Jennifer Hudson on "Movies Rock!"

I just watched it...and I didn't enjoy it all too much. The music and her singing both were just so...wrong, in my opinion.
ETA: There were some nice moments in her singing, but it just didn't feel right, is what I mean.

Updated On: 12/8/07 at 06:31 PM

I enjoyed it, but when you say "her voice is just insane..." well, that's both good and bad. She has a fantastic instrument, but she isn't really interpreting the song. You can see it in her eyes on that last note that she isn't really sure what she's singing about. I love her and think she has great potential and has already done great things, but it would be great for her to really get inside the song in a way I'm not sure she did. Technically, a great performance, though.

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It was enjoyable enough for what it was but sometimes I feel like when you take a song like this and you throw in some classical guitar and a big R&B voice to try to make it sound modern (and therefore, apparently, better) it just ends up looking really cheesy.

It's like, who are you trying to convince about what? The song was good before Jennifer Hudson ever got to it.

On the other hand, it's a 60 year old song and I guess it can't hurt to be reinvented. And she's certainly very talented.

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Queen Latifah's "Big Spender" was a train wreck. I had to fast-forward that horror. Word of advice, Latifah -- NO PANT SUITS! EVER!!!

Stand-out of that night: Marc Anthony's "Mrs. Robinson" (from THE GRADUATE) and especially Carrie Underwood's sensational "The Sound of Music" .

Wow!

I think Jennifer has an amazing voice and looked beautiful. I did enjoy it, but I'm with some of you. I just kept thinking, "This isn't supposed to be an over-the-top, powerhouse, belt-to-the-point of yelling song." I think sometimes you can be just as powerful by being soft.

As for the rest of the show...it was all pretty boring, which is sad. All these songs had the potential to be very exciting. I expected more of all of the performers. Chris Brown has been giving great performances lately on awards shows, etc... I liked it, but didn't think it was anything really special. Sad that Queen Latifah's wasn't more exciting. And the pant suit?? Really...no.

I had heard about Fergie and the aerial stunts and I did think they were pretty cool, but it still was just okay.

Did enjoy Usher though...

Overall I thought the whole show was disappointing. Even the people reading the prompter were a little off.

Jennifer was wonderful. She was the highlight of the evening. Ushers number was boring and pointless. And he comes of so nelly.

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Jennifer Hudson, in my opinion, was the highlight of the evening. She had the best vocals of any of those singers on that stage. Underwood? Please, she was off key too frequently and had no life in her eyes. Beyonce RUINED one of the greatest songs to ever be written.

I'm actually lost when it comes to the point of the evening. I thought the point was to celebrate great songs from film. However, if their idea of "celebrating" a song is to change them to the point of making them almost unrecognizable, then, I just don't get it. Running vocals and r&b groove does not always a better song make. LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!

-Vincent

Any links to this?

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How does Usher come off as Nelly?? I don't follow that logic at all. Unless I'm thinking of the wrong Nelly. Nelly the rapper is just that...a rapper. How does Usher come off that way, especially when he's covering a Gene Kelly song?

I cannot believe Usher destroyed Singin in the Rain. That was a mess. Now I havent bothered to watch anyone else destroy what are legendary performances.

Anyone who knows anything about Dancing would know that this was a very very poor performance. He wasnt even tap dancing and was totally off the beat.
Uggghhhhh.

Updated On: 12/9/07 at 05:55 PM

Are we watching the same tape? Usher did not do the same choreography - he was way off. I know the taps were put in later but Gene Kelley is doing tap steps - flap ball change etc. Usher isnt even attempting to do flaps.

Do you dance? Ushers dance is not the same and not even on the right beat and some of the choreography is different.

Im confused.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME

You are telling me that Usher looked like this?

No way no how.

Updated On: 12/9/07 at 09:15 PM

Thank God for DVR. I was able to fast forward right past the awful attempt Usher made at "re-creating" one of the best musical moments EVER.

-Vincent