i only got to see the last like 50 minutes of this movie because i missed the other 2 classes where we were watching it but after watching the last 59 i have no desire to go back and actually watch the whole thing.
this movie is visually very pretty like it makes alot of sense it won awards for that specifically. on the other hand the main character is actually so retarded. my teacher mentioned later in the class that she exclaims that she does not belong in france because in her words “im asian i dont eat apples i eat mangos” thats actually gotta be the dumbest shit ive ever heard. the scene where eliane is visiting her old plantation and cutting the rubber tree herself is such a painfully oblivious scene. like why the fuck am i going to feel bad for this woman she is a white woman within this country she is not “asian” like she claims shes literally jst another colonial force taking advantage of the Vietnamese people and profiting off of them. she has no place in vietnam really in the first place she is part of the problem. i dont like the way this movie babys her and has like no critical voice against her we are jst supposed to be like aww poor her. you are not vietnamese person u are a white woman who OWNS A PLANTATION like dude fuck off

i only got to see the last like 50 minutes of this movie because i missed the other 2 classes where we were watching it but after watching the last 59 i have no desire to go back and actually watch the whole thing.
this movie is visually very pretty like it makes alot of sense it won awards for that specifically. on the other hand the main character is actually so retarded. my teacher mentioned later in the class that she exclaims that she does not belong in france because in her words “im asian i dont eat apples i eat mangos” thats actually gotta be the dumbest shit ive ever heard. the scene where eliane is visiting her old plantation and cutting the rubber tree herself is such a painfully oblivious scene. like why the fuck am i going to feel bad for this woman she is a white woman within this country she is not “asian” like she claims shes literally jst another colonial force taking advantage of the Vietnamese people and profiting off of them. she has no place in vietnam really in the first place she is part of the problem. i dont like the way this movie babys her and has like no critical voice against her we are jst supposed to be like aww poor her. you are not vietnamese person u are a white woman who OWNS A PLANTATION like dude fuck off

alors... francophile'd too hard tht theres a part of me whos also interested in vietnamese history.

the french are great storytellers and i always liked the many things about their culture esp the art. i grew up with the culture. however they rlly need to stop with this sub genre. this is giving miss saigon with french creators (considered a british musical). like great storytelling and on a prestigious scale yet theres some underlying icks to it. just seeing southeast asians on screen under this caliber is kinda jarring. its so uncomfortable seeing a colonized nation's narrative and their ppl get told by the colonizer nation. so sick of seeing naked asian women for the white male gaze.

it was always so weird to me how the americans/hollywood made vietnam war movies bc they were made so "immediate" imo??

im aware of french x vietnamese cinema. idk how i feel about this specific sub genre narrative made by the french in french cinema. this wasn't a bad movie but i don't blame ppl for thinking its "propaganda." not surprised it won an academy. i only ever seen other third gen/mixed east asian-americans pull off the french language. u would think i would've seen vietnamese ppl speak french by now. the french language is just a significantly valid as the english language too.

anyways... catherine deneuve was another reason why i gave this to watch.

alors... francophile'd too hard tht theres a part of me whos also interested in vietnamese history.

the french are great storytellers and i always liked the many things about their culture esp the art. i grew up with the culture. however they rlly need to stop with this sub genre. this is giving miss saigon with french creators (considered a british musical). like great storytelling and on a prestigious scale yet theres some underlying icks to it. just seeing southeast asians on screen under this caliber is kinda jarring. its so uncomfortable seeing a colonized nation's narrative and their ppl get told by the colonizer nation. so sick of seeing naked asian women for the white male gaze.

it was always so weird to me how the americans/hollywood made vietnam war movies bc they were made so "immediate" imo??

im aware of french x vietnamese cinema. idk how i feel about this specific sub genre narrative made by the french in french cinema. this wasn't a bad movie but i don't blame ppl for thinking its "propaganda." not surprised it won an academy. i only ever seen other third gen/mixed east asian-americans pull off the french language. u would think i would've seen vietnamese ppl speak french by now. the french language is just a significantly valid as the english language too.

anyways... catherine deneuve was another reason why i gave this to watch.

Gros film de colons mais le boug était très beau par contre
Les plans étaient vrm  très beaux

Gros film de colons mais le boug était très beau par contre
Les plans étaient vrm  très beaux

les perfs de Catherine Deneuve et Vincent Perez sont vraiment bonne le film est bon mais j'avoue qu'il n'a jamais réellement réussi a me tenir en haleine

les perfs de Catherine Deneuve et Vincent Perez sont vraiment bonne le film est bon mais j'avoue qu'il n'a jamais réellement réussi a me tenir en haleine

weird thought but i feel like this would function better as a stage play with its pacing and melodrama i think it was thrive on a stage and didn’t quite take advantage of the tools provided by film as opposed to another medium

weird thought but i feel like this would function better as a stage play with its pacing and melodrama i think it was thrive on a stage and didn’t quite take advantage of the tools provided by film as opposed to another medium