Which is not a criticism, 90-95% of her changes are to the betterment of the story. I don’t want to give all the differences away, but the male characters have interesting changes too ( Derek Luke, Omari Hardwick & Mike Epps) let’s just say screenwriter, Mara Brock Akil (creator Girlfriends & The Game) was generous with her pen. But on the other hand, I felt Dee so easily going off to be a doctor, and the grandness of the house they lived in, was a bit unrealistic for the time period. On the one hand, it’s refreshing not to deal with so much poverty and racism in a film starring a black cast. And more importantly, the socio-economic structure is changed for the family, by making this mother a former performer and current dressmaker, instead of a maid. Not only to accommodate a solo song for Whitney but Whitney’s character is far stricter with her daughters. The girl’s mother ( Mary Alice (1976) / Whitney Houston (2012) is the character which changes the most. I’m sure many bloggers will be making a play on the names Sparks & Sparkles, so I won’t The updated Sparkle is also an aspiring songwriter, creating the hits the girls sing.īy the way, Jordan Sparks has a great deal more presence and singing chops than Irene Cara. The youngest is Sparkle ( Irene Cara (1976) / Jordin Sparks (2012) She’s the real singer in the family, sweet, a little shy, and really looks up to Sister. In both movies this sister gets the least attention, mainly because she’s the only one of the three with darker-skin. In the middle is Delores ( Dwan Smith (1976) / Tika Sumpter (2012)) she’s the smartest of the sisters, and her part is enhanced quite a bit in the updated version.
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Not only do her looks and sex appeal rival Lonette Mckee, but without her dramatic character arc, the movie would be rather flat. The oldest, called Sister ( Lonette McKee (1976) / Carmen Ejogo (2012)) is sassy, sexy, beautiful, and opportunistic.Ĭarmen Ejogo as Sister steals the show. It is the story of 3 choir singing sisters (siblings) who for a brief period of time become singing sensations in Harlem (1958), but are brought low by an abusive gangster and the pitfalls of reaching for a dream. But whatever you do, do not opt for the double layer chocolate cake – so dry, Sparkle could have used it to mop up her river of tears after Sticks left town.įor anyone unfamiliar, Sparkle can easily be confused with DreamGirls, or even, Mariah Carey’s 2001 bomb at the box office, Glitter. Jordin SparksSparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2012.
So I packed up my laptop at 11pm, and went to watch it using the Manayunk Diner’s WiFi which was kinda fun the late night diner atmosphere rather lent itself to the setting of gritty 1950’s Harlem. Provided to YouTube by RCA Records LabelSomething He Can Feel I found it through VUDU movies, but my internet was too slow to support the player. So the night before the preview screening, I tried to stream the original on Netflix, but they didn’t have it. I decided that I really wanted to be able to compare and contrast the 1976 classic movie Sparkle with this much anticipated remake featuring the late Whitney Houston.
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