I am hoping that this movie is better than the Cookout and Bringing the House Down. I didn't even bother to see Taxi after The Cookout, I mean it was SO CONTRIBED it was embarrassing. She is going to mess up her acting career, just like she did her music career if she does not step up her game.:eek:

That's the only answer I can figure out. For some reason, I'm thinking of Eve's TV show (because they had the white Southern belle character).

Did anyone catch it yesterday? I'll probably see it this weekend w/ my mother. She loves Latifah! :o

The radio ads sound funny, and I may go check it out. I guess it's been released already?

Came out yesterday (3/30)

Good lookin' out G. I'll hit the refreshment counter and then take some Pepsi to the head in your honor. :cool:

Thank ya kindly. :)

I saw it on Tuesday at a premier, and it was ok. It's worth at least a matinee if you have to pay for it. I did like that there are a lot of black names behind the scenes with this movie.

For anyone that did see the movie thus far....did anyone else peep how bad Golden Brooks skin looked on her face? Her facial skin was definitely going through somethng, and they couldn't cover it up.

I'm looking forward to seeing it...should be fun.

SC

I saw it last night and I agree. If you go to see this movie, have LOW expectations and make sure it's a matinee (it's definitely not worth $8-9) then I think you will get your money's worth. :)

KimL---was it just me or was Djimon Honsou's character (Latifah's love interest) almost painfully stiff? Did the brother lose a bet and have to be in this movie? :confused:

There were a lot of Black actors in this movie. I think the only Black person that wasn't in it was me. *LOL*

Golden's skin was HORRIBLE! I was like :o She need proactive or something- I mean it worked for Jessica Simpson. My fiance even commented on Golden's skin. Clearly, simply caking the makeup on was not working.

I liked the movie. It wasn't very deep or anything, but I enjoyed it, as did my fiance, and we thought it was worth the good laughs. I liked it better than Guess Who which I also saw this weekend. I gotta help out my peeps on their opening weekends.;)

Ok, I'm glad you brought this up, because even though he looked very good in the movie...there was something that I just couldn't put my finger on while watching him....and I think you hit it...I wonder if he really wanted to be in it.

The movie wasn't "deep", but that's how it usually is when you decide to venture off. Folks tend to "hate" and do whatever they can to set you back. I wanted to see what Jorge ended up looking like after his "makeover". LOL

I'm sorry Keish was "cute" as a child on the Cosby show, but IMO, she can't act. :o She WORKED my nerves. I think it's her voice.

Alfre Woodard...LAWD! :o
Alicia Silverstone's "dance routine" LAWD!


I think the child playing Latifah's daughter was "stiff" too. (shrugging shoulders)

LMAO@ Sheryl Underwood and her kitchen on wheels. LAWD! LOL

I saw the movie yesterday and thought it was funny, if predictable. (Adele Givens/Cheryl Underwood) gave the film its best comedic moments.

Queen's love interest? Dude's voice was monotone in every scene. His acting could have used more range. But the by-play between he and Queen's daughter was nice to see develop.

I see Alfre Woodard is now going for the Aretha Franklin "lifetime achievement award." Whatever scene she was in, "da girls" was front and center. :rolleyes:

I agree with 2D--->Keisha needs some time off-Broadway.

The club scene was "wild." :D

How can we forget Della Reese? LMAO @ her!

What you tryin' to say about Alfre?
" Does her haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause she laughs like she's got gold mines
Diggin' in her own back yard
And still she rise". :p *LOL*

Lawd, if she woulda recited one mo' Maya Angelou poem...

I wasn't disappointed at all by this movie - but then again i wasn't expecting too much. Between the poems and that little boy chasing down girls with the camcorder, it was a pretty solid "o.k." movie.

*stupid question: am i the only one who doesn't know what monkey bread (eek!) is?

:D LOL I was rolling in the theater when she said that.....me and my friends have been gigglin at that since we left the movie......

I saw it on Friday.....I have to say that I was surprised, I think that I went in there with lowered expectations...I thought that the lil boy that was chasing girls with his camcorder was one of the funniest people in the whole movie. Queen's love interest couldn't act, the first time he came in the shop I was like.....what is he doing:confused:
I wonder if the girl that played her daughter could really play the piano or did she have to learn for this movie.

OH MY LAWD.......Why did Alicia Silverstone drop it like it was hot:eek: :eek:
I was in the theater like OH NO, NOT CLUELESS!!!!!!!...that darn Monkey Bread...EEK!!!;)

Don't. sleep. on . monkey. bread. :p

My late aunt used to make it. You make it like homemade bread, BUT you place the dough in a bundt cake pan. After it has baked, you turn the pan upside down, like you would a pound cake. When you want your piece, you pull the "piece" you want.

I don't know why it's called monkey bread, but it's good! :D

Is monkey bread more like bread or more like cake? Is it a southern staple? Every time she mentioned monkey bread (eek), I was sitting there like :confused:

It's bread. When placed on a dinner table during a feast, it looks like a pound cake. The exterior is "hard", but the interior is just like a homemade roll/bread (it tastes like the rolls from ryan's, golden corral, o'charley's). I don't know where it came from. My aunt got the recipe from a colleague and made it one holiday. It became a "hit" and was part of the menu for years until she passed away.

Why is it called monkey bread? I do not know.

Why is it everytime she mentioned Monkey bread I made the sound that she made....that was funny.

In defense of Queen's love interest (actor Djimon Hounsou), I don't think his story line was written well. Djimon can and has done better in the past with other roles.

Overall, I was dissappointed with the movie and I felt the writers, director, producers, etc tried to distract the audience from noticing the poor storyline by placing a lot of pretty people (Djimon, the male hairdresser, Keisha's friend that the hairdresser knocked out) in the movie.

I personally found the movie humorous. I loved Catfish Rita (Sheryl Underwood). I wasn't going to expect something along the likes of A Beautiful Mind. I wanted something comedic and that's what it gave. JMO though.

The Showtime Series will premiere in August.

COOL!!! I will absolutely tune in. Well I need to reorder Showtime. :D

Show premieres Sunday, August 14, 2005


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I just saw an ad for this in Essence. Interesting...

Tonight

I didn't like it :( then again I wasn't a fan of the Soulfood series either. What is it with Showtime trying to turn every other good black movie into a series? Leave the movies be!

I didn't order Showtime. I guess I had a change of heart. I will just stick with the movies.

Behind HBO, Showtime is the WORST movie channel. I am getting rid of both after this month :mad:

Last nights episode was a hott mess!

The "Terry" character is so over the top. The Michael Ealy's character calls EVERYONE B*%^&! :rolleyes: Calvin's wife has more of a role. She's received her certificate in Hot/Rest Mgmt, but she swears she's Dr. Phil. :o She's kind of an airhead. :confused:

I'll try one more episode. If I don't like it, I'll get rid of Showtime. QAF is over, so I don't need it anymore.

I ONLY had Showtime to see Soul Food. HBO and Cinemax are far better. But currently I have none of the premiums.

Ooh wow, and I was feeling bad because I fell asleep watching only the last 10 minutes of it. Even from what I did catch of it, there is a lot of work that needs to be done. A WHOOOOLLLEEE LOT:o

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I managed to stay up and watch it. I thought it was ok! I am glad that is trying to be different from the movie. I think that Omat Gooding is a bit too young to be in the role but I rather see him in this than in another thugged out one.


It's positive, so I will support it, for now.

And I WISH...I WISH my husband's coworker/employee would visit our residence at 12:38AM to discuss her problems with my man. :mad: Where was Calvin's wife at this hour???

The white barber didn't seem genuine to me. Hmmm...not all that believable as an actor.

I was also surprised to see nudity and hear "p*ssy" and "d!ck" in the series. If the movie versions were pretty clean, why wouldn't they want to keep the series like that?

Omar Gooding is 26 or 27 (I think). O'shea Jackson is a few years older. I can see him in that role.

It was alright, I believe the Terry character was a little bit much. I was more interested in the show "Weeds" that came on afterwards!

According to www.imdb.com, Omar is 28. His b-day is October 19, 1976.