Hooked on you

Hooked on You

I was browsing Crunchyroll and stumbled upon this movie while I was looking for something else. The picture of Miriam Yeung caught my eye, especially since A and I were talking about the movie (starring Miriam) that A has always loved a couple of days ago. That in mind, I decided to give it a shot and watched it in full today.

Fortune Market rooftop- their hangout spot


Initially, I thought that this was a romance cum market place vs supermarket comedy coz the beginning of movie centered around Fortune Market and somewhere in the middle, they introduced a newly opened supermarket which posed as a threat to Fortune. Then I realised that this movie was more than your regular comedy, and this was one movie that I felt I could relate to personally.

Miriam's character was someone that was never contented with her current life, but she stuck it out because she had no choice. Even then, she always set goals for herself and would never compromise with what she envisioned herself to be. However, at the end of the day she realises that by being so anal that way, she lost out on so many opportunities that could have completed her. And for what? Her pride. And her never ending search for a Gucci that looked like a Prada.

Years later, she realises that what she truly wants was what she has been rejecting all along, but too bad.. it's too late. She ends up not wallowing in self pity but discovering that everything is a part of a process and that her life, although far from her standards of what constitutes perfection, is not a failure.

My thoughts after watching this movie was that this is the very thing that my friends and I have been lamenting about for years. We too have been searching for our Guccis that looked like Pradas, knowing full well that it doesn't exist. But we still set such targets and insist on finding them out, convinced that they're there somewhere waiting to be found. But unlike Miu, we still haven't found what we truly want. At this point, we are still flailing around hunting for our greener pastures. And maybe someday, we will find it. Fingers crossed. But even if we don't, we too will discover that everything is a part of a process and our lives are not failures. We always have to move forward and never dwell on the past because there'll always be something better lying ahead of us even if it's not something we planned for ourselves.

The ending of the movie was definitely not something I expected and I'm glad that it wasn't. Funny, emotional and most importantly, meaningful, "Hooked on You" has won a special place in my list of movies, and is absolutely one movie that I would recommend to everyone.