I Haven't come down from it yet!

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2007)

Simply put, this is not a movie, this is an emotional experience! Like most of the audiences who have seen it in theaters, I participated in giving this a standing ovation! I won't retread the plot here which, as everybody knows, is based on the Florence Ballard/Diana Ross/Berry Gordy triangle (Diana Ross quipped on Good Morning America on Jan 16, 2007 that "she might see this with her lawyer"-while wishing the cast well- and Jennifer Hudson dedicated her DESERVED Golden Globe award to Florence Ballard).Hardcore R&B fans may recognize events from the lives of James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Ike Turner in Eddie Murphy's "James Thunder Early." But overall, this film does what the best of films do. It takes the human condition and articulates it in a way that people can relate to and touches the heart, speaking for people who experience things but cannot articulate it for themselves. I know now how 1939 audiences felt after seeing GONE WITH THE WIND! Many people, myself included, will CAMP OUT at Wal-Mart and Target with CASH IN HAND when the DVD comes out. Like James Brown, I'll tell the people PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE-DO NOT BUY BOOTLEGS OF THIS ON DVD! If you wanna bootleg JUNK like "Soul Plane" or any other low-grade hip hop comedy or blood & guts flick, that's YOUR business! But African-American CLASS ACTS like this NEED the public's support! Films like this make you want to get down on your knees and thank GOD for allowing Thomas Edison to invent the motion picture!