Akeelah and The Bee

Just got some time at hand to watch the movie "Akeelah and The Bee" on DVD.

I was not able to catch it in the cinema. Wow! It really blew my mind away with all that bomblastic words: Xanthesis, Gabbro, pulcher?????? It deserves 3.5 stars out of 5 stars. It is entertaining even with a simple story plot: just a girl overcoming all odds (in terms of skin colour, rich and poor, parental objection) to become the national spelling bee champion. As the movie moves, it draws you and connect with you and the emotions you feel when the character wins or loses. It can be quite touching. That is what a good movie does: connect with the audience.

There is a little quote in the movie, which is also used in another of my favourite movie: Coach Carter. At the end of "Coach Carter", the naughtiest student, who turned over a new leaf after the death of a cousin said the same quote.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure

We ask ourselves

Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us

And as we let our light shine,

we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.