I kinda hope Kate and Shang stay platonic, it feels like you hardly ever see good platonic girl and guy friendships in movies. (Also the grandma asking when they're gonna get married just seemed like a grandma being a grandma)
I kinda agree too... it would be great to see them more just as friends but at the same time I feel like in media it doesn't really show much asian couples much either... for example the stereotype of the asian women getting with a white protagonist and vice versa... so yeah...
@@myenimtown miles away from her… she shouldn’t question anything, no one should. They’ve seen aliens and the bloody blip! Pissed me off that the friend didn’t believe them either.
The filming of each and every fight scene had me mesmerized. This movie was incredibly good! And im soooooo grateful it introduced me to Tony Leung cause that man is amazing!!!
I'm not Asian but I ABSOLUTELY got the ABC joke right off the bat. SO clever. Whenever I am asked about this movie I equate it to Black Panther; great origin story film, has layers for the culture and people it is speaking to directly, and really didn't have much to do with the main MCU so you can watch it completly separate and still enjoy it. It was a nice palate cleanser before the calamity that is about to happen via the multiverse.
@@maryjuana42044 he said in the video he put a link to another youtuber explaining the joke in the description. I dont want to detract from his work on finding that resource so please find the information in the video description :)
@@TechAndBeyond381 oh a random person on the internet telling me to shut up because they cant handle common courtesy for a creators work for information sourcing. How will I EVER go on??!?!? Im SO hurt because you called me out bro!!! :) I suggest finding something better and more productive to do with your life than being stupid and petty to someone you dont even know as if it will hurt my feelings.
So Wenwu goes dark after suffering the trauma of his one true love dying and misuses his powers in an attempt to get her back that will result in many people being hurt and he's the bad guy. Scarlet Witch on the other hand...
@Stuff Agreed. What we saw from Wanda was a scaled down version of what we saw in the Doctor Strange's episode of What If. I don't think they'll have her fully "break bad", if for no other reason than the MCU doesn't have anything that can offset her magic and they'll clearly need her to defeat Kang.
The whole ending part between Shang-Chi & Wen Wu is so good. Very little is said and it’s almost entirely visual storytelling. From Tony Leung’s legendary emotive eyes to how each martial arts sequence by Shang-Chi shows his character arc in consolidating the legacies of both his parents, without a single word ever needing to be said out loud about it. Even the finishing move Shang-Chi kills the Dweller in Darkness with is a callback to his father’s fiercest attack. Gorgeous, epic, and mesmerizing. Everything I love about movies.
I remember the ABC joke happened and I thought most of the audience wouldn’t get it since there was surprisingly only 2 other Asians at the premiere, but the whole audience chuckled. Didn’t even connect it to the alphabet, but it was clever writing in hindsight.
@@matthewk4912 ABC stands for American Born Chinese, so the joke has double meaning. So when the guy said he speaks ABC, people who don't know the term may think that he's just referring to ABC like the English alphabet (as in he can also speak English), but to people who know the term, the joke is also a light jab at American Born Chinese people (like awkwafina's character Katy) who are Chinese but can only speak English
@@johnlee7377 i think the movie is generally well liked, because most people here love watching marvel movies anyway, and a lot of people around me find it cool to see our hk actors (tony leung and fala chen) in hollywood movies. i haven't heard anyone around me call simu liu ugly, but maybe I'm just in the nicer part of the internet.
5:39 "...and leaves behind his Infernal Affairs" 5:43 "The whole set was In The Mood For Love" 7:44 "Michelle reminds him that Tomorrow Never Dies (...) to take out this Hidden Dragon" I see your Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh tribute there, and I appreciate it.👍
This movie really surprised me. I went into the theatre thinking I wasn’t gonna like it, but it was really good. Camera work and VFX was something I noticed was really great.
I had to stop short and look up Benedict Wong when I heard that accent. Did not know he was English. Also, Tony Leung was a perfect choice for the dad. He had to play a warrior and a romantic partner and danged if he didn't have the presence, looks and charisma for both. I mean, I was watching this dude being fairly evil (I mean you really did feel for him although you'd think a 1000 year old man would be harder to buffalo) and thinking dayum... that's a good looking antagonist.
The guy who trained Brad Allan, Changxing Liang, is on tiktok and talked about the movie in a post, it was really moving. He showed like old footage from the 90s of him training with Brad, great stuff.
I loved this movie and that genuinely surprised me. I have been recommending it to everyone. I have not liked a "villain" so much and felt so bad for them at the same time
Here is my theory on all of this. The fact that the Rings are sending out a signal means that they were made to do that, and since the signal is being broadcast into space, it means the Rings are extraterrestrial in origin. Since they are only now sending out the signal, that is after the Rings are transformed, it means that whoever made the Rings wanted to know when that transformation took place. This has to be a significant event, something that signals a major change on Earth. So who made them and why? The color of the transformed Ring is gold, the same color as the energy of the Eternals. The Eternals are AI constructs that the Celestials created in order to combat the Deviants so they may have made the Rings at the same time. Reversing the blip caused enough psychic energy to be released that the Deviants are once again active which in turn activates the Eternals because that is why they were made. The Rings are probably signaling to the Celestials that the event they were looking for is about to occur on the Earth. This event may actually be the birth of a new Celestial since the Celestials are born from planets and there may be a Celestial in Earth about ready to be born. The Rings are probably tapping into that Celestial energy within the Earth and have transformed because that energy has reached a critical point where the Celestial is about to be born. When that critical energy level is reached, the Rings may have been designed to send out a notification. The Celestials are probably on their way to Earth after receiving the signal. Shang-Chi is an Avenger so it all may be related. I think the Eternals and the Avengers may have to battle the Celestials to save Earth from destruction by preventing the Celestial from being born. Of course, I am probably wrong in all of this, but it is my best guess at the moment.
Depends on the verse but in general your right about the alien stuff not so much about the eternals though. If I remember it's an ancient aliens race that conquers systems
Guarunteee you this is what’s going to happen. The release schedule of these films is thought out in advance to further meta-plot points. Seeing as the Eternals is next on the slate, i guatuntee you there will at least be enough refference to formulate solid headcannon.
"Leaves behind his Infernal Affairs". I saw what you did there. Infernal Affairs is a police/gangster film starring Tony Leung which The Departed, Martin Scorsese's film is based on. Great acting by Tony Leung (and Andy Lau)! Great film! Watch people!
something that caught me off guard was how beautiful the original score for this movie was. shang-chi’s theme song being a combo of his parent’s individual theme songs was a stand out as well
'he falls for this timeless romance and leaves behind his *infernal affairs*' 'turns out the whole set was *in the mood for love*' i see wut u did there xD
i watched it dubbed in portuguese with my little brother and its so different lmao from my recollection the 'abc' joke is not included at all, they just say something among the lines of 'i speak your language too'!! also, instead of jeff gordon the pilot they name-dropped was ayrton senna :) always fun seeing those changes
@letmeexplain That one simple line meant a lot to us. 😭 Thanks so much for sharing our video and spreading the knowledge. Everyone go watch Shang-Chi if you haven't already! 😊
I don't know how much of the timeline section at 14:26 was serious or if it was a bit on how confusing this stuff is, but the Class of '17 was born in 1999, the year of the Dragon is 2000, and Far From Home takes place in Summer of 2024 as the blip was Fall of 23.
I’m OBSESSED with all the Tony Leung Easter eggs in your script!!! You got my attention with Infernal Affairs, but it was the midnight express reference that really got me!🙌🙌🙌
Am I the only one who liked that "I knew you weren't my better half, you not in my script. I'd get another in a snap - I still felt whole when you blipped." line? 😂😂
Idk if it’s intentional but in Asian cultures it’s an incredibly challenging thing to stand up to your father regardless of how long it’s been since you’ve seen them. I liked how impactful Shang Chi’s fight scene with his dad was
Yeah (indian here) and there was a line in the trailer where he says to his father something along tbe lines of "you're just a murderer". I could not see that as realistic at all 😂 he ran from his parent, presumably raised with the asian parent strictness and after fighting scores of goons his dad sent after him, theres no way he'd be in the state to be able to say that to his father. Im glad they took it out of the movie.
I’m a relatively new viewer. I love these videos. But this might be the best one yet. You had me rolling with the string of references (which included Crouching Tiger) but the Drake bit at the end had me howling. You got bars, son! 🤣🤣✊🏾 Great video as always. Cheers!
Just saw Shang-Chi like Saturday morning and OMG it was SO good. Main reason I wanted to see it was cuz Simu, really like him from Kim's Convenience and he did a great job and the movie as a whole was amazing. LOVE the moment when he puts the jacket back on during the bus fight.
That ABC line flew by me at first and then I was like, "fuck you Ronny Cheing. Been fighting this ABCD label my entire life. Don't need to hear it in a Marvel movie." But like humorously cause *that* makes a person feel seen.
I did wonder if Marvel/Disney would have the guts to make Awkafina's character a genuine love interest but all they did was hint. Idk I would've liked to see a non-stereotypically attractive female love interest
One would assume that making his closest female friend his love interest straightaway is a little cliched out. I’m not sure a romantic relationship, or the lack thereof, has anything to with how “non-stereotypically attractive” Akwafina’s character is.
Akwafina is hardly unattractive anyway, and I think having a strong best friend relationship between a man and woman that isn't romantic in any way is more interesting and subversive than, "protag is attracted to someone who isn't an 11/10".
Considering the characters have been friends for 10 years prior, it might feel forced for them to become love interest. I personally like that they kept it platonic opposite gender relationship rather than force romance into a movie that did not really need it.
@@vmaxlax I don't disagree, I just thought it could be a cool subversion of Hollywood tropes(Awkafina deserves better than to just be comic relief IMO), but I don't mind either way. Maybe with another character.
I love that you also support The Paper Tigers! We need to support good martial arts movies, big and small (but especially small). PS: I enjoyed the heck out of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Just watched this movie and man was it a great example of scamming an old man. So messed up. I loved the scenes with the dad and mom, those were the best parts of the movie for me. Also his real confession to Katie was really well done (though again that ties into the mom so). Still don't understand why they didn't give the masked guy the one armed guys role in the movie, seemed like an odd choice considering how tied to Shang Chi's childhood the masked guy was. Then they could've had him fight the sister because there's no way there's no back story between them. This movie also could've been a lot more interesting without tying it into marvel lol.
wish this video couldve talked about the second end credit scene my points are as such : Xia Ling didn't shut down Wen Wu's operations like what she told Shang Chi but actually took it as her own empire OR another interpretation was she just made it more inclusive to all genders. So I'm sitting here thinking that maybe she could be a future villain or something in the MCU as now she has the Ten Rings army under her command and this made me sad cause she was my favourite character. But I'm not sure if she LEGIT took the Army for evil, I mean I also lowkey don't trust her when she ran off with her henchmen during the scene at the beginning when Shang Chi and her were talking about Wen Wu and were disrupted by Wen Wu's army in Xia Ling's dark web fighting rink or something. What do yall think? Do yall think she'll turn bad?
She didn't just take over her Dad's organization, she expanded it with her fight club organization. They showed Black Widows training beside her father's goons. We had almost forgotten that she had made herself a crime lord in Macao at 16. She is a force to be reckoned with that I hope they don't just throw away.
@who cares theres schools with funding that don't require them to have school fund raising by buying choc. Theres kids who aren't forced to eat once a day if not at all and don't have to wear a spring jacket in 30 degree winter. Theres kids who don't have insurance so if they break an arm or get sick the parents do a "home remedy". Even now my old school is feeding "breakfast mac and cheese" and encouraged the parents to make the students a lunch when school was the one place we knew our kids could have a meal
My only complaint about Shang Chi is that it just further highlighted how bad Iron Fist failed. This movie was *amazing*. Great to see Shang Chi getting love. Can't wait to see him in more movies.
Please tell me I wasn't the only one who cried at the movie theater. SPOILER WARNING: The scene where Tony Leung's character just looks at Shang Chi seeing the man he has become and sacrifices himself. Like that shit broke my heart. He just wanted to get his wife back, but at the same time it was at the expense of his kids.
WAIT, It wasn’t till just now I realised that the dragon from that Raya movie was Awkwafina, I always thought it was that one redhead from Orange is the new Black
Finally watched the movie so I can watch this video. And thank you thank thank you for the amountbf Tony Leung movies reference in your lme. As his die hard fans I teared up.
Imma just say this....Katy and Shang chi had no romantic chemistry whatsoever and it would be nice if we got another badass friendship like Hawkeye and Black Widow
Love how they basically used the plot of the campaign for Destiny 2: Forsaken for Wenwu’s motivation. I don’t think it was on purpose, but it’s still really cool.
imagine your wife leaving you on your honeymoon to go do some flirty dance-y fight scene with Tony frucking Leung💀💀💀 id be so salty forever. "Why dont you go tell Wenwu to take out the trash?"
Not doctor strange being set up in every marvel project so far. And he’s acting like that in the no way home trailer, somethings definetly up. Like he’s going to be integral to phase 4 every show and movie barring falcon and winter soldier has either tied into him or features his world. Really propelling multiverse of madness to some infinity war level of team ups.
Simu Liu using stock photos against them haters was just the cherry on top
That was as almost amazing as The Zack Snyder thing.
it's so refreshing to have a marvel star who actually knows how to use social media amd isn't just a dad XD
He's honestly hilarious especially in the show Kim's Convenience
Glad he's anti-CCP.
@@tsresc Shame Disney isn't anti-ccp
I kinda hope Kate and Shang stay platonic, it feels like you hardly ever see good platonic girl and guy friendships in movies. (Also the grandma asking when they're gonna get married just seemed like a grandma being a grandma)
Same
I kinda agree too... it would be great to see them more just as friends but at the same time I feel like in media it doesn't really show much asian couples much either... for example the stereotype of the asian women getting with a white protagonist and vice versa... so yeah...
Hawkeye and black widow semi had that friendship.
@@wrenchguy2937 semi? They are explicitly best friends lmao
@@leviharris-hale6578 even when they were trying to kill each other they still had banter lmaooo
Tony Leung...dear God.
I mean that level of performance is expected from him but wow.
And the action. What a movie.
The way he acts, just with his face, is *chef's kiss*
“I play with myself everyday “
- Shang Chi
lol
Hey dont question what a man does with and how he uses his rings.
Meng’Er nodding to the side too
Simu saw alley oop and went full Shaq on the dunk
@@darryljack6612 be strokes his meat with his rings
“I play with myself everyday”
-Simu Liu
This was hands down my favorite Marvel film. Awkwafina's character actually reacted like a regular person. Who is confused and questioning everything.
Questioned everything except how she was suddenly able to master the bow and arrow so quickly??
@@maurolorenzotongco5521 she didnt master it in the movie she just found out she had a talent for it
@@maurolorenzotongco5521 Plus, that dragon was a really big and much easier target to shoot.
@who cares i mean she wasn't exactly aiming for a wasp she was aiming for a huge 200 ton beast it would have been hard to miss
@@myenimtown miles away from her… she shouldn’t question anything, no one should. They’ve seen aliens and the bloody blip! Pissed me off that the friend didn’t believe them either.
The filming of each and every fight scene had me mesmerized. This movie was incredibly good! And im soooooo grateful it introduced me to Tony Leung cause that man is amazing!!!
Did they do the American quick cut editing like in Taken or the Bourne movies?
@@MichaelWutsch no they were very smooth
@@MichaelWutsch No, but I am sure you people will find a way to call it "woke CCP propaganda".
@@peterfathom4922 "you people?" lmao, sure bud
If so, you should watch Infernal Affair, the original movie that was eventually remade to The Departed and won Oscar.
As an Asian American this movie made me so happy
Preach!
Me too. Its nice to see an Asian marvel hero. Also the movie was good too.
It was so gooodd
Why do i crush on all asians
Same. Same.
"They even show a dating app for those who've been blipped, so y'all can get blopped." You sir, are a comedic genius.
I'm not Asian but I ABSOLUTELY got the ABC joke right off the bat. SO clever. Whenever I am asked about this movie I equate it to Black Panther; great origin story film, has layers for the culture and people it is speaking to directly, and really didn't have much to do with the main MCU so you can watch it completly separate and still enjoy it. It was a nice palate cleanser before the calamity that is about to happen via the multiverse.
Can you please explain the abc joke please
@@maryjuana42044 he said in the video he put a link to another youtuber explaining the joke in the description. I dont want to detract from his work on finding that resource so please find the information in the video description :)
@@maryjuana42044 american born chinese
@@chrnogirl iDoNt WanT To DeTRacT FrOm HiS WoRK bro shut up you just lazy
@@TechAndBeyond381 oh a random person on the internet telling me to shut up because they cant handle common courtesy for a creators work for information sourcing. How will I EVER go on??!?!? Im SO hurt because you called me out bro!!! :) I suggest finding something better and more productive to do with your life than being stupid and petty to someone you dont even know as if it will hurt my feelings.
So Wenwu goes dark after suffering the trauma of his one true love dying and misuses his powers in an attempt to get her back that will result in many people being hurt and he's the bad guy. Scarlet Witch on the other hand...
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@@LetMeExplain I don't know what that means :D
@Stuff Is she though..? The show sure doesn't seem to see it that way as it completely lets her off the hook.
@Stuff Agreed. What we saw from Wanda was a scaled down version of what we saw in the Doctor Strange's episode of What If.
I don't think they'll have her fully "break bad", if for no other reason than the MCU doesn't have anything that can offset her magic and they'll clearly need her to defeat Kang.
Fight scenes were AMAZING. Story wise it was solid. Some reaches and Deus ex machinas but all in all it’s in my top 7 if not 5 marvel movies.
The whole ending part between Shang-Chi & Wen Wu is so good. Very little is said and it’s almost entirely visual storytelling. From Tony Leung’s legendary emotive eyes to how each martial arts sequence by Shang-Chi shows his character arc in consolidating the legacies of both his parents, without a single word ever needing to be said out loud about it. Even the finishing move Shang-Chi kills the Dweller in Darkness with is a callback to his father’s fiercest attack. Gorgeous, epic, and mesmerizing. Everything I love about movies.
I remember the ABC joke happened and I thought most of the audience wouldn’t get it since there was surprisingly only 2 other Asians at the premiere, but the whole audience chuckled. Didn’t even connect it to the alphabet, but it was clever writing in hindsight.
i'm from hong kong, so we're familiar with the term ABC, and boy did the whole theatre laugh.
@@matthewk4912 ABC stands for American Born Chinese, so the joke has double meaning.
So when the guy said he speaks ABC, people who don't know the term may think that he's just referring to ABC like the English alphabet (as in he can also speak English), but to people who know the term, the joke is also a light jab at American Born Chinese people (like awkwafina's character Katy) who are Chinese but can only speak English
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Does Hong Kong like Shang chi? I heard they complained that simu was too ugly a couple months ago
@@johnlee7377 i think the movie is generally well liked, because most people here love watching marvel movies anyway, and a lot of people around me find it cool to see our hk actors (tony leung and fala chen) in hollywood movies.
i haven't heard anyone around me call simu liu ugly, but maybe I'm just in the nicer part of the internet.
I always remember that line from the bl "American Borrowed Chinese" lol. I got the joke cause of all the chinese dramas I watch.
“Leaves behind his Infernal Affairs”
I see what you did there😂
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Loved the “Kate’s Convenience (1:06)” and “In the Mood for Love (5:42)” quips too, lol 😂
"In the mood for love" too and also "Tomorrow never dies" for Michelle Yeoh
This movie showed me how airbending is supposed to look in live action
Under statement of the year
5:39 "...and leaves behind his Infernal Affairs"
5:43 "The whole set was In The Mood For Love"
7:44 "Michelle reminds him that Tomorrow Never Dies (...) to take out this Hidden Dragon"
I see your Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh tribute there, and I appreciate it.👍
5:40 “...in order tor them to be Happy Together.”
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This movie really surprised me. I went into the theatre thinking I wasn’t gonna like it, but it was really good. Camera work and VFX was something I noticed was really great.
I went in the same way, hearing that Black Widow wasn't that great. Loved how surprising and enjoyable it was, scene by scene.
Awkwafina was toned down like 85% and it was perfect.
Yeah I think she is so ghetto
I only know her from this and Dark Crystal, so to me, she’s fantastic😂
"left behind his infernal affairs", "whole set is in the mood for love" haha nice, those references probably flew over most ppl's heads...
I had to stop short and look up Benedict Wong when I heard that accent. Did not know he was English. Also, Tony Leung was a perfect choice for the dad. He had to play a warrior and a romantic partner and danged if he didn't have the presence, looks and charisma for both. I mean, I was watching this dude being fairly evil (I mean you really did feel for him although you'd think a 1000 year old man would be harder to buffalo) and thinking dayum... that's a good looking antagonist.
The thing I loved the most about this movie is how hyped Simu Liu was for joining the mcu
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Glad you’re back homie
@@LetMeExplain Oh no way. Appreciate the love ✌🏻
The guy who trained Brad Allan, Changxing Liang, is on tiktok and talked about the movie in a post, it was really moving. He showed like old footage from the 90s of him training with Brad, great stuff.
I loved this movie and that genuinely surprised me. I have been recommending it to everyone. I have not liked a "villain" so much and felt so bad for them at the same time
I didn’t think it was gonna be any good, but the fight scenes had me amazed
the fight scenes were incredible but the actual movie got me so lost
Here is my theory on all of this. The fact that the Rings are sending out a signal means that they were made to do that, and since the signal is being broadcast into space, it means the Rings are extraterrestrial in origin. Since they are only now sending out the signal, that is after the Rings are transformed, it means that whoever made the Rings wanted to know when that transformation took place. This has to be a significant event, something that signals a major change on Earth. So who made them and why? The color of the transformed Ring is gold, the same color as the energy of the Eternals. The Eternals are AI constructs that the Celestials created in order to combat the Deviants so they may have made the Rings at the same time.
Reversing the blip caused enough psychic energy to be released that the Deviants are once again active which in turn activates the Eternals because that is why they were made. The Rings are probably signaling to the Celestials that the event they were looking for is about to occur on the Earth. This event may actually be the birth of a new Celestial since the Celestials are born from planets and there may be a Celestial in Earth about ready to be born. The Rings are probably tapping into that Celestial energy within the Earth and have transformed because that energy has reached a critical point where the Celestial is about to be born. When that critical energy level is reached, the Rings may have been designed to send out a notification. The Celestials are probably on their way to Earth after receiving the signal. Shang-Chi is an Avenger so it all may be related. I think the Eternals and the Avengers may have to battle the Celestials to save Earth from destruction by preventing the Celestial from being born. Of course, I am probably wrong in all of this, but it is my best guess at the moment.
I come from 2024 and u r very close
@@rounak2224 I come from 2028 and you’re very close to being right about him being close.
Depends on the verse but in general your right about the alien stuff not so much about the eternals though. If I remember it's an ancient aliens race that conquers systems
Guarunteee you this is what’s going to happen. The release schedule of these films is thought out in advance to further meta-plot points. Seeing as the Eternals is next on the slate, i guatuntee you there will at least be enough refference to formulate solid headcannon.
im gonna screenshot this comment if the movies end up being this i will idk what ill do
"Leaves behind his Infernal Affairs". I saw what you did there.
Infernal Affairs is a police/gangster film starring Tony Leung which The Departed, Martin Scorsese's film is based on. Great acting by Tony Leung (and Andy Lau)! Great film! Watch people!
When my brother was born here in the states my dad called him an ABC, so when I heard the ABC line in the movie I cracked up! Loved it
Thumbs up for including the filmography of Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh in this review!
something that caught me off guard was how beautiful the original score for this movie was. shang-chi’s theme song being a combo of his parent’s individual theme songs was a stand out as well
'he falls for this timeless romance and leaves behind his *infernal affairs*'
'turns out the whole set was *in the mood for love*'
i see wut u did there xD
Probably the most beautiful film ever made. God I love wong kar wai
And before then! He says “so they can be Happy Together” (another Wong Kar Wai film starring Tony Leung)
@@happyfacercs I've been taking a shot each time he drops and egg...made it ten minutes through before passing out
“ I play with myself E-V-E-R-Y D-A-Y” then cut to the embarrassed actress’s face was just priceless
10 points to LME for mentioning some of Tony Leung”s HK movies
All the Infernal Affairs movies are so great. They are so much better then The Departed
i watched it dubbed in portuguese with my little brother and its so different lmao from my recollection the 'abc' joke is not included at all, they just say something among the lines of 'i speak your language too'!! also, instead of jeff gordon the pilot they name-dropped was ayrton senna :) always fun seeing those changes
@letmeexplain That one simple line meant a lot to us. 😭 Thanks so much for sharing our video and spreading the knowledge. Everyone go watch Shang-Chi if you haven't already! 😊
I just wish they put this much effort into Mulan like they did this ❤️
Let's take a moment to appreciate this guy, He doesn't rush his video and also his let's us know what happened in the movie better.
Appreciate how you try to work Tony Leung’s filmography into the script. Good job 👍
I don't know how much of the timeline section at 14:26 was serious or if it was a bit on how confusing this stuff is, but the Class of '17 was born in 1999, the year of the Dragon is 2000, and Far From Home takes place in Summer of 2024 as the blip was Fall of 23.
YAY! I’m so happy you did a LME for this! I love your reviews!!
I’m OBSESSED with all the Tony Leung Easter eggs in your script!!! You got my attention with Infernal Affairs, but it was the midnight express reference that really got me!🙌🙌🙌
Am I the only one who liked that "I knew you weren't my better half, you not in my script. I'd get another in a snap - I still felt whole when you blipped." line? 😂😂
A wise man once said: companies pay for 30, 60, and 90 second ads. Skip in 30 second increments.
Idk if it’s intentional but in Asian cultures it’s an incredibly challenging thing to stand up to your father regardless of how long it’s been since you’ve seen them. I liked how impactful Shang Chi’s fight scene with his dad was
Yeah (indian here) and there was a line in the trailer where he says to his father something along tbe lines of "you're just a murderer". I could not see that as realistic at all 😂 he ran from his parent, presumably raised with the asian parent strictness and after fighting scores of goons his dad sent after him, theres no way he'd be in the state to be able to say that to his father. Im glad they took it out of the movie.
Yeah it is in African cultures too
"If you aim at nothing, you hit nothing." aka "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott
Dude, What If is like a weekly mini movie. Just what the doctor ordered after a long day when you're too tired to watch a feature length flick.
I’m a relatively new viewer. I love these videos. But this might be the best one yet. You had me rolling with the string of references (which included Crouching Tiger) but the Drake bit at the end had me howling. You got bars, son! 🤣🤣✊🏾 Great video as always. Cheers!
Just saw Shang-Chi like Saturday morning and OMG it was SO good. Main reason I wanted to see it was cuz Simu, really like him from Kim's Convenience and he did a great job and the movie as a whole was amazing. LOVE the moment when he puts the jacket back on during the bus fight.
That ABC line flew by me at first and then I was like, "fuck you Ronny Cheing. Been fighting this ABCD label my entire life. Don't need to hear it in a Marvel movie." But like humorously cause *that* makes a person feel seen.
Haha as a San Francisco local, it was hella funny seeing the bud route becuase it started off accurate, but ended in a completely different place 😂
I did wonder if Marvel/Disney would have the guts to make Awkafina's character a genuine love interest but all they did was hint. Idk I would've liked to see a non-stereotypically attractive female love interest
One would assume that making his closest female friend his love interest straightaway is a little cliched out.
I’m not sure a romantic relationship, or the lack thereof, has anything to with how “non-stereotypically attractive” Akwafina’s character is.
Akwafina is hardly unattractive anyway, and I think having a strong best friend relationship between a man and woman that isn't romantic in any way is more interesting and subversive than, "protag is attracted to someone who isn't an 11/10".
Considering the characters have been friends for 10 years prior, it might feel forced for them to become love interest. I personally like that they kept it platonic opposite gender relationship rather than force romance into a movie that did not really need it.
Same!
@@vmaxlax I don't disagree, I just thought it could be a cool subversion of Hollywood tropes(Awkafina deserves better than to just be comic relief IMO), but I don't mind either way. Maybe with another character.
And Michelle yeoh reminded “tomorrow never dies”
- best comment ever
Still smashing it bro - Lotta love :)
I love that you also support The Paper Tigers! We need to support good martial arts movies, big and small (but especially small). PS: I enjoyed the heck out of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The "Katy's Convenience" riff...well played my guy
As soon as i hear the listeeenn im hype for the video💯❤️🔥
Major props for sneaking in some filmography puns in your commentary (Kim’s convenience, infernal affairs)
love the tony leung movies references
Just watched this movie and man was it a great example of scamming an old man. So messed up. I loved the scenes with the dad and mom, those were the best parts of the movie for me. Also his real confession to Katie was really well done (though again that ties into the mom so). Still don't understand why they didn't give the masked guy the one armed guys role in the movie, seemed like an odd choice considering how tied to Shang Chi's childhood the masked guy was. Then they could've had him fight the sister because there's no way there's no back story between them. This movie also could've been a lot more interesting without tying it into marvel lol.
Idk why but that “blopped” line had me in tears 😂👏🏾
I thought this would just be a grounded martial arts movie, but Shang-Chi ended up having a pet dragon lmao
14:57 Blips dating to get blopped. Now I've seen everything.
wish this video couldve talked about the second end credit scene
my points are as such :
Xia Ling didn't shut down Wen Wu's operations like what she told Shang Chi but actually took it as her own empire OR another interpretation was she just made it more inclusive to all genders. So I'm sitting here thinking that maybe she could be a future villain or something in the MCU as now she has the Ten Rings army under her command and this made me sad cause she was my favourite character.
But I'm not sure if she LEGIT took the Army for evil, I mean I also lowkey don't trust her when she ran off with her henchmen during the scene at the beginning when Shang Chi and her were talking about Wen Wu and were disrupted by Wen Wu's army in Xia Ling's dark web fighting rink or something.
What do yall think? Do yall think she'll turn bad?
She didn't just take over her Dad's organization, she expanded it with her fight club organization. They showed Black Widows training beside her father's goons. We had almost forgotten that she had made herself a crime lord in Macao at 16.
She is a force to be reckoned with that I hope they don't just throw away.
"Your dreams can come true if you fight for it"
Me in the poverty: Nah, thats called having an advantage paired with luck😂
I just like changing my dream to something more attainable after a while :)
@who cares theres schools with funding that don't require them to have school fund raising by buying choc. Theres kids who aren't forced to eat once a day if not at all and don't have to wear a spring jacket in 30 degree winter. Theres kids who don't have insurance so if they break an arm or get sick the parents do a "home remedy". Even now my old school is feeding "breakfast mac and cheese" and encouraged the parents to make the students a lunch when school was the one place we knew our kids could have a meal
So many subs with internal affairs and in the mood for love 😂 this guy really knows his stuff
I saw the movie in 4D and based on how the maze sequences went, an actual ride would be amazing
Dang I'm ready to watch this movie all over again!
My only complaint about Shang Chi is that it just further highlighted how bad Iron Fist failed.
This movie was *amazing*. Great to see Shang Chi getting love. Can't wait to see him in more movies.
Oh man, your story wrap up at minute 9 had me teary eyed; was not expecting that. Seen the movie 4x already and it only gets better & better.
12:43 yaaaas Mr Yoon!!!! LEGENDARY
I was seriously surprised how funny this was
When he talks about the guy on the bus that moved from New York to San Francisco, I understood that reference.
Explain it to me, please!
@@JemiLover3000 the guy with the phone that was livestreaming is the same guy in spiderman homecoming who said to spiderman to do a flip
Lol “Kate’s Convenience” and the “In the Mood For Love” puns made me laugh
The story and the action scene brings back memory of old Hong Kong movie this was so good it made me cry I truly enjoy every second of it
Please tell me I wasn't the only one who cried at the movie theater.
SPOILER WARNING:
The scene where Tony Leung's character just looks at Shang Chi seeing the man he has become and sacrifices himself. Like that shit broke my heart. He just wanted to get his wife back, but at the same time it was at the expense of his kids.
epitome of good action. marvel will never top this again
5:42 "the whole set was in the mood for love" 👏👏👏👏👏
I am a Chinese person born in 2000, and 2000 is the year of the dragon, not 1998. But this was a great video and I’m so in love with this movie!
WAIT, It wasn’t till just now I realised that the dragon from that Raya movie was Awkwafina, I always thought it was that one redhead from Orange is the new Black
That infernal affairs line was so good
Finally watched the movie so I can watch this video.
And thank you thank thank you for the amountbf Tony Leung movies reference in your lme. As his die hard fans I teared up.
love how you tried to sneak those Tony Leung film references in
A+ for all the Tony Leung filmography references
Imma just say this....Katy and Shang chi had no romantic chemistry whatsoever and it would be nice if we got another badass friendship like Hawkeye and Black Widow
i feel like Katy and Shang-Chi are platonic soulmates
Nah, Shang-Chi fucks.
The year of the dragon is 2000, 1998 is the year of the tiger
Shoutout to the Director for being at the hospitals and directing on the phone
Love how they basically used the plot of the campaign for Destiny 2: Forsaken for Wenwu’s motivation. I don’t think it was on purpose, but it’s still really cool.
So that explains how the Sanctum still has power. Wong is once again awesome.
All I know is if marvel is doing a Mexican super hero movie, the sound track better have snow tha product
No one has represented us us as much as her.
I love her so much! She better have a cameo too!
love this
My mans talking bad about what if but he doesn’t know it’s the best marvel show yet
Listennnn... what if is a lot better than I expected lol
imagine your wife leaving you on your honeymoon to go do some flirty dance-y fight scene with Tony frucking Leung💀💀💀 id be so salty forever. "Why dont you go tell Wenwu to take out the trash?"
The wordplay in this video was on the next level
Great video as always LME!
"pretty cool suit, but not as clean as the one this man rocked on the red carpet" 😂😂 agreed. Kudos to that designer and stylist.
Erika Ishii really kept herself in check on the carpet, but she was mad excited on IG and Twitter about getting the chance.
People watch this in 4DX I'm telling you, you will not regret it. I felt like I was flying, it was so much fun.
AMAZING movie. I was pleasantly surprised
Not doctor strange being set up in every marvel project so far. And he’s acting like that in the no way home trailer, somethings definetly up. Like he’s going to be integral to phase 4 every show and movie barring falcon and winter soldier has either tied into him or features his world. Really propelling multiverse of madness to some infinity war level of team ups.