Comments on: How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009)

By: Huewilly

Huewilly — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:19:41 +0000

I too enjoyed HOW BRUCE LEE CHANGED THE WORLD (HBLCTW) on the History Channel! I also have to agree, that whenever we long time fans watch documentaries on Bruce, it is a bitter sweet experience, especially, when we imagine what could have been if Bruce was still around.

However, docs like this are important for the younger generation, that, believe it or not, may not have heard of Bruce Lee. The information in the doc is no big revelation to long time Lee fans, but it is always nice to hear how Bruce Lee touched us all.

And furthermore, when LL Cool J, and other pop icons state how Bruce Lee influenced them, it adds a certain hip factor to being a Bruce Lee fan.

Regarding the absence of Guro Dan Inosanto, as a filmmaker myself, I can understand that it is sometimes difficult to coordinate interviews with everyone on your wish list. I also believe that people like Guro Inosanto, Jim Kelly, Chuck Norris and others have done so many interviews over the years that it still might be hard for them to recount the loss of their friend and mentor Bruce Lee.

Over all, with the segments like Shannon Lee’s visit to Hong Kong and mainland China showcasing upcoming events and Bruce Lee projects- HOW BRUCE LEE CHANGED THE WORLD was a well made documentary that should be enjoyed by everyone. Good review!

By: Michael Jones

Michael Jones — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:31:24 +0000

I had 2 complaints about the documentary. 1. The lack of mention of influences on Bruce Lee’s martial arts like boxing legend Muhammad Ali. 2. The constant referring to Bruce Lee as the first this or that when in fact he was merely the most noticable.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:27:00 +0000

I had 2 complaints about the documentary. 1. The failed reference to the outstanding martial artists that influced Bruce Lee such as boxing legend Muhannad Ali. 2. The outlandish fabrication of Bruce Lee’s past as depicted in “Legend Of Bruce Lee” made in mainland China. Since it was implied watching this thing would be a good way to learn about Bruce Lee. The need for money and the prostitution of Shaolin and Bruce Lee by China are not coincidences.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:11:52 +0000

I’d have to agree with a commenter above. The omission of Dan Inosanto was a glaring hole in the documentary. Dan is an essential part of Bruces’ legacy. My sifu studied with Dan and tells of stories that Dan told him about Bruce that are amazing! Stuff you never hear anywhere! Its these kinds of stories which I wished could be shared with everyone! They’re great, funny and all out weird?

Bruce vs. the Las Vegas Mafia?

Bruce kicking Dan in the face on his birthday as his “present”?

Classic stories!

By: Wolf

Wolf — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:09:42 +0000

Even to this day, Bruce Lee’s magnetic presence and intense energy still blows me away everytime I watch his movies. No other screen fighters or even the best actors can capture the animal ferocity as well as he does it.

By: pete

pete — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:28:06 +0000

As many comment on how the documentary miss out something in there, But let me remind you all the documentary is about Pop culture reflected from Bruce Lee Life , I encourage everybody to watch this and live up yours life and self confident once more….

Because Bruce Lee is not just a martial artist or actor , He is “everything” that he able to be ….don’t understand what this mean ? watch this documentary “even if you ‘re not interested about Bruce Lee”

By: BruisedLo

BruisedLo — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:59:37 +0000

someone uploaded the documentary on youtube lol, lucky me.

haha he said lee kwan, i guess he meant liu kang.

i didn’t want to see another documentary on bruce, but this one is very updated lol. i knew we would see bey logan, and ratner hehe. i liked how they went into other things that weren’t in the older documentaries, like the UFC, video games, the guy who scored enter the dragon, and the lee statue, all that stuff.

it was cool to see donnie and jackie, …i think they even showed a clip of ip man. its always fun to hear jackie talk about bruce, and their fight lol. in jackie chan’s book, he goes into a lot of details of their enter the dragon fight, and its just funny.

who knew we were gonna see hollywood stars who are fans, so i was a little shocked to see LL cool J, margaret cho, and eddie griffin etc. if they could of got jet li and tony jaa to comment on bruce, it would of been even more better.

another thing i enjoy was hearing about the bruce lee imitators, and they showed clips of some of the clones lol, to the bruce commercials, so that was cool.

overall i think this one is worth watching, because bruce still has a big impact on people, and we get to see that. his name is just gonna keep popping up, and maybe after a decade or so, we’ll see another documentary on bruce lee from a newer generation.

By: Lionclaw

Lionclaw — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:02:36 +0000

quote:I respect the rza as a fan of martial arts cinema, but i thought it was hilarious when he tried to give an example of a videogame character based after Bruce, and goes on to call Liu Kang from the mortal kombat series LEE KWAN or something, lol

lol, thats exactly what i kept thinking. I think he said Lee Kaung. Besides that awfully funny reference I thought the documenteny was pretty entertaining. I was happy to see Donnie Yen in there.

By: jiujitsu77

jiujitsu77 — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:17:48 +0000

i know ill catch hell for that one too

By: jiujitsu77

jiujitsu77 — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:17:07 +0000

Sowu i agree with you as well. to me, as much as i respect RZA and his love of KF films, i find him a bit…..well….stupid. ive had the displeasure of listening to the commentary track on dragon dynasty’s 36th Chamber, and he referred to the mongolians as “mongoloids” quite often throughout. im sorry….that’s just stupid. don’t care who you are. that’s why it didnt suprise me here on this documentary as well