The Legend of Bruce Lee

Just binge watched this series over a week. It has its moments. The version I watched was in Cantonese with some frankly bizarre and often hilarious subtitles which sometimes barely made sense and there was definitely some anti west propaganda in there which was a shame. It was clear that this was low budget, but it was watchable. The booming "Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee" monotonous singing was just plain irritating with constant visits to the mute button needed throughout. Probably not accurate in most areas for a biography with much fanciful filler involved to enhance Lee's character but hey this was a Chinese production and he was their modern day hero so I can understand why they did it for their own home audience. I enjoyed the varied fight scenes, and the main actor who played Lee was a very good imitation, possibly the best i've ever seen to be honest. The rest of the cast were tolerable but somewhere near the quality of say a sub par afternoon soap opera in the west. This being said I did get involved with this series and it kept me interested so on one level it worked but it was a hard slog in places. I'm not going to quibble over the clear historical inaccuracies and the awful soundtrack though because there was enough there to keep me entertained. Once again if you get chance to see the subtitled version its hilarious in parts, for some reason Muhammad Ali becomes Mr Harrison King of all boxers and Chuck Norris becomes Mr Hoffman! What's that all about lol. Would I watch it all again, probably not, would I dip into some episodes to watch the fight scenes, yes they were the best thing about the series for me.

After watching the entire series and having rewatched selective episodes more than once, I reflect on what great acting, choreographs, and the profound impact it has on my life. First, Danny Chan and Lang without a question has done a superb job as well as well as many of its supporting actors/actress. It feels that everyone has something to contribute to the Bruce Lee story, beyond just getting paid. The fights are detailed and entertaining. There are areas of the story that may never be verifiable but nonetheless based on a true story for the most part. At times, certain continuity may get annoying but overall, positives far outweights the negative. If the budget is ten times higher with better editing and footage -- I would give it a 10. For example, police scenes shows "NYPD", I mean it's Seattle. There are modern post-2000 cars parked all over the place on the curbs, etc. But that's okay because we know it's only $6.4million and they instead focus on acting, story, and choreographing. This has inspired me to read more about Bruce, study his philosophies like I never did, and the profound change in my own life that anything is possible. After almost 2 years, I cannot believe no one sub in English yet so I have begun the translation project myself with a partner because I want the world to know Bruce.

I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan and I'm glad a local TV network dubbed this show in my local language. Granted this TV series is not too polished in terms of acting, story telling, and fight choreography, but it makes up for it with its deep insight into Lee's life not seen in other biographies before.

The script is apparently approved by the Lee family and Shannon Lee is credited as Executive Producer so I trust the source of the story. Sure there may have been a few deviations but overall I'm fine with it.

This may not be the epic that I have been expecting and hoping for but I'll give it an average 7 out of 10.

Definitely, the "Legend of Bruce Lee" needs the Cantonese and English versions. At least the subtitles be in English to make it complete.

This is the first time I have ever seen a martial art production that depicts the details on how and why in addition to demonstrations. For martial art lovers, this is the ultimate treasure. The quality of production equates the "Saving Private Ryan" and Jet Li's "Huo Yuan Jia".

In a lot of ways, Bruce Lee resembled the Chinese national hero, Huo Yuan Jia. They are determined, fearless, crazy about martial art and creative (they both created their own styles), but most important of all, they love their own country and hated their countrymen being called the "Sickmen of East Asia".

I have bought the DVD and recommend it to my friends. I will watch it over and over to enjoy it more.

This show portrays Bruce Lee not only as a Kung Fu master but also a thinker,a lover of physical power and a seeker for truth; and he really was,of course he was acknowledged around the world as the founder of Jeet Kune Do(JKD). Here I don't want to talk a lot about his fighting techniques, but one thing is important in his martial system---yin and yang, main principle in nature in traditional Chinese philosophy.

OK,let's make it simple... take water as an example(as Bruce Lee did on the pierre berton show,and i put it another way),you can neither grab it in your hand nor tell its shape,and that's the yin; on the other hand,we all know that a hard rock can be made a hole by drips year after year,here comes the yang. Water is flexible and so powerful. That's why he believed "No style is the style".

His martial attributes based on philosophy led to his worldwide greatness and still do --- A real warrior