Hitch
Have you ever asked yourself the question, "how will I know if what I'm feeling is true love?" or "Does true love even exist?" I have. And today, I watched a movie that embodied the idea so well, I just couldn't help but cry.
Okay, so I cried while watching a romantic comedy flick. Sue me. :p But "Hitch" (starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes) was priceless. It wasn't only hands-down funny, it was also waaaay into the bull's eye mark of how I define "true love".
"Hitch" is about Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Smith), a "date doctor". His clients are hopelessly-sprung-on-her cases who do not know how to get the women to so much as even glance in their direction, much less go out with them for a date. Hitch walks them through, guiding them, coaching them, until the 3rd kiss date, which, he says, is as far as he goes--after that, the men are on their own. (spoilers next, so if you haven't watched Hitch, don't go on. :p)
As the story progresses from one client to another, Hitch also finds his own love interest in cynical gossip columnist Sarah (Mendes). Of course his normal list of "do's" don't work with her at all, jaded as she already is, so he tries many different approaches to winning her heart. Eventually he does, but then she learns of his "profession" and, well, things don't go as pretty as they should have. They get back together, of course, but not before a fantastic monologue from Hitch, explaining his profession, and how he helps people like Albert, good people with sincere hearts who otherwise would go unnoticed, have "a fighting chance" to be with the woman of their dreams.
It was interesting to note that most, if not all, of Hitch's plans to woo Sarah botched at some point and turned out to be a disaster. Watching their relationship progress, Hitch often ended up accidentally dropping his cool guy act and succumbing to allergies, big mistakes and pathetic instances that could only elicit embarassment--on normal occasions. Surprisingly-but-not-so, these mishaps bring him closer and closer to Sarah, an eventually she does fall for him, despite herself.
Another focus of the story is Albert (Kevin James), one of Hitch's clients. He's a CPA and madly in love with the rich Allegra Cole (Amber Valetta). He seeks Hitch's help and they embark on what could only be called mission impossible--or so it seemed at first.
In Albert's case, he seems to be doing everything Hitch advises, messing up once in a while in typical Albert style, but winning Allegra nonetheless. You'd think, hey, Hitch really did his homework, but then, again, things aren't as they seem. In a confrontation with Hitch, Allegra angrily enumerates what she thinks Hitch taught Albert to do to get her to fall for him. She mentions how Hitch targeted each of her insecurities and molded Albert into a person who could address each of those flaws. Surprisingly-but-not-so, these instances were the unguarded moments of Albert, whenever he messed up for real, and Hitch had nothing to do with any of it.
Lesson learned? You'll know it's true love when you've gone past the superficial, trying-to-impress stage, when you've seen your partner's flaws (the worse, the better I guess :p), and continue to love him anyway, and, when you want your partner's happiness almost more than your own. There's so much more to love than just looking at the outside. This movie affirms that it's what's inside that counts, and I just couldn't help but cry at that thought. T_T (Sorry Mayang! LOL)
As I watched the movie I just kept thinking about everything that Carlo and I have been through together. We met each other at the highest points of our lives, when everything was okay and having a relationship was easy. Believe, me, he was a "Hitch" in person! He courted me with a persistence only seen in movies, and carefully orchestrated his style to flatter me to the 100th degree. (I still remember the dozens of coke he brought to my house on Christmas eve when he noticed that I loved the drink :p) I knew he was planning every step of the way, and I was flattered that a guy would go through so much, plan so hard, just to make me feel special.
But as time went on, things got worse for both of us. He faced many issues with himself and the people in his life. I faced a Carlo who suddenly had a very short temper, habits I just couldn't get used to, and some other stuff that I prefer not to write down here. For my part, I got sick, on top of many many embarassing experiences that one can only read about in the jokes section of FHM. He's seen a side of me that not even my family or closest friends could imagine seeing. He's gone through stuff like a Mich with temper tantrums, occasional depression, and lots and lots of iyakin moments. :p Not to mention that I'm definitely not as pretty or athletic, or confident as I was when we first met. But he's still with me. He still loves me--more now, in fact, than when we first entered this relationship. And I feel very much the same way about him. It's no secret now that we do plan to get married some day, right?
Like the movie, the bad experiences and unguarded moments deepened my love for him, and it was in these moments that I felt the sincerity of his love for me. It was these moments, on top of the happy ones, of course, that told me that I made the right choice staying with him all these years. It was these moments that told me that I have finally, finally found true love. Looking in his eyes, I know he feels exactly the same way that I do. And that's what keeps us together until now. T_T <-happy tears :p There's more to people than meets the eye, and if you find that part, whether accidentally or on purpose, if you love and accept it no matter what, then you've found true love. True love does exist.
Alex "Hitch" Hitchens: "Because that's what people do. They leap, and hope to God they can fly, because otherwise, you just drop like a rock, wondering the whole way down, why in the HELL did I jump? But here I am, Sarah, falling, and the only one that makes me feel like I can fly... is you."
Swoon... ^_^
posted by Mich @ 3:24 PM
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