Now if we’re talking about acting and singing, it would be remiss of me not to mention the late icon, Whitney Houston. This was another number the audience really responded well to.
SPARKLE 2012 CAST MOVIE
With being a winner of American Idol, we all knew that Jordin could carry a tune, but she blew me away in the final number of the movie entitled “One Wing”, I had no idea her voice had that much depth and soul.
Jordin Sparks impressed me in her role as Sparkle, through the course of the film the character is meant to slowly come out of her shell to become the star that she was meant to be, I felt that Sparks really understood Sparkle as a character and that showed through her acting. Relative unknowns Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter shined in their roles as Sparkle’s older, sexy sister and her plucky younger sibling, respectively. It was nice to see Epps expand his film roles past just being funny and dip his foot in more serious parts. Mike Epps played Satin, the smooth-talking antagonist of the film. The cast did an amazing job in making you care about the characters. The acting was very believable and personable. The audience, who were quite vocal during the film, was dead silent during this scene, they were mesmerized. The big one being the movie’s most memorable music number, “Giving Him Something He Can Feel”, and baby, they nailed it. For Sparkle to be a hit (for me) it definitely needed to get a couple things right. What I really enjoy about the movie is how it paid homage to the original. Sparkle keeps the heart and spirit of the original while making small tweaks to keep up with modern audiences. The updated Sparkle follows the story of the original, three sisters dream of stardom and create a singing group, but the harsh realities of life and the music industry prevents all but one from making their dreams come true. As far as remakes go, 2012 Sparkle executes it almost perfectly, finding the right balance of paying homage to the first film while standing on its own two feet as a standalone movie. So one could understand my apprehension in seeing Sparkle, a remake of the 1976 movie of the same title. That pit becomes even bigger if said remake is a film we grew up watching.
Let’s face it, we all get the same pit in our stomachs when we come across remakes. IMDB says: “Set in the 1960s, three sisters form girl group and soon become Motown sensations, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart.” Starring: Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo and Whitney Houston.
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