# Curse of the Golden Flower has too much cleavage on the girls. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261 "2007-05-01T03:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/1 "2007-05-01T03:56:01Z")
Watch _Curse of the Golden Flower_ and tell me that the amount of cleavage on the girls isn’t distracting. They literally bounce up and down when one of the girls run. I’m mean, how am I suppose to read the subtitles when all the girls are so scantily clad in the headlight region. I swear they are all wearing push-up bras in this movie. Part of the evidence: [Looking mad with a lot of cleavage.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0473444/g01.jpg.html) [Carrying soup with a lot of cleavage.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0473444/b06.jpg.html) [Writing with a lot of cleavage. And I think they will fall out if she bends over.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0473444/a02.jpg.html) This is the first wuxia movie that I have seen that emphasized cleavage so much. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/2 "2007-05-01T03:59:20Z")
[QUOTE=Chasing Dreams] This is the first wuxia movie that I have seen that emphasized cleavage so much. [/QUOTE] But hopefully, not the last! Yes, it was a bit distracting at points. Then again, of the films in this genre that I’ve seen, I didn’t find Golden Flower to be all that great, so I was probably more easily distracted than usual. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/3 "2007-05-01T04:43:46Z")
Y’know, I keep reading that title over and over and it’s weird–I understand each separate word, but for some reason it makes no sense whatever as a sentence. Let me try again–nope, does not add up to meaningful information in my world, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/4 "2007-05-01T05:12:26Z")
[QUOTE=Chasing Dreams] Watch _Curse of the Golden Flower_ and tell me that the amount of cleavage on the girls isn’t distracting. They literally bounce up and down when one of the girls run. I’m mean, how am I suppose to read the subtitles when all the girls are so scantily clad in the headlight region. I swear they are all wearing push-up bras in this movie. Part of the evidence: [Looking mad with a lot of cleavage.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0473444/g01.jpg.html) [Carrying soup with a lot of cleavage.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0473444/b06.jpg.html) [Writing with a lot of cleavage. And I think they will fall out if she bends over.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0473444/a02.jpg.html) This is the first wuxia movie that I have seen that emphasized cleavage so much. [/QUOTE] Aaaaand, this movie just got bumped to the top of my Netflix queue. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/5 "2007-05-01T06:12:04Z")
Thanks for the links. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/6 "2007-05-01T06:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] … it was a bit distracting at points. [/QUOTE] Bwahahahaha! Good one! But those puppies are so tightly bound they’re not going anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/7 "2007-05-01T06:40:33Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Y’know, I keep reading that title over and over and it’s weird–I understand each separate word, but for some reason it makes no sense whatever as a sentence. Let me try again–nope, does not add up to meaningful information in my world, sorry. [/QUOTE] I kinda saw it as “ **Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah cleavage on the girls** ” I’m somewhat ashamed to admit I didn’t really read the OP, I just clicked on the links and skimmed down the thread to make sure there weren’t any more links. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/8 "2007-05-01T07:07:52Z")
What? You couldn’t have posted this a day earlier? I was out buying movies yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/9 "2007-05-01T07:59:59Z")
Allow me to rephrase the observation: Curse of the Golden Flower had so much general suckage that the large amount of cleavage on the many hot girls could not save it. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/10 "2007-05-01T13:56:42Z")
How unusual, a film made in China showing the superiority of centralized authority. It looked to me like those poor girls were really working hard to get even a modest bit of cleavage going. Ya gotta have something to push up for the push up bra to work. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/11 "2007-05-01T14:34:40Z")
Some people like cleavage. I personally look down on it. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/12 "2007-05-01T14:37:38Z")
Any movie, no matter how bad, is improved by female cleavage. Imagine how bad the film would have been without the cleavage distraction, and you’ll realize this is an absolute. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/13 "2007-05-01T14:39:40Z")
Thanks for the mammeries ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/14 "2007-05-01T14:40:57Z")
Too…much? …Too much…cleavage? You’re aware you’re going into “giving up your man card” territory, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/15 "2007-05-01T14:42:25Z")
[QUOTE=Tangent] Aaaaand, this movie just got bumped to the top of my Netflix queue. [/QUOTE] “Long wait” Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/16 "2007-05-01T14:45:11Z")
I’m sorry, but _that_ is to cleavage as Loni Anderson’s hair is to blonde. I’ll take the [real thing](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4879/Events/4879/SalmaHayek_Wargo_8953578_400.jpg.html?hint=nm0000161) any time. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/17 "2007-05-01T15:12:42Z")
While I usually like movies of this genre, I didn’t make it all the way through this movie. Something about it just wasn’t very good. Maybe too much pretty scenery, not enough kung-fuing? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/18 "2007-05-01T17:21:03Z")
Just out of curiosity, is it another wire-fu movie? Man, I get sick of those. I plowed my way through _Hero_ only out of force of sheer will. I know it’s supposed to lend an air of myth and fable to the proceedings, but I usually find the stylized fight sequences to be really drawn-out and pointless. The scenery and the cinematography provide good eye candy, and the plots are good, but the wire-fu just takes me out of the experience. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/19 "2007-05-01T17:51:05Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] Just out of curiosity, is it another wire-fu movie? Man, I get sick of those. I plowed my way through _Hero_ only out of force of sheer will. I know it’s supposed to lend an air of myth and fable to the proceedings, but I usually find the stylized fight sequences to be really drawn-out and pointless. The scenery and the cinematography provide good eye candy, and the plots are good, but the wire-fu just takes me out of the experience. [/QUOTE] The imperial “ninjas” take wire-fu to a whole new level. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-golden-flower-has-too-much-cleavage-on-the-girls/402261/20 "2007-05-01T17:57:11Z")
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