[喜福会] The Joy Luck Club 1993 DVDRip Divx postx CD1 new2

[afroshaolin2]

Wow Lol OK its just customary in whatever tradition when you're invited to eat, even if the food taste like sh*t, to compliment the girlfriend's/boyfriend's/fianc­e's mother or father who prepares a dish. It makes you look humble and you impress the family by not being a jerk. Being considerate of others instead of yourself helps in any case. He just made himself look like a complete asshole by not learning ANY table manners.

[lailaandamy11]

This is hilarious..

[AyanamiRei5kyu]

lol the dad's reaction XD when i first watched this i thought that the guys behavior was really off but when i read the book i just felt sorry for him

i'm chinese but was raised in a western environment so sometimes i do stuff i never would've thaught they'd seem rude according to chinese customs

i guess rich really tried to please but waverly should've told him what to do and not to do i mean how could he know

usually when I say sometihing (like this dish isnt salty enough) i also mean it

[Dexther1984]

OMG!! I read the book and I found it is awesome, one of the best book I've ever read.

I'm italian and my girlfriend is chinese: I see myself in many of the scenes XD, but luckily my girlfriend's parents were ready wo western oddity :-)

[AllieDoesMakeup]

Forget Chinese custom, this is just common sense and good manners! You don't take a huge swig of alcohol when you're meeting your girlfriend's parents for the first time. You don't eat half a dish of food on your own, before anyone else is served. And you certainly don't ruin an entire dish of food by pouring sauce all over it as if you're the only one eating! It's just idiotic, no matter what the culture is!

[ThisLittleBlackBook]

that bitch should have informed his ignorant ass of the does and don'ts of chinese dinner etiquette. he can't help from being an american jack ass... they're fucking barbarians for christ sakes!

[smile678]

uhhh that he just has bad manners period

[RandiSierra]

@smile678 Yeah pouring sauce all over the whole dish. Lol

[sm0kie420]

0:37 that look lol, good acting pretty subtle

[11thekhan1]

I didn't like Waverly the character

[andrewcolinwilson]

@11thekhan1 The actress who plays Waverly is Japanese in real life.

[peterpason]

agree...the part he threw the soy sauce was in the book

[clemstarxxx]

the soy sauce thing was in the book!

[saranghaeyo2326]

HAHAHA the part where he strew the soysauce all over the dish wasn't in the book. that one made my jaw drop hahaha. what an american idiot -_- hehe jk. btw i think the woman who played Lindo Jong is a fabulous actress! Does anyone else agree?? :) She was great :)

[Xenda]

@saranghaeyo2326 The actress is priceless! I almost fell on the floor laughing every time she looked at Rich. She was able to evoke so much from just a few facial gestures.

[1likestoplaymusic]

@saranghaeyo2326 agreed!!!

[nongmin88]

@saranghaeyo2326 It's not really significant that he's an "american", is it? He is trying to be polite, but doesn't understand the customs. That hardly even makes him an idiot does it? Have you ever dined in a strange culture, not knowing all the subtleties and protocol? Do you suppose your mistakes made you an "idiot"?

[ogicabp4u]

@nongmin88 true. It's also not significant that they are Chinese (or asian) either...it's just a different custom. I'm British, the no. of mistakes I have made at a S Korean or Japanese table...and seen Chinese at a British dinner table (the more noise they make eating the more they're enjoying the food AND they always leave some food on their plate out of respect for the host...LOL - the opposite is true in England...always finish your dish! HAHA! Man, have asian GFs got mad at me in the past!

[ACTORoWRITER]

@ogicabp4u

Yeah what's that all about? How is it a 'sign of respect' to leave food on the plate? I've lived with a couple Chinese roommates, be it if they're 'fresh of the boat' (FOBS) or born and raised here, they are SOO LOUD!!

I swear to God, chinese people at home, are LOUDER than black people at the cinema

"""look out bitch... he got knife"""" (LoL wait till they start shooting real bullets, from real guns during the action scenes, putting real holes in the screen)

LOOOOL (^_*) Jk

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER traditional chinese mentality. If you don't leave food it shows that your host was not generous enough. Ask a chinese...not me. I have no idea about 'yo nigger gansta - gonna pop a cap in yur ass - just wait till u meet my momma. She ganna fuk u up real bad MF...cos I is hard when I is around my momma!' stuff...sorry.

[ACTORoWRITER]

@ogicabp4u

LoL well talkers during the movie is something I wouldn't wish on my own enemy!(*_*)LoL

Also you mentioned them 'eating loudly',,, Yeah my chinese roommates also smacked their foods with open mouths. Any idea if that is a good gesture to the cook, or why they do it?

Lastly was Korean people just as suspicious and questionable of people who weren't of their nationality like chinese people?

I swear no matter how nice me and the other roommate was, wing fu (went by 'aaron) no trust!

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER Korean self - esteem is directly linked to their nationality - they are extremely sensitive about it. So if a Korean asks you something like 'What do u think of Koreans?' and you reply with a completely innocuous comment such as 'Well, there are good and bad points about every culture / nationality...' You will most likely get the reaction like 'So you say Korea is bad Country then? Why?' [in a very uptight tone] etc....u get the picture.

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER I don't know that well about Chinese people BUT in SK they are taught a subject called 'ethics' in schools. I have one of their books and they are drilled in their curriculum at school to be weary of ALL foreigners especially with AIDS/HIV+ (because, apparently that's the only way u can catch it - from westerners - more specifically it mentions Americans) However, the younger generation are far more 'international' and more and more realize they have been taught untruths.

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER You've also got to remeber that in China and South Korea no one was allowed out the country till the late 80's so anyone over the age of 30 is bound to have a distorted and unrealistic view of foriegners - it's understandable but not really acceptable - especially with the internet (Which is restricted in China and SK - I wonder why???) Remember SK was a police state until the late 70's. The younger generation (under 30) are much more appealing in character to non natives though!

[ACTORoWRITER]

@ogicabp4u

Yeah I've been studying a lot about Korea lately, because on of my characters in show pitch is north Korean. I did a lot of research because I didn't want that character to be a cliched ripoff stereotype. I'm ethnically Afghan so I know it. :-P

I remember reading the Keira Knightly script for "Domino" and in it was an Afghan guy, who spoke arabic, drink alchohol, and eat cats, and was a devout muslim, which even a little bit research would prove it's all not possible to do all 3 :P

[ACTORoWRITER]

I do like Korean culture, and Japanese culture, they have a good movie market. 100% Surprised about the way South Korean view America... As I trained a lot of US Marines for combat training simulations before they deployed to Afghanistan.

A few were at the DMZ, and they said the South Korean government loved them... Really surprised the people feel otherwise.

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER Yup the military love them. The really older Koreans who remember the war love them too. Also the younger generation are far more amenable to foreigners and don't buy into all the nationalistic education they have been given by the Government. They are much more 'traveled'. It's SOME of the Koreans in the generation in-between these two that SOMETIMES have a very different view. (Read 30 to 60 something). They are what I call 'Gwanju' Koreans.

[ogicabp4u]

@ogicabp4u PS Buddist Koreans are really cool...really easy going and friendly...even though I'm no t religious myself I can relate a lot to these Koreans and they really help me to understand went Koreans went through which helps explain SOME of the cultural differences etc...

[ACTORoWRITER]

@ogicabp4u

Yeah I agree, I have met a few Korean Buddhist, lol the Christian, ones kinda were suspicious of me, probably cause at the time the Korean-christian group went to Afghanistan and was kidnapped by the Taliban.

I've heard that they are really heavy when trying to argue religion with other Koreans.

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER Yup , I hate it how some people say 'All Koreans are racist' or 'All Muslims are potential Suicide bombers' because its simply untrue. When minorities within certain groups of people have extreme views to certain things and react in an extreme way they simply have traits which are determined by their culture which identify them as 2 where they are from not what they do or are potentially likely to do. It's about IDing select persons within any group NOT blaming cultures/rascism.

[ACTORoWRITER]

@ogicabp4u

Yeah good point. Some peoples views are just narrow. It's good to meet people such as yourself who are familiar with other cultures. (^_^)

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER cool. yeah, peace bro. There are so many people on YT who think I'm racist and who are probably self proclaimed 'multi-culturalists' when in reality they only know about their own culture and are patronizing to other cultures...especially toward Muslims in the UK. Of course anyone resents being patronised but they wont speak up about it because the MC's are 'there to help'. Uhgg! You have to understand a culture by knowing its sensitivities and sensibilities and work from there.

[ogicabp4u]

@ACTORoWRITER the 'Taliban episode' is an classic example of 'Korean hermititis'. Koreans who have never been outside of Korea and who eat,drink , sleep Korean culture. Not that there's anything wrong with that BUT when you go to another country u must be prepared to accept they have differing senses and sensibilities. They tried to (maybe unwittingly maybe not) indoctrinate Taliban children with Xtianity which would eventually lead to them rejecting their parents.

[ogicabp4u]

@ogicabp4u The Korean solution was to throw money at them thinking that's what they wanted (ie. narrow minded 'Gwanju's') but it was really about parents and the Taliban Govt exercising its own rights to bring up it's own offspring how it sees fit. Although I would not condone what either nation did in this episode I can fully understand why it happened. Many Koreans are very naive travelers because SK is still very mono-cultural and have a protected and sheltered economy.

[ogicabp4u]

@nongmin88 I've done similar thing in south Korea and the old guy sitting at the table did GASP as though it was his last breath when I did something similar...just like in this movie...LOL! Classic. Perfect scene!

[ndrussiangerman1]

@nongmin88

He IS an idiot! Even in mainstream WASP culture, his faux pas (as we see here) are atrocious and would never be excused!! Imagine acting that way at ANYBODY'S home as a dinner guest ...I mean, think about it!!!

[sanmarcosmark1]

Love this movie! Will make you cry so hard...

[mrovantes]

yeah, it's really sad, there are parts where you're like, "WAAAHHHH!!!"