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Lisa Springer's avatar

Now I want to watch this movie again. It was one of my faves along with Love and Basketball.

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Regina Black's avatar

You should! It was so interesting to rewatch after all this time. I'm thinking about doing the same thing with Boomerang.

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Tee Moore's avatar

Hands down I still rock out to “Sweetest Thing” and “Summthin Summthin”. Love those songs. Truly they are evergreen.

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Regina Black's avatar

Aren't they? Is this when we all fell in love with Maxwell?

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Taj McCoy's avatar

Such a great commentary on romance and love as stakes, sis. And truly this soundtrack is still in heavy rotation for me. “Nothing Even Matters” will always make me feel tingly. 🥰

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Regina Black's avatar

Oh, me too. If a perfect song exists, that's one of them.

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Christina's avatar

“Nothin Even Matters” has been following me in cafes, love that song🥰 I will be watching Love Jones for the first time!

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Regina Black's avatar

Oh, that it such a good song. And I'd love to hear your thoughts after you watch it!

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Christina's avatar

Definitely — your post was a wonderful read ❤️ stay tuned! 📺

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Nikki Payne's avatar

Do you think the medium or the fact that it was a movie allows for romantic heroines and heroes to make bigger more grandiose mistakes than in a book? Does a book feel maybe more intimate, more like a conversation between one reader and one author? I don't know, but that's such a good point about the types of things he did that were ultimately forgivable

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Regina Black's avatar

This is something I'm still thinking about. I'm writing about perspective, so that's been on my mind lately. I do think film makes it easier to distance yourself from a flawed character and follow their story with more objectivity than a novel. In books, the line between you and the character is very thin.

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