Ray

The movie "Ray" is one movie I can truly say had an affect on my life. It was an influential movie for my stage in life. The movie "Ray" is a biography of the life of the blind sensation Ray Charles. This movie was so great mainly because of the story line of Ray Charles. He went blind at a young age. But he didn't use that as an excuse and he didn't want anyone pitty him for it. He made it big in the music business after a while. Everyone loved his music and when he found his own swagger people loved him even more. Unfortunately he got hooked on drugs and it got out of hand for him. He eventually got busted by the police and had to go to rehab. This is the part where the movie became influential to my personal life. At the time when I first saw this movie I had an addiction on my hands just like Ray Charles. I could not stop sucking my finger! So when I saw how addicted he was to drugs, I related that to my addiction. When he was in rehab, they had him sleep in a empty room with no drugs and at first it was very tough on him. He couldn't even sleep. He just rolled over in the bed all night sweating really hard. As time went on it got better and better for him and by the time he left the rehabilitation center he was no longer addicted to drugs. That part of the movie touched me so much that I quit sucking my finger that very same night. It was difficult for me just like it was for him. But I told myself if he can quit drugs, I know I can quit sucking my finger. I had trouble sleeping without my finger in my mouth for about a week. I didn't give up though. I just kept sleeping on my hands so I wouldn't be tempted. By the end of the first week, I no longer had a desire to suck my finger. Also, they couldn't have chose a better person to play Ray Charles. Jamie Foxx was exceptional in his performance in this movie. He sounded just like Ray Charles. He even looked just like Ray Charles in my opinion. The movie was so real to me that it had an actual impact on my life and that's why I love the movie so much.

The Temptations

I believe the movie "The Temptations" should go down as one of the greatest films in history. I fell in love with the movie from the moment I first saw it. I watched it over and over! That was a few years back. I still watch it from time to time though. An interesting thing about me watching this movie was when I first saw the movie, I had never heard of an old group named The Temptations so I didn't even think they really existed. I assumed that they were just a made up group that came from the mind of some very creative movie director. So when I discovered that they were actually a real group and that the movie was based on a true story, that made the movie even better in my eyes. This movie made me fall in love with the music that the original Temptations had made and I listened to it often during a certain period of time. All the characters did a great job with the characters they were acting out. The movie was so real to me that by the time I saw a picture of the real Temptations, they looked like the fake Temptations to me. The story line of the movie is historical. I don't know what was true and what wasn't, but all I know is that the movie exemplified a legacy for the Temptations. I thought that David Ruffin was the most interesting character out of the group. He was a great singer and performer but had some bad problems off of the stage. He couldn't resist the temptation of drugs and that ended up being his downfall. I also like how Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin started something big and stuck to it the whole way through the good times and the bad. And although it was sad, I thought the scene in which Paul Williams killed himself was pretty good too. The movie couldn't have been set up in any better way.

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

My favorite movie ever is "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood". This is by far the funniest movie known to man! The movie was written by Shawn and Marlon Wayans who were the two main characters as well. This movie is a parody of most of the popular "hood movies", or movies with predominately black people in the ghetto. It mainly tries to mimic the hood movie "Boyz N the Hood". Basically, this movie takes a whole bunch of popular scenes from different hood movies, that were serious scenes in the original movie, and turns them into hilarious scenes. Shawn Wayans' acting name in this movie was "Ashtray". He was supposed to play the role of the serious character trying to make it out of the hood, but everything he did in the movie wound up being funny anyways. Marlon Wayans' acting name in this movie was "Loc Dog". He portrayed the main thug in this movie. But he wasn't your typical thug. Nearly every single thing he did in this movie was funny as well. As a matter of fact, the only objective for this movie was to simply make the audience laugh! Nothing else! No morals. No values. Just laughter! Thats my type of movie because if it is one thing I love to do, it's laughing. Even when you thought something serious was about to take place in the movie, it always found it's way back to comedy. For instance, there was one scene in the movie where there was a gang that was in a back alley appearing to jump a newcomer into the gang by way of fighting. One of the gang members asked "Y'all ready to jump this fool in?" They all replied "Yeah" then they started off what sounded like a gang chant. Then they started turning two jump ropes at one time making the newcomer double dutch. Another thing I love about this movie is that there are so many small things that you have to really be paying attention to the movie so that you can catch. For instance, there is a girl in the movie named Dashiki who Ashtray falls in love with. Apparently she is well known for getting around a lot and sleeping with many different men. One scene when Ashtray is getting ready to go inside of her house, they quickly show her address which is 6969 Penetration Avenue. Now if that is not comedy then I don't know what is. Another quick seen that was ridiculously funny was when they were at a party and one of Ashtray's friends said "look at them two freaks getting busy on the dance floor" and then they showed the two people on the dance floor with all of their clothes off literally engaging in sexual intercourse. I could go on and on for pages and pages explaining the many funny scenes in this movie. That's why it is my favorite movie of all time!