FrogGlace
In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
Guillelmina
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Jemima
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
polizzicraig
I enjoyed watching the 50 episodes and although the acting is pretty poor it's worth watching.
Another thing that annoyed me was reading the subtitles the whole series, it would of been more authentic if it had subtitles at the beginning in China but once he was in America switched it to English.
I still enjoyed it, the guy that plays Bruce Lee looks and acts exactly like him and the action scenes are quite good. I highly recommend this series, especially if your a huge Bruce Lee fan like myself.
The legend of Bruce Lee lives on through this series. Loved it.
rpestanow
I get that this was written almost entirely from the point of view of the Chinese. And it is important always to take pride in your heritage. Therefore, you really should change the title of this show to Bruce Lee - Hero of the Chinese.I am a martial artists, and I have been practicing what everyone calls MMA since I was in my teens. I read Bruce Lees' Tao of Jeet Kwon Do in the 80's and was very inspired to seek out and train myself in this philosophy. That being said, I am not a historian on Bruce. I am however, an American, and old enough to have lived thru the late 60's, 70's, 80's and thru today. So I am familiar with pop culture, and have vested many hours in Bruce Lees films, history, biographies and the like.Let me say that the inaccuracies of this film are thoroughly discussed in other reviews. I do agree that there are many, many, many. The parts that get to me (other than the 3 annoying self promoting songs, of which I will briefly discuss) is that I can not believe that Chinese people have no understanding of our medical or legal system. The programs portrayal of Bruce's arrest for getting in a fight for stopping a rape is not even close to what would have actually happened. The program surmises that the witnesses testimonies couldn't be taking because they knew both Bruce and the Philippine girl. Not even close to the truth. The fact the police officer then tells Bruce that he won't be release until he can prove his innocence. NO. Innocent until proved guilty. The Police have to prove, not Bruce. OMG. Then the court of inquiry by I guess he was the Chief of Police. Nope. Court of Law, with a Judge and a Prosecutor and a Defense Attorney, its called an arrangement.Next up is his Aunt. Oh we can't help her unless you go pay money. No. Sorry. Medical Treatment cannot be refused no matter how poor you are in the country. You might say, well she needed blood, that is what the Red Cross does in here, in America. I guess they don't in China, For that I am truly sorry.Now to the Song...Ughhh. Who translated this song? And the person singing it, clearly spoke English, could they not fix the grammatical errors? Master of Soul, oh does he pay the blues too, or jazz? Masters Soul. Bruce Lee Battle Call. In this instance Call is the noun making Bruce, Lee and Battle adjectives. It is like saying Vanilla Ice Cream Call. Corrected it should be Bruce Lee's Battle Call. Possessive of Bruce Lee's shout, what shout? His Battle Call. While they did fix the heel to hills they didn't change the singular shore to shores.As far as the song that just repeats Bruce Lee's name, over and over and over and over. Ugggh. As far the Rock anthem one. It sort of sounds like Kiss doesn't it? Weird since Kiss came out in the mid 70's.So, if you want some entertainment, this is OK, with subtitles. If you are thinking this is the story of Bruce Lee or a true portrayal of his life. Pick up the biographies out on Bruce Lee, this is not it.Have a wonderful viewing experience.
Eric B
Having watched all 50 episodes, I have to say I did enjoy this series, albeit being draggy and boring at times. What I do find interesting is how they took artistic license to change anything at will, here are a few examples of how they busted their own agenda or didn't catch the faux pas at editing: 1. Master Ip - in reality, he was clean shaven, but of course they had to give him a long white beard to make him look venerable. Ironic since part of Bruce's frustration with Hollywood was their stigmatized view of Chinese as being "pigtail wearing" , but yet the series goes to great length promoting this stereotype. 2. Too many examples of the time being out of context with late 1960's early 70's. a. Airport in Hong Kong is Chep Lap Kok, not the older Kai Tak. b. Scenes in Seattle with the restaurant Chipotle behind them. c. Countless other scenes. 3. Episode 47 where a Cathy Pacific jet is landing, but the name is shown backwards on the jet due to the camera not shooting a direct shot (cificaP yhtaC).I also wonder why they changed his name from Lee Jun Fan to Lee Xiao Long, along with other name changes throughout his lifetime, like Jame Colburn became Douglas?I endured the series because I adore Bruce Lee, but would like to know why they were so sloppy with these errors and also the radial changes to people's identities.
todayinnz
Freeview TV has just started to show Mon-Fridays. another episode of this drama series. TV here has little Asian or Chinese content. .. produced by China TV etc on a tight budget, with Bruce's daughter assistance.. ............................................................ Best production about Bruce that I have seen. ... ....................... Now have watched 12 episodes, SURE there are errors etc, but its nice to watch .. its almost like being there. ............................ .. Danny Chan is really good, other supporting actors are also good ........Bruce was Cantonese,, he and his family would have spoken Cantonese. ... Also in Hong Kong, at that time,, most people would speak Cantonese. However as the film was prob aimed at the CHINA audience, its natural to use Mandarin Chinese. .................................................. The HK scenes look real, back shots etc however show HK as it is now.. ... Action scenes look great.. am looking forward to seeing the remaining episodes
