Love Jones celebrates its 15th anniversary

If you're a hopeless romantic, like myself, Love Jones should definitely be on your top ten favorite movies. If you're unfamiliar with Love Jones, I suggest you rush to NetFlix or YouTube and hunt it down because its that good of a movie! Nina Mosley, a newly single photographer, meets and has a whirlwind relationship with Darius Lovehall, a poet and writer. A modern fairytale set in 1990's Chicago, Love Jones shows the plight of young African Americans striving to attain their career goals as they unexpectedly fall in love in the process. Both Darius and Nina share a passion for art, photography, and poetry. Despite the twists and turns between Mosley and Lovehall, nothing different than things that many relationships go through, the electric "Jones" between the two is undeniable. With realistic issues that face the two, it is impossible for anyone to say they could not relate to SOMETHING that occurred in their relationship. They say "love prevails" and that's exactly why Love Jones was, and 15 years later still remains, a prevalent piece in African American culture.

 Even though I was 7 years old when this movie was released, I remember sneaking to watch it on VHS when my parents weren't around and playing it on DVD when I got older over and over. During my undergraduate experience in college, so many of my new friends, who had never seen the movie before, grew to love it then hate it because the frequency in which I watched it. I love this movie so much, my beau decided to recreate the cover with our faces as a cute little surprise for me. (if I can find it on my new pc I'll post a pic but don't tell him).

So here's a toast to my favorite movie as it celebrates 15 years since its release. With talks in the air of a sequel, I am completely thrilled  but hopefully that if a sequel does happen it stays true to the Love Jones I knew and fell in love with.