Who's your favorite mother and daughter?

I think that Rose was my favorite daughter and Ying Ying was my favorite mother. But, it is the extraordinary job that each of these mothers and daughters does at portraying the mother/daughter bond that makes it so special. I feel so connected to all the characters; the way that all the stories intertwine is incredible. It does an excellent job at showing the "how I see my mother, how my mother sees me, and how others see our relationship" saga that every young girl and her mother experience. The movie showed me that mothers really DO have a life before their children, even if we don't realize or acknowledge it. This is an important lesson for daughters to learn; it is the experiences that a mother had in growing up that made her the woman she is and it is the things she learned from those experiences that she is passing down to her daughter, hoping she will learn from them. Daughters in general, or maybe just me, often disregard it when their mother says things such as "Trust me, I know from experience." I realized after this movie that there was SO much more to my mom than I knew. She is an individual and it took seeing this movie for me to really come to terms with that.

I don't know if this makes any sense, I am having a hard time verbalizing my exact thoughts. This movie is so touching; I can't watch it without going through an array of emotions and it always ends with me placing a call to my own mom to tell her how much I love her.

“I tell you the story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way. No, this cannot be, this not knowing what you're worth, this not begin with you.” ~An-Mei

Favorite daughter: June because I can relate to her about what she said in the film about disappointing her mother.

Favorite Mother: Hard choice I liked all of them.

Ying Ying and Lena. In the book I didn't understand their relationship and what Ying Ying was talking about at the end of her last chapter, the part about waiting between the trees.

But the movie clarifies it in a really great scene where after Ying Ying accidentally breaks the vase and Lena comes running she confronts Lena and "gives her her tiger spirit" which is rightfully hers. Great.

I love the relationship between Jing Mei (June)and Suyuan. I was so touched by the story of the swan feather because it is a message of hope. Suyuan regretted giving up on her twins so when she had Jing Mei, she placed all her hopes on her. June may not be as talented and as sophisticated as Waverly as she is often compared to but her mother never gave up on her.

It hits close to home when it comes to mother and daughter relationships because most mothers would love their children to be the best that they can be specially with their daughters isn't it?

I also love that scene where they talked about the crab. That June did not choose the best quality crab because she had the best quality heart. Meaning, June may not recognise it but she does have a heart that sees and understands people.

Another thing I liked about the June and Suyuan tandem was the scene with the swan feather. When she met up with her twin sisters in the movie, she brought the swan feather and her mother's pictures and that was very moving to me and it ended with the lines, "This feather may look worthless but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good intentions."













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I think my favorite is Lena and Ying Ying, espeassially is written in the book. I'm not sure I approve of the changes done to their stories in the film, though. What I like about their stories is Ying Yings ability to read the future, and the way she deals with it. And Lenas way of relating to a mother she occationatly believes has gone mad.

Jing Meis and Suyans story is also very nice, the story about the swan is really touching. Really describes the feelings and wishes a parent could have for their child, which the child too often never understands.

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Mother: An-Mei - I always liked her story the best.

Daughter: I liked June, Rose, and Lena almost equally, really.

Waverly and Lindo are kind of a**holes. lol Granted loveable ones, if you grew up with them, but certainly not endearing enough to be anywhere near my favorite.

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