I just realized I haven't posted anything about my NEW FAVORITE MOVIE, so I thought I'd give my two cents (though The Little Mermaid will always be the best in my eyes!
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*LOVED JHud, but we had a debate in class over whether she really deserved an Oscar and the general concensus was "no." Seeing as how Angela Bassett didn't even win an Oscar for What's Love Got to Do With It, I don't think JHud should have gotten one for her very first movie. But I still screamed the walls down when they called her name!!
*Beyonce did just fine for what she was supposed to do. The script was written so that Effie would overshadow Deena and that's what happened--it was going to be that way no matter who played them because Deena is supposed to be quiet and bland. Besides, compared to all the other films where she's had to be "emotional" I can see GROWTH. She's always done "funny" well, but when she had to dig....well, compared to the hot mess she's done in the past, Deena was freaking Golden Globe material!
*The movie was definitely not about Beyonce, but I'm almost glad it was advertised that way. A whooooole lot of people went to see this movie because they saw Beyonce was gonna be in it. If they hadn't, not nearly as many people would have gone to see it, then the rest of the cast may not have gotten their props.
*I don't think there was a lead. Deena was not the lead, but Effie wasn't either. Neither deserved to be in the Best Actress category because the story was about 3 girls, maybe even 2, but not just 1.
*I don't buy into the whole "Why did Deena have to be light-skinned" argument. They picked B for the part, not "a light-skinned girl." Greatness (and failure) come in all colors and you can maintain that "black is beautiful" without operating on the reverse of the "brown bag rule."
*To me, Listen wasn't Deena's turning point. "Please Curtis, let me have your child" was. Maybe I just read too much into things, but when she said that, I felt like it could've easily been an overly sexed scene, but it wasn't. Deena wanted a baby--something that was fully hers that couldn't be taken away, or wrapped up in contracts and bi-laws. That made me so FURIOUS with Curtis....like JUST GIVE THAT WOMAN A BABY!!
*I wish we had seen more of Lorell. That girl was HIGH-LARIOUS, it was like watching myself...only I leave other people's husbands alone.
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