Fellow young asian americans - a movie about us!

[AmbitV]

Finally a movie about us!
Has gotten a lot of praise from critics at Sundance

watch the trailer

 

[hdeck]

none of my young asian american friends were like that

 

[MichaelD]

$10 says this is a "Fast and Furious Meets Jet Li Haning With A Riced Out Civic" movie....

 

[Dragnov]

Uhh, wtf?

What the hell kind of asian is like that? The wannabe gangster asian?

 

[AmbitV]

were they white-washed though

 

[AmbitV]

Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
Uhh, wtf?

What the hell kind of asian is like that? The wannabe gangster asian?

yes, exactly. A lot of that type of asian around

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Ahh yes....the asian thug life of ricing out your Civic.....spiking your hair....and wearing Armani

 

[WarSong]

rice? I didn't see any rice in the trailer. Why's everyone bringing that up? Just cause they are asian?

 

[KokomoGST]

I didn't grow up in an area with a decent number of asians... heck, there still aren't that many asians in white suburban north NJ.

I bet that I wouldn't be able to relate to this movie... just like I thought Joy Luck Club sucked nuts because it made all asian men look like evil friggin bastards. Seems like the movie wouldn't be that different if it was about typical hollywood white students.

I'll still watch the movie so I can voice my displeasure... heh.

 

[AmbitV]

Originally posted by: WarSong
rice? I didn't see any rice in the trailer. Why's everyone bringing that up? Just cause they are asian?

 

[SherEPunjab]

question: is this new for East asian americans?

there are quite a few Indian-American films already out for example.

 

[BatmanNate]

I should start a thread about Braveheart and make a call to my ethnic group.

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I should start a thread about Braveheart and make a call to my ethnic group.

Lol

 

[Dragnov]

Originally posted by: vman

Originally posted by: WarSong
rice? I didn't see any rice in the trailer. Why's everyone bringing that up? Just cause they are asian?

What did you expect from a bunch of old racist white guys from the South?

 

[fyleow]

It is a movie with the majority of cast members (including the lead) as asians. That's a good thing I guess

 

[SherEPunjab]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I should start a thread about Braveheart and make a call to my ethnic group.

i think there is a big difference between a minority making this call and a non minority.

i see nothing wrong with it.

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I should start a thread about Braveheart and make a call to my ethnic group.

i think there is a big difference between a minority making this call and a non minority.

i see nothing wrong with it.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. And if you want to be technical, there are less people in/from Scotland than in/from Asia.

 

[vladgur]

Originally posted by: WarSong
rice? I didn't see any rice in the trailer. Why's everyone bringing that up? Just cause they are asian?

So you find that offensive? Rice happens to be the main starch of asia, how is a reference to rice offensive?
Can we talk of corn tortilla on the topic of latin american movies? God forbid we mention wheat and mainstream hollywood in one sentence.. we will offend the white folks....grow up

 

[KokomoGST]

Originally posted by: fyleow
It is a movie with the majority of cast members (including the lead) as asians. That's a good thing I guess

Yay, it's good to have Americans think all asians are gang-banging twisted mofos... joy, we alll know kung-fu and asian men are evil. Hey, black and latin communities are still screaming bloody murder about lack of accurate portrayals... I'm gonna do the same

Honestly, the film industry has never done a good job with authentic portrayal for the most part... it's not an easy thing to do, but it sure is easy to use those stereotypes!

 

[human2k]

NO blacks, australians, germans, russians, or even mexicans are in this movie, WTF! RACIST!

 

[Dragnov]

Originally posted by: vladgur

Originally posted by: WarSong
rice? I didn't see any rice in the trailer. Why's everyone bringing that up? Just cause they are asian?

So you find that offensive? Rice happens to be the main starch of asia, how is a reference to rice offensive?
Can we talk of corn tortilla on the topic of latin american movies? God forbid we mention wheat and mainstream hollywood in one sentence.. we will offend the white folks....grow up

OMG please tell me you are kidding.

 

[WarSong]

Originally posted by: vladgur

Originally posted by: WarSong
rice? I didn't see any rice in the trailer. Why's everyone bringing that up? Just cause they are asian?

So you find that offensive? Rice happens to be the main starch of asia, how is a reference to rice offensive?
Can we talk of corn tortilla on the topic of latin american movies? God forbid we mention wheat and mainstream hollywood in one sentence.. we will offend the white folks....grow up

i'm not talking about the food. i'm talking about the reference to poorly customized hondas

 

[lowtech1]

I was the only Vietnamese & 6 other Chinese (2 boys & 4 girls) that gradtuated from a high school class of over 900 students. And, we weren't any thing like that.

I and the 2 Asian males are working in the IT field, 2 girls are accountants & 1 is a lawyer. I don?t know what the other Chinese girl is doing, but after high school she left for a University on the east coast wanting to go into medicine.

That film is a poor generalization of the average Asian teen.

 

[AmbitV]

Originally posted by: vladgur

Originally posted by: WarSong
rice? I didn't see any rice in the trailer. Why's everyone bringing that up? Just cause they are asian?

So you find that offensive? Rice happens to be the main starch of asia, how is a reference to rice offensive?
Can we talk of corn tortilla on the topic of latin american movies? God forbid we mention wheat and mainstream hollywood in one sentence.. we will offend the white folks....grow up

ROFL do you know what everyone else in this thread means by "rice"?????? LOL

 

[fyleow]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate

Originally posted by: SherEPunjab

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I should start a thread about Braveheart and make a call to my ethnic group.

i think there is a big difference between a minority making this call and a non minority.

i see nothing wrong with it.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. And if you want to be technical, there are less people in/from Scotland than in/from Asia.

Comparing a country to an entire continent is not really fair. There are more white people in America than Asians (duh).