Aaliyah: Princess of R&B (Movie Review)

Ok so I'm sure some of you want to know what I thought about the Aaliyah movie so here it goes...

After watching Aaliyah: Princess of R & B I must say that I have an opinion!!  While most trashed the movie as AWFUL and Crap, I sadly agree.  I don't, however believe that is ALL it was.  This movie was clearly very rushed.  Everything we saw in the movie were things we already knew so that script fell flat from the jump.  The actors were not the best, but I have to give it up to Alexandra Shipp for putting on a brave face and not being afraid of the scrutiny.  She has proven herself a talented actress and I still think she was a good Aaliyah. She danced well and her voice is amazing.  Needless to say the girl is gorgeous so people can keep hating on her all they want, but that's all that they would be doing.  The other actors were lack luster performers.  While the actors who played Missy and Timberland sounded almost exactly like the real deal when they spoke, their actual actions reminded you nothing of the legendary producers.  Although her role was short, Elise Neal was SURPRISINGLY a good Gladys Knight.  There is really no need to discuss anyone else!  

Now for the tea & shade...

This is one time Wendy should take responsibility.  It sucks that she will not admit that the movie was not good.  She insisted on doing it, which I don't think was a problem.  I do think that if you are going to get behind a project and force the issue then you should make sure things are kind of perfect.  I mean it shows that it only took a few weeks to film the movie.  Of course the movie was going to be highly rated because everyone was hoping for something amazing so all that bull about "at least you watched" or "you were watching" is just plain disrespect to the audience.  Why wouldn't everyone watch.  It was made to seem like the production company and Lifetime was going to have it together with or without the release of music and information from Aaliyah's family.

 There have been legendary films that did not go to the big screen and those films portrayed the good and the bad of artist.  Just take The Temptations made for tv movie for example.  That film is still played on television to this day and people love to watch.  Not only that, PEOPLE STILL LOVE THE TEMPTATIONS.  

This film has made a mockery, but I think Aaliyah's people are at fault for that.  What's that old saying??  Oh yeah "the show must go on."  Well it did, and look what happened.  Now all of the negative post on social media is what this girls name is wrapped around, and although extremely funny these post are, I ask if it is worth the laugh to be the butt of a joke, or would it have been triumphant to have a film that was worth the encore Lifetime will still show over and over REGARDLESS.

Now would be the time to start casting for "The Offical story of Aaliayh"  because she is still worth it to clean up a mess.  Oh and Miss Wendy honey!!!  THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK IT IS OKAY TO LEAVE OUT THE PLANE CRASH IN ANY MOVIE, SOME ONE IS GONNA SEND FOR YOU MMMKAYYYYYY.  YOU TRIED IT.  HOW IN THE WORLD IS A MOVIE SUPPOSED TO END WITHOUT ALL OF EVERYONE CRYING FOUNTAINS OF TEARS????????  THAT WAS JUST TACKY AND SENSELESS.  

How ever you want to spin it the film was an overall disappointment.  Aaliyah is still the superstar she was and that is all that matters in the end.  See you at the Whitney premiere!!!

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BRING IT! (Unfinished business!)

So the Dolls vs Dollz rivalry continued last night on Lifetime's hit show 'Bring It'.  The Dancing Dolls leave it all on the floor at the end of the day, but when they didn't get to continue their battle against the Dynamic Diamond Dollz previously, this left them feeling incomplete.  The Dancing Dolls are a pretty much undefeated team of hip hop majorettes.  They also include many other styles of dance with each performance.  

Back to the competition...

So last night several teams showed up to compete in Memphis for a hip hop competition.  The Dolls don't usually do full hip hop performances so this made some of the girls nervous about their capabilities.  Camryn is one of the Dolls top performers, but hip hop is not her thing.  She wears her emotions on her face when she feels uncomfortable about something and it was clear that she did not feel good about the hip hop number.  She eventually sucked it up and did a great performance.

Last time the Dolls got together to battle the Dollz a big fight broke out in the crowd and caused the competition to be stopped in the midst of the Dancing Dolls winning.  They didn't get to continue so they have been waiting to get back on the floor with the Dynamic Diamond Dollz ever since.  They knew that the Dynamic Dollz would come with new material because they were already hip to what the Dancing Dolls were bringing BUT HOW COULD THEY NOT EXPECT THEM TO BRING IT EVEN MORE???

           KAYLA

It was evident that the Dynamic Diamond Dollz prepared for this performance and their coach was confident that they were in Memphis to win.  Dianna and her Dolls are no slackers when it comes to new stands and they came up with an incredible hip hop routine.  Captain Kayla made sure that her team was on point and helped out anyone who needed a little extra attention.  Dianna's girls rocked the house and had the whole crowd in an uproar after their motorcycle stand!!  They knew they had this trophy in the bag.  

When it was time to announce the winner of the night's competition it was no surprise that the Dancing Dolls won for their hip hop routine.  The ultimate shocker was when it came time to present the trophy for the battle round.  Both the Dancing Dolls and the Dynamic Diamond Dollz were announced as winners.  Which meant it was a tie.  This floored the Dolls and their coach Dianna.  They felt cheated, but kept their composure.  The Dynamic Diamond Dolls coach, John Connor also felt that it was not a tie but that his girls should have won.  

JAREBEARSAYS that the competition was fierce.  That cannot be denied.  HOWEVER, the Dancing Dolls clearly won because if they didn't then why would there be a tie.  Anyone watching could see that the Dynamic Diamond Dollz can dance, but they are not as clean as the Dancing Dollz.  The Dancing Dolls are very precise and their creativity level always shines through over the competition.  I mean who would even know that they had girls in there who were scared to dance hip hop or just barely made cuts.  Let's be real!  Maybe it isn't always fun for everyone else to see the same girls sweeping up all of the trophies, but what do you expect when the work is being put in.  When you are the best you are the best.  So a tie in my opinion was the judges cop out.  

Any way...  Before I go I just want to congratulate all of the teams who compete on the show.  You all had a great competition season and I look forward to seeing more of the Dancing Dolls on Lifetime!  If you don't watch the show you should give it a try, and if you didn't hear it anywhere else just know.....

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