My Favorite Movies

Excellent film! One of my all-time favorites. Russell Crowe made me wanna be a gladiator!

I loved this movie! Hilarious w/ a happy ending! I like Eva, Amber, and Will but to me Kevin made the movie. I was undone watching him dance! And I had to load that clip of him doing "The Q-Tip! The Q-Tip! Throw it Away! Throw it Away!"

The title alone is a sermon. This movie reminded me the rich, sumptuous, decadent, and flourless slice of cake I had at the Ice Box Cafe in Miami. You don't hear me!!! The Lord used this film to minister mightily to me. More then and outreach tool! It embodied all the things in a movie that I want to see. I will part w/ one of my favorite quotes from the film (spoken by the coach to his players). "I want God to bless this team so much people will talk about what He did. But it means we gotta give Him our best in every area. And if we win, we praise Him. And if we lose, we praise Him. Either way we honor Him with our actions and our attitudes. So I'm askin' you... What are you living for? I resolve to give God everything I've got, then I'll leave the results up to Him. I want to know if you'll join me." -- Grant Taylor
And to the reader of this review I ask the same question! Will you join me? Vin

[Amazed at Vivian's surgical skill] Dr. Alfred Blalock exclaims, "This is like something the Lord made!"

The curious thing is that Flixster fails to include Mos Def in the cast of this marvelous film.

I was gonna end my comments, but then I heard Vivian Thomas' wife, played by Gabrielle Union, tell Vivian (Mos Def), "Just because your not in the news doesn't mean you were not there Viv!" The influence and significance of his wife is incomprehensible. Praise God for her encouragement and timely words.

"I'm invisible to the world, I understand that I don't mind that, but I thought it was different in here! - Vivian Thomas (Mos Def) tells Dr. Alfred Blalock. Sometimes we are not recognized for our efforts and the absence of praise can be immeasurably difficult; even if we are changing how the human heart works like Vivian. Yet how many know that it is God that will exalt you in due time...so be faithful and remain humble in your endeavors.

Loved it! This film reminded me how altogether lovely God is! Not to mention, wonderful magnificent, awesome, and worthy to be praised! So many scenes gave me a glimpse of God's power and how precious are His thoughts and love for us too.

"I'm gonna ask you one more time, will you or will you not go out with me? I think my hand's slipping." - Noah Calhoun

Dynamite! Thriller! Sam and Kev we're great!

One of my all-time favorites! Martin, Regina :), B Brown. Hilarious!!

Excellent! Great movie about the Ganguli family. One of the best films I've seen. Powerful yet intriguing, moving and ceremonious, enlightening and peaceful. I thoroughly enjoyed the acting of Tabu (her voice is incredible), Irrfan Khan, Kal Penn, Rani Mukherjee and became an instant fan.

Sam, Matthew, and my my Sandra! Excellent film!!

Whew! Tom Cruise was off the chains in this this one. And Ken Watanabe was phenomenal! Great film!

Dorothy Dandridge is sultry, seductive, sassy, sophisticated, and sexy! Wonderful musical/film.

Magnificent!

Straight Smash! Sam and Don to the Cheadle were in the building!

Seems like a reoccurring theme, i.e. the resources of Africa are stolen and/or exploited. Slave trade and now the diamond trade. This movie made me ashamed of our "no clouds in my stones" mentality cause in reality "Bling Bling" was really "Bling Bang!" Well, like my mom used to say "ignorance is bliss." But I digressed. Anyway, I always marvel at how little we value human life, especially since man was created in the image of God, and the lengths we go to satisfy our greeds and not our needs. Woe to us when the books are opened and its time to give an account for our commercialism, creature comforts, and corporate greed. And finally in the words of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) "...the people back home wouldn't buy a ring if they knew it cost someone else their hand. "

Rumble young man Rumble!

This is my favorite animated movie! Simply hilarious! The donkey (Eddie Murphy) was my favorite character. "I like that boulder, that's a nice boulder!" "Of cooooooourse you're a girl dragon!"

GIVE ME SOME FIN! I absolutely loved this film! I highly recommend it! I know the soundtrack slaps! It was hilarious! The Amigos, the music, the voices, the dancing, the singing (Brittany) and my of course Mumble's happy feet.

"The Upper Room" - Ray

Jet Li is magnificent in this movie!

Vivrant Vivica and my boy Morris were superb. And Anthony Anderson was a scream! "Look into the light Keith!"

This is a classic! I think my sister and I watched this movie umpteen times growing up. I loved it! Funny movie! Shot in B&W. The music, action, acting were great. So many sing along songs too. "So you wanna be a boxer in the golden ring. Can you punch like a southbound freight train? Tell me this one thing..." This movie is bananas and features Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, and others.

"Tiger Woods Y'all, Tiger Woods Y'all!, Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger Woods Y'all!"

I was flipping through my On Demand movies this evening and found this gem. I must say it was hard seeing Bernie considering that he's passed on...but I digressed.

The film was a gentle reminder to pursue your dreams and know that excellence is not a respecter of persons. Also, it made me recall the people in my own life that played the role of Coach Ellis, i.e. one who gave me direction and reminded me to make the most of every opportunity and give my absolute best.

Although hard I will not give any details about the film, but simply ask that you add it to your "should see" list :) In closing, considering how much I love quotes, I'll leave you w/ the one that I believe ushered us to the bridge/turning point in the film.

"My life is way too short for me to spend my time around people who don't care about nothin'" - Coach Jim Ellis