Presented by Quentin Tarantino

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"If you were really a genuine fan of Asian films, wouldn't you want this movie to be a success at the box office?"

Yea, based on the film itself and NOT due to Tarantino's name being attached to the film.

tarantino is a sack of crap and needs to move to asia and release his movies over there if he likes them so much

except for the fact that half the people i talk to...to go see movies like this bitch and gripe about 'how its gonna be like the sh=\\y second kill bill' its like....c'mon you tards !! get a brain and realize that just because all we see is american films...there is a world out there !!
when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro ~ HST

admitted asian film buff? uh, you mean an admitted asian martial arts film buff right? since there is of course more to asian cinema than action.

it is a marketing ploy.

You need some kind of star to make people want to see the movie. Its not Tarantino's fault thats the way the system works(In fact, its the audiences) and he's smart enough to let them use his name on these martial arts film(a genre he loves).

and Tarantino is not the only person who does it. Speilberg, Scorsese, Coppola, Craven, they all lend their names to a presents banner because it makes them a little extra money and the movies some extra money. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. What's the big deal? who are they hurting?

What Major Markets?
The Only Major market Is Thailand
and HONG KONG
the only other semi major market is USA.

It probably isn't going to be released in many theathres... Just like Ong Bak which only had about 485 theathres which is not much with Minimal Promotion and trailers.

The same might happen for Tom Yum Goong.
And now since Jaa has more fans Tom Yum Goong might make even more money then it did with Ong Bak.

jeffthropp, I'm sorry to say you are either seriously full of crap or simply misinformed. Tarantino does NOT bring films (especially Asian films) over untouched. Tom Yum Goong (TYG) is originally 108 minutes. That's what IMDB says and that's the length of my overseas copy. The US release is 81 minutes. Much of the music was also replaced with rap songs. Untouched? Think again. Tarantino, the Weinsteins, Disney, and miramAXE have a long history of butchering Asian films. Look at the US release of Yuen Wo-Ping's film Iron Monkey. The US release was cut by about 3 or 4 minutes. Some scenes that were cut include kung fu demonstrations by the young Wong Fei-Hong as well as other characters. The "dub"titles create subplots that have nothing to do with the story, nevermind the fact that they aren't even good translations of what the characters are actually saying. The original music was completely replaced with a new, generic score, eliminating the classic and timeless Wong Fei-Hong theme song that plays during some fight scenes. Lastly, being the pompous, know-it-all, "chop socky" film fan that he claims he is, you'd think he could at least pronounce Wong Fei Hong as "Wong Fei-HONG" instead of "Wong Fei-HO"! Again, untouched?? Do your research and think again. If Tarantino cared so much about these films, you'd think he'd want to preserve them "as is". But that is not the case. I am a fan of Asian movies, which is why I don't listen to Tarantino or focus on the films he brings over, because I already have them all in their ORIGINAL forms before he gets his scissor-hands all over them.

Lastly, I'd just like to say that Tarantino looks like Popeye after a good beating.

Wonder why he allowed it on this one? Can we all just loudly proclaim that the Weinsteins suck? If QT truly loves these and wants to have them released as they should be seen with no cuts at all, then he should get with a decent company with at least a little intelligence behind the wheel.

if he likes this movie and puts his name on it. why doesn't he put his name on ong bak: the thai warrior.

These movies wouldn't get a theatrical release in the u.s...especially since they're all already widely available on dvd if tarantino didn't attach his name to them. I don't see what wrong with tarantino lending his name to get them in a few hundred theatres that otherwise would've rejected them. Hes doing the films a favor, not the other way around.