GOD I WANT IT TOO

@@withcindy It's what we as a society deserve 😔 Another great video, Cindy!

Basically. The only movie I can think of that maybe hits that criteria is Hairspray........that's it.

this comment makes me feel seen

We need more movies like that. We need that average looking girl and himbo representation😫

they shouldve

"I am an act-tour. As an act-tour, I can play any Asian, man, woman, trees." Scarlett during the casting for this movie, probably.

@@withcindy I heard Emma Stone was up for it but dropped out due to pregnancy

Originally it was going to be Charles Melton but there was a scheduling conflict

@@gabrielavo512 comment of the year

There's a movie like that called "we broke up"

My actual narrative during the movie: “oh maybe they’ll get closer, but realize that maybe they’re just really good friends, but they still taught each other important things about being the best, most authentic versions of themselves? No? They just end up together? Okay…”

Roman holiday

I recommend the Korean movie sweet and sour on Netflix. Although thats a bit of a spoiler

The break up is a great movie that does this with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Anniston

yessss

Also an aro ace here and I agree. I still deal with people constantly around me playing up the 'you're incomplete without a romantic partner' and I'll basically never outrun it.

100 percent agree

When I watched the movie, I kind of hoped that the ending would be her learning to be happy alone and realizing she's complete already alone, and then her and the guy stay friends.

Absolutely.

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There is actually a book with this plot called Girl Crush

@@withcindy I HAD TO REALLY PAUSE AND PUT MY HAND OVER MY MOUTH TO STOP MYSELF FROM LAUGHING SO HARD BCS MY PARENTS WERE OUTSIDE KJFEEJWKFKNN CINDYYYYYYY

@@muskaan3711 the author????

@@withcindy yo you got those Netflix connects, please pitch the damn movie. MAKE EVERYTHING GAY

i really could have played him

@@withcindy a sapphic version of this movie is all we need

@@withcindy pls do. SOMEONE GET NETFLIX.

That's awesome. There needs to be more of this known, and so that other filmmakers can learn from this too. EDIT: No one's perfect, but there are methods worth trying, in order to represent.

love this.

Yeah, I thought that was a cool part of the show Never Have I Ever. It didn't feel like tokenism or anything, the actor just happened to be 1/4th Asian

Question, me as a half indian with zero relationship with my indian heritage, can't speak the language, ect. Would I then not be able to say I'm Indo-canadian?

@@jotaux3652 it’s up to you

Oooo K that's an Interesting point actually. That probably was the reason honestly

@@theprettygoodgatsby Tag was actually supposed to be played by another asian actor that isn't mixed (well maybe he is but he looks asian whereas the actor they ended up with is totally white passing). They had to change actors because the initial choice had scheduling conflicts.

@@allister.trudel well it's not like hollywood has only two asian dudes

@@Kuralai95😂😂😂

I think it adds to it when she also talks about previously having dated an Asian man.

Period, why is toxic, abusive, controlling behaviour suddenly the pinnacle of romance in every Wattpad teen movie now?

edward is definitely creepy

@@trinaq *cough cough* After

@@awkwardotter13 **cough cough** every kissing booth movie

@@trinaq ...Now???

i havent watched his show so this is my first time seeing him!

@Trina Q I think it's actually really funny that Paxton looks like he's in his 20s because he's supposed to be ridiculously attractive lol. All the other teens look like teens, and they're played by teen actors, or actors in their early 20s. That's how it should be!

@@Nyledam89 I didn’t watch the second season but I watched the first 😂

@@withcindy Please react to Never Have I Ever! I'm waiting for that one.

True

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this

That's when I gave up🤣😏

So glad I never read those books, because the scantily clad bodies on the covers were like sunlight to my hermit asexual eyes.

OMG YESSS CINDY GOT ME DEAD AAHHH

WHAT LMAOOOO

I’m glad I’m not the only haha

I thought he made a candle that smells like her

That’s what I was thinking 💀

LMAO SAAMEE! He was like '"Grandpa" and I was like "ooh this turned morbid real fast" 💀💀

yep....

Especially when the only correct answer to this question is Muppets: A Christmas Carols

@@Natalie-mr7ec Elf, A Christmas Story, and Ernest Savea Christmas: are we jokes to you?

Fr like why sis 😂💔

Because it's Shrek duh 🙄

yaaaaa catfishing is def scummy tbh

I dunno if you ask me she wasn't that nice or appealing and I low key wanted him to find someone else

@@annaswanson5903 theyre both trash.

She’s a superficial dope and he’s a gaslighting liar.

@@annaswanson5903 yeah but at least she was honest

he was such a doucheeeeeee

I mean, Asian families be like that though.

i feel like that would be a normal sentiment for my family and a few others but DEFINITELY a bit too far for a christmas romance

I mean...my mom 😂

Wow I've heard worse from my family so 🤷🏽‍♀️

yessss

With the thrilling sequel: “Actually, die”

@@lexfluor i'm crying

@@lexfluor amazing

@@lexfluor netflix needs to hire you now.

honestly i need the movie to be messy and terrible so it does the work for me in these reaction videos

@@withcindy That comment about awkward then hot people vs always hot people rang true 😭 at least in terms of nice vs conceited people I’ve known. However hot guys are so rare they can get conceited pretty fast.

that would be a GREAT story

Hindi movie jane tu ya jane na

I would love hearing the guy tell it

I gotchu boo

Honestly same

@@withcindy Thanks for your service

SAME SAME SAME

I finally watched this and did enjoy it in the end but I definitely muted the cringe parts (moments when I'm grateful for subtitles). I learned it's the only way I can get through awkward scenes in whatever I want to finish watching lol.

hehehe

yupp.....

@@withcindy also the bed being off the ground comment

Reminds me of the lyric, "Don't fall in love with the moment and think you're in love with the girl."

Asexual

This literally being the plot of Netflix’s “You”

Tem????? Qual é o nome???

oOOoOOoo

por favor volte aqui e me diga o nome do livro hahaha

GIRL YOU CAN'T SAY THAT AND NOT DROP THE TITLE. GIVE US GAYS A BREAK. OMG 😂

"conectadas" da clara alves?

That's a whole netflix plot 😀

wow that's a whole movie

What Dude

I don’t like this movie because it glorifies catfishing! Since when is it okay to lie to someone about how you look? Shallow or not using fake pictures is wrong. Then they actually get together? That is insane.

@@thang92 watch the movie dude it didn't glorified it.

agreed!

Your dad is cool. Watching trash TV is an underrated dad activity. My dad would make my baby sister watch Bunheads with him. My sister had to pretend to like it because he was SO into it. Cool dads are cool.

Reminds me of my dad who likes watching Hallmark Christmas Rom Coms

its great to see him in a rom com lead role!

Honestly, I hated this movie, but he was the only good aspect of the whole thing.

*Jimmy O. Yang

I'm literally gushing the whole time watching this because of him.

@@cheesecakelasagna I was also gushing…. 😻

i am ur mom

@@withcindy The dream 😙

@@withcindy 😦 i...I haven't done the dishes...I'm sorry mom...😔

How did ypu know this

why would they want Victoria Justice?

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FELLOW ACE SPOTTED. I FEEEL THAT

Shit, I commented the same thing. XD

*Me: screams in aromantic*

Goood! Being ace is soo confusing

good point!

Bruh if romance that starts with catfishing is "realistic" then get me out of this reality 🤮

@@ccasserole5267 Both main characters catfish other people. The guy by using a different profile(as a test, he said), the woman by using a different personality(cause she was desperate). They honestly deserve each other(they aren't bad people, just insecure), and the Christmas duet song was cute 🥰

@@tamagothchic It's a comedy movie, not a psycho-analytical look into the desperation of a woman searching for love. The movie also literally mentioned the long distance thing, with her girlfriend forcing her to change the app into long distance range cause she wasn't a fan of it and wanted someone close by, but then ended up liking this guy on the phone and flying there. And if she's asking for a "perfect guy and true love" then wanting something long term who you're both physically and mentally attracted to is a given, that is very heavily implied with the true love and perfect guy part, so would marriage if she's interested in it as again she wanted her true love. I don't get why the movie needs to clarify all of those things when most of them are clearly implied in the story or wording, or just aren't important. Like why does a comedy romance need to tell the audience whether or not she wants true love "Or she just hated being alone"? That also isn't even something most people can answer, as its VERY hard to figure out the difference, and often just go hand in hand. You can be super lonely AND want true love at once, especially in this day and age where most people feel lonely. Either way, most of your questions were answered or implied in the story already, and most aren't important for a comedy either way. This isn't a big romance movie or a tv show with seasons where they can make sure all the drama and mental agony is in there, it's just a fun watch when you're bored and under the blanket and wanna laugh a bit with a cute ending :) Not everything needs to be overly analytical.

@@yulana990 I keep saying the same thing. Why does every movie have to be deep and meaningful. Some movies are just a fun watch and a thing to relax with. I also really don’t like how people are making fun of women who are eager to find a romantic partner. Maybe she just wants a romantic partner to spend her time with(which has different elements to it than friendship.) Maybe she really wants to give birth to her own kids and as you get older it gets harder so she has limited time to find her partner to do that with. Maybe she just really wants to be a wife (which is a perfectly acceptable aspiration though people keep telling women otherwise and making fun of them). People keeping making fun of women who don’t want to be alone by saying they don’t know how to be. Newflash: Most people don’t WANT to be alone. It’s not that they don’t know how to be, they just don’t want it. Wanting desperately to be a wife and mother should not make you a target for ridicule. I’ve noticed that even progressives tend to treat women the same way they say conservatives do. They see being a wife and mother as unimportant in the grand scheme of things. But if you’re all about choice than people should be allowed to choose that path without being mocked.

You are Mexican in the eyes. Eyes are the windows to the soul. Your soul is Mexican.

but you kinda look hispanic actually xdd

I get that. Like, I’m half brazilian and I’m very proud of my Brazilian heritage, but I’m also very white and I haven’t faced the discrimination my mother or cousins have endured.

As a half Indian person who is white as paper, I second this

go ahead!!

the photo literally screamed girlboss

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The imagery you put in my head💀

totally!!

Exactly. The guy I am dating, I met on an app and asked for his ID plus used my Google skills to find any info I could on him. Honestly, he did the same. Who doesn't?

moms do not exist in netflix shows/movies

Yikes omg

the kissing booth cough cough

The high school version... Sierra burgess is a loser

I mean, is not like every Netflix movie is made by the same people

they def did it better!!

@@Sam-0827 it’s a pretty well known myth like anyone can use it, it is funny both movies open with it though lol

I was thinking that too, the half of it did that do well qwq

and they said that soulmates can not only be romantic too if I remember right :" god I love that movie

@@kindateia yes! a twist! twas delicious. platonic soulmates 👌

ah i miss harry shum jr as magnus, he was fab

YESSSSS, lmaooooo. Harry was amazing in this role! 😂 (And as Magnus, OFC. 😻 I miss Shadowhunters so much.. 🥺)

@@DoubleBlack2.0 sameee

This.

this is why i’m a little confused by all the people saying there’s no way they should be in a relationship at the end, starting off as friends and gradually developing attraction over time is very normal

Yeah, meet-cute just ain't for me. I'm terrified by the fragility of it.

@@hibashams is not because they start as friends, is because they start as catfish and victim of catfish

Ye especially since that’s been the message of the movie all along. So many people look for the perfect person, that they just settle for a person perfect on paper. But people that fall head over heels in the beginning often fall based on looks when it really shouldn’t be the main factor. Only some are lucky that it’s compatible enough on a long term. She basically threw all of her morals overboard for that Tag guy to like her when the only thing she knew was that he was hot. But love should be a lot deeper than that. Falling in love should be a process and the chemistry and attraction starts to increase with that. Explosive stuff has never been healthy.

LOL right??

Everyone has their kink. Bilingual people are a pass. Like lazy much.

Also he never ends up speaking more than one language in the movie so it adds nothing to the plot

Deadass 💀 This stuff has scarred me since childhood

ponytail and glasses = girlboss

@@withcindy what about gaslighting and gate keeping?

I actually look better with glasses. My face is so flat that they give it some dimension. XD

I wonder who even started that trope 😂

i wouldnt date him in any version tbh LOL but then again i havent been attracted to a man in a while

I feel like a relationship with him in Silicon Valley would be insanity, I would also jump to the opportunity

@@fatimasantos5612 Literally same.

But he was sweet, was helping and understood her fears, he knew her well, was down to do things for her like stealing newspapers early in the morning and I think those are high standards to look for. Empathy and being sweet and caring are super important. Not just looks and financial stability.

the message here is not "lower your standards", it's "question your standards and know what really matters to you". At the beginning she ran away at the smallest sign of imperfection, like her boss said, she had an ideal of what she wanted but never really gave herself the oportunity to actually get to know someone. She didn't settle for him, she authentically fell for him. She finally found out what was important to her.

@@mel818 I agree 🤗

@@mel818 wow, period luv

you seem like the type of women to argue about a fucking rom com🤦🏻‍♂️

i wish there were more moments that could have deepened their relationship more!

yea i feel the exact same way! there needs to be either more falling for each other moments OR have them end up just as good friends

I understand what you mean, but I did like that they held back a bit. Instead of showing that she fell head over heels in love with him, I thought the message was that they could start from an honest beginning. I think that's really sweet.

I felt the exact same way! Wanted them together (because I’m such a sucker for friends-to-lovers) but they didn’t have any romantic chemistry. Had they picked a different actress or made Natalie’s character less one-dimensional, I would’ve rooted for them even more than I did.

hehe

Same tho

Same, I imagined both guys rekindling there relationships and get together.

Ikr??? Like literally the whole time I was like, "what if it were a girl and they were gay" and even Cindy mentioned it later on

it rly is

This movie straight up made me cry the fuck

Catfishing aside, I love that it wasn't a meet-cute type situation. Also, Jimmy O. Yang might be my new crush now. Brb.

@@cheesecakelasagna Jimmy o yang is the ideal man, funny and respectful :”D

We need a sequel to see the two leads in a more romantic light than the subtle romance they built up in Love Hard.

I loved it too. I'm crushing on Jimmy Yang!

hehehe

yeahhh hollywood tends to cast mixed Asians or white-passing Asians whenever they want a hot lead

Bruh, I felt this as black person 😭

@@kenyamckoy8114 Dat colourism.

@@DrKeroro wym? I just said I could relate bc movies and tv shows seems to think biracial black ppl are black rep. Not what the reason was. Also, it could still be colorism, esp for South Asians.

@@kenyamckoy8114 Sorry, I'm agreeing with you that black folks also suffer similarly, I just mean kinda like "colourism is wild".

The reddit niceguys are going to love it.

He didn’t force his way out. He never even fought for her. She just chose him Bc of thier chemistry plus ya know movie logic..

u know shes screaming and crying at the news

@@withcindy "She's not that girrrllllll"

oooo maybe if i get a good idea for one

@@withcindy I am still waiting for your amazing novel ! Love you Cindy

You like him even though you say he is arrogant?

@@harshithasaisarabada9325 being a little arrogant is hot, as long as he can back it up

@@KassandraQuiseng lol maybe

im being facetious

@@withcindy i know ❤ i meant mostly the movie being so weird about him, although he seemed very awkward.

Yeah, also he has a lot of charm and he is super funny.

~lol~ Yes, this! 😂 Thank you! This is the exact type of allergic reaction I have to certain foods & even if your throat doesn't close best believe you feel that face swell up 🥵

i love that idea

me too

the REAL message of this movie

hope u enjoyyy

@@withcindy thank you 🤧

thank u for that

After Hannibal, all mlm homoerotism disappoints me.

good idea!

thats awesome!

I don't know even Jimmy before this and I'm already gushing every scene he's in. Such a cutie.

Oh me too. Other guy is cute and all but Jimmy was the movie for me

he is the best

I watched Monsoon recently and his smile saved my life. I'm not even kidding.

He is so breathtaking in Crazy Rich Asians

thats who they shouldve cast for the "hot" guy, not a 1/4 asian guy lol that way it wouldnt have weird implications that hes only considered hot bc he's white passing

Always

totally agree with all your points!!

No it really irritated me that it was Natalie who ended up doing the big confession scene and that it was her who caught the slack while Josh was the "victim" at the end because this all started because he was the one who catfished her?? And if I remember correctly it was his idea to even do the Tag scheme in the first place.

he played a teenager in another netflix show so he is also confused about his age

He has a young face

"the half of it" already did that!!

Only justification I feel like is that it had only been two weeks? Even so little wild she still jumps on a plane without it lol

yea that aint realistic at all, and how she didnt bother to check him on social media lol

@@withcindy I mean I'm glad you enjoyed the movie but like damn the whole first act be really the set up of a lazily written horror movie 🤣

i liked him here too!

the half of it did it better

Yes I was so annoyed. 💀

muwahahahaha

yesss bad decisions only

@@withcindy the tagline is bad bitches. bad decisions.

We should mention the hot guy is the hot guy in the movie! And he plays a character of Japanese descent!

@@the_locks I was trying to be low key… HAHA

the rest of the glee cast is cackling rn

tru i wish i watched this drunk

Why not watch Die Hard on Christmas instead 😂

That movie is so good. I really liked when she reached that realization.

glad u enjoyed!

I loved her in TVD, she suits dramatic roles better

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