muchmore2luv Reviews

Family Blessings (1998 TV Movie)

I Loved This Movie...But

[9/10 · 15 January 2006]

I read the book also (am a big LaVryle Spenser fan) and I just recently watched the movie on the WE network. Just goes to show that love can happen at any age to anybody!

I found both Lynda and Steve(Lee & Christopher) both realistic as characters.

However, I wished that they hadn't begun the movie with the Quincy's family's loud party. It seems that part was inserted just to give Pam Grier a part.

Anyway, I have one small objection: when Joey was making his toast, he said that he wanted Judd to love Country Music INSTEAD of Rap.

My first thought was when I read that in the book and well as saw that in the movie:

Why couldn't Judd love BOTH types of music?

All Rap music isn't bad just like all Country Music isn't good.

I believe that he should have said that he wanted Judd to like and appreciate Country Music AS WELL AS Rap music. Otherwise, this movie was a loving, warm, romantic story.

I enjoyed it very much!

Shaft (2000)

I Liked The Movie!

[7/10 · 11 April 2005]

Although I'm 5 years late, I saw this movie on video for the 1st time yesterday when a friend brought it by. For the most part, I enjoyed the movie and Samuel L. Jackson was excellent, as he is always, in every movie in which I've seen him.

I do have a couple a criticisms which were unbelievable to me: Why didn't the Black guy take his date and leave after putting the napkin over the racist's face? Why was he outside pacing? That, to me, was an invitation to get his a** kicked.

If the witness was given $100,000 to disappear(she's lucky that the rich guy didn't have her killed- or kill her right then!) why didn't she disappear? The fact that she was the only witness on a busy NY street was unbelievable to me anyway.

She could have moved anywhere in the world with $100,000. She admitted that she spent $50,000 and she was still in the city, basically in the same neighborhood? Why? I realize that the cost of living is high in NY so $50,000 doesn't go far, that's even more reason why she should have moved to Caribbean and bought a villa or something. Couldn't she have taped her testimony? Wasn't witness protection available to her?

Also, when the rich guy was mugged, and lost the money, why did he think that Peoples would be sympathetic and kill the witness anyway for him?

I did enjoy the part where Vanessa Williams' character double-crossed those crooked cops. Their expression was priceless when they saw her standing there!!!

As I said, although I basically enjoyed the movie, I found a few parts unbelievable!!!

The action was great and I loved the ending!