Now even Chinese cinema whitewashes movies

[Hamilcar]

http://www.thegreatwallmovie.com/

So triggered right now. Ugh.

[The Brain]

Not that guy.

[CountDeMoney]

How do the Chinese "whitewash" a monster movie?

[celedhring]

Zhang Yimou is pretty close to the Chinese political establishment, so I'm pretty sure the film is "ideologically correct".

[CountDeMoney]

OK, but again, so what?  You guys do know it's a monster flick, right?  Or are we getting butthurt over some metaphorical use of monsters?

[celedhring]

OK, but again, so what?  You guys do know it's a monster flick, right?  Or are we getting butthurt over some metaphorical use of monsters?

Knowing Yimou, yeah, I'm pretty sure the story will be very allegorical of West vs East relations.

Film looks kickass anyhow.

[CountDeMoney]

Big fucking deal.  Nobody had any problem lapping up that big Japanese denial of why they we were bombed until they glowed called Godzilla, you know.

Now, Hollywood bending over and taking it up the ass for the sake of Chinese market share (Red Dawn, Iron Man 3) is way more offensive.  Shitbag sellouts.

Who gives a royal rat fuck about allegories over West versus East relations, little yellow rat bastard godless heathens have been doing that for years.


Personally, I prefer my Chinese cinema to be allegory-free.

[viper37]

Looks similar to Dragon Blade.  Crap East vs West movie with international actors.

[celedhring]

I doubt it will be crappy, at least not completely. Yimou shoots some really sweet action nowadays.

[Razgovory]

OK, but again, so what?  You guys do know it's a monster flick, right?  Or are we getting butthurt over some metaphorical use of monsters?

Knowing Yimou, yeah, I'm pretty sure the story will be very allegorical of West vs East relations.

Film looks kickass anyhow.

So was invasion the body snatchers.

[Monoriu]

Movie looks good.  I'm not bothered by the race of the lead actor.  It is fiction anyway.  If they have to do it for commercial reasons, I understand.  That's something I can easily overlook.

In other news, they have picked a white actress for the lead role of the Ghost in the Shell live action movie.  So I guess this sort of thing is quite common.  Don't know what the big deal is.  The anime isn't entirely clear that the major is Japanese anyway. 

[Kleves]

Constance Wu has a simple, direct response to the upcoming Matt Damon thriller The Great Wall: "We have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that only a white man can save the world."

The Taiwanese-American actress, known for her role as Jessica Huang on ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, took to Twitter to share her thoughts on the sci-fi co-production between Legendary Entertainment and Chinese companies Le Vision Pictues and China Film Group, which features Damon and Willem Dafoe joining a number of big name actors from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan to battle an ancient Chinese monster.

"Our heroes don't look like Matt Damon. They look like Malala. Ghandi. Mandela," she wrote.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/constance-wu-on-the-great-wall-our-heroes-dont-look-like-matt-damon/ar-BBv2sHN?ocid=ASUDHP

[grumbler]

Constance Wu has a simple, direct response to the upcoming Matt Damon thriller The Great Wall: "We have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that only a white man can save the world."

The Taiwanese-American actress, known for her role as Jessica Huang on ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, took to Twitter to share her thoughts on the sci-fi co-production between Legendary Entertainment and Chinese companies Le Vision Pictues and China Film Group, which features Damon and Willem Dafoe joining a number of big name actors from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan to battle an ancient Chinese monster.

"Our heroes don't look like Matt Damon. They look like Malala. Ghandi. Mandela," she wrote.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/constance-wu-on-the-great-wall-our-heroes-dont-look-like-matt-damon/ar-BBv2sHN?ocid=ASUDHP

She does have a point.  Her perpetuation of the myth that only white men can save the world really must stop.  Being a white supremacist has got to be damaging to her career.

[Eddie Teach]

When does Jason Bourne save the world?

[grumbler]

When does Jason Bourne save the world?

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