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The fact that Disney practically sidelined the marketing of this movie in favor of the Eternals makes it success more impressive.

I think the makers of shang chi would be a perfect fit for a TMNT movie. The action, the goofiness and emotional stakes would actually fit really well

The Mandarin is one of the most relatable villains in the MCU. I can totally emphasize with his quest to bring back his wife. He was not after power or money but lost love. That was fundamental for the movie.

Everything the father does in this movie is understandable, he has nobody left, wife died, son ran away and daughter left too. The only time he actually had anyone was when he met his wife, totally makes sense that he would do anything to get back the one person that meant everything to him.

Honestly, that bus scene felt more like a spider-man action scene than any of the Tom Holland movies have had so far. I think the added danger of adding the civilians in the middle of the whole thing really helped towards that feeling.

The one thing other Hollywood blockbusters must "steal" from Shang-Chi are (how do I put it) the long establishing shots during the fight scenes. Seriously, action scenes felt so good and refreshing mostly because movie didn't try to discombobulate me with shit ton of jump cuts and aggressively shaking camera.

One thing that extremely stand out that also helped making Shang-Chi so enjoyable is Tony Leung's exceptional acting as Wenwu. His emotions and expressions that played out from just his facial expressions alone is so expressive and telling is so massively phenomenal that it makes it hard to not try to relate or feel for Wenwu thus making Wenwu a character that stands out exceptionally from alot of villains that have exist in the MCU

Goddamn. I had no idea until you pointed it out how the movie subtly built/established Katy's character alongside Shang-Chi. I remember really liking her but not being able to point out why she worked so well, so thank you!

I really wished that they left the villain alive. His relationship with his son was great, he was intimidating, and he could have possibly made an antihero turn in later movies. Plus Marvel doesn't have that many compelling villains in the MCU.

How did this movie manage to have both the best and worst jokes in the MCU

I enjoyed it, in spite of the flaws it had. The father was well done as far as a villain, and the whole: “I’m not afraid of you anymore,” “Yes you are.” Was chilling, because for a father to say that to his son, and mean it, is all sorts of messed up.

Shang-chi is absolutely one of my top 3 favorite MCU movies. This felt like one of those movies I had been waiting for to be created for years.

Not gonna lie the Shang chi jacket combat was a great way to incorporate Jackie Chan styled combat and use of surroundings into Shang Chi’s fighting

As a Chinese, we are thought to always respect our elders that’s why I love the scene where the seemingly younger Wen Wu (dad) demanded grandpa to show him respect! “I’ve had more salt than you had rice” is a common way elders demand respect

This is Simu Liu's first lead role in a film, having previously had supporting roles in his career. Awkwafina was the first actor cast in the film. The symbols in the Ten Rings logo are Chinese characters: "quan" (authority), "li" (power), "zhuang" (strong), "wei" (extraordinary), "jie" (outstanding), "shi" (influential), "hong" (grand), "xiong" (mighty), qiang" (strength) and "wei" (dominant). This is renowned Hong Kong film actor Tony Chiu-Wai Leung's first role in an American film and his first English-speaking role, even though he has always spoken it fluently. The red and black suit Shang Chi acquires at Ta Lo is a homage to the suit he wore in the Jonathan Hickman "Avengers" comics. The filmmakers cite Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Tai Chi Master (1993), the The Matrix (1999) series, Donnie Yen's "Ip Man" films and Jackie Chan films as an influence on the martial arts action. Michelle Yeoh starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Shang-Chi is the first superhero film with an Asian leading protagonist for Marvel Studios. The bus fight is loosely inspired both by Jackie Chan and Buster Keaton. Shang" and "Xia" are homophones (same sound different Chinese characters) of "up" and "down", respectively, in Chinese. Tony Chiu-Wai Leung was thrilled to join the film as he is a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This movie was going to be made by Paramount Pictures before Disney bought Marvel. This is the second movie where Awkwafina had apologized onscreen for her poor Chinese. The first was The Farewell (2019). In Xialing's room there is an AC/DC poster implying she is a fan of the band. AC/DC songs are well-known to be part of the Iron Man (2008)'s soundtrack as well the sequels. Many of the scenes were visually inspired by Akira Toriyama's popular manga and anime series Dragon Ball (1986), which Destin Daniel Cretton is a fan of. The "Kamehameha" energy wave is also mentioned by Katy in the film. Ludi Lin, Steven Yeun, Mike Moh, Alex Landi, Lewis Tan, Edward Zo, Liviu Covalschi and Ross Butler were considered for the role of Shang-Chi. First film by Destin Daniel Cretton to have a predominantly Asian cast.

One thing I believed alot of people misses is that Wenwu will be passing his rings to ShangChi (When he is strong enough) even before the third act, and with that, his immortaliity. He kept his rings and immortality in a box after his marriaged, wishing to grow old with his wife and when she is killed, pick them up again but is willing to pass on to his son and die.

This movie had so many well rounded characters that they even gave the henchman with the dumb name a full arc. I fully expected Razorfist to just be a generic threat for the first bus fight so when he joins forces with them for the final battle I was very surprised

Another thing to steal: the music. This isn't really to do with the writing, which is this channels focus, but the music in this film helps it stand out a lot from other superhero movies

Shang Chi is one of the most fun Marvel movies I've seen in a while. The fight choreography was just phenomenal, and the comedic bits landed almost every time for me (yes, there were a few duds sprinkled throughout). I like the chemistry between the characters, especially Shaun and Katy, but Shaun and Xi as well. If anything needed more focus, it's Shaun and Xi's relationship with their father, particularly because he's the villain. We were told (sometimes shown) their past relationships, but there wasn't much of a chance to explore them in the present. I'd also say Shaun didn't really have much of a character arc? And neither did Xi. They had motivations, sure, but Shaun's especially didn't quite go anywhere. A flawed movie, for sure, yet I certainly wasn't disappointed. I thought it was another good origin story, and I think we'll get more as Shaun shows up in more movies.

"Yes you are" is probably the best response to "I'm not afraid of you" I've heard.

I think it's hilarious that the writers took the whole "Asian women drivers are the worst" stereotype and basically made an entire character to refute it.

Dude ! That was such a great breakdown and editing ! You've done the video I wish I could do ! I've seen the movie 5 times in theaters when it came out, and you still managed to catch some stuff I didn't ! Massive props to you. One thing I should say about the reason why the movie was so resonnant with Asian audience in general (but specifically Chinese Americans) would be that overall the movie does a lot right in order to portray Asian characters and values as positive. It does also a good job at portraying that there are more than just "one" type of Asians. Heck every single character is a different facet of what it means to be Asian in our world : - Shang Chi is the young 1st Asian migrant who, pretty much like Simu, came to America (Canada for Simu) from China when he was a kid, and had to adapt to a Whole new world (probably why Aladdin's song is his favorite Karaoke song in the movie), - Katy is the already comfortably American 3rd gen who starts the movie by being proudly carefree American in front of her friend and her mother, but later, gets her views on life challenged when she's faced with actual stakes and "authentic" traditional chinese elders wisdom (even though the movie could have delved a bit deeper on that), - Xialin is the you one who's always lived under authoritarian and mysoginistic China (metaphored by her father), and couldn't escape to a Western country, so she escaped to neighbouring Macau, which, even if it's still technically part of China, still enjoys more freedom than China (I suspect originally, that part was supposed to be in HK, which would have made much more sense, given the amount of legendary HK actors in the movie, but then... being in 2019, the massive protests and police brutality happened in HK, which didn't make production there possible anymore... thanks, China ! So Macau it is), where she could be the badass she ever wanted to be. You could trade Macau for either HK or Taiwan, and it would have worked the same, but I guess Macau is the most visually impressive, with it's majestic skyline and its gambling environment. Putting her in a city like Shanghai was : 1 probably off-limits for Disney, and 2 thematically not compatible, since it's still very much integral part of China, - Wen Wu is everything that represents one side of modern (and in some ways, traditional China) : Has the ultimate power (the 10 rings in the movie) and is millenia old, can't change and stuck in his old ways (he even says it himself after his wife died), greedy (he conquered everything in the world for a 1000 years), authoritative, does whatever he wants, control freak, patriarchy, doesn't give any space for arguments (and that's not really giving a bad rap to china, it really is how it is in real life, right now). He's very much the Yin (down to how his compound look, that is almost entirely black, with only one bright colored part in all of it : the wooden dragon sculpture, that seemingly comes from Ta Lo), - Ta Lo and its people, especially the mother and the aunt, represents the "real" traditional side of China : spiritualism, altruism, family, martial arts (especially Taiji), nature, keeping in touch with their roots and their mystical side (including the mythical creatures, like the Fu dogs, phoenixs, kirins, Hulijins, and of course, the dragon)... They're basically the Yang side of China (when we first arrive in the village, it is sunny, vibrantly colored, grandiose... with the only dark spot of the village being of course the Sealed Gate). And when Wen Wu's arrives, it corrupts everything and toned the whole village in dark gray. So everything, every character, and even every set has meaning in this movie. The more I watch it (I've watched it 5 times, already), the more I can see it. Intentionally (or sometimes not), it is a very well crafted universe, if anything a bit rushed because of its feature film format (I actually think it would have benefitted to have the luxury of a Disney+ series treatment, so we could explore and dive more deeply into all its themes and characters).

yo the humorous editing of this video is incredible. there's no boring moment, the inserted memes and sound effects are amazing

I mostly think the success has 90% to do with how much it is an action comedy and the influences it is drawn from. Like, there's so much Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Bao and Yuen Wah influence in all of it. Hell, even Yuen Wah shows up in the movie. Chinese cinema perfected the action comedy genre, and that's where it draws most of the scenes from. Compared to American Action Comedy which tend to suck more often than not.

I was waiting for them to turn Kaity and Shang into a thing. Like cynically waiting for the shoe horned romance. Genuinely love that they didn’t do that, makes it way more real and fun

This video just made me love the film even more than I already did. Shang-Chi was the very first Marvel film that my father didn't fall asleep while watching. It really helped that you didn't need to have watched most of the previous MCU films to understand everything

well said. what makes a great action scene is not only about the punching or how it shot, but also "the little story" that happen between action. even better if the stake getting more escalated in each minutes.

I feel like with every video his power in the memes grows stronger and stronger

Can I just say that Shang Shi has the most obvious but non invasive product placement in any movie I ever watched. Like, a BMW appears from thin air every two scenes but still it didn’t destroy the attention you have toward the movie plot.

Shang chi is good movie until everyone realizes the movie would have never happened if his dads mom told his dad why they has a secret village there and what they were guarding in the first place.

There are many things I loved about Shang chi, the sets, the fights, the soundtrack and portrayal of the characters were all magnificent, but I must admit that one of the greatest aspects of the film for me was the fact that a lot of it was in Chinese and not English. Let’s be honest, without Katy in the story, who is not only the best friend sidekick but also the only reference to US ideals and culture, there would be no reason for the characters to interact in English. I dunno, just thought that was a fun thing in the film.

I'm glad that there wasn't a romantic sub-plot between Shang and Katy, it made it feel like they're actually friends

Shang chi did a good job on showing how op air ending really is.

Love your edits 😂! Great take on the movie thank you!

I enjoyed Shang Chi, but I think the film has a BIG issue with “show, don’t tell”. From the very start, we’re dumped on with a ton of exposition and that continues throughout the film. Nothing is left to the imagination. I think they could have made it far more emotional and intense by cutting a lot of dialogue and instead focusing on portraying character relationships through interactions. I thought this was best portrayed between Shang Chi and his sister, but could have been even better. Regardless, I’m happy to see that the film has been so successful.

Say what you want, but the choreography of all the fight scenes was absolutely top-notch

The one thing I wish he mentioned when talking about the bus scene is the score. Rich Brian's production really took it from a stunning action scene to a masterpiece.

I am from Colombia, and it always cracks me up when you use the Colombian guy breaking the keyboard. Good job

17:45 - Can I also point out that this is all also foreshadowed earlier in the script? Katy's mother says "Moving on is an American idea" during the breakfast scene, which foreshadows that Wenwu, who is not American, cannot move on from his wife's death, whereas Shaun, who understands American ideas, is able fight for that idea of moving on.

I would agree that this movie is good, but I wish they would've worked a bit more on the emotional disparity between Shang-chi and his father. Maybe change the music selection at their final fight to a sad audio, or make Wenwu cry at the fact that he thinks now that he can bring his wife back to life and everything will be okay, WHEN IT WON'T. I like it as is, but I felt that maybe the emotional stakes were a bit tooo safe.

For some reason Shang Chi reminded me so much of Jet Li's Tai Chi Master - Twin Warriors, where Jet Li learns tai chi to defeat his friend in the final fight where it's close fist vs. open palm. It even stars Michelle Yeoh and has one of the characters play dead in a battle scene also.

0:51 I loved the Shadow of the Collosus reference

As an Asian Dude i can say it got one thing right, the power dynamics of Father-Son Duo. Most Asian families no matter how much a son is awesome he will always be under his dad's shadow and he always wants to prove something and it is very toxic and also the Father-Daughter thingy was point on as in most asian families daughter is always put on second position, quite evident with the fact that father chose to ignore her daughter and her training, reason being "yOu lOok lIkE yOuR mOthEr" and asians can see through that bs.

I really loved this movie I just wish there was less cgi mess and more combat fighting. Focusing on the characters and their own development especially the sister

You just gotta appreciate the civil war music in the background of something done right. Love it.

It’s about time you made a video about Schang Chi

I had no expectations for this movie and I ended up loving it, it’s a totally different style of Marvel movie while still keeping the charm we all know and love.

I enjoyed this film but I felt it was a lot like any other marvel film. Good enough characters, good action, save world, big monster/enemy. I enjoyed it but to me I just want a movie that doesn’t have a big fight like this one but a more emotional confrontation. Such as when Shawn and his dad fought. I loved that cause of the emotional build up that leads to the fight (and yes I agree with many comments saying the fight was resolved, I just wish it where the main battle not the CGI monster). Then he dies and the monster is unleashed and his dads death has no effect. I was just upset when I saw him lying there cause to me it was on the verge of something great. And even then I would have been ten times more pleased if it had effected him during the battle against the monster cause that would show he had some human feelings. But alas I will take what I can get and enjoy what the future of Marvel holds. Edit: I hear what a lot of you are saying about bald characters and yes I agree, the characters weren’t top notch amazing. But they were good enough. I didn’t go into the movie expecting the most relatable and loving characters that displayed the best characters ever. No I went in expecting Marvel and that’s what I got. This was just to clarify cause I understand where a lot of you are coming from.

"i did some martial-art myself when i was young so i am going to rate this" is the best line in a show by an extra i have ever heard. its so good this movie so good.

I love how you edit... its funny and clear

holy shit, amazing how filmento was able to flawlessly replicate the dragons from the movie

I loved the movie but I do think it’s hard making an origin story where the character already has their powers from the start. But it mostly pulled it off. I just feel like Shang’s arc was a little unclear.

the story of your ad read had me hooked. You teased surf shark then had me on the big reveal. Well done.

Shang Chi and Aquaman and standard successful movies, Protagonist away from home, great fight scenes, Kaiju fights in the end. Movie opens with Shang Chi's parents meeting each other. They're perfect, they're bit Guilty pleasure.

I was very surprised how good this movie was - very fun and engaging even during long fight scenes I do feel the siblings' conflict felt undercooked and took a backseat to the film tho.

What Marvel does well is deep character pieces within family-friendly movies (Tony’s self-destructiveness in Iron Man 2-3 / Thanos’ motivation to stop the universe from imploding / Thor’s depression in Endgame). The dad was a warlord. But during the movie he’s portrayed as being motivated not by power, but grief and the perceived injustice that his wife is held captive. This self-destructiveness and will to destroy everything that prevents his quest to justice makes him somewhat of an anti-hero, because in his eyes he has a sense of honour that no one else can match and he has to fix what has gone wrong. I thought his acting with just the way he used his eyes conveyed so much depth and pain and anger He had a motivation that Shang-Chi lacked - he is an aimless character with no purpose

2:24 "🥶BING CHILLIN" I died lmao

Very well put. We get a self contained story with a resolution in a Marvel film. I'm afraid this will become more rare as the MCU goes on. So many of the TV series and films feel like setups for the next project in the pipeline.

Out of everything I love about this film is how the actors portrayed their characters' raw emotions. The anger, sadness, concern, love, and etc. were all done so well imo.

The relational and emotional depth and story is so beautiful. I was tired of superhero movies and was so refreshingly surprised by this movie. Shang-Chi is - hands down - my favorite Marvel movie

I wasn't expecting Doom music to be put over some of the fight scenes but they work so well! And beautifully so with Xialing attacking Shang-Chi!

I have only watched the movie without the talking parts and without the sound and it looked great to me.

This is a great analysis of the film! I also made one but it was more thematic, I almost forgot how... just well-put together this movie is. The script is truly airtight. I really love how you paralleled Shaun needing to let Xialing go in the final battle to how he left her in the beginning. That's a totally different angle than what I went for and I really dig it. There are just so many ways to read this film!

I was watching shang chi when I got this notification and a few minutes ago i was thinking of you making a video on this movie

The final point about character issues is such a powerful tool that was used well in other things like Breaking Bad, Ghost of Tsushima and, more recently, Arcane.

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not sure if you will see this but here it goes... your videos has made a HUGE impact on me. your insightful videos have changed the way I think about filmmaking and has influenced, all the way here in South Africa, to shift my perspective on audience expectations. know this. your hard work and efforts has definitely been appreciated all the way here in the "Cradle of Mankind". Thank you. the least i can say. Your videos is truly appreciated and thank you for being that person to say it how it should be. I have learnt a lot from your videos, heck, i even brush my teeth hearing your videos. thats how much it means to me. thank you sir. i applaud You.

I fuckin love the editing on this one, the dragons on dad and shang-chi, the scream, the bingchiling, the little "let's go" for the Katy scene. But also, the way you cut different bits of the movie together really helps me understand the movie better.

Beside being just a long BMW commercial it has absolutely beautiful fight scenes. Cannot wait for a Corridor Crew to review it

The relationship and story between Shang Chi and his dad carried this movie I think. There was a lot of genuine feeling moments between him and his dad and it made me want more. I wish they would've focused on it more and really fleshed it out. The rest including his awful obnoxious sidekick were just downright painful.

I just wish the movie had cast someone other than Aquafina. That woman's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

11:54 Oh my god you were blueballing me with that sound effect. I don't even know where I've heard it, I just knew you weren't playing the second part.

The movie has a whole is amazing, but I gotta say, the bus fight scene is easily on of the best fight scenes in all of the MCU. And may I be as bold to say it’s quite up there in cinema as a whole.

6:18 Holy crap, I'm actually crying from laughing so hard. I love this channel.

You really need to change the title of this video. I thought you were going to talk about how Shang-Chi stole from some other property, and not how to take what Shang-Chi did successfully and use it in your own stories. Other than that, really good.

4:10 the edit made me lol so hard. Reminded me of the terribly dubbed old kung-fu films I used to watch growing up.

I think the additional layers of danger in certain instances were more for the sake of making sure other characters were properly utilized. How do you prevent Katie from just standing around uselessly with a baffled look on her face/become a damsel in distress during the first fight scene? Give her character the chance to take the initiative by helping with the situation by having the bus driver fall unconscious and have her take the wheel so that Shaun can focus on the fighting. How do you do the same thing in a fight later on where she *is* going to be a damsel without making the character seem stupid/powerless purely for the sake of it? Have her use a tactic alluded to earlier to buy her time, and have her in a situation she wouldn't normally be in. i.e. trying to quickly scale the side of a building while running away from bad guys, so that the peril doesn't feel contrived. Such as, in another scenario: "why doesn't imperiled character just run?" Answer in this scenario: "She can only run in two directions and she has to constantly reorient herself to the next foothold because she's *ALSO* trying to scale down the side of a building." In another scenario: "why doesn't the imperiled character get help from the police/other citizens?" Answer in this scenario: "They're too high up for anyone to notice or reach them in time, they're on their own." In another scenario: "why doesn't the imperiled character show the agency they demonstrated previously?" Answer in this scenario: "This situation isn't just outside of her established skillset, it's a very a-typical situation in general. Again, one's means of escaping, fighting, and defending are drastically limited compared to a normal ground-level fight." So even when the rescue moment comes we don't hold it against the writers because it's not a damsel in distress moment where the lack of agency appears because the plot demands it, but because the situation is perilous and the character isn't fully prepared for the challenges it poses.

I was actually really pleasantly surprised that there wasn't a reveal that the sister had been working with the dad the whole time. after the prison break sequence I was certain she was going to betray them...but she didn't and that was cool.

I still think it would have been cooler if Shaun and Wenwu shared the rings, since it's made explicitly clear they can be passed back and forth so quickly, really SHOW that they get each other and they're on the same wavelength now. I felt nothing about them working that out because it was over so quickly and I felt like there was no real payoff. He gets the rings, but there's no time for it to mean much. Maybe that's just me, I just feel like it's a cheap thing to kill someone off the second they make up :P

0:55 glad to know it hasn’t been forgotten

excellent video! i do have one question though, what is that sound effect that you use when you show the flashbacks? for example at around 9:17 i hear it. i could be wrong but i think that is the back to the future time travel sound effect and i have been looking for it for along time so if someone knows where to find it, could you tell me? or tell me if it is called something else?

I saw it and it was pretty good, on par with most MCU movies. Props to them for introducing a relatively obscure non-super powered character, and making people care about the character.

Could you do a flim perfection video on Rango?

I wished they did ONE more thing though. There is a loose end there that could be tied up, and itd both fulfil sth abt a theme and characters(' issues, particularly those issues thats just put in the background). 1) Shangchi, his dad and sister: they could have him emotionally struggle when he saw his dad unable to escape and doomed to die. This would connect back to how Shangchi couldnt move to help his mother. He struggles again to save his father. This would make the choice he made regarding last family member he has, his sister, much bigger, and it's not some sudden reemergence of their sibling conflict anymore bc its feel in a way like it's always been there- connected indirectly through his issues with his mother and his father (Plus, can also let WenWu's fatherly love for him emerge, and get him to realise, perhaps this was what his wife felt,when a parent's at death's door but knowing their children too were in danger) 2) Katy, her potential and that grandpa: Similarly, it wouldve been nice for just that 1 extra scene where she struggles saving the grandpa, like she misses her shots. That makes that one last arrow she has to shoot the monster bIGGER, both on the world-ending consequences scale and her internal struggle with messing up the shots she does take. + i wished they also tried to weave in the bus/valet trait of hers more with her resolution abt fear to take the big step. It can send mixed messages when someone is criticised for some 'low' job but that skill ends up being useful is saving ppl. Just an extra scene where someone/Shaun remarks how she indeed does have talent and perhaps it is a waste she remains a valet driver, and she responds awkwardly, thinking but uneasy. Cuz rn it feels too separated for me, like there's conflicting themes of "be proud of who and where you are" vs "take that step forward"

I love that slow mo in the final fight that ties in with when he met and fell in love with the mother.

“Good artists borrow but great artists steal” Picasso

I went into this movie assuming I would hate it but I LOVED it. I thought the villain was super sympathetic as he wasn't just some generic villain that was evil for the sake of being evil but actually was a heartbroken man who just wanted to bring his beloved wofe back. I think villains work best when you can see that they believe they are doing the right thing.

The dad gave me a real Ikari Gendo vibe: He wasn’t a power-hungry mustache-twirler; he was just a guy who wanted his wife back.

ive seen shang chi about 3 times now and the part with the acting apes A LOT more and that line it cracks me up every time

Shang Chi could've been top 3 for me if they skipped the big monster CGI LOTR bit and just focused on Shang and his dad.

It really just felt like another marvel movie to me. Not bad not great, just more in the middle

I was finally to sit down and watch Shang-Chi. Since I was binge watching a lot of your videos, I was able to apply what I learned while watching it. It made me so happy to know you pointed out the exact moments I made myself. You know you’re doing something right. Well done

A moment for how awesome SOTC soundtrack was. Every track was so perfect

I was very skeptical about Shang Chi but after watching it 3 times I can safely say it’s one of the best MCuU films ever. Can’t wait to to see more of him

3:34 From what PS2 game is this cinematic from? It looks almost real.

It's been a while since I saw the movie, but I only remember having two problems with it. One is the way everything in the hidden village was introduced, it felt like the movie would've been better off if some of those mystical elements had been introduced a little earlier (some where obviously, just not enough in my opinion). Two, some of the fight scenes shared a key problem for me of just feeling ineffective. Not in how they're viewed as spectacles, but there were a couple of scenes that felt like the characters where having more of a martial arts demonstration than an actual fight. This was probably intentional in some places (Like when the dad met the mom), but in others it left me feeling off. Just weird pauses in the action that didn't make sense to me.

Not gonna lie, I think this is Filmento's best analysis yet. I guess it helps when you're examining a pretty good movie too.

*Are there really people who believe what the Rotten Tomatoes page says !? In the middle of 2021?*

It's well written, old-fashioned story telling with really cool action set pieces. It's no wonder it did so well.