A Thousand Words

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!

Selena

 Hey Everyone.

I have decided to write about one of my favorite movies called Selena, Starring Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos,  Constance Marie and a whole wonderful cast of people.

  The movie came out in the year 1997, and it opens backstage in the Astrodome in Houston Texas on February 26th 1995, right before Selena comes on stage and sings..

In 1961 young Abraham Quintanilla and his doo-wop group the "Dinos" are unable to find success, a restaurant owner in Texas cancels their gig when he finds out their not white.

 They perform for A Mexican-American night club, but a violent riot ensues when they do not perform the audience's performed Tejano Music.

But rather American Pop Music like Blue Moon, and we Belong together, It is now Twenty Years Later And Abraham is Married to Marcella and living in Lake Jackson TX with his three Children Son  A.B, Daughters Suzette and Selena, He discovers Selena has a singing talent and decides to call the band "Selena Y Los Dinos" her as lead singer, her brother A.B on Bass and her sister Suzette on drums they are initially resistant to make music, they end really enjoying it.

They move to Corpus Christi Texas, the band goes on the road to support their family, the reception is a little lackluster Selena adds more dance and fun to her singing routine.

 The band's success grows following local performances, in the year 1989 Selena reveals her bustier during a carnival performance her dad isn't very happy about the bustier situation because of the way it looks and how it looks attractive.

In the year 1990 they meet a man named Chris he auditions to be the guitarist, Abraham initially doesn't respond to him because of his Heavy Metal Style, he accepts Chris after he agrees to cut his hair.

Chris later meets Selena while he is touring with her family and going to different places they end up falling in love,  in the year 1992 Chris's former bandmates trash a hotel suite.

Abraham threatens to fire him, A.B insists to his dad and pleads with him they need him for their upcoming tour in Mexico, promoters worry when they realize Selena doesn't speak Spanish well her personality and her care for her for fans wins everyone over.

The show almost goes awry when the huge crowd rushes the stage and it makes it buckle, Selena calms them down with a happy performance of Como la flor, and is accepted as an artist with the people in Mexico, her dad catches her hugging Chris on the bus and ends up firing him from the tour which leaves Selena heartbroken and he threatens to end the group if Selena follows him.

She insists that Chris marries her telling him that her father Abraham will never willingly accept their relationship they decide to elope, the day after they get married a radio station announces their marriage and that's how her father founds out about her getting married.

She visits her dad and they make up he tells her how proud he is of her maturity and realizes he was too harsh on her and Chris, the Quintaillas congratulate them and accept Chris into their family and rehire him as the guitarist, Her live album wins a Grammy for Best Mexican American Album, Selena opens her first Selena Etc Boutique,Selena begins recording her crossover album by Singing I could fall in love with you, her and Chris plan to start a family together.

I decided to write about this movie because I love the story of Selena and how she chased after her dreams and did whatever she could to achieve them and make them come true! 

I love how kind, caring, loving, joyous, fearless, strong she is... She was such a shining star and loved by many! She touched so many lives with her amazing personality and beautiful heart that so many people loved and treasured she was so easy to love, she had a bright happy smile bright as the sun! It just radiated happiness and pure joy! 

I also love that she loved Disney just like me, She loved little mermaid and her favorite character was Sebastian she was going to name her first son Sebastian after Sebastian from little Mermaid.

 I love little Mermaid because it is a really engaging story and draws you into what Ariel is feeling and what she is going through and how determined she is to be part of the human world and how she achieves that dream and how happy and excited she is to be part of the world and be with her Prince Eric and happy that her dad decided to let her be part of the real world and let her be happy and enjoy life! 

Selena was and is beautiful inside and out, and her songs are absolutely fantastic and has so much love and care in them she put her heart and soul into those songs she sang, all of her hard work paid off she is still remembered today and her Music is being played all over the world, she has not been forgotten she is still close to peoples hearts. 

My favorite scene from the movie is when She sings Como la Flor, and everyone is so engaged with her singing they are just drawn to her and just so happy and excited to see her and enjoy every moment of it, 

I also like the scene where her and her mom dance together that is a cute scene, you can tell how much her mom loved her and how much they enjoyed spending time together.

 I also like the scene where Selena visits her dad after Chris and her get married, he tells her how much he loves her and how proud he is of her and glad that she is happy, and that he is so happy that she has found Chris and pleased to know that he takes care of her and loves on her and will be there for her always. 

I also like the scene where a couple of guys help Selena out with something with the car and they say anything for Selenas. 

And she loved animals, all kinds of animals she says she wants to have a farm with all kinds of animals, and she also loves Pizza Pepperoni pizza she even tried it with Hot Sauce, that is a funny scene in the movie, Chris pours a lot of hot sauce on his pizza and Selena tells him you may want to be careful.

This Hot Sauce is very hot, he says I'll be fine he takes a bite of the pizza and does the funniest face expression and he says I like it Spicy that scene makes me laugh a lot there are a lot good scenes in this movie I think you will enjoy!

 One of my favorite songs is Dreaming of you because it holds a special place in my heart, It is one of the last songs I listened to with my Grandfather, He was in the hospital and the Selena movie was playing and the song Dreaming of you played and he was watching too and that is the last song we listened to together! It is a good heartfelt song and pulls at your heartstrings! I also love Bidi-Bidi-Bom Bob

 Check this movie out you will absolutely love it as soon as the movie begins you will be dancing and singing throughout the whole movie ! Check it out. Jennifer Lopez did an outstanding job playing Selena, I know Selena is so proud of her and smiling down on her from Heaven! She put her heart and spirt into playing her! 

I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a fabulous movie!

Bidi-Bidi-Bom-Bom

Daddys little Girls

 Hey everyone! I hope all the fathers had an amazing father's day and that it was filled with joy and laughter and everything your heart desires!

 I have decided to write about a movie I enjoy starring Idris Elba, Gabrielle Union, Louis Gossett Jr, China Anne McClain, Tasha Smith, Malinda Williams, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sierra Mcclain, and Lauryn Mcclain, Cassi Davis, Terri J Vaughn, and a whole wonderful cast of people.

 The movie starts off with a man named Monty James  who lives in Edgewood Atlanta.

 He is a well liked Mechanic who works  for a man named Willie and Monty dreams of owning his own shop one day.

He has three daughters named Sierra, Lauryn and China who live with their maternal grandmother Kat and he visits them regularly and provides finical support.

 Kat is sick and dying and before she passes away she tells Monty to take custody of the girls because their mother Jennifer who is Kat's disowned daughter and Monty's ex-wife barely has any interest in the girls.

She cares more about her boyfriend Joe, Kat has her funeral and Jennifer shows up With Joe and his thug friends at the funeral when she is there she physically tries taking the girls from Monty.

Her Aunt Rita steps in and doesn't allow it she tells Monty she attends to take full custody of the girls,  Monty has another job he accepts he is a driver for an attorney named Julia Rossmore at the recommendation of his next -door neighbor Maya to earn more money.

Then one evening Julia's friends Brenda and Cynthia  set her up on a blind bate which goes unfortunately bad Monty has to work Later than he expected to work.

 Monty is driving Julia home and on her way he gets a call about an emergency and his daughters were involved in a house fire, he immediately goes to the hospital without telling Julia where he is headed and she fires him, Monty arrives at the hospital and finds out Sierra accidentally started a fire and that his girls were home with no supervision until his neighbor Maya rescued them, and while they are still in the hospital the social services representative Laurie Bell grants immediate custody to the mother Jennifer.

They face neglecting and abuse from Jennifer and Joe constantly, Monty is called to the school to find Sierra's school to fins out she has drugs she tells her dad that Jennifer and Monty has been forcing her to sell them and telling her they will hurt Monty if she refuses to do what they asked her.

 He  is aware that Joe has money to get a high-powered attorney to get custody of the girls, Monty goes to Julia for help, she refuses his request she thinks he wants help with government assistance.

It is now Montys custody hearing day and he is his own representative, she hears his failing attempt to represent himself to the court and Julia decides to represent him and help him out, after hearing trying to attempt to tell the judge his daughters are living with a drug dealer she represents him.

 Monty takes her to a jazz club in his neighborhood for his birthday and they drink and dance with his friends, over the next few weeks while they are getting closer they get romantic feelings for each other and her friend Brenda finds out they are dating and she has met Monty before, she tells Julie he is beneath her status, his friend is injured in a robbery.

 After that Willie decides to retire and he offers the shop to Monty and he accepts, it is now time for the child custody hearing and Julia argues that it would be in the children's best interest for Monty to be awarded full custody and provides the court with a written statement from Kat.

Jennifer's lawyer counters Julia by saying Monty is not suitable to raise his children because he was convicted of statutory rape that occurred 16 years prior, Julia feels betrayed and she decides to stop representing Monty and she goes on her way.

 Monty's daughters arrive at his house and tells him Joe has been beating them, his daughters are asleep and while they are sleeping he is very livid he drives off and slams into Joe'S and Jennifer's Car and brutally beats up Joe and then his thugs start beating up Monty and his friends and neighbors and the police Arrive, Julia sees on the news about the near-riot and rushes to help Monty after she learns from the  report he's been wrongfully convicted, she decides to represent him again and help him out.

I decided to write about this movie because it is a very good story and it shows you how dads love and protect their daughters and will always be there for them and not let any hurt harm or danger come to them at any point. 

And I like the acting in the movie, It is like the characters they are playing in the movie, are actually the characters in real life, they really bring them to life I like Monty's character because he makes sure his daughters are ok, and that they are safe and happy! 

I like Gabrielle's character too, she really brings a lot to the character Julia, and her character is easy to like.. She is strong, and has quite a personality and does whatever she can to help Monty get his girls back! 

 I think no matter how much you grow or the older you get you will always be Daddy's little girl because when you came into the world,  it's like you were their little Princess and you made their world bright and happy, and that you are safe and content and give you everything your heart desires! 

They want to make sure whenever you meet a guy or have a boyfriend that they treat you respectfully like the Queen or Princess you are because that is how they treat their wife like a queen and making sure she is happy and that no hurt harm or danger comes to her.

 I think I am my family's little girl and Princess because they all take good extra care of me and make sure I am ok and happy, and living my best life!  One of my favorite memories with my dad is when he took me to Disney Paris on Father's Day he surprised me with it.

 It was one of my favorite moments ever He really doesn't like Disney as much as me, I saw Minnie Mouse and we decided to wait in line to meet her.

Now look when we were waiting to in line to meet her, at first my dad was behind me and then somehow he ended up in front of me and was saying he couldn't wait to meet Minnie Mouse, it's like the big Kid  in him came out in wanting to Meet Minnie Mouse and shake her hand.. So it was then his turn and Minnie Mouse put out her hand, and she was tapping her glove for him to kiss it, and he did and then Minnie Blushed it was the cutest and funniest thing ever ! It is a memory I will always cherish and remember, I am so glad he took me to Disney Paris and that we could create fun family memories to look back on and remember all the fun family moments!

My favorite scene from the movie is when Julia and Monty first meet in the limo and she gives him a hard while he is first getting to know her and driving her around... and she is telling him that she wants to go home and he tells her that he has to go somewhere else. that scene makes me laugh a lot!

 I also like the scene where Monty comes to visit his girls while they are at their grandma's house and they are all so excited to see him that is a cute scene! You will find a lot of scenes that you will enjoy and love when you see the movie!

I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a good family movie!