I Am Bruce Lee
2012 Directed by Pete McCormack
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Bruce Lee is universally recognized as the pioneer who elevated martial arts in film to an art form, and this documentary will reveal why Bruce Lee's flame burns brighter now than the day he died over three decades ago. The greatest martial artists, athletes, actors, directors, and producers in the entertainment business today will share their feelings about the one who started it all. We will interview the people whose lives, careers, and belief systems were forever altered by the legendary "Father of Martial Arts Cinema". Rarely seen archival footage and classic photos will punctuate the personal testimonials. Prepare to be inspired.
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I love Bruce Lee! If I was ever brave or foolish enough to get a tattoo it would probably be a picture of Mr Lee kicking Megatron in the nuts, or something equally as cool that my 10-year old self would have loved. I never get bored watching him punching and kicking people in the head which makes this lightweight documentary such a disappointment.
The main problem with the documentary is the talking head contributions. Whilst the film does contain some interviews with people that actually knew him, such as his widow and daughter, it is dominated by interviews with celebrity fans. Frankly I don’t care what these people think of Lee yet the bulk of the film is taken…
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A lot of irrelevant stuff, but the insight into his work ethic, career and home life from his wife and daughter was very interesting and made this an enjoyable hour and a half.
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The stand out line here in this documentary was, "Bruce Lee made Asian men sexy."
Only when we have 5-10% body fat can we as Asian men be deemed sexy. Apparently we weren't sexy before so thanks for that Bruce!
And that's all I got from this documentary. Subtle racism and nothing new. Just a few shit insights from Kobe and other people we shouldn't care about.
If you want to know more about Bruce Lee, there's his movies, his books and the internet.
You'd be best avoiding this turd unless you love hearing people who aren't Asian telling you things that are pretty obvious anyway such as "Bruce Lee could fight."
Thanks Captain Obvious.
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Bruce Lee's life story is still as engaging as ever, but I wish this film had relied more on real footage rather than the opinions of Taboo from The Black Eyed Peas or the bloke who directed 'House Party'. They really skipped over the whole Wong Jack Man fight summarised sparingly as "he had to fight to defend his right to teach, he won and it inspired him to evolve his style". It would have been nice to have had more narrative around the play by play from people who were actually there throughout his life. Not very insightful, I think most fans will already know much of what's unveiled, but footage of his movies is a great reminder that I have some phenomenal DVD's on the shelf that I haven't watched in a while.
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Interesting and informative documentary on my personal hero and one of the most inspirational and fantastic men that ever lived.
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Bruce Lee is a real legend, but this documentary really sucks.
WTF are all those people doing in this documentary? Kobe Bryant? Some dancer? Guy from Black Eyed Peas? Mickey Rourke? Doesn't make sense at all. Who are these people to say something about Bruce Lee.
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The stand out line here in this documentary was, "Bruce Lee made Asian men sexy."
Only when we have 5-10% body fat can we as Asian men be deemed sexy. Apparently we weren't sexy before so thanks for that Bruce!
And that's all I got from this documentary. Subtle racism and nothing new. Just a few shit insights from Kobe and other people we shouldn't care about.
If you want to know more about Bruce Lee, there's his movies, his books and the internet.
You'd be best avoiding this turd unless you love hearing people who aren't Asian telling you things that are pretty obvious anyway such as "Bruce Lee could fight."
Thanks Captain Obvious.
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This man led a stunning, inspiring life and this documentary deals with people from all walks of life who were influenced by him and also tells his story along the way. Great watch for anyone who is new to this huge cultural icon.
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There is very little new information that even the most passive of Bruce Lee fans would be interested in.
As a documentary, its lack of ambition is shameless. It merely alternates between talking heads, a single black and white interview with Bruce himself, and endless film clips which are just used as filler to pad the running time. It all seems so rushed. You're better off watching ENTER THE DRAGON for the 473rd time.
There are a few moments when it actually grasps for the olive branch. I appreciated the failed attempt to define Lee's Jeet Kune Do which, at its core, is a philosophy that is better embodied rather than explained. The discourse between the talking heads as to…
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The Documentary about The Great Martial Arts Actor Bruce Lee.
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This is a pretty standard documentary but is interesting for a person that knows nothing about Bruce Lee other than the rumors I had heard about him and make me want to go and see more of his films other than Enter The Dragon.
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interesting documentary loses focus a few times to explore mixed martial arts but i understand the connection. good interviews with contemporary fighters and actors. gina carano! good retrospective on an inspiring life.
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Fond memories of Bruce Lee from people he knew and People inspired by him, its all rather nice and loving but all enjoyable looking at a glimpse of a legend
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Overall an affecting and insightful glimpse into the life of not only a kung fu movie star, but also a cultural icon. The major drawback however is that this Spike TV produced dock thinks it appropriate to talk to a bunch of mouth-breathing, brain-pummeled MMA dolts who spend a great deal of time arguing as to whether Bruce Lee invented their sport; a strawman debate as Lee never claimed ownership of MMA.
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Empeñado en adjudicarle la paternidad de las artes marciales mixtas, demostrar lo elegante que era y cuanto entrenaba, este documental sobre la figura de Bruce Lee es superficial y amorfo; un desfile de entrevistados improbables como Ed O'Neill, Mickey Rourke, Kobe Bryant, raperos, skaters o luchadores de la UFC cuya aportación es francamente irrelevante. El mayor interés de la cinta la aporta el propio Lee y su desbordante personalidad que llena toda la pantalla cada vez que se extraen citas de su famosa entrevista en el programa de Pierre Berton. Aunque para eso mejor ver el documento original y evitar tanta pamplina: archive.org/details/BruceLeeTheLostInterview1971