHO, suffers from sticking too close the established James Bond routine. The whole thing is a blatant Dr. No imitation and so suffers a bit from lack of originality. There are other things that bother me but I don't want to bore you. I love watching ALL of Bruce Lee's movies but my least favorite is ETD (I'm leaving out the GOD 1978 travesty). To me, his best finished movie is FIST, my sentimental favorite is THE BIG BOSS. Lee's first movie ... he is so full of youthful energy, so dynamic ... it's just a joy to watch!!! All the best to you and all your followers and greetings from Vienna/Austria. Peter
50 Years and still showing- Still dont like the movies placing, Would have much preferred, Run Run-Crazy Lo-Wei -Raymond Chow style. Whaaa Shaaa.- Bruce as iron fist...........
if you did not see it first time around in 1974 ( UK) the experience is lost for those who saw it in the 80's . GOD would have been scrapped .... the quality just wasn't there, even in the Final GOD , superb as the documentary is .
Hi Stripey........EtD is one if not the best martial art films going,if you think that without this film (yes they were other BL films before this one) then we would not have had the influx of martial art films after this and still going as well,also worth a mention is had BL not died (yes we have all have too at one point) we would not had all those awfully so bad but good tribute films (I say tribute but more like cash in films on his popularity) which was more laughable imo. I saw this at the cinema on it's 1973 release (with the dreaded BBFC cuts made to it boooooo) and then on video but saw it on a format that was prehistoric called BETAMAX 😯😁 most of this country (UK) were watching films on VHS and then I turned to the dark side and went onto VHS as fewer films were being released on Betamax (even though the Beta format was far superior in quality over VHS but that is for another time) and came out of the cinema doing BL actions LOL (someone once said that films do not influence people rubbish of course they do) and if it had not been for BL I would not have seeked out all the other non BL films (shame as I could have saved a fortune at the cinema and on video) but anyway nice comments video Stripey (not released on Betamax though Hahahahahaha ) and long may you continue and apologies for my ramble as I have been known to go on a bit.
Hi stripey my opinion is that if you were a child in the 80s you didn't get the full effect on what enter the dragon brought to the screen and people for me i saw enter the dragon bring Hispanic Asian black anglo all together in one theater to see a real hero a person not a cartoon or make believe superman bruce lee was a real super hero for us at that time it was a beautiful time to have lived it. Thank you stripey
I agree, mate. luckily my elder brothers & father were all Bruce Lee fans & see his movies when they came out in the 70s & they all brought the hype home. Thanks Pal 👍
enter the dragon isn't overrated, whats operated is "avengers" movies, this generation are full of hippies, proof is most of the people who watch it aren't even comic nerds they're hipsters jumping on the craze, bruce lee films are loved by martial artists/bruce lee fans, BUT they are loved by movie lovers who enjoy someone kicking ass i.e seeing it as a 70s action film
Enter the dragon is great. Is it overrated? Personally imo yes only because I don't think it's Bruce's best movie I think that goes to Way of the Dragon.
Cool video as usual mate on ETD you ask anyone to name a Kung Fu movie 9 times out 10 they will say ETD not a Jackie Chan Jet Li movie but the classic by Bruce congratulations on hitting 30k subs you deserve it mate .all the best Pete
Oh, brother. Which sort of "grittiness" does Enter the Dragon supposedly LACK? "Glossy" sure as hell isn't a word which can be accurately applied to the film -
@@scotthullinger4684 YOU DON''T UNDERSTAND, SO DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND DON'T COMMENT, IT JUST SHOWS YOUR LACK OF ARTISTIC INSIGHT. MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL AND COLLECT YOUR NEIGHBOUR'S GARBAGE.
@@pcblu1 - MAKE ME UNDERSTAND - Tell me ... Exactly which sort of "grittiness" does Enter the Dragon lack? Can I find it inside my neighbor's garbage can? Or inside your tiny brain?
Enter the Dragon is monumentally entertaining. Great story, great actors, all which matters most. If we're going to compare the production values to modern movies, then it's a bit lackluster. But do we think it matters? No, not to me. It doesn't matter. The parts which indeed matter most matter specifically because Bruce Lee was involved - for example, he personaly choreographed every fight scene.
@@mattk5020 - Oh? And yet you won't explain why, nor are you capable of explaining why. Hey - but TRY as hard as you can. Moreover, that movie has made many multiple times the amount of money spent to produce the movie, well beyond a factor of 20. Only a handful of movies produced decades ago exist which still command large audiences in this day and age, least of all a low budget flick which in reality barely got made. It was quite miraculous that it was made to completion, especially given the huge problems encountered, one of which was hiring a stupid lack luster director. It of course has the character of a B class film, not a blockbuster style film, because that's exactly what it is - a B class film which nevertheless enjoyed monumental success. If Enter the Dragon were released again today, theaters would be packed for weeks, or even months. But if "Laurence of Arabia" were released again these days, then theaters would be packed for just a few days.
@@scotthullinger4684 As Stripey Rambles says in his latest video, he doesn't respond too Fools after your comment to him 😤 and I second that. Maybe you should comment on things that you understand in the future.
