Hi everyone! I’m Vicki from I’d Rather Be At The Beach. I started my first blog, Reading At The Beach, which I lost due to Malware, around the same time Sheila started her blog. Somehow we found each others blogs shortly after. I’m not really sure how, but it was probably from blog hopping, which I know we both do a lot of. I’m honored to be a guest here, and hope you will leave me a comment… we don’t want Sheila’s stats to go down now do we? LOL!
Today I’m going to share my thoughts of the movie “The Help”.
Since my daughter got married we don’t get to see each other on a daily basis, so we have a girls night out every so often. Recently we decided to go to a restaurant in a town nearby and then to see “The Help”! I was trying to wait until I’d read the book before I saw the movie, but with review obligations I knew I wouldn’t get to the book soon enough to suit me. So I did something I rarely do. I caved and saw the movie first. It wasn’t my fault though, it was all of those blog post I saw raving about the movie. You made it sound so awesome that I HAD to go see it.
I. Could. Not. Wait.
99.99% of the time, when a book or movie is built up in my mind due to glowing reviews such as “it was amazing”…it isn’t. But “The Help” was better than I was expecting. The characters were so real and vivid that I loved them all, even though I wanted to slap some of them. The movie had me laughing over and over, crying a few times, and even made feel ashamed as a person that there were some people who could treat other human beings so badly. That said, it was still such a feel good funny movie. There were many laugh out loud moments, but there was one scene in particular that had me laughing so hard I just about slid off my seat into the floor! Those of you who have seen the movie know which one I’m talking about.
There was never a dull moment and I thought this movie was FANTASTIC! It is now one of my favorite movies and I plan on buying it on DVD so that I can watch it over and over. I’d definitely give it a AAA+.
If you haven’t seen this, GO NOW!!! You won’t be disappointed! Want a sneak peak or refresher course? Here you go:
Thank you Sheila, for inviting me to be a guest on your blog while you’re in Honduras. I hope you’re having a great time. It’s wonderful that you give so much time and love to others!!
*Note from Sheila: I second Vicki’s thoughts here about The Help… the book is so good, and the movie is a fantastic companion to it. If you have not seen it… you need to.
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I loved the movie too! So much that I saw it twice…once with friends, and the second time with my teenage granddaughter, who also loved it.
The book was great, too.
I will definitely be adding this one to my DVD collection. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Vicki.
I thought the movie was fantastic. Maybe not quite as good as the book, but still really really good!
I loved the movie too and can’t wait to get a copy of the dvd. I can’t wait to be able to watch it whenever I want! The book is great too!
Glad you enjoyed the movie so much! I’ve read the book but haven’t yet had the opportunity to see the movie. I am dyyyyiiiinnnng to see it!!
I haven’t read the book. But will as soon as my reading obligations ease up!
I LOVE the movie and book. It’s amazingly written and the movie is so well-executed! My great grandmother on my black side was a maid in New Orleans during the early 60s, so this story really hit home for me, and was surprisingly accurate from the family stories I’ve heard. On the other hand, I grew up in the south and can totally understand that side too!
I have good intentions to see this movie but I’ll probably wait until DVD and then I can still read the book first!! 😀