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Now Chinatown

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
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1 star:		(19)

 

 

Wow, what an original script. Let's here:

Little Chinese woman immigrated from an oppressive nation and then further oppressed by her own people, family, and culture. She yearns to be something different - perhape to become WHITE.

Lo and behold, the WHITE KNIGHT in shining armor is here to the rescue. Frees the entrapped, fragile, and obedient Chinese woman from her oppressor that tells her that "She will always be Chinese."

Does it occur to any Chinese person that being Chinese is shameful? It is a default for a Chinese woman, in order to shed her shame for being Chinese that she must remedy this situation by running to the WHITE man?

Althought this is laughable garbage, but it is none-the-less powerful poison to the impressionable mind - the Asian youths growing up in America. These kinds of garbage from Hollywood and the like poisons our Asian youths to hate themselves, their parents, their culture, their upbringing.

THIS GARBAGE HAS TO END. Steven Dunning is a blatant racist and a deplorable human being for spilling such poison.

Let me tell you about the heroes of the immigrant Chinese. The brave and fearless parents that came to a foreign land with no money, no connection, no skill, and no English that brings their next generation to forge a better future. They work their hands to the bone to support their kids through higher education. They endure the hate and racism from their OWN KIDS, poisioned by the Steven Dunnings of America, yet still persevered and worked honorably for the better future of their children.

Here is challenge to the racist Steven Dunning: shed your wealth and lead your family to Vietnam and see how long you can survive? Steven Dunning, you are truly a piece of human waste.

Steven Dunning is nothing more than a two bit racist pig. I will spit in his face if I see him.

What a shame for humanity!

It doesn't get more racist and stereotypical than this. The director tries to justify the "white knight" portrayal that often disparages asian men as well as asian women. The predominate stereotype is that asians are incapable of doing anything without a white hero. Asian men are emasculated as usual in this American media depiction which was created with patronizing white male fantasies in mind. Please watch films by Wong Kar Wai or early Ang Lee for Chinese movies about real Chinese culture. Avoid nonsense directed by individuals such as Steven Dunning because they are skewed in their racial perception. Asian community action groups have been contacted and we will actively boycott this director and campaign against his sponsors.

I've heard about this film for a short while. I finally saw it.
What a horrible and racist film. The characters are almost cartoonishly evil and the only voice of reason is an American WHITE man.
I'm sure none of the people who reviewed this racist lie about the Chinese community positively, are even Asian. No, this is NOT how the Chinese community is. I'm sure there are a few individuals who are like that, but they also exist in every race.
Asians are human... not cruel, heartless and/or naive, as depicted in this lie of a film.

This movie literally blew me away. A heart warming story that transcends the racial boundaries between the white male saviour and the oppressed asian female. With the exception of countless hollywood productions and TV shows involving white male and asian female courtings, such a movie has never been produced in real life. This is why this movie gets high marks for originality. But there is a reason for the one star rating. Of course, love is colorblind and people don't even notice race in the dating scene, so why bother producing this movie in the first place?

I just wonder what is to become of Lee. Her sadness and anger must be so vast.
Can she overcome that and really live?...We all have such sadness
in us....that is why we relate to her.....But at one point I could almost
stand no more hardship for her.......and the reality of a real life
woman in that situation is usually FAR worse. See the article in the San Francisco Weekly Feb 2004 entitled "Enslaved in Palo Alto"

Maybe the people complaining are not confident-enough men who use the excuse that it's someone else's fault they didn't create the life they want. I am a petite Asian woman who owns her own company and bosses people around just like the men in this film. I am not controlled by what the media shows and intelligent people don't base their character judgments on what they see on TV. I am no sellout but because I have seen COPS do I think that all whites are drunken trailer trash? Obviously they are not or this country wouldn't be so successful with people like you wanting to come here. I see this film and do I think all Asian men are nonsexual? Not the Asian guys I date. And do all older Asian men treat women from a superior stance? Everyone in my family did and we've been here a lot longer than the people in this film. And especially all the men I deal with in business. Do I date them, hell no. But I would date Melvyn, yes an Asian guy in the movie.

If you enjoy films that stereotype an entire race of people, then go ahead and blow your $13.48 on this P.O.S. And if you enjoyed this film, may I suggest other timeless "classics" like: "16-Candles" "Karate Kid II" and "Charlie's Angels 2."

Otherwise, hold onto your money and use it for something more meaningful and life-enriching. How about a film that that doesn't portray minorities in a negative light?

I give this move ZERO STARS!!! I had to rate it something otherwise I couldn't submit this review!
WTF! Yet another movie emasculating Asian Men. Another White dude coming to the rescue of an Asian Women who's supposedly mistreated by her "own" kind. What? You mean to tell me that there are no kind, caring, compassionate, sympathetic, Asian Men? This White-man to the rescue theme has been done over and over again by White controlled Hollywood that it's sickening! Do yourself a favor...SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!

I saw this movie, it blows! Like any other racist movie, this one sux as well. The Asian woman has identity issues, and the Steven Dunning is your typical Asianphile. Look it up if you don't know what "Asianphile" means.

A poor, defenseless Chinese woman immigrates to L.A.'s Chinatown to seek a better life, but faces oppression from those around her (Asian Americans), until she is "rescued" by her (white) "knight in shining armor."

If you enjoy movies which stereotype an entire group of people, then you should buy this.
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