Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Ok guys, this post is related to juz now dat post.
erm i actually found the summary of the whole movie. so ur see alr see ur interested to watch the show or not
but i would encourage u to watch it cuz its veri veri nice. i wont force u if u dun wan watch.
Enjoy:
Akeelah Anderson attends Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California Middle School, a predominantly black school in South Los Angeles. Akeelah is a bright girl and never makes errors on her spelling tests. She lives with her widowed mother, her three siblings and her infant niece. Her teacher recommends that she sign up for the Crenshaw Schoolwide Spelling Bee which she wins easily. After that, Dr. Joshua Larabee, a visiting English professor tests her with some difficult words, and finds that she has the potential to reach the National Spelling Bee.
When Akeelah asks Dr. Larabee to coach her, he rejects her for being rude. Instead, she studies on her own for the district spelling bee. During the bee her sister Kiana catches one of the contestants cheating, which allows Akeelah to take the tenth and final qualifying spot for the regional/state bee. She also meets Javier, a twelve years old Mexican-American boy and fellow speller. Javier invites her to join the spelling club at Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, Woodland Hills.
In Woodland Hills, Akeelah meets Dylan Chiu, a Chinese-American boy who had won second place at the past two national spelling bees. He is contemptuous of her — as well as the other members of the spelling club—and asks her to spell xanthosis. When she starts with a "z", he interrupts her and tells her she needs a coach.
At the conclusion of the spelling club meeting, Javier invites Akeelah to his birthday party. During the party, Javier impulsively kisses her on the cheek. Dylan plays Scrabble with Akeelah and several other guests. Akeelah almost defeats Dylan, but loses by just two points. She later overhears Dylan's father reprimanding him for nearly losing to "a little black girl" and harshly telling him he must win first place.
Akeelah's mother, Tanya, is depressed at her husband's death, and does not want Akeelah to participate in the state bee. She denies Akeelah the right to participate in further bees, but the bee is so important to Akeelah that she forges her father's signature on the consent form.
As the state bee draws near, Akeelah memorizes all the winning words from past spelling bees and works with Dr. Larabee, learning not only words, but also life lessons.
During the state bee, Akeelah's mother interrupts and forces Akeelah off the stage. After an intense discussion with her coach and the school principal, Akeelah's mother relents. In the meantime, Javier has avoided Akeelah's disqualification; he walks slowly to the microphone, he asks for his word "ratatouille" to be repeated and defined and used in a sentence over and over again, stalling for time for Akeelah to return. Dylan finishes first, Javier second, and Akeelah third; they all advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
As Christmas approaches, Akeelah goes out to buy Dr. Larabee a present, not knowing that he plans to give up coaching her because she reminds him too much of his deceased daughter Denise. Instead, he gives Akeelah 5,000 flashcards to study.
Without her coach, Akeelah loses her motivation. She is rejected by her best friend, Georgia, and feels the pressure from her neighborhood to do them proud. After a pep talk from her mother, Akeelah begins to recruit neighborhood coaches, including her family members and the drug dealer, Derrick T and prepare in earnest.
After reuniting with Dr. Larabee, Akeelah goes to Washington, D.C. with her mother, oldest brother, best friend, principal, and Dr. Larabee, unaware that her coach has paid for four of their tickets. Her performance is solid and steady thanks to her "jump rope" strategy from Dr. Larabee. With only a few stumbles, she is smiled on as a crowd favorite. Javier and Dylan also appear; Javier is finally eliminated on "Merovingian", finishing 5th, and begins rooting for Akeelah. Finally, it is down to Dylan and Akeelah, and the two finalists are allowed a brief break before continuing with the championship words.
During the break Akeelah goes to wish Dylan good luck, but she overhears his father's intense, pressured expectations of Dylan: win first place, no one finishes in second place three times. When Dr. Larabee tells her how proud he is of her Akeelah asks him whether she can come back if she loses; he replies "Of course you can!".
Akeelah attempts to throw away the competition by deliberately misspelling. Dylan is baffled; he knows that she knows this word, because he had been the one who told her that it began with an "x". To buy time, Dylan then misspells it on purpose as well. The commentators discuss the odds against two such excellent spellers both spelling the same word wrong, Dylan uses the time to tell Akeelah that he only wants to win fair and square. They both go word for word up to number 24. Dylan correctly spells "logorrhea", earning him at least a share of first place, and then Akeelah spells "pulchritude" correctly to become co-champion, setting off cheers from Washington DC to California.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
