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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8599987" data-attributes="member: 4348">I don't know a ton about the site itself.I was trying to find authentic opinions held by those who were actually of Chinese heritage and not cherry picked by a bunch of non-Chinese (happens a LOT these days when trying to form opinions).  Found it via google (went direct to the review of it).  I admit, it was a quick google search though.I found two reviews of it (in actuality), one behind a paywall, and the one I posted.  The one behind the paywall was actually an opinion piece and a little odd in that it castigated the movie for the same thing, but then also said it was a good thing as it brought attention to minorities and seemed to say that anything that put Chinese Canadians or americans in spots that could be recognizeable or put them in positions of power was a step up and a positive.I found some forums (in Chinese, translated to English via translation program, so, figured that wouldn't be appropriate) but, without going into it, also had comments and opinions that I felt I shouldn't go into or post here.  Most of what they said was already summed up in what I said without going into what they actually said.  Plus, who wants commentary from another forum on a forum when they aren't even RPG commentaries.  There were some specifics on the film itself, but then again, the big picture of the various points of view were already presented in what I wrote, so, really no point in talking about what their conversations on the film were when I could address it in a much more congenial and probably appropriate manner.  The only thing that I didn't bring up is that they had a VERY DIFFERENT approach in regards to the film and what it was about in their thoughts which I really don't know how to address, and haven't seen on any English speaking sites.I did the Google search after seeing the film and thinking to myself how I should approach this.  I felt I should include my friends thoughts and warnings on it, but my own (NON-Chinese heritage) views had turned out much more positive about the film.  I wanted to make sure their warnings were expressed respectfully, while at the same time expressing my own views.  It's something where I knowingly had friends warning about it, but watched it anyways and had my own more positive reaction.  On my own, I would have probably focused more on the latter half with the positive commentary regarding ENworld and us all being together.  ON the otherhand, I didn't want to seem as if I just callously disregarded the views of my friends who actually have Chinese-heritage as that is done all too often to minorities and their views on a whole.  Hard spot to be in, mixed feelings about it.  I tried to strike a balance to be respectful and point out their warnings, but also expressing my thoughts as well.  It could that I failed completely in trying to strike that balance, if so, I am sorry.  I used that review for multiple reasons, (As listed above), but also because it was one that I found via a quick google search.  I apologize I didn't actually look at the rest of the site in using it.</blockquote>

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