WWW [switched.com]- It wasn’t all that long ago that director Ang Lee was opening eyes and pushing boundaries with ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ a film about sweaty cowboy man love. Now he’s back with another controversial film, but this one’s stirring up a different sort of controversy, this time in China. The hullabaloo features an interesting mix of warnings from a variety of sources, including both physicians and computer scientists who are all urging caution in viewing the film.

The first warning appears to be intended to stop Chinese computer users from downloading illegal copies of the film. A Chinese anti-virus company is saying that those copies of the film that can be found online come with a virus. The firm isn’t detailing just what virus it is, but says the virus contains code to snag user passwords.

The second warning comes from Chinese physicians who warn that the … erm … extreme sexual positions demonstrated in the uncensored version of the film (which is seven minutes longer than the heavily censored version shown in China) rely on “abnormal body positions.” They advise that only women with “comparatively flexible bodies that have gymnastics or yoga experience” dare try them, or risk “unnecessary physical harm.”

We’re not sure how much of these examples are sound warnings from concerned experts, and how much is a sort of combo smear-campaign against both illegal downloading and illicit films. We here in America think that if you’re planning on seeing this film — and we don’t recommend it since it’s likely to be an illegal copy — you should fire up your virus scanner and either do a few stretches, or call up that gymnast you dated in college.