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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Movie Review: Akeelah and the BEE
Synopsis:Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
-Synopsis from IMDb.com
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Words, Words and Words... Lots and lots of words from this movie. Well, of course, the movie is about a kid competing for the spelling bee national championships. Akeelah (the main character) is reaching for her dreams with the help of her coach, Dr. Larabee, a professor and a former contestant of the spelling bee. Akeelah was trained very hard, and Dr. Larabee made her realize that she didn't know all the words, big words. She was trained until regionals. After that, Dr. Larabee quit on her. He instructed her to practice 5000 words on her own. She almost quit herself, but her mother encouraged her. Then she started practicing with all of her neighbors. At the end of the championships, 2 of them were left. She was about to lose when she intentionally misspelled a word. Seeing this, Dylan Chiu, her rival, also intentionally misspelled the word. Leaving the two of them tied. Dylan told Akeelah to do good. At the end, both of them were declared champions.
It was a freaky feeling seeing both of them won that contest *even though it's just a movie*, coz you see the support giving by the people around them. My hair started standing on its end. And I thought i was gonna drop a tear. I was jealous. I was jealous at how they were supported by their loved ones... something I don' have...
I thought, maybe that is all what i need. LOVE. To feel that I'm someone important, so that I could also achieve my goals.... *sob*
LOL
oh yeah.. watched the movie @ Star Movies. You should watch it. It broadens your vocabulary
It was a freaky feeling seeing both of them won that contest *even though it's just a movie*, coz you see the support giving by the people around them. My hair started standing on its end. And I thought i was gonna drop a tear. I was jealous. I was jealous at how they were supported by their loved ones... something I don' have...
I thought, maybe that is all what i need. LOVE. To feel that I'm someone important, so that I could also achieve my goals.... *sob*
LOL
oh yeah.. watched the movie @ Star Movies. You should watch it. It broadens your vocabulary
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