How many of us end up spending the rest of our lives with our school day sweethearts? Do you remember the time when love was so awkward, so childish? We kept on reading and sending the signals wrongly, but yet our puppy love affair appeared to be at the center of our universe, all that we could think about? Watching “Apple of My Eye” put me right where that piece of my memory has faded. It reminded me of what love once was. Not only that. This movie brought me back to the time before mobile phones were widely used, a time whereby a public phone booth was the only place to make a conversation with someone far away. Yes, once upon a time I queued at a phone booth to call that special someone; once upon a time I was by a phone booth waiting for that one phone call. Dating scene was quite different back then.
I cannot recall how many guys in this movie were chasing after the same girl. Looking at the movie poster, there must have been five. The background of the story was set in 1994, with boys chasing after girls in school and beyond. Some of the silly things that boys do are so real that watching them made me cringed (in a good albeit embarrassed way I suppose). It is a comedy, with tons of drama. Some bits are quite exaggerated, probably due to the fact that the story was retold from the memory of a first person perspective (boys are really not that gross, at least most of us are not I hope). These scenes are a good laugh nevertheless.
It is quite rare to see such honesty in a movie. Cynthia and I enjoyed watching it. Once upon a time, love was so innocent, so pure. It is a film about growing up too. If I am to directly translate the movie title, it would called “Those Where The Years When We Chased After The Same Girl”. I suppose “Apple Of My Eye” would be a better choice for the English speaking crowd.
