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I never read the book or saw the movie as it was very “white savior”, now it turns out they are fraudsters. Not surprised.
Michael Oher, ‘The Blind Side’ subject, sues Tuohy family over adoption lies - National | Globalnews.ca
The former NFL tackle accused Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents two decades ago.
Yeah, he's been complaining about the fabrications and his portrayal in that movie since it came out, and this whole situation seems even worse than most people thought. However, I'm also not surprised. There was just something so off about the whole thing.
Agreed. And it put me off from watching the movie.
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I remember thinking that casting as likable an actress as Sandra Bullock was stacking the deck.
I don’t think the article did, but it did win awards in Asia. Ang Lee did talk about the inverse reception two of his movies received. He said CTHD had this huge impact in the West compared to China but that his film Lust, Caution didn’t make a dent in the West (despite it winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival) but was a huge hit in China.
Lust, Caution is a great movie.
Another example - Slumdog Millionnaire was a huge success in the west, but I heard that Indians (in India and in the west) were not impressed. I dont think they hated it, but they thought of it as just ordinary.
I've never watched Lust, Caution, nor have I listened to this interview. There are some good, some nonsense, some ass-backwards reasons China hated CTHD at the time, as is usually the case when China hates anything. The funniest one will always be that only one of the four leads spoke properly lol, which is definitely going to be one of the reasons why it became a hit in the West - most won't notice. The ass-backwards one is that it's got three strong female roles - which will of course not be a hit among the more mysogynistic people out there.
I found an old New York Times article about why Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon didn't do well in China and Hong Kong, but did well elsewhere to the point where it was still the highest grossing "non-English film" of that year and made 214 million worldwide (of course, the U.S. being the biggest chunk of that success where it's still the highest grossing "non-English speaking film" of all time here).
I mean, what is home? It is true that it is a "Hong Kong martial arts flick", and even has a Hong Konger lead, but it's made by a Taiwanese guy and has loads of American influence. That's got to grind people's gears in some places. I'm not sure I agree with the Jackie Chan action or "automatic weapons" stuff, but this does bring up why the action might have failed at the time in a better manner, in my opinion.
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He certainly does. He was a conductor too so I know it’s not off to highlight another piece he may have been known for conducting, but, like you, I would have thought they would have used one of his pieces.
Was it a hit in Canada? I don't know what's good about it, apart from Michelle Yeoh and Akwafina. It also only represented the rich Chinese Singaporeans, and didn't even show the Malays and the Tamils (apart from as security guards in the latter's case...)
I disagree about it not exploring any of that as it was one of the major points of contention that the elite Singaporean Chinese has over Nick choosing Rachel. It was more blatant in the book though. I also do think being an Asian immigrant to a non-Asian country will have a huge impact in the experiences of a person compared to if they were raised where they would be the “majority”. The cultural clashes alone will create a divergent experience even if the path diverges from the shared basic main road.
I think it's good to have something more "fun" and "shallow" just to show that we're humans and can act in a different genres. Many Asian performers haven't had success in this market and there have always been perceptions that we're not marketable, can't act (we have accents), etc.
What really annoys me about this mess is that there are people who are questioning whether Sandra Bullock should surrender her Oscar. Why the hell should she? All that she did was act her socks off and get rewarded for it. She didn't write the story, she didn't defraud anyone of anything. Plus, she is grieving a devastating loss right now. Just leave her alone.
Michael Oher, ‘The Blind Side’ subject, sues Tuohy family over adoption lies - National | Globalnews.ca
The former NFL tackle accused Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents two decades ago.
I decided to re-watch it because I didn’t remember anything about it other than it starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. I am wondering if production values have improved SO much over the years that even a big hit movie from the 80’s now looks a little cheap (as well as dated). Gibson exudes a lot of spark as a police officer still reeling from the death of his wife. And Glover gives the right amount of comedic edge considering his new partner is suicidal and the new pair are investigating the suicide (or possible killing) of the daughter of a friend of Glover’s. I have to admit that ogling Gibson in his pre-crazy days was a highlight of re-watching this for me. And Richard Donner does a good job of directing this movie, keeping the excitement and comedy and action all at a high level throughout. Gary Busey has a small role as the bad guy and singer Darlene Love has an even tinier role as Glover’s wife.
The Oscar was not the devastating loss referred to. Her long time partner just died from ALS recently. That's the loss.
The theaters paid the organists. Plenty church organists also played in theaters which have different “stops” than church organs.
Helen Mirren is starring in a new movie about Gold Meir so I wonder if her prosthetics will elicit the same reaction.
You inspired me to Google search her and his movie and it seems when the news first came out, there was a lot of divisiveness about the casting and some accused her of “Jewface”. It’s making the festival circuits now and I wonder what the overall reactions will be from the Jewish community (and I recognize there is diversity in the community with different people of Jewish faith having their own unique backgrounds and histories).
