Ashton Kutcher
Ashton Kutcher in A Lot Like Love made me all cheesy and in love with him (and his character) in the movie. Makes you wonder if ever you’d find that great love in your life.
Would I ever find someone like him? I’m taking away the good looks and the slamming body - physique is just a bonus. I’m talking about the guy heroes in the chick flicks. Would I have my own Oliver who would just appear at my doorstep out of the blue and one day sing me Bon Jovi just because? Oliver didn’t even know how to play the guitar in the first place! That’s the kind of love I’ve always wished for - the kind of love that would make me go - "Aaaawww!"
Oliver would go everyday at the street laundry shop and wait in front of Emily’s studio - hoping that one day he’d catch her there. It was almost the same thing as Richard Gomez waiting at a vandalized bench in Luneta hoping one day Regine Velasquez would show up and sit there. I used to do that for a guy - until I realized he would never show up in the first place.
Why do romance movie heroes do these overwhelming acts all for the women they love and would I ever find one who would do the same thing for me? Ryan Philippe was waiting for Reese Witherspoon at the top of the escalator just to catch her soonest. The OST playing at the background helped in the thud-thud-thud-of-a-heartbeat though. Freddie Prinze had his whole football team clean Rachel Leigh Cook’s place just so she could spend a day with him. Topher Grace memorized all the six smiles of Kate Bosworth. Would any guy even know how many kinds of smile I have? Would he even notice me when I smile?
I’m not really looking for a Ryan Philippe or a Freddie Prinze or a Topher Grace or an Ashton Kutcher. I just want a guy who could make me laugh and sweep me off my feet. No theatrics, just sincere efforts to win my heart. Someone who would wait, someone who would run after me, someone who would make my heart beat the way I’d make his. I’m not even asking for rain to pour down on our faces just to make the whole scene movie-like and memorable. We’re all waiting for that one person who would do something out of the ordinary for us - because love is everything but ordinary, and because we are nothing ordinary. I guess that’s one thing we’re all waiting for - for each of us to have our own fairy tales.
The more I watch romance movies the more I believe in fairy tales. People say these things only happen in the movies. But the mere fact that someone thought of it and another person believed it, it means another person will also make it happen. As for me, I’m just waiting for that person who can enumerate all my smiles. It’s funny though when all of them would be because of him.
