I Knew We Could...and We Did!

Ooh yeah! I knew we could do it! I woke up feeling so overjoyed! America longed for a change and it has come! It's been a long time coming and I know change must come. I love this man as a person,an ambitious black man, a responsible father and a believer. I am even happier that I was a part of this historical moment. Though I never had the opportunity to exercise this important right this time around (not a citizen yet), I am proud you all did. What do you think our great forefathers would have said at this magical time in America?
How could his opponent have won anyway? With an annoying cackling VP like that who giggles for everything, could it have been any other way? Let us not blame it all on her because certainly there must have been other reasons the result came out the way it did. Well I am elated and is extremely proud this morning that the citizens of America made their choice and I anticipate that Barack Obama and his party will do what the country needs and make the right decisions on the citizens', workers', residents', visitors', sufferers', challenged, disabled, and all behalf.
Last but not least, join me in welcoming in our NEW PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA! Not to take the celebration from the Democrats and Obama's family but now that the election fever is over, please be a part of the FREE LEVI.ORG MOVEMENT! You do not know what this is? Well, what is the name of that young teenager who impregnated that known lady's teenaged daughter and was coerced to be married? I can't give anymore clues, after you do the math, please remember to join for a great cause!

Brown Sugar- Movie Review

Brown Sugar- I have watched this about three years ago and I can remember it just like yesterday. I love romantic films and this movie added to my list. This movie falls in the genre of comedy and romance. It was released in the year 2002. The length of this film is about 1 hour and 50 minutes. Brown Sugar was directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Earvin Johnson, Peter Heller, and Trish Huffman. The great stars were Taye Diggs (Dre), Sanaa Lathan (Sidney), Queen Latifah, Dante 'Mos Def' Smith, and Nicole Ari-Parker.
This movie is a combination of hip-hop culture, romance, and how people relate to each other. This movie could easily be called a hip hop love story! IT was filmed in Hew York and showed many scenes of days of hiphop on the corners on streets of New York. The story basically depicted some themes of the 'Wood.'
Dre (Taye) and Sidney (Sanaa) had an amazing friendship which they nurtured from childhood. They found this friendship due to their common love for hiphop and was depicted in the movie as the founders of hip hop from their very early age as children. Sidney's love for music led her to choose her career in music as she was a music critic fifteen years later. Dre, on the other hand, became a music executive. Though the music kept their childhood friendship to grow they stared falling in love with each other in the latter parts of the movie. At times they would react naive about their emotions for each other. Dre had issues with his firm and so decided to branch off on his own. He got a loan from his long time friend Sidney. In the beginning they both had no concern for romance for each other because they were both in relationships. Their respective relationships apparently did not work out so they started admitting to their long time disguised interest in each other. They eventually got together and it was so beautiful.
I enjoyed Mos Def's performance, he was so cool and hot! He depicted this poor cab driver who had talent. He turned out finding romance too while enjoying hip-hop. The ladies in this movie were all beautiful and were all dressed in great fashions. The men on a whole were fashionable too and all looked so handsome. The characters in this movie all had wonderful performances and if you are a lover of romantic films, you would readily agree.
I enjoyed this romance comedy with black people because most times they are left out of true romantic films. This movie also had some surprises and tempo. There were moments when the scenes appeared as if something was going to happen ...then nothing! Kind of built up your adrenaline in a happy way. I am sure you understood the reasons I like this film. I recommend you see this movie, if you have not yet done so. You may two links below for information about this film. This film could be described as a tribute to hip-hop and a celebration of friendship and love!

www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2002_Brown_Sugar.html

http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aabrownsugarsoundtrack.htm

Comment on Melvin's Movie Blog

I am not a movie lover per se. I really go to the movies if someone is inviting me or if I am truly bored and want to get out of the house. I do watch movies at home but mainly Lifetime movies, if I have the time. Also, if my husband purchases movies and we decide to stay in and enjoy them ...but then again, he likes action and documentary kind of serious shows, which I don't like. Anyway, I will comment on Melvin's review about the movie, The Color Purple. This review can be accessed on Melvin's blog page at http://melvindiggs.blogspot.com/ .
The Color Purple is a drama film. It is about a young African American girl named Celie Harris and showed all the problems African American women encountered during the early 1900s. Some of the problems highlighted (in the movie) faced by these women were racism, sexual discrimination and poverty. Celie is played by Whoopie Goldberg and was abused and treated like a slave . She had two kids by age fourteen which were also fathered by her father! Another character in the movie was Shug who became close friends with Celie. It appeared in the movie too as if Celie and Shug were engaging in a lesbian affair. Sofia another strong character in the film played by Oprah Winfrey also had suffered abuse from the males in her family. She was sent to jail for a rude remark she made to the mayor's wife.
I agree with Melvin about this movie. It is a movie African Americans can connect to in some ways. Also it could be painful to watch as a woman. If you know about some of the situations in history in the 1900, you would understand how this show can have strong effects on African Americans who decide to see it. It was an interesting film, which also had my eyes glued to the screen while watching it. Melvin described this film in a great way, as he wrote about the plot, setting and characters in a very descriptive manner.
Melvin really created an awesome review about this movie. He also talked about the different types of women depicted in the film and he provided some great examples of their characters. These were all true as I could remember in the film they depicted strong women, weak, and powerful women.
This was an interesting film and I would recommend you all who have not seen it yet to do so.