Who else is excited for "Crazy Rich Asians" ?!?

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THIS! Well said. I'm African American and I couldn't wait to see this movie. It was as I expected and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love seeing my brothers & sisters from different cultures on the screen; I also look at Bollywood and Nollywood films. Everyone wants/likes to see people that look like them on the screens (big and small).

I like you PP! I'm Asian American and love Bollywood and Nollywood films too!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

Plus, Rachel's being ABC, but born in China is important to why Nick's mother and Ahma object to her. It becomes crucial to the plot in China Rich Girlfriend , as well.

I have watched the movie and I actually don't understand what Nick's mom and Ah Ma had against Rachel. I mean, Nick could have brought home a white girl but he didn't. Rachel is still ethnically Chinese, with a PhD and an economist. It isn't as if she was a busker who couldn't hold her sh*t together. Obvious manifestations of American-ness can be changed, like learning that you don't hug on the first meeting (actually no hugging ever) and not approaching someone so openly (Princess Intan scene).

I’ll explain it to you. Singaporean Chinese people view people from China as more low class and vulgar. They also resent them for recent immigration to Singapore as the government tries to bolster the flagging Chinese population. So Chinese from China are resented, discriminates and considered more low class.

No, the mom considered Rachel to be American, not Chinese you doofus.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

Plus, Rachel's being ABC, but born in China is important to why Nick's mother and Ahma object to her. It becomes crucial to the plot in China Rich Girlfriend , as well.

I have watched the movie and I actually don't understand what Nick's mom and Ah Ma had against Rachel. I mean, Nick could have brought home a white girl but he didn't. Rachel is still ethnically Chinese, with a PhD and an economist. It isn't as if she was a busker who couldn't hold her sh*t together. Obvious manifestations of American-ness can be changed, like learning that you don't hug on the first meeting (actually no hugging ever) and not approaching someone so openly (Princess Intan scene).

That is because you think only white people are racist and classist.

Guess what??

Everyone else is too, including asians against the wrong kind of asians.

Rachel is the wrong kind of asian...an american child of a single mom from the wrong kind of chinese family class.

I honestly think the mom was more picky than Queen E.

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Anonymous wrote:Loved the movie, but I really did not like the opening scene where it showed the Asian family in 1995 London being refused a hotel room by several clerks. That was pretty damn unrealistic. Yes white people have done some shitty things, but we don't suck THAT bad!

Not unrealistic for a hoity hoity place.

Yes it is. It’s not like they were in overalls chewing on straw. On what planet would there be a stereotype that Asians couldn’t possibly be rich?

You need to get out more. There are many places like that even now. And there were more in 1995.

Asian from a "poor" rich Asian family (not on their scale, but still rich).

I get out plenty. This scene was completely unrealistic. It was just another attempt to make a dig at evil whitey.

I actually enjoyed the movie outside of that scene.

Europe is really racist and classist. Far more than in the US.

Absolutely true.

As remarked by the crazy Americans who napalmed Vietnam and Cambodia, assassinated a couple million Japanese with nuclear and fire bombs, discriminated Chinese-Americans for two centuries, and ...

[Anonymous]

Does anyone here want to talk about the movie?

I really liked it! I thought it was much better than the book!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone here want to talk about the movie?

I really liked it! I thought it was much better than the book!

I loved the book and movie in different ways. The movie is an awesome romantic comedy with some depth. The book is fabulous satire and really digs deep into the world of the super-rich.

[Anonymous]

Good movie, saw it at the movie theater but it was hard to watch, there was a couple making out a few rows in front of me the entire movie!

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Anonymous wrote:This movie is just not relatable to 89% of America. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Does that mean that the majority of shows/movie on tv/theatre aren't relatable to me, an Asian American since they are 89% white cast?

I loved the Cosby show growing up, as I did Friends and Seinfeld. I also happen to love Jane Austen. How was I ever able to relate to some of those stories from over a hundred years ago, from a different culture/race?

Some people definitely have a closed mind.

The most unrelatable part is the extreme wealth. It could have been crazy rich Bolivians, crazy rich Nigerians or crazy rich Russians. A romantic comedy about a small circle of billionaires, how they spend and how they live isn't groundbreaking cinema.

So Pretty Woman was not popular because people could not relate to Richard Gere's obscenely wealthy character.
People did not like Sabrina because neither Humphrey Bogart (original) or Harrison Ford (remake) was at all relateable as characters.
Nobody wanted to watch the Great Gatsby because Leonardo DiCarprio's character was unrelateable to most theater-goers.
People don't watch Iron Man because Robert Downey Jr's character is completely unrelateable.
Why would anyone want to see a completely unrelateable character like Leonardo DiCaprio in the Wolf of Wall Street?
Dudley more was a completely unrelateable "Dud" in Arthur, so who wants to watch that?
And what is more unrelateable than that of a European princess? Clearly no one wants to see Anne Hathaway in Princess Diaries or the sequel.

Need I go on? Audiences have absolutely no problem relating to white wealthy characters. Just because some people cannot see past their own skin color does not mean that audiences will not be able to relate to wealthy Asians. The situations of love, family, in-laws and culture clash are universal enough for people to relate to regardless of the trappings.

[Anonymous]

I wanted to like it. But, found it boring, sorry. I am white, but love, love Korean and other Asian movies and tv shows. I thought Nick's character was bland and lacked personality Constance was great as was the mom actress, of Nick. It just jumped too fast into the crazy part without making me care about Nick and Rachel's love. I had easier time liking the side characters than Nick.

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Asian here. Loved the movie! But am I the only one who finds the wedding service cheesy?

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Olivia Munn and Chloe Bennett have Asian parents but don’t look Asian. How did that work out?

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Anonymous wrote:Asian here. Loved the movie! But am I the only one who finds the wedding service cheesy?

I didn't get the walking on water part. I was like, her dress is gonna get wet now!

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Anonymous wrote:Asian here. Loved the movie! But am I the only one who finds the wedding service cheesy?

I didn't get the walking on water part. I was like, her dress is gonna get wet now!

Oh me too!!!!
I absolutely loved the movie, but the wedding did seem too cheesy. Especially because the bride was portrayed as relatively down to earth and not super-crazy for most of the movie. I expected lavish and elegant, not walking on water!

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Anonymous wrote:Asian here. Loved the movie! But am I the only one who finds the wedding service cheesy?

I didn't get the walking on water part. I was like, her dress is gonna get wet now!

Oh me too!!!!
I absolutely loved the movie, but the wedding did seem too cheesy. Especially because the bride was portrayed as relatively down to earth and not super-crazy for most of the movie. I expected lavish and elegant, not walking on water!

You didn't think the bride was crazy during the bachelorette weekend at the resort? I think that the scene at the airport and in the food halls were a different side of her.

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Anonymous wrote:Asian here. Loved the movie! But am I the only one who finds the wedding service cheesy?

I didn't get the walking on water part. I was like, her dress is gonna get wet now!

Oh me too!!!!
I absolutely loved the movie, but the wedding did seem too cheesy. Especially because the bride was portrayed as relatively down to earth and not super-crazy for most of the movie. I expected lavish and elegant, not walking on water!

You didn't think the bride was crazy during the bachelorette weekend at the resort? I think that the scene at the airport and in the food halls were a different side of her.

I thought she was just vapid and wondered if she knew what the other girls did to Rachel's bed. That was so awful. I also found it weird that Rachel was facing so much hate from the women before the wedding but everyone seemed to welcome her with smiles at the engagement party. I don't know, the whole 180-degree turn seemed very shallow.