Today I watched the movie Selena, this movie really touched me. It was about a girl named Selena Quintanilla (played as a child by Becky Lee Meza) who evolved into a huge superstar. She was a Grammy winning recording artist. She was loved all over the world. Her father Abraham Quintanilla (played by Edward James Olmos) started out in a band called Los Dino's. When Selena was nine years old her father wanted to start a new band called Selena Y Los Dino's consisting of Selena and her brother and sister. Abraham would have them practice every day for at least an hour he was very hard on them. As Selena got older (played by Jennifer Lopez) they began to play gigs and started touring Mexico. In Mexico Mexican American people were not welcomed there, however Selena was an exception. Everyone in Mexico loved her. Selena's primary language was English but she she sang Tejano music.
While touring she fell in love with her guitarist Chris Perez. Although her father did not approve of them being together it did not matter to her. Chris and Selena ended up getting married and lived a happy life together. After there tour they were planning to have children of there own. However that dream never was possible. The family had hired Yolanda Saldivar to manage the expenses in the business and of Selena's fan club. Yolanda cheated people out of their money and Selena's father found some suspicious bills and questioned Yolanda about them. When Selena went to speak to Yolanda separately Yolanda ended up shooting her best friend. When Selena was rushed to the hospital, she was pronounced dead. Her family was devastated and brought to tears. Yolanda is still on trial as of June 2009 and was sentenced to life in jail.
While touring she fell in love with her guitarist Chris Perez. Although her father did not approve of them being together it did not matter to her. Chris and Selena ended up getting married and lived a happy life together. After there tour they were planning to have children of there own. However that dream never was possible. The family had hired Yolanda Saldivar to manage the expenses in the business and of Selena's fan club. Yolanda cheated people out of their money and Selena's father found some suspicious bills and questioned Yolanda about them. When Selena went to speak to Yolanda separately Yolanda ended up shooting her best friend. When Selena was rushed to the hospital, she was pronounced dead. Her family was devastated and brought to tears. Yolanda is still on trial as of June 2009 and was sentenced to life in jail.
I think its messed up and sad how Selena couldn't even trust her own manager. Yolanda said how she regretted shooting her, it was a accident and how she just wanted her mother meanwhile she had the gun pointing right at Selena so it couldn't of been an accident. I also feel bad for Chris because he had to watch his wife die right in front of him. Especially since they were planning on having children that dream never came true. I think that Jennifer Lopez did an amazing job playing Selena and the outfits were phenomenal. I recommend this movie to anyone that is interested in music. I love music and although I never listen to Tejano music this movie gives off a whole different vibe and it is by far one of my favorite movies.
I am not one to listen to spanish music despite my culture being spanish, but the story of Selena is tragic, but people only remember Selena in the US for the two songs, ''If I Could Fall in Love'' and ''Dreaming Of You'', but her legacy in Mexico can't be touched. Selena was pretty much the most popular latin-american musical artist at the time of her death. SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 23. You can't help but wonder where her career was heading for at the time of her death. It's always that same story for Musicians who die young, ''What music was going to come out next?'', but they left the world before they could go back to the recording studio, it's a tragic thing. The way Selena died was so tragic, being shot by her ''Fan Club Leader''. By the way, i love Jennifer Lopez's portrayal of Selena, even despite Selena being Mexican and Jennifer Lopez being Puerto rican, You never see that as a problem in the actual movie.
ReplyDeleteDidn't the movie show her being shot while on stage? I'm not sure but I think her manager was envious of Selena and her success. Being a close family friend I don't think her plan was to kill Selena but towards the end she couldn't seem to handle it anymore. It's very sad that she died by betrayal and at such a young age. After getting through a lot and finally being happily in love, her dream come true was taken away.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and I feel that it's sad that in our world we can't even trust one another. It's even more tragic knowing that you can't put 100% of your trust in half the people you're close with because anyone can turn on you any minute. Selena's the perfect example and I agree with Faina with her manger being envious of her. I still don't understand how people can be so heartless to want to take away someone else's life or even harm anyone that has done nothing but love you.
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