Song Sung Blue

Hey Everyone, I hope you all are having a happy June!

 I have decided to write about my favorite Movie Song Sung Blue!

 It stars Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman, Ella Anderson,King Princess and a whole wonderful Cast of people.

the movie starts out in the year  1987 where we first meet a man named Mike Sardina and he is in alcoholic support group meeting.

And he introduces himself to the class and calls himself lighting you will find out why when you watch the movie, he is a big Neal Diamond Fan and sings different covers of his songs the song he sings in his meeting is Song Sung Blue, and his class seems to enjoy it when he finishes up with his class.

He runs off to his other event where he is scheduled to perform for the evening,  he is hired to perform at the Wisconsin State Fair, filling in for a Don Ho impersonator who has undergone emergency surgery.

 He refuses to go on stage because he wants to sing the material that he had planned to sing and practiced for the promoter says no he quits, and then we meet a young woman named Claire Stengl who is a hair dresser by day and a performer by night.

 She is getting to perform as Pasty Cline, Mike is amazed by her and very smitten, we are now in the year 1988 Mike and Claire meet again and find out their neighbors and have a conversation she suggests he go down the road of Neil Diamond Route.

 He watches her sing and immediately is head over heels and loves watching her sing, Mike goes home and starts practicing and then they decide to sing together and later begin a romantic relationship she kisses him first and tells him she has been wanting to do that since they first met and he kisses her back sharing the same feelings he has to her.

There  is a little misunderstanding about what their target audience would be when they perform for their first gig, the show almost ends in a big fight.

 Clair shares with mike he can't be stubborn about the band's future and what is to come, he is very disappointed and upset about then failure, he had the perfect night planned for that evening, he was venting about what had happened during the show, and how he had a whole proposal planned.

Claire happily accepts his proposal and gets him to agree to always open with Sweet Caroline in the future when they perform and he accepts, little did they know they end up with a string of Successful Shows evening opening for Pearl Jam in the year 1955 Eddie Vedder joins them for their opening number singing "Forever in Blue Jeans" at the request of Mike and they win over the crowd and he even wins over his Stepdaughter Rachel who wasn't to sure of him at first.

 We are now at the year of 1999, while Mike and Dana his stepson are in the kitchen recording a video of Mike Singing, Claire is outside gardening and then she stands up and looks at her garden, and while her back is turned a car comes fast down the grass and runs over her, she then has to go to the hospital and is getting worked on Rachel and Dana are both worried about what's happening and Mike tells her everything will be ok they are working on your mother because of the accident as a result she loses her left leg below the knee and Mike suffers a stress induced Heart-Attack.

He shares with Rachel in the hospital he has a very bad heart and that he is going to pass out and that she will need to revive him with the emergency defibrillator, she revives him just like he said and then he  is ok for the most part.

They take Claire home from the hospital and she is going through different stages of emotions because of the loss of her leg and not being able to do Music and sing which is something she absolutely loves, she is going through depression, pain, and addiction to pain meds later, and begins to think Mike is seeing someone else and starts arguing with him, his daughter Angelina sees he is stressed and going through a lot of tension at the moment with Claire and everything else going on his life.

She asks him if he has been going to His AA meetings after some prodding from her he confesses that singing is not the same without Claire, and that it doesn't mean anything without her there with him, He loves her so much and is afraid he's losing her.

Angelina tells him to take his alcoholism more seriously and he takes her advice and goes to his meetings, Later Claire unfortunately suffers a crazy episode and is found wondering outside their home thinking she is performing on stage and singing to an audience.

Mike checks her into a Mental Hospital to recover, Mike turns to blue-collar work and works at a Thai Restaurant and sings Karaoke the owner and his daughters are really happy he is there and the dad really appreciates him being there, he also finds out Rachel is four months pregnant and has decided to give the baby up for adoption to a couple who cant have children, but has not found anyone yet who is willing to accept the baby he asks her what does she need to help her through this pregnancy.

She says her mom, Claire has made a breakthrough while she was away and recovering and gradually gains the ability to walk and she reconciles with Rachel, Claire pushes for "lighting and thunder" to go on ginning again to regain their popularity.

She helps Rachel through her pregnancy and the adoption and spending time with her family helps Claire adapt to the prosthetic leg, eventually they get a call from Milwaukee from the Ritz and invites them to be a headliner on the same night Neil Diamond is playing a sold-out show nearby.

Mike is at first hesitant about doing the gig, Claire insists on it and tells Mike we are ready, I know I am, and because Mike loves Claire so much and loves to sing with her and seeing her happy he decides to do the Gig and they learn later Neil Diamond wants to meet them in person after the show.

Mike is preparing for the Gig and getting ready and practicing what he will say to Neil Diamond and then he is abruptly hit with another heart attack and hits his head on the sink and is experiencing bleeding, he stops some of the bleeding with Nail Glue and is recovered enough to perform and sing and before the show starts he tells his daughters they can do anything and that they got this! 

He touches his head and sees a little blood on his fingers and still decides to go on with the show in the midst of everything happening with him because he loves His wife so much and loves singing with her it brings him so much happiness she is his thunder and means so much to him.. before they go on to sing they wish each other good luck and he tells her none of this would have been possible without her.

She gives him the biggest smile and kiss, the show is a huge success he gives it his all he puts his whole being into the gig! I think he was saying to himself if this is my last singing with my wife and performing in front of a audience I am going to sing with all I got, and go out on a high note and take in the moment of singing with my wife and my family in the audience!

 You have to see the movie to find out what happens next, I have to caution you it is a bitter-sweet ending, It is a good heart-felt movie and will pull at your heart-strings and it will make you feel good and happy all the songs are really enjoyable and will have you clapping your hands and dancing along to the movie, It made me smile throughout the whole movie, I decided to write about this movie because Hugh Jackman's character Mike I was really drawn to him.

He really put his heart and spirit into the character of Mike and made you believe he was actually Mike Sardina what I liked about him is even in the midst of everything happening with him, he still went on and sang and did what he loved because he loved his wife Claire so much and being with her and singing with her meant the world to him and made him so happy.

That is a lot of love to have for someone when you are having pains you push past the pain and give everything you got and have for that special someone because they mean so much to you and you want to give them the world and make sure they are happy and  have everything their heart desires! I was also really drawn to Kate Hudson's character Claire with her love of singing.

 Music is one of my first loves I have loved singing and music as long as I can remember when I sing I feel so happy and joyful it gives me such a warm and exciting feeling and I get lost in my singing sometimes because I am enjoying it so much! 

I imagine myself singing onstage in front of an audience and singing all kinds of different songs and having the time of my life, for me seeing the smile on Claire's face while she was singing is the exact same feeling I have when I sing, and I also connected with her when she was depressed with the loss of her leg and going through all kinds of emotions that is how I felt when I got my diagnosis with Type 1 Diabetes I remember looking in the mirror and I saw that my eyes were teary like I couldn't believe my whole life had just changed in an instant, I did feel some type of way I pushed through it and accepted it just like Claire processed and took some time to adapt to her new life with one leg, She got her breakthrough and is still standing and doing what she loves!   

Kate Hudson is one of my favorite actresses she is brilliant in everything she does and puts her whole-self into the characters she plays she makes you believe she is the person that she is playing in the movie.

I love a lot of her movies one of my favorite movies with her is Bride Wars she does a phenomenal job, I love her in a little bit of Heaven she does a fantastic job with that one and I also love her in Raising Helen.

I am also a big fan of her mom, she reminds me a lot of her mom in her voice and her laugh and smile! I can see her mom in her a lot! 

My favorite scene from the movie is when Claire and Mike first meet, He instantly falls for her and is very smitten with her and she makes smile and feel so happy and their singing voices really connect with each other and are so in sync with each other and have the same wave length.

I also love the scene where they sing Sweet Caroline together while they are also having their wedding together and all their family and friends are there and singing together.

 I also like when Rachel accepts Mike as her stepdad and calls him Papa so sincerely and lovingly! It shows you how she feels about him and how much they gotten to know each other and bonded and how much she loves and cares for him and loves seeing how happy he and her mom are together and how they make beautiful music together ! 

I also like how Mike trusts Rachel and how happy he is to have another little girl, and someone to spend time with and talk to and be someone that she can lean for anything and that he will always be there for her with no hesitation.

 I also like how excited Mike gets when he is singing different songs, you can feel his excitement and happiness and tell he loves what he does and he looks so cool while he is singing and performing he has a very big confident and strong vibe, and happy to do what he does with the woman that he loves! She is his everything and is the world to him! 

My favorite song from the Movie is Soolaimon It hypes me every time I hear it! It gets you into such a fun and happy mood seeing how they are happy and joyful they are with singing it will make you feel the same and you will want to hear it over and over, I have listened to three times today lol! 

It makes my dog feel peaceful, He fell asleep listening to it because of how happy and exciting it is! I also like Sweet Caroline that is a fun one, and I like Holly Holy, I like the chorus part where they say sing, sing, sing, sing with such emphasis and with everything they have got! 

I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a good and fun movie! I hope you enjoy I know I did ! I give it a double ten in ratings!