Hey Everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful July.
I have decided to write about one of my favorite movies a Thousand Words Starring Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington and a whole wonderful cast of people!
This movie makes me laugh a bunch and I am sure it will make you laugh too, the movie starts with a literary agent named Jack McCall and he has a gift to talk "GAB".
And he uses it various book deals and he is not afraid to stretch the truth to get them, while he is trying to get a deal from New-Age Self Help Guru Dr.Sinja, he sees through Jack's deceit but agrees to the deal.
The next morning a Bodhi Tree appears in Jack's yard and he assumes the gift is from Dr. Sinja The next day, Jack discovers that Sinja has written a five page book and he goes to confront him.
After Jack finds him he mentions the Bodhi tree, Dr. Sinja goes to Jack's house and they discover that for every word he says a leaf falls off, when the tree runs out of leaves it will pass away.
Jack will pass away too, he even finds out that even written words and gestured words count towards his limit: and anything that happens to the tree happens to him.
Jack isn't too keen about how the tree is connected to him and when he speaks he decides to chop down the tree so he won't have to worry when he is talking and using a combination of different words when he is in conversation with different people.
He uses an axe to try to chop the tree down and a wound appears on him that comes from the axe, squirrels start climbing the tree and it tickles him because he can feel the squirrels crawling all around the tree, later a gardener tries to poison the tree with DDT and Jack gets high on the fumes and then the tree gets sprayed with water Jack starts to sweat and perspire Profusely.
Now Jack is forced to communicate and use his words carefully and his communication is becoming misunderstood and because of this it cost him his two book deals, his job, his wife and his son Tyler.
She ends up walking out on him, when she thinks his sudden silence is due to him not loving her anymore she doesn't believe him when he tries to explain the tree to her, only Jack's assistant Aaron Weisberger realizes he is telling the truth, and goes to his house to keep track of how many leaves remain.
Jack tries to break the curse by doing good, giving food to the homeless and donating some of his money to charity, that plan fails, Jack's life is falling apart and the tree is running out of leaves.
Jack Confronts Dr. Sinja and and asks him how to end the curse, he tells him to make peace in all his relationships, with just one branch of leaves left Jack tries to reconcile with his wife she is hesitant.
He visits his Mother Annie who lives in a assisted living center and has dementia, Annie tells Jack who thinks he is his late father Raymond that she wishes Jack would stop being angry for walking out on them when he was a kid, he realizes this is the relationship that needs the most mending he visits his father's grave he expends the last three leaves of the tree with the words "I forgive You".
I decided to write about this movie because I also love to talk, I have loved talking ever since I can remember talking gives me so much joy and happiness especially when it's the right person, I feel so much happiness and excitement in my spirit whenever I am talking with someone or see someone when I am out in the community with one of my friends and out and about.
I am also an encourager seeing someone else happy and smile even if it's just for a moment that makes me feel so happy because I brought a little happiness and joy to their day.
With everything going on the world I think it's good to have some laughter and encouragement because It will lift up the person's spirit and let them know that someone is thinking of them and wanting to know how they are doing and that when they are having a not fun day or need some encouragement or uplifting that special person or friend they have knows they can lean on that person or friend because they know that they care about them and got their back for anything.
I also like Eddie's character in the movie he makes the character he is playing so believable and real like he is actually the person he is playing in real life.
Eddie puts his heart and spirit into all the characters he plays and keeps your attention in whatever movie he is playing in.
He keeps you entertained and laughing and having a fabulous time! He is the life of the party, he makes you feel like you are a part of the movie and brings you along on the journey!
Personally my favorite movie with him and I do like plenty of his movies, my top two favorites are Daddy Day Care and Shrek, he does an incredible job in both of those movies.
He keeps you laughing and smiling and tugs at your heartstrings in a good and funny way!
I love the way he plays Donkey, Donkey is very hard to forget, he is very memorable and is extroverted, optimistic and loyal and a amazing companion and is a very fun animal to be around there is never a dull moment with Donkey, he reminds me of myself because I am also an extrovert and love to have fun and laugh, there is never a dull moment with me either!
My favorite scene from the movie is when he tries chopping the tree down, that scene always makes me laugh.
I also like the coffee scene where he is trying to make an order and the barista thinks that he is making several orders when he was just trying to get his usual and ends up ordering more than he asked for because the barista thought that he was wanting different things because he wasn't talking... that made me laugh a lot... I also like the scene where he sings the chorus of the Micheal Jackson song that scene is a good one! There will be plenty of scenes that will give you a chuckle! I know it did for me!
I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a good comedy movie!
