8Asians.com: Movie: Falling for Grace - Go See It!
Ratrace
· 2 years ago
Wow, another AF falls for YT film. How groundbreaking. Yes, I can see how this avante gauche film needs to be seen.
Bruce
· 2 years ago
I agree, Ratrace. No worth watching another AF falls for YT film.
Claire
· 2 years ago
John, since you've ACTUALLY SEEN THE MOVIE, if I were in SF, I'd definitely go check it out based on your review.
Rob
· 2 years ago
Haha.
That's how it starts.
John
· 2 years ago
I have no idea what YT stands for, but I imagine AF is an abbreviation for Asian Female. An audience member did ask the writer, director, producer, actress Fay Ann Lee how she got the idea for the movie and why the protagonist male was Caucasian.
Lee went on to explain that 1. she wanted to write a movie for herself to star in since there are so few roles for Asian American woman (and even less for Asian American men) 2. Her Caucasian character was based on John F. Kennedy Jr (the Caucasian male is a lawyer / prosecutor). Lee explained that living in NYC for a while, she actually saw JFK Jr. quite a bit in the streets of New York and saw how people, especially women, gazed upon him. She also wanted to explore the social class differences, and that is another reason why she had 3. Lee is aiming for a MAINSTREAM (i.e. caucasian) audience and distribution, and thus a mixed cast of caucasians and asians.
I am normally sensitive to the stereotypical Asian Female falls for Caucasian Male plot line and in general very skeptical of most plotlines where people fall in love over a span of a few movie weeks. Those weaknesses aside, I still think the movie is well made and entertaining and would recommend it, especially over other trash that is currently playing in theaters today.
Akrypti
· 2 years ago
AF? YT? Why are we writing like junior high school kids using AOL IM for the very first time?
Mike
· 2 years ago
Hmmm...
AF = Asian Female? AF = Ass Face? AF = Artistic Flower? AF = Absolutely Farty?
At any rate, while I do believe the movie was put together for good intentions, I am wary of yet another movie that just portrays the image of an Asian woman with a white male. It may not be stereotypical but I honestly believe that if Asian women create these types of movies with the support of Asian Americans, we might be sending the wrong message to Hollywood that we as a community enjoy seeing these pairings constantly.
It's almost like a slight justification to ignore Asian men.
I'm going to have to pass on this.
Ratrace
· 2 years ago
YT equals Whitey and Akrypti, you should really stick to the fluff. You're like the Andy Rooney segments at the end of 60 Minutes.
Akrypti
· 2 years ago
Thanks, Ratrace. I love Andy Rooney. To be compared to him in your eyes is like the Nobel of the blogosphere.
Ratrace, my honey muffin sugar plum cake of heavenly goodness: I. Still. Heart. You.
Rob
· 2 years ago
Oh, I'd like to point out that if you go look up this movie on IMDB and look at the forums, low and behold, what's the first topic about?
Hahaha.
Our community is boned.
John
· 2 years ago
Ah, I get it now. YT. Clever.
Well, if I win the lottery, I'll make a movie with an Asian male protagonist and have a lot of adoring Caucasian women in the movie :-)
Ratrace
· 2 years ago
John, you don't need to do all that. I just think Asians don't need to waste time and bandwidth trumpeting a movie that follows the same lame formula that most movies involving AF leads do. It's not like somebody just split the atom.
john
· 2 years ago
Why didn't you post it sooner? I live walking distance away.
Rob
· 2 years ago
I would like to point out that if you look up this movie on IMDB, I'm sure you'll guess what the first topic on the forums are about.
John
· 2 years ago
Ratrace - 8asians.com isn't necessarily trying to split the atom :-)
John
· 2 years ago
John - I have been out of town for a while, so I only got to posting about Falling for Grace while catching up on emails. Sorry.
All Comments
That's how it starts.
Lee went on to explain that 1. she wanted to write a movie for herself to star in since there are so few roles for Asian American woman (and even less for Asian American men) 2. Her Caucasian character was based on John F. Kennedy Jr (the Caucasian male is a lawyer / prosecutor). Lee explained that living in NYC for a while, she actually saw JFK Jr. quite a bit in the streets of New York and saw how people, especially women, gazed upon him. She also wanted to explore the social class differences, and that is another reason why she had 3. Lee is aiming for a MAINSTREAM (i.e. caucasian) audience and distribution, and thus a mixed cast of caucasians and asians.
I am normally sensitive to the stereotypical Asian Female falls for Caucasian Male plot line and in general very skeptical of most plotlines where people fall in love over a span of a few movie weeks. Those weaknesses aside, I still think the movie is well made and entertaining and would recommend it, especially over other trash that is currently playing in theaters today.
AF = Asian Female?
AF = Ass Face?
AF = Artistic Flower?
AF = Absolutely Farty?
YT = Yellow Terror?
YT = Young Tush?
YT = Yakuza Titan?
YT = Yearning Titmouse?
YT = Whitey
At any rate, while I do believe the movie was put together for good intentions, I am wary of yet another movie that just portrays the image of an Asian woman with a white male. It may not be stereotypical but I honestly believe that if Asian women create these types of movies with the support of Asian Americans, we might be sending the wrong message to Hollywood that we as a community enjoy seeing these pairings constantly.
It's almost like a slight justification to ignore Asian men.
I'm going to have to pass on this.
Ratrace, my honey muffin sugar plum cake of heavenly goodness: I. Still. Heart. You.
Hahaha.
Our community is boned.
Well, if I win the lottery, I'll make a movie with an Asian male protagonist and have a lot of adoring Caucasian women in the movie :-)