WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Zettelhead Wong Kar Wei once invented a visual style that has been revolutionary. That's quite some time ago. In The Grandmaster it seems to me like he quotes himself, repeats himself, tries to make every scene remarkable and symbolic. With the result that the movie drowns in baroque pictures which do not correspond with the storyline. The camera is moving all the time, always there is something between us an the actors... a curtain, a window, fog... whatsoever. It is no martial arts film, although there is martial arts in it. But it is not a character driven movie as well, because there is to little narration, to little development. I could not integrate the figure of Razor until I read some comments and explanations. And the wife of Ip Man, who seems to be so important in the beginning, just vanishes somehow from the story plot. So do his children. All in all: very disappointing! And so much weaker than the wonderful Ip Man-movies starring Donnie Yen.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Wong Kar Wai usually make really great movies, typically some very offbeat dramas that sink into your conscious and then sticks with you. And while there are some great moments here and there in "The Grandmaster" (aka "Yi dai zong shi"), then the movie was nowhere near the usual complex and unique movies that Wong Kar Wai has previously directed.The story that Wong Kar Wai sets out to tell in "The Grandmaster" is about legendary Kung Fu master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee in the martial arts.If you expect a grand martial arts movie, then you will be sorely disappointed. "The Grandmaster" is sort of a very pointless mixture of martial arts and drama, that ultimately failed to deliver on both accounts. The martial arts sequences were visually impressive, but they didn't really help the movie's storyline to progress. And the drama was just too long-dragged and became too much and somewhat of a hindrance to the movie. And in overall, the movie is just kept in too dark hues and tones.What made this movie semi-watchable was a great performance by Tony Leung, one of the better actors of the Hong Kong cinema. Oddly enough, then it was as if Ziyi Zhang didn't fully put everything she had into her performance in this movie.Wong Kar Wai sets out to accomplish something grand with this movie, but swung and missed far, unfortunately. "The Grandmaster" is not really a memorable moment in Chinese cinema. And there are far better and more enjoyable movies about Ip Man available.

Deoraj Singh Rana No display of Great Wing Chun Style Kung Fu.Poor Dirction,Poor Story,Poor Kung Fu and not even one appreciable fight scene.Too Boring.It was unbearable to watch.No grip in the movie.Poor presentation of Ip Man and Wing Chun. It is not even a fraction of Donnie yen's Ip man.The movie is more based on Master Gong Er.but not on Ip man life.the movie not fulling the expectation of Ip man title.it is other man's story in the name of ip man. Donnie yen ip man 1 and and 2 are the best movie on ip man so far.ip man is a subject were a movie can be made a classic but this one turned down to be a disappointment taking a superstars in movie does not makes a movie great unless it is made great.

politic1983 The last time the great Wong Kar-wai released a feature-length film was back in 2007 - only his second film in seven years - and I wish he hadn't bothered. 'My Blueberry Nights' just annoyed me from start to finish. While, as with any Wong film, it looked good, his brush with Hollywood dragged, with bland music and even more bland characters, making his usual themes and styles seem pretentious. After watching it, I came away almost liking Jude Law for bringing the only it of charisma to the film, but also wondering if all of his films had been like this, I just didn't notice because of the language barrier. After many rumoured English-language films, his next feature-length work is a return to Hong Kong (eventually), a reunion with his foremost leading man, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and a return to his brief flirts with kung-fu. 'The Grandmaster' is the often told story of Ip Man, the legendary kung-fu master of wing chun and mentor of Bruce Lee. Wong focuses on the war years of his life and his relationship with Gong Er, played by Zhang Ziyi. The film, therefore, is a blend of Wong's love and whimsy mixed with kung-fu fighting. Now, he's done this before with 'Ashes of Time', a film that's not his best, but stands up well alongside his others. 'The Grandmaster', however maybe struggles to keep up the pace. Like 'My Blueberry Nights', 'The Grandmaster' is exquisite to look at, with shots as good as any post-Nujabes Japanese hip hop video you'll find on YouTube. But for the, this maybe where the problems lie. Beautiful shots do not necessarily a great kung-fu film make, often finding that the over-angular nature of the camera-work detracts from viewing the fight scenes. I don't necessarily think of 'Ashes of Time' as a kung-fu film, just a good film, but with 'The Grandmaster' focusing so much on kung-fu, it maybe suggests that Wong isn't a master of the kung-fu genre.With the cast including many big names, including Wong regulars, the acting is strong and characters are a definite step up from 'My Blueberry Nights'. As indeed is the script, with many of the life questions and lessons reminiscent of his films of the Nineties. But there are just certain moments that hurt the film. The train station battle between Gong Er and Ma San is, at times, a little over-the- top and slightly comical, out of sync with the rest of the film. Indeed it's probably the kung-fu fighting that lets the film down here. The philosophy behind the martial arts is present, but while this is a good-looking action film, it's not always an exhilarating one. 'The Grandmaster' is somewhat of a return to form for Wong Kar-wai, though it's probably no coincidence that his last three films since 2000's 'In the Mood for Love' have probably been his worst. Maybe it's his departure from working with cinematographer Christopher Doyle, but perhaps it's his attempts at the new: a sequel, an English-language film and now a kung-fu film, suggesting Wong is not a jack-of-all-trades, but a grandmaster of one.