Must See Movie...

Boring

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Beyonce Knowles; but, omg; this is Cop Rock just a few years later. Studied classic voice for 8 years, and was not expecting that type of quality; but, the situations where each character breaks into "song", is embarrassing. It's much like the feeling I had when as a college student I watched Steven Bochco's COP ROCK; but this is worse; did this even get an airing on broadcast TV? Poor Beyonce; Thank God she redeemed her self somewhat in "Dreamgirls." one star for trying to being creative; Beyonce is very hot in this; even for a gay guy, I find her exuding natural sexuality more than most of the vanilla, white anorexic actresses today. I hope she didn't put this on her resume'.

First of all I want to state that I have seen this movie once in my life. I could only bare to see it once for the fact that Beyonce Knowles has been my Role Model for the past 6 years. Ever since the very first time I heard her voice on the radio, I had become to love it. For the fact that I want to be a famous singer when I grow up, Beyonce Knowles had always been who I had looked up too. She was one of the few celebrities who had managed to stay out of negative media SUCCESSFULLY. I had never heard of her becoming intoxicated and out of control, their was never any provocative statements being said, and she was never heard of as being in a two day relationship. Beyonce Knowles had always been a positive person in my life, and her music was my escape to the realities of existence. Middle School & High School: I couldn't have made/been making it through these years if it were not for her music brightening my day.You can call me bias, I don't mind. I am only saying the way I feel. : ) Then, this movie came out, and for me it was a modern-day Selena remake. If you haven't seen the movie Selena, I highly recommend you to watch it. The two are quite similar. Anyways, Beyonce Knowles was only pursuing her dreams in the music industry. This was the simple well-known fact of how hard it was to "make it" in this industry. Now, things aren't as tough, and if your name is well-known, you can have a record deal in a matter of 2 weeks. IF not, then you have to start climbing the ladder. Once you have reached the middle of that ladder, you have to be careful not to fall. After this, if you keep on pursuing your dreams then you will succeed to the top of the ladder. In the movie, Beyonce Knowles had died before her life-long dreams had been reached.I cried for the next hour after watching Carmen: A Hip-Hopera. I couldn't explain the way I had felt for Beyonce's character, Carmen. And I had soon realized that I would try my hardest and never give up to reach my dreams.In reality:: I am 16 years old and I still have not yet received any type of record deal. I live in a small town, so that only makes it ten times harder. Yet, I still know that I have the rest of my life to become a singer if that is what I want out of my life, and it most certainly is. I know that I must never give up on my dreams, until the good Lord takes me home.May I just add one last thing: Beyonce emerged from a trio group {which was first a foursome, but they SURVIVED the split.} and Destiny's Child had Grammy's and the Billboard under their belt. Then Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams all went solo. Michelle chose Gospel while Beyonce and KElly chose R&B. The record label Destiny's Child had signed with, was owned by Beyonce's manager, her very own father and backbone support, Matthew Knowles. Now, Beyonce has overwhelmed the media with her two solo albums, her appearance in two movies, The Fighting Temptations and The Pink Panther, along with her performances in this movie and soon coming to theaters, Dreamgirls.; D She did it, she raised above the negativity and made her dreams come true. You may disagree, but I know that I can do that too. This movie gave me nothing but encouragement. = D Thank you for listening!! Feel free to comment!!

I liked this movie especially the music, sure Beyonce rocked it and really put some kind of flavor in her character Carmen, I liked her game, she looked amazing, very sexy and attractive, but... she was definitely mean : she enjoyed hitting on other people's men and creating trouble, she was selfish and manipulative, and hey, she got into a fight!! what kind of a Diva is that? and she ruined Hill's life. So at the end, I didn't quite understand when they said there will never be anyone else like her !? I mean, do you really want to have somebody like that in your life? I don't think so ! And to me, that's where the movie failed because in the end there was really nothing special or even likable about Carmen, she was just mean, you think she was beautiful? but what is beauty if you don't have it from the inside ! I think they should have removed the epilogue because it contradicts the whole movie and it seems kind of hypocrite too: So we're supposed to have some kind of pity for people just because of their looks? My answer is NO: wrong is wrong even if you look like a star, don't let the looks fool you, and most importantly know how to control yourself, something that looks good doesn't mean it is good, and sometimes you just have to accept your life the way it is, your girl might not be a Diva, her game might be "wack" but that's fine, because a diva could bring much more trouble in your life than you think. I thought the actors were great in the movie, especially Mekhi,Mos Def,and Beyonce, they were all so natural, they kept it real and that was good.

"Carmen: A Hip Hopera" , ranks with some of the "worst" movies ever made!!! Inadequate acting, and the waste of a talented director such as Mr. Robert Townsend. Bizet's "Carmen", and Preminger's "Carmen Jones" were excellent!!! The "third time is a charm", is not the case with "Carmen: A Hip Hopera!!!!! V.King