Alright! The Movie of the day- Crazy Rich Asians! I saw this movie when it was in theaters- I haven't seen it since then... well technically I watched this movie twice before I was able to write this cause... I was playing Animal Crossing for a little bit during the first watch... so I needed to watch it a second time for review... Also I didn't read the book yet- but it's the next one on my list of things to read I think because I really love the movie.
The movie is really well paced first off. It starts out really fast... but in a really good way! You get who the characters are right away... You see Rachel Chu at her job as an Economics Professor- teaching Game Theory by destroying one of her students at Poker. This comes into play at the end of the movie too so it's nice that it sets up the end really quickly in the movie too. Plus right away Rachel and Nick have been dating for a year and they're in love and they're adorable and he asks her to Singapore for his Best Friend's Wedding and to meet his family and everyone. Rachel agrees of corse and then of corse... she finds out he's rich. She doesn't know quite how rich he is until she goes to her friend Piek Lin's house and Piek Lin informs her that he's not just rich- but CRAZY RICH!
So while the beginning is really fast- the rest of the movie just kind of slows down so that you can really enjoy it... There's a lot that happens in the movie so the middle of the movie doesn't need to be as fast paced as the beginning... I really like that about it. It's just such a nice movie to just sit and watch. It's really fun.
And the casting of this movie is like perfect. Like I said- I've never read the book- but Akwafina is great, I love Constance Wu... Henry Golding is HOT plus my favorite guy from Superstore- Nico Santos. What a great movie! They're all so fun in this and it just looks like they had a lot of fun with it. I love that this movie really helped launch all of these actors careers to another level. I feel like there should have been more critical recognition from this movie. It was nominated for 2 golden globes but no Oscars... and no golden globe nominations for Akwafina or Henry Golding- who I thought both deserved something. This was just a really good movie.
One scene that I really liked was at the bachelorette party where Rachel is kind of becoming friends with Amanda- but Amanda is setting her up the whole time because Amanda used to date Nick and wants to try to get back with him. While Amanda kind of first shows her true colors is when Rachel is getting a massage- so it's supposed to be relaxing but it's anything but relaxing for Rachel. She then walks away and almost doesn't see Nick's cousin Astrid arriving to the party. Astrid is someone who makes her presence known. She's very glamorous and elegant and Rachel almost just runs right past her- but Astrid stops her. I feel like this shows that Rachel really doesn't care about Nick's money or who his family is. She's not gold digging- she didn't even know anything about his money or his family before she got to Singapore. Plus it shows that Astrid is really nice and she stops because she sees something's wrong with Rachel. Then they go back to the room- find the fish and writing and they just bury it because Rachel doesn't want to make a scene. It's a nice way to show Astrid and Rachel bonding.
The wedding scene in this movie is also very beautiful and then it's followed by a really sad scene... and then the end is just... perfect. It's one that kind of almost makes me cry it's so sweet.
Also fun fact about this movie: It's the second movie I saw with my boyfriend on our third date I think. I feel like I didn't pay attention to a lot of the movie because I just wanted to hold his hand and kiss him... but we were sitting next to other people and we were both too nervous to hold hands lol. It was really cute!
Bye!
-Shannon
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