Ip Man (2008) - Ip Man 2 (2010) - Ip Man 3 (2015)
I binge-watched an Ip Man marathon. Mostly because Donnie Yen was awesome in the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. His character, Chirrut Imwe was spectacular. I probably should have caught up on the Ip Man series much earlier because he taught Bruce Lee. Also, I saw the Wong Kar Wai take of Ip Man's story already, The Grandmaster. and I still didn't get caught up on the Ip Man series. So in a weird way, I got a deeper appreciation for Ip Man and Wing Chun through Donnie Yen and Star Wars. What's striking was I realized I never see the take from the Asian's side of the war. Even on the early 1920's-1930's war between Japan and China. War affects people on a mass level. From which ever side you may be, it's violent and people suffer enormously. Anyway, back to the series. Having seen it on one straight sitting, It's easy to compare it to one another. In terms of fighting, the f irst was pitted against Japanese martial arts, Karate. The s econd film wa...