Liu Simu as Shang Chi doesn't look like the greatest martial art superhero but another weakling that ready to be mowed over.
Movies in General
- Thread starter bladerunner
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As I see it there are two types of action movies therefor demand two types of actors.
Movies like "Save Private Ryan", "Gladiator". These movies are serious, more about the actors ability to express some ideas. It demands more skill in performing and LESS on the looks. Outlook beauty could be counter productive as a distraction. The actors just need to be average or a little above.
Movies like Marval comics adaptations, 007 are about "Glamour", there is not really much serious idea to express besides the simple "good vs. bad". In this type, the only value of the actors are their physical looks. These movies are essentially selling cosmetics, dresses, super cars etc.
Just because an actor may be good for the first type, doesn't mean he/she would meet the expectation for the second type.
Movies like "Save Private Ryan", "Gladiator". These movies are serious, more about the actors ability to express some ideas. It demands more skill in performing and LESS on the looks. Outlook beauty could be counter productive as a distraction. The actors just need to be average or a little above.
Movies like Marval comics adaptations, 007 are about "Glamour", there is not really much serious idea to express besides the simple "good vs. bad". In this type, the only value of the actors are their physical looks. These movies are essentially selling cosmetics, dresses, super cars etc.
Just because an actor may be good for the first type, doesn't mean he/she would meet the expectation for the second type.
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Would you enjoy Dustin Hoffman playing Superman, or Henry Cavill? I admire Dustin Hoffman being a very good actor. As I said in another post, it is not about an actor being good or bad in performance, superhero movies are more like a beauty contest than serious acting.
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Movies are the ultimate form of getting millions of dollars while giving you nothing back. So I would treat American moves with extreme prejudice if I was a Chinese reviewer. If a fly's leg hair didn't look good to me, the whole thing's banned. Wanna sell Spiderman here? Sure, but you gotta edit out all the webs... and you can't say "spider." My wife doesn't know who Simiu Liu is and honestly I don't have a clear picture either but I think he's a Chinese guy who said some anti-Chinese stuff before playing a highly stereotypical Chinese Marvel Character so she'd avoid him like a dog turd on a rainy street. If they want to ever have a chance to sell a move to China, let them sell their souls and make a movie like Lake Changjin, then maybe they can get a couple yuan. It's basically like paying someone some change to watch them lick your boots.
Gladiator is not a serious movie.
I think that's what @PanAsian was saying? Like it's supposed to be inclusive, but because it is "Asian American" it's not really Chinese or anything but "Asian American" which is its own thing? That's how I understood it anyway
Well since you ask, they are both very attractive but I would give Heart a 9 and Kim a 7-8. Anyway I am not sure that turning this thread into a ranking of actresses by attractiveness exercise is really what the mods are hoping for...
Um, Lt. Sulu was a major supporting character.
I never saw it to be inclusive with how hard they tried to please the Chinese and get it unbanned. They tried catering to the Chinese first before anything else and when that failed, they cried how it was China's fault they couldn't get into our market. Ignoring the stupid things the lead actor has said and the history of said characters they are playing as. If this is what the Asian Americans look up to then I pity them.
@Loveleenkr I'm curious, are you just spamming laugh emote on everyone regardless of whether it's serious or a joke or do you really find our comments funny?