- white director
- inaccurate portrayal of bruce lee
-> shown as a cocky asshole who just wants to fight
-> idolization issues – were they really trying to make out bruce lee to be a bad guy, or were they just writing him as a human? - typical hollywood movie imo
- pays homage to kung fu/bruce lee/buddy cop movies w/ it’s style choices
-> replicates those film’s formulas - focuses on the white main character instead of bruce lee or wong jack man
-> isn’t this movie supposed to be about bruce???? - basically a fanfiction-made-movie
- humility vs. pride, traditional vs. “modern”
- lack of depth to the characters
- bruce lee and the 1960’s – cultural revolution era
Birth of the Dragon (2017) film notes
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