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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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Not sure if all of you have heard...but there's a Independent movie called "Better Luck Tomorrow" by Justin Lin....About a kid in HS growing up in socal....anyways...here's the link...

http://www.betterlucktomorrow.com/


Anyone planning to see it?
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:23 PM
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and how is watching that going to support asian americans
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:28 PM
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By supporting the film...more people go, more money they make!


Also, a friend of mine just showed his screening of an independent movie call "Downtime" It's about life in jail...shot in the Bay Area. And he was just picked up by Artisan Ent.

www.downtimethemovie.com

I'm not tryin to advertise or anything...just wanted to see if people are into independent films and such....
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:33 PM
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so, supporting the movie will make more money for the people who made it..... and therefore its supporting asian americans? is any of the money coming back to me? ...

indy films are cool, but i dont think people should watch it jus to support asian americans.

i saw his other movie, shopping for fangs........ didnt think much of it =x
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:40 PM
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It's about rich socal asian kids who decide that's not good enough and end up as gangstas. At least I think it is.

The commercials are kind of funny to me, it's like,

"I got straight A's but I want money so now I carry my glock to high school."
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
It's about rich socal asian kids who decide that's not good enough and end up as gangstas. At least I think it is.

The commercials are kind of funny to me, it's like,

"I got straight A's but I want money so now I carry my glock to high school."
yes, in a way it defeats the asian minority myth by portraying asians in a negative light...........

hows that for supporting asians :thumbup:
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:46 PM
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All they're doing is acting like Johnny Tran.

Who cares? It's just a movie and it's just entertainment. The fact that this breaks some kind of boundary is all well and good but honestly I see no reason to make some huge issue about it "supports asian people" in some fashion.

So maybe the next time DMX comes out with a movie I should go see it because it supports black people?
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:48 PM
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
All they're doing is acting like Johnny Tran.

Who cares? It's just a movie and it's just entertainment. The fact that this breaks some kind of boundary is all well and good but honestly I see no reason to make some huge issue about it "supports asian people" in some fashion.

So maybe the next time DMX comes out with a movie I should go see it because it supports black people?
you're missing the point........
  • by supporting it, the makers will make money
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:50 PM
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Fine, then I'll make a movie and then I'll tell people to go see it because they're supporting Jews.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 07:50 PM
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
Fine, then I'll make a movie and then I'll tell people to go see it because they're supporting Jews.
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