movie comment: the secret life of bees *spoiler alert*

i had the privilege of seeing this with some of my faves on its opening weekend. i give it two thumbs up!
i love movies with strong black women, i have liked dakota fanning since she was little, and i like movies that weave in history and, of course, civil rights. so this was a win-win for me. i also like movies that don't spoonfeed you every thought--i like being able to infer character motivations and letting emotions fill in blanks--everything need not be explicitly stated.
random thoughts:

• i think they should have had 'honey' by erykah badu in this movie--all i could think of when a. keys and her boo were on screen was 'i'm in love with a bumble bee. . .' someone should have made that connection! or maybe they did and erykah was too busy being strange to approve
• that wig they had on alicia was *not* the business. that girl has never been that close to that many naps in her whole life!
• the suicide scene was so. . .extra. i did not need to see the rock on her chest. i was already appalled enough at the idea that this movie that i expected to be about bees and flowers and happy stuff was trying to make me cry! spare me the gruesomeness! at most i was expecting someone to get stung by a bee--at MOST.
  
• and tho i was too stubbornly mad at the movie for trying to make me cry to let any tears actually fall, i have to say that it was a tough fight when little dakota broke down crying and talking about how she was unloveable--you could just *feel* the pain. how does a little girl get that good at acting at such a young age??
• i really wanted to see a roach follow marshmallows and graham crackers outside. . .
• is there really such thing as purple honey? i need some. . .
• i wanted to know more about the mean ol' daddy. . .i wanted to be able to feel sorry for him.
• did dakota ever get to wear the dress may was making? it was almost done. . .relatedly, where did she get all those clothes she *was* wearing?? all that didn't fit in that little bag!

*update: my super observant friends have pointed out that she was wearing the dress at the end of the movie. i guess these are the kinds of things you miss when you're distracted by wondering whether this girl is worth that little black boy risking his life--i mean, we love her, but i was a little torn.*

• do people who don't get married because they love themselves/their freedom more than their mate ever regret it?

anyway, i think at least all black people should go out and support this movie--it's coonery free!