Best & Worst Movies | Asian American Poll

BEST & WORST MOVIES
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:11:45 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Would you go to a movie because it features an Asian in a positive starring role even if you weren't otherwise interested?
No. | 14%
Yes. | 69%
Yes, if the Asian were male. | 17%

Which of the following is the Greatest Movie Ever for Asian Americans?
Enter the Dragon | 15%
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 14%
Romeo Must Die | 5%
The Corruptor | 2%
Dragon: Bruce Lee Story | 57%
Joy Luck Club | 7%

Which of the following is the Most Offensive Movie Ever for Asian Americans?
The World of Suzie Wong | 1%
Sixteen Candles | 13%
Breakfast at Tiffany's | 24%
Year of the Dragon | 25%
Tai Pan | 1%
Joy Luck Club | 38%

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mixed malay&chinese guy,

don't you think that modern movies (not only bollywood) are white-washed? White-washed by feminism?I remember the older movies of Jackie Chan when there were less women on the screen.Today's men, I guess, become randy by watching normal martial arts movies because in every story nowadays there "needs to be a romance".
rare stuff Tuesday, June 04, 2002 at 16:11:50 (PDT)

bollywood sorry to say this...suck...

i can't wait for The sleeping dictionary

it's about malaysian girl and a western soldier of course they r using jessica alba for that character....she look malay anyway..
mixed malay&chinese guy kzz79@hotmail.com Sunday, June 02, 2002 at 21:03:13 (PDT)

Anyone heard about Jackie Chan's The Tuxedo. He's going to be dating Jennifer Love Hewitt in the movie! awesome
Nate Thursday, May 30, 2002 at 08:07:03 (PDT)

NdNgurl,

sorry if my answer embarasses you, I've no concrete nationality. I'm son of (non-Chinese) immigrants from mainland China.
When I could receive Zee TV for 1 1/2 y I prefered movies with actors who looked slightly Central Asian or Semitic. I'm not fan of a special actor but I think Sharad Kapoor made a cool impression in the movie "Dastak". (Maybe it was also the unusual role he played.)
rare stuff Saturday, May 25, 2002 at 13:01:09 (PDT)

rare stuff:
If you are not indian what nationality are you? What is your favorite bollywood star? hehe...just curious!
NdNgurl! Monday, May 13, 2002 at 20:10:13 (PDT)

"I recently saw "Not Another Teen Movie" and one of the characters is a white boy who tries to act Asian. He delibertely talks with a bad accent and in one scene he says to two Asian guys "chinks in the house!!" then gets kicked in the face by one of them. Did anyone find this character offending?"

They are making fun of the charcter "Kenny" from "Can't Hardly Wait." He and his buddies were "Wiggers"--White guys who talk black and try to act ghetto. Kenny tried talking that way to some black guys at the party and nearly got his ass kicked there as well.

The fact that he got kicked in the face showed that he was offensive to the Asians there and that he got what he had coming to him. So no, I don't take offense. I'd take offense if they acted like he was a friend and gave him high fives.
H-Town Azn Pryde Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 10:12:22 (PDT)

NdNgurl,

I'm not Indian. I began to notice Bollywood movies when I saw that they were relatively exotic, at least in the early 1990s. Especially the strange atmosphere of the evil guys in "Auzaar" and "Dastak". You don't see that in Western cinema.
rare stuff Monday, April 29, 2002 at 02:15:50 (PDT)

JTHM,

(referring to "scorpion king") it can be that I didn't use the word "proto-type" adequately. Although it is not yet genetically proved I think that Egyptians haven't developed that much from the ancestor that they have in common with Asians and whites.Thus Egyptians may be genetically closer to Asians than whites.
However,this connection should be no reason to mix wildly Asian stuff with African stuff and white stuff in a movie
like in "Blade" with Wesley Snipes.
rare stuff Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 19:36:24 (PDT)

2 rare stuff:
Bollywood movies are the best..esp. the MUSIC!!!! i love love love Khabi Khushie Khubie Gham!
NdNgurl Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 10:14:16 (PDT)

I recently saw "Not Another Teen Movie" and one of the characters is a white boy who tries to act Asian. He delibertely talks with a bad accent and in one scene he says to two Asian guys "chinks in the house!!" then gets kicked in the face by one of them. Did anyone find this character offending?
asianboy Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 14:25:55 (PDT)

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