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"To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Netflix Teaser Trailer
- Thread starter WrenchNinja
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Apparently it's based on a book so I'm glad they didn't whitewash the character.
I'm a sucker for coming-of-age stories, but this seems to be directed very much at teens and the trailer didn't show anything particularly interesting. Also the overly privileged scenery (giant houses, cars, whatever) makes me queasy. Plus Netflix just has a terrible track record.
Will wait until I see some reviews, but I ain't holding my breath.
Will wait until I see some reviews, but I ain't holding my breath.
Bumping cuz this came out yesterday and it was another enjoyable rom com netflix put out. The asian lead did a good job with the role.
The cinematography in this movie is actually very good, for example during one of the fight sequences the two main characters are divided by the dirt dividers, another example is how the shot transitions cleanly from overhead to facing the characters head on.
This is an adaptation of a book by an asian american author. None of the love interests in the source material were asian. She did respond to the criticism though:
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/t...y-han-no-asian-male-love-interest-1201995975/
At the very least, however you feel about not seeing asian men in this, the author should get props for sticking to her guns and going with the only production company willing to make the movie without changing the lead character to a non-Asian:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/opinion/sunday/crazy-rich-asians-movie-idol.html
I'll watch this because I want more Asian representation. I would have liked at least one asian male love interest oh well.
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Missus put it on yesterday and we enjoyed it, this isn't really my type of movie but I thought it was fun. My partner really liked it because when my sister came over for dinner she was trying to do a re-run lol with my sister but as far as these types of movies go I thought it was great.
I saw it over the weekend and I liked it, mostly due to the lead girl's performance. She's great.
These kids are fucking tho loaded, geez. Maybe I'm watching the wrong YA adaptations but every one I've seen lately is full of rich ass kids doing rich kid stuff.
These kids are fucking tho loaded, geez. Maybe I'm watching the wrong YA adaptations but every one I've seen lately is full of rich ass kids doing rich kid stuff.
It felt super strange to me as I was watching. Not in a bad way mind you. Just not used to seeing my people in a leading role lol
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I thought it was a pretty solid high school rom/com. Lana Condor and her character's family are great in it, but I have to admit, Noah Centineo kind of steals the show with his charm. It's just hard to not like him.
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That's as big of a non-response as I've ever seen.
"I get you guys are frustrated. I really do! But that's how I wrote it.. what could I do? Change it?"
I'm glad that there's the representation of an Asian female lead, but this just serves to further perpetuate the emasculation and asexualization of Asian men as even potential love interests. It's especially frustrating when it comes FROM other Asians. But hey, I guess if we're comparing this to throwing Asian men under a bus Amy Tan style, I guess this is better.
Ok, glad I'm not the only one who found it odd that her 5-6 crushes were all white guys and then the one token black guy.
Or Asian boys lol
Weird phrasing. Most are white, yes, that I can understand. But why is it important that her love interests be the same race as her own?
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They don't all have to be. It's just unfortunate that not even one of them is. It's important to see asian men as love interests because Hollywood has a habit of emasculating them.
While stories centered around Asian women that have romance don't have to include Asian guys, it still strikes me as weird that this story doesn't have any. I believe this story is not an autobiography, but based on life experiences.
That means the story is fictional. So the way the five boys she crushes on (four white, one black) were written was a deliberate choice. However, this book wasn't written in a vacuum. I'm guessing that the author, Jenny Han, is aware of Asian American issues, including those of men.
While she is free to write the book however she wants (I mean, it's HER book), unfortunately this choice has certain implications, whether she likes it or not. Which is why you see comments like "why doesn't she crush on an Asian guy", and other such criticisms.
And for someone on the outside who isn't aware of Asian American issues, watching this might subconsciously reinforce stereotypes & ideas like "Asian girls don't like Asian guys" and stuff like that. But I believe the root cause of this is that there is so little AsianAm representation. I don't think it's fair for Jenny Han's story to bear the shoulder of all Asian representation, but given how little we do have, it kind of ends up like that.
However, in general, if we had more movies and media (mainstream or indie) depicting couples of all kinds of ethnicities together, this wouldn't be as much of an issue. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.
That means the story is fictional. So the way the five boys she crushes on (four white, one black) were written was a deliberate choice. However, this book wasn't written in a vacuum. I'm guessing that the author, Jenny Han, is aware of Asian American issues, including those of men.
While she is free to write the book however she wants (I mean, it's HER book), unfortunately this choice has certain implications, whether she likes it or not. Which is why you see comments like "why doesn't she crush on an Asian guy", and other such criticisms.
And for someone on the outside who isn't aware of Asian American issues, watching this might subconsciously reinforce stereotypes & ideas like "Asian girls don't like Asian guys" and stuff like that. But I believe the root cause of this is that there is so little AsianAm representation. I don't think it's fair for Jenny Han's story to bear the shoulder of all Asian representation, but given how little we do have, it kind of ends up like that.
However, in general, if we had more movies and media (mainstream or indie) depicting couples of all kinds of ethnicities together, this wouldn't be as much of an issue. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.
Because Asian females in white media are almost always portrayed with white males and if it features an Asian male, they're usually white washed.
This thread is bonkers compared to the Crazy Rich Asians thread about white washing. It's almost like a confirmation.
Cute movie, I was in the mood for a rom-com this weekend and this really did it for me. One of the better Netflix movie productions I've watched.
Can't nail where I know the father from - looked at IMDB and apparently he was in one (or all) of the "God's not Dead" movies? I thought those were "your careers dead for sure" movies.
Can't nail where I know the father from - looked at IMDB and apparently he was in one (or all) of the "God's not Dead" movies? I thought those were "your careers dead for sure" movies.
Well...
Four white guys and a black guy who is gay so there is no chance of romance between them... so four white guys.
The criticism seems so cynical. Why must we be mad about interracial relationships. Especially since it plays in the US? If it were in Asia and they were all white you could at least suspect some fetishization or whitewashing.
I saw the trailer with my friends while looking for something to watch. One of my friends(She is Chinese)Basically said: "White fetish much?" So yeah, she didn't dig it.
