Soul

Hey Everyone! Happy Juneteenth!

 Today I have decided to write about one of my favorite movies Called Soul, It stars Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Daveed Diggs. Tina Fey and a whole wonderful cast!

 The movie starts out With a man named Joe Gardner, He is a pianist and a part time middle-school teacher, he dreams of playing Jazz professionally one day! 

He receives an offer to be a full time teacher at the middle school he's teaching at now! 

His mother urges him to accept the deal because she wants to see him live a good and fulfilling life, one that he can excel in  and be really good at! 

Joe learns that his favorite Jazz Musician Dorothea Williams is going to be in town playing with her Quartet and his old student that he used to teach told him that he should come down and let her hear him play the piano and that he thinks she will be very impressed after she hears him.

He goes down to the jazz  club to play for her and she is very impressed and tells him that he can play with their Quartet that evening! 

He gets so excited that he calls everyone that he will be playing with the famous Dorothea Williams and he doesn't look where he is going and unfortunately he falls into a deep hole, and passes away he ends going into an afterlife realm and sees other passed souls in the after life getting ready to go into another whole realm called the Great Beyond.

He doesn't want to go the Great Beyond he somehow gets into a Seminar called the you Seminar and the realm is Called the Great Before a realm where new souls prepare for life on earth and they get a badge that gets them to Earth once it has been completely filled in interests and personality traits with guidance from other Earthly Counselors who are all named Jerry and experienced Souls who act as Mentors.

 Joe is accidentally mistaken for a mentor he is chosen to mentor 22, who is a very stubborn Soul and has been in The Great before for a long time, she has no interest in going to earth at all.

She is intrigued with Joes desperation in going back to Earth, and his unremarkable life 22 decides to let Joe mentor her and see if he can find her spark to to enable her badge and Joe can use her badge to return home. 

After Joe fails several times and attempts to find 22"s spark and passion they come across someone named Moon wind who spins a sign who regularly enters the zone to rescue lost souls, he helps 22 and Joe find his souless body in the hospital. 

Joe makes it back to Earth he accidentally brings 22 with him to Earth when he goes, 22s soul ends up in his body, and Joe ends up in the therapy cats body, they escape the hospital together and locate Moon wind together who agrees to meet them at the Jazz club that evening so Joe can be returned to his body, in the meantime 22 is enjoying Joes body and experiencing new and exciting things in a human body while they are on earth, like food wind and music,  she has deep conversations with different people Joe is connected to in the Earthly realm which gives her a deeper understanding of life. 

Back in the after life realm, someone named Terry sees Joe and 22 are missing he is in charge of counting Souls, he sees that the count is off, he goes to Earth to find Joe, as the day gets closer to ending Joe and 22 Visit Moon Wind to return Joe to his body, 22 has finally discovered the joy of living, she refuses to leave Joe's body and flees, Joe chases her through a subway station Terry ends up finding them and he disconnects them from life and returns them to the Great Before.

22 finds her badge is complete Joe bitterly tells her its only because she found the the result of experiencing life in his body with his perferences and that she has no purpose of her own.

Distraught 22 throws her badge at him and retreats into the zone, A Jerry informs Joe that a spark is not a soul's purpose in life Joe refuses too believe this and discreetly uses 22's badge to go to Earth. 

The show at the Jazz Club is successful, Joe finds that it is not fulfilling his desires like he thought it would. I decided to write about this movie because I wanted to celebrate Juneteenth and this is a wonderful movie it shows you to celebrate life and to seize the day because Life is short, from the movie I learned to enjoy each moment and day I am blessed to have, One of my favorite things about my life is my family and friends and celebrating my Birthday anyone who knows me knows I ABSOLUTELY  LOVE My Birthday! 

I love everything about it, the celebration, thinking all of the past birthday memories, creating new birthday memories and enjoying the new age that I turned to be honest with you, It's hard for me to turn a new age whenever my birthday arrives because I enjoy the age that I am so much and everything that has happened while I was that age, I also learned that I can't go into the next chapter of my life if I keep looking into the old chapter I will always have the memories and the moments that I had of my previous age, now with the new age I can create new memories and moments and always cherish and remember those ones.  

I have some fun facts about the Soul Movie Joe Gardner is the first black protagonist in a Pixar film, and the film is deeply rooted in Jazz Music, Real-life Inspiration Joe Gardner is basically based on Dr.Peter Archer a retired Band Teacher with over 30 years of experience. 

Joe Gardner has 18 different outfit Variations throughout the film reflecting his personality and situations. Jamie Foxx is an incredible actor.

 He really projects himself in the role he is given to play in any movie role he is given, He has overcome a lot in his life, Even in everything he has gone through he is a still a strong and mighty Man! 

He portrays a Jazz Pianist int his movie, also did you know? Jamie in real life is a wonderful Pianist and He also played Ray Charles in the 2004 film Ray showcasing his connection to Jazz Piano. 

My Favorite Jamie Foxx Movie is Annie where he plays Will Stacks, He does a magnificent job in that movie role, he really brings the character to life, Cameron Diaz is in the movie also, she plays Miss. Hannigan her and Jamie play off well on each other, and they also Starr in another movie together Called Back in Action, they are acting As CIA Agents and they do an outstanding job.

 I Think they would be incredible CIA agents in real life check out that movie too! 

The movie soul is about appreciating the small everyday moments in life and finding Joy in the simple act of living!

 I encourage you all to enjoy your life, and each moment and day you are given even if it's a small moment I still think you should enjoy it because I know that you will be able to find joy even if it's a small thing for example for me I'm not able to enjoy a lot of desserts and milkshakes and coffee mochas like I used to pre diabetes I am able to find joy in the small things even in the midst of diabetes.

My dad also absolutely loves sweets just like me he bought some Cheesecake and I love cheesecake so I was able to have a small amount and even though it was a small amount I still found found Joy because it's something that I always enjoyed and when I had it at the right time, my sugar levels would be ok.

Also something I loved having was smoothies like Chocolate Smoothies from Tropical Cafe, I got to enjoy the smoothie and I was so happy I got to have something that I haven't in awhile, I wasn't able to have the whole thing I was happy to have a good amount of it. Find Joy in the small things, I think it will make you feel really good and joyful inside.

My favorite scene from the movie is when Joe and 22 first meet, there interactions with each other are very funny as are they getting to know each other, you will see as you watch the movie the more they get to know each other and hang out with one another they become really good friends!

 And happy they got the chance to meet and experience life in each other's eyes and see what life is like in each others' point of view. I hope you all have a wonderful Juneteenth! Happy Juneteenth! I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a good family movie!