It has been months since I have watched a movie in its entirety, at the suggestion of my dear sister I decided to watch the film Crazy Rich Asian. This movie has parallelled my life in a way I didn’t expect.
The movie begins with a Singaporean family walking into a hotel trying to check into their accommodation, however, due to the prejudices of the receptionists, the family is not allowed to check-in. It is only after a phone call from the madam in the family, that it is realised that she is the new owner of the hotel. Why did these white nationals immediately assume that this Singaporean family was not good enough?
The world is greatly flawed and all seem to have the notion that we are better than someone else, that a person should fit in a certain box and only in a certain box. White supremacy, discrimination and racism are a part of the greatest misconstrued ideas that entire our world experiences. A person, if they don’t fit into a box, has to prove themselves that they deserve to be where they are, and if they are on a certain pathway to success, their hurdles to overcome are ten-fold.
Rachel Chu, the main lead is thrown into a scenario where she is amongst the richest of the rich, and her boyfriend has not privy her to real dealings of his family. For me, I wonder if this was a bad decision, and wonder if her boyfriend is stuck in some La-La land, and for some reason, he thinks that his New York girlfriend will just fit in and overcome.
This boyfriend, (I even forgot his name, he is so unmemorable) has not even prepared his girlfriend for the events that she will attend. I know he wants to maintain the sentiment that he loves an ordinary girl but why would he throw her into the oceans of sharks without even a life-vest. Thankfully her friend Peik -Lin fills in the gap and is there to give her the “411” on the events and give her some mental preparation, and appropriate attire.
The boyfriend’s mother disagrees with relationship and makes in known to Rachel that she is not enough for her precious son. Here, I think to myself “ahhh” money makes someone more special than the other, why isn’t Rachel someone’s most precious daughter? The boyfriend to me is a disgrace he plays the role of “ O I want or don’t mind to live the poor life money doesn’t mean anything to me” but yet still I think he conveys an air of little arrogance and subtly thinks everything will go his way.
When his mother embarrasses Rachel, he barely stands up for her and pathetically states that he is in love with who he loves, I find it ridiculous. The real hero in the movie is Rachel who at every point deals with the situations that come to her gracefully, she never shouts or throw tantrum, using her mind strategically wins her boyfriend back, by commanding respect from the boyfriend’s mother in a game of mahjong.
Overall I find the boyfriend so lacking, I really disagree with the main character Rachel Chu accepting his proposal (but I know there has to be a happy ending). If his mother hadn’t agreed then he wouldn’t have fully pursued his girlfriend. I think the movie is a good “ feel-good” movie with fantastic visuals and a grand display of opulence, but overall I really think they had too many characters that weren’t developed, there isn’t a real deep conversation between the mom and the son. In fact, I think that is where the problem in the movie lies I think we got to know Rachel but didn’t get to know the character of the boyfriend. Would I recommend this movie? hmm, for a lazy evening, however, I think the plot has great potential to develop into a tv series.
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