Best Man Holiday

I get it! I really do...they needed a REAL reason to come back together again after all that went down during the first installment of the Best Man! I understand! It's real difficult for a man, especially, to look past and willy nilly accept an "apology" and continue on a "friendship" like family with another man whom bedded your wife down...and to add insult to injury, he's the best man in your wedding, and then to add about a pound more salt to your wound; you find out through a book he's making money off of. Then, even after all that, everyone in your circle knows before you! So yeah, I get it alright! Lance is a better man than most! But hey, love is an invitation to crazy (as Ernessa T Carter says it in her book) and love will make your behind do some strange thangs (not things LOL)!  

So on to the Holiday; I liked it! I enjoyed it even! I went with a large group and the theater was packed considering we went on opening night! However, I'm not quite sure I could see it again, eventhough I need to in order to really hear every single punch line and/or get every single aspect of the movie I may have missed the first go around. Thing is...the film hit way too close to home for me...and although it's most people's reality and YES, it had a greater tone than extreme sadness...and YES at the end and even throughout it was, actually, (in a mature person's mind) a celebration of LIFE. It was still too soon for me! I as, the 35 million other people that saw the film that weekend, went through an abundance of emotions. I'm not sure I would've went through as many emotions (phyically) had I not had first hand experiences (twice) with what the film exposed to us. 

But in the end; that's what makes great cinema! Art imitating life; life imitating art! So, kudos to Malcom D. Lee and the entire cast and crew! Life isn't all peaches and roses and every aspect of our lives won't always be 100% percent...but it's always a blessing! And Malcolm D. Lee does an impressive job of illustrating those concepts through film in both installments of the Best Man! I'm looking forward to Three! What's in store for Lance (L Boogie), how will Harper and Robin be doing? Will Jordan make it work with her new boo or will work consume her as always, and like so many women in this day in age she be left serial dating and in dead-end relationships? Can Murch and Candy endure all that come up against them since they married not fully knowing "all" about each other? Is love enough? When will Quintin and Shelby stop monkeying around and actually get together and raise their child together (side-eye)? Yes! I believe that's their child together! I wouldn't be surprised if Shelby wouldn't be the reason Quintin doesn't get married to anyone but her. If he attempts to marry someone else...Shelby will spend half the movie trying to get her man! After all; that's the only real reason she'll eventually leave Murch and Candy to their happily ever after! 

Well, if you haven't seen it yet! You're late! Get it together and go and support! If you have, share your thoughts! 

Xoxo,

Happy Holidays!