Shayla said it @ 09:35 PM CST [Link] [2642 Comments]

Saturday, March 26, 2005

Thursday I had some tickets to a pre-screening of Beauty Shop and almost didn't get a seat. I got there 40 minutes early and it was packed! I couldn't believe how many black people were not only on time, but EARLY. Anyway, I wasn't expecting much out of this movie. I mean, we already had 2 Barbershops, was a female version really necessary?? Well the beginning of the movie started with Queen Latifah's character, Gina, going to work at some posh salon owned by a snooty white man with a european accent. Apparently, Gina no longer worked at the chicago salon next to Calvin's like we saw in Barbershop 2. Which meant no Ice Cube cameo! Boooooo!

Gina moved to Atlanta so that her daughter could attend some prestigious music school. She eventually quits her job at the posh salon and starts her own with a very, very small business loan that is not enough to fix the place up to code. Of course this means she may not be able to keep the salon open. *gasp* What a shocking plot! Other things going on in the movie is the jealous owner of the other salon trying to sabotage Gina's shop... The white girl who apparently does black hairstyles well, but has no customers at first... And then there is the sexy, ex-con, black male stylist who has everyone wondering if he's gay or straight.

What I disliked and could've done without:

• Alicia Silverstone's country bumpkin accent. Just horrible.


• Keisha Knight-Pulliam's soft whiny voice. She looks grown, but sounds like a baby.


• The "we need to save the beautyshop" plot. It's been done before.


• The corny white person not fitting in with the cool black people. It's been done before.


• Little JJ's mannish behavior. It was not cute or funny to me.

What I liked about the movie:

• Bryce Wilson. Eye Candy.


• Kevin Bacon. His character was funny.


• Djimon Hounsou. Eye Candy.


• Alfre Woodard. I don't know why she'd want to be in this movie, but I liked her weird character.


• Wilmer Valderrama's cameo. He looked so manly unlike his 70's Show character Fez.


• Kimora Lee & LisaRaye. Actually, I don't even like these ghetto broads, but men may appreciate the couple times they appear on screen.


• The Jokes. The plot wasn't the greastest, but it was still hilarious. Non-stop laughter.

Despite the unoriginality, would I recommend everyone seeing this movie in an actual theater? Yes, the laughs are worth the $10. I plan on getting the DVD when it comes out, especially so I can freeze frame Bryce.

Shayla said it @ 04:52 PM CST [Link] [5967 Comments]

Monday, March 21, 2005

So far I've been to work for three days and I miss my afternoon naps already. But I don't miss anything else about being unemployed except for the fact that I'm not going to see when Whitney Russell finally tells her half brother Chad that she's really pregnant with his baby and not by his half brother Fox like everyone thinks. *LOL*

Anyway, I am very excited about my future with the lovely company that has employed me. I don't want to say too much about them because the company is kind of unique that it would be easy to find through google and I don't need anymore people trying to track me down. But I will say that it's a lot smaller than what I'm use to with less than 100 employees and 99% of them are male. I work in the front office with about 10 very friendly people. There's so much for me to learn and it's very overwhelming, but I should be fine once I get the hang of things.

Shayla said it @ 05:59 AM CST [Link] [3902 Comments]