[kiml122]

my mom dragged me to the play back in '82 up in NY, and I fell in love with Effie and her J. Holliday's version of And I am telling you, and I use to play the sone over and over because it was the bomb. I couldn't wait to see the movie because the play was really, really good. the first time I heard J. Hudson's version of the song on the radio, I thought it was really good, but I felt that J. Holliday was still the better version. It wasn't until I saw the movie and saw J. Hudson sing it in the movie that those goose bumps come for her verison. I must admit seeing her sing it in the movie, versus hearing it on the radio was like night and day for me. I mean everyone in the place was clapping when she finished singing in the movie.

I thought the movie was good, yes there were some changes from the play, and the big one was James "Thunder" Early and hwat happened to him, that didn't take place in the play, but I thought the movie was really good. I thought everyone played very good, and I too was not liking Jamie Foxx which means that he played hella-good. I liked at the end when Curtis was looking at Effie and then at Magic, and then back to Effie and then back to Magic....classic.