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destinyc1020 · 4 months

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Just Saw "The Color Purple" Last Night!! 😁😁 (My Movie Review)

WOW! Where do I even begin?? First of all, let me just start off by saying that I LOVED this movie! I really enjoyed it. 😃 You just knew that you were in for a wonderful ride when you heard the opening number to this film. I love musicals just in general, but there's just something extra special about seeing black talent, black voices, and black actors dancing, singing, and acting onscreen. 🥰 The whole entire film was a magical moment for me, and a sense of great pride. Sort of like the feeling I got when I saw "Black Panther" in theaters for the first time. 😊

I will say too that this film was very well shot. I kept being in awe of the cinematography, the camera angles, the vibrant colors, the use of lighting, the gorgeous shots of Georgia, etc. It was so very well done. You can tell that they spent a lot of time, hard work, and energy on this film to make it very special and of high quality. 👌🏾

I also loved how this film kind of had a stage/theater feel to it. You can tell that it was a musical theater play before it hit the big screen.

The Music The MUSIC!!! Oh the music!!! 🎵🥰 I've never seen the stage play musical, so a lot of the songs were new to me, but I liked a lot of the songs that were in the film. I also loved how they kept some of the original songs that were in the original 1985 film, like "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)", and "Maybe God is Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'". 😊

The Acting The acting was very well done. I felt like everyone pulled their weight and there weren't any "weak links" in the cast at all. Halle did amazing....I think she has a great career ahead of her in acting if she keeps it up. Danielle Brooks...Omg she was AWESOME. I almost feel like she stole the show in some scenes lol....

Colman Domingo did a great job. I think Danny Glover was a bit more unlikable in the original film, but Colman is a very good actor, and I felt like he did a great job in this role.

I love my girl Taraji! She is SO very talented! Her voice is really great too. While I was watching the film, i couldn't help but remember everything she was saying on the press tour regarding unequal pay in Hollywood, and anytime I saw her onscreen I just couldn't believe that someone with her great talent still feels like she has to fight and scrap to just get a smidgen of what other actresses get in HW, and how she's always having to start right back at the BOTTOM. Smh...it's really sad. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Fantasia Barrino....OMG.... Like, I remember this woman on American Idol!!!! I am so proud of her and how far she's come. 😊 She did an AMAZING job in this! She thoroughly deserved her Golden Globe nomination. 👏🏾 She probably won't win, but she definitely deserved her nomination. I always feel like when someone has to not only act but also sing, dance, (or even play a musical instrument) onscreen, they usually are doing WAY more "work" than others who are just having to simply "act" onscreen lol. I will go to my grave saying that. But! I know this year is a pretty tight race for the "Best Actress" category, so, if she doesn't win, then it is what it is. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Just being nominated is an honor.

The Pros:

This is more like a pro AND a con (I'll explain)... But the fact that they cut out a lot of stuff from the original movie kind of made the story move a lot quicker, and I appreciated that!

I liked that the film didn't feel AS heavy as the original 1985 film. The film still had a lot of heavy elements in it (don't get me wrong), but you don't get to experience just HOW heavy the film is because there's a lot of singing and dancing, and they kind of gloss over certain things in the story (imo). This is actually probably a good thing, especially for a film coming out during the Holiday season lol.

The acting was superb.

It seems that they added a few more things to this film that was in the original book by Alice Walker, so that was a nice touch.

The Cons:

I liked how they cut stuff from the film, but at the same time I didn't lol. I'm so glad that I saw the 1985 version FIRST before seeing this version, because I think there would have been some elements that I wouldn't have fully appreciated because I didn't have the context. The 1985 version is pretty long and more slow-moving, but I felt like it added way more depth to everything that was taking place in the story. The 2023 version almost banked on the fact that you've probably already seen the 1985 version, and they didn't spell everything out for you...which, again...imo was a good thing and a bad thing at the same time lol. I can't explain it.

OVERALL SCORE: 8/10

Overall, very well-done movie! Loved the acting, loved the music, loved basically everything! 😊

#Destiny's Film Reviews #The Color Purple 2023 #my movie review

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baby-love-miki · 4 months

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John Mayer - 2023 Send Off on LIFE https://youtu.be/y8tUzgG1rsA?si=9ZWyNGoYuNiuz-Bl @ＹｏｕＴｕｂｅより

SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM JOHN MAYER TO HIS FANS

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You know, I've had a lot of great times this year. A lot of them.

And we will see you in the next chapter, known as 2024.

I wish I could spread them out over the next three or four years because I can't believe I have to return this year's scorecard and start from scratch.

Thank you if you had anything to do with this, amazing tours, amazing shows, amazing trips.

I didn't know I was going to do a solo tour in January until the second week of January.

And it changed all year long. It was beautiful!

It changed the direction of my career, perhaps.

It brought me back to writing songs.

But what I didn't expect was that in November of this year I would launch this channel that so quickly has become more than simply a celebrity channel on Sirius.

I'm not kidding, this has become my "point". Our "point".

I'm ON all the time, I feel connected to you. I really want.

I have a lot more ideas to bring to this channel. I am 100% engaged.

Then let's compare it with my engagement when making a new album.

It's not the worst thing in the world that all my energy is channeled into this project which feels like an album to me. It feels like I'm making my debut album.

Everything is new to me on this channel.

I spend every day thinking about it I'm having a lot of fun putting it all together.

And I thank you for the early adoption of the channel and the vibrancy of it.

It gave me a lot of energy, vitality and motivation.

And, I won't be speaking to you live for a few weeks.

But I hope you guys have a really wonderful holiday season.

If you feel a little sad, just take a step and keep walking.

In fact, all you need to do this holiday season is have 5 minutes where everything feels perfect.

Because most of your life memories are about five minutes that seemed perfect.

So at some point, if you're driving on your way to your friend's house when you know you're going to have a great night and everything looks great, and the right music plays.

You fall asleep on the couch and softly hear your family's voices and for a moment you say"Yes, everyone is fine."

Everyone is still here, everything is fine. In 5 minutes and 10 seconds.

This is how these great moments happen and last a lifetime.

I'm going around the world now, to investigate the unknown, before I see you in Tokyo.

And we'll be back here in January, for what I consider Version 2.0 of Life With John Mayer.

Thank you very much for putting wind in my (boat's) sails. I hope I gave you wind too.

Well, we had a lot of fun talking about gum just now.

And oh, it's hard to say goodbye, I'd like to keep chatting all night, I send you all my love.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays,Happy New Year and we'll see you soon.

You're listening to Life With John Mayer. Goodnight.

We will have to put a bookmark for our time together this year.

You know, I've had a lot of great times this year. A lot of them.

#john mayer #Youtube

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