Review of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) by Dufreshest — 28 Aug 2018

Initially, I’m thinking Crazy Rich Asians is about to be a surprise musical. So, at any point in the film, I’m ready for a burst into song — which doesn’t happen, and I feel like that’s a bit of a spoiler for anyone that might be wanting that sense of anxiety all throughout the film. Crazy Rich Asians is a very upbeat film with sinister moments which greatly assist one of the major themes in the film concerning appearances in the big picture from the minutiae.

Throughout the entirety of the film, I find myself focusing heavily on all of the food. I’m listening to the conversation at the table concerning Rachel Chu’s life up until that point, and I’m staring at the Lobster that no one is touching at the top of a towering plate of food. Obviously, food is a very important aspect of many, if not all, cultures. Crazy Rich Asians does implement food as a part of familial tradition and decorates the film with so much tasty looking food. If you’re really into different types of food, watching Crazy Rich Asians may assist your drive to seek more foods or feel like pleasurable-slow-torture (kind of like being in the shower and finding the right temperature for an itch though potentially making oneself susceptible to a burn from the hot water running once one finds full satisfaction from the itch being water-scratched — just me?).

Crazy Rich Asians really focuses on families, relationships, reputations, social status, and wealth. Wealth is a huge part of the conversation from the very beginning of the film. It’s in the title of the film. There’s no way to ignore that the film will be dealing with vast amounts of wealth all throughout. There’s even a point in the film when a few of the acting partners downplay actual love because of the reasons behind their relationships — long-term wealth. I think it’s awesome to be a great person and be wealthy. Rich doesn’t mean snob. On another note, relationships costs. Relationships have a greater chance of working when all parties of the relationship may afford time to ensure a functional relationship.

Yet — what is greater than wealth, at least seemingly so in the film, is one’s reputation and social status. There’s a very difficult acceptance process of anyone entering Nick’s family especially anyone without reputable status or substantial wealth from a business model which will allow for the family’s status and wealth to increase. Crazy Rich Asians doesn’t ever dismiss wealth as much as a message in the film seems to be saying: love persists over all… every so often (concerning wealthy familial dynamics).

There are so many different types of relationships set in the film that are sensible business wise but makes one wonder if any of the partners in the relationship ever just agree like the couple in Lady Chatterley’s Lover on allowing an alternate lover in their relationship. There’s a lot more to relationships than money — but, don’t sleep on cash though, it’s necessary. The film does use the core relationship driving the story to touch base on elements which make a good relationship beyond cash though such as early-good-honest-open communication, mutual respect, food, and fun.

Familial relationships are key to the film. Assumptious and controlling are not admirable characteristics to me at all. I didn’t like any bit of the conversation between the women talking about people changing going off to another country. Am I the only one noticing the broken psychology of these women thinking their sons will never like another woman besides them? There’s a very fine line in being a parent and being a selfish person. One’s life experiences and upbringing may really determine whether one is mentally fraught. Nurturing is not always in plain sight. As is clear in the film, as well as a big point of modern conversations concerning social media, the presentation is not always the reality of all happening when the cameras are off and not capturing.

Crazy Rich Asians is a decent film which really makes me think of life with a lot of money. Honestly, I’d eat a lot of Lobster. Also, I’d always have a dessert with dinner except on the weekends. I’d probably be married: to be honest, I’m probably not going to propose until after about thirty years of a strong friendship, maybe kids — I mean, what’s the rush? If a couple is in a relationship, they’re in it, right? Speaking of marriage, the final wedding in Crazy Rich Asians is really quaint. Shall I continue discussing facilities and properties? If you’re a great person with awesome unchanging intentions (only susceptible to changing to improve those awesome intentions — in the best ways possible), money is probably all the rest you need to assist in fulfilling the rest of your life.