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!

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