Step Down
Step Up?
As most of you know, J and I see quite a few movies. We have strategized about how fill our movie-watching need cheaply and have ended up with a couple of “frequent customer” cards at our local theaters. It was due to my knowledge that if we went to Regal on Monday night that I would get to purchase candy for $1 that J and I saw the movie Step Up. (Okay, okay… I also kind of just wanted to see it. I knew that it would be dumb, but held out hope for a high entertainment value…) Step Up is a teen dance movie. Boy from the projects meets rich girl at Art School while doing community service… she teaches him her style of dance… he teaches her his style of dance… You know a happy ending is to follow. Now, for my friends who don’t get to many movies in the theater, this is probably NOT one I would suggest. Yes, I enjoyed it with my cheap box of Goobers (plus we got a free small diet coke), but I can’t say that the entertainment value to quality ratio was drastic enough for entertainment to trump the lack of quality… Recommendation for best teen dance movie is… Save the Last Dance. It is now going on our Netflix queue.
posted by K. and J. Burton at 8:03 PM
5 Comments:
Hey, a blog with a theme! What a concept!
I'll definitely be reading. Thanks for the Little Miss recommendation. I've been suspicious.
I'm interested in hearing about A Scanner Darkly and World Trade Center. Seen either?
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Well, actually, seeing as how we have ONE reader...
I think we probably will see A Scanner Darkly.
K is definitely not seeing World Trade Center. J may or may not. He's not sure if he's ready for the intensity of the whole thing.
Thanks for stopping by Clay. You stay classy.
In the cheesy-dance-movie genre, my vote is firmly in the Center Stage camp. Or Dirty Dancing. I find Julia Stiles offputting.
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I must admit that I have never seen Center Stage... that might change my vote. I rewatched Save the Last Dance after posting and have decided that there are only a couple good dance scenes in the movie... So, it might better belong in the "cheesey teen flick" genre than the "best cheesey dance flick" award winner. I will amend my post after weighing in on Center Stage. ---I do like "Dirty Dancing" but I just don't think it is in the same category... but, I am not quite sure why I feel that way.
Center Stage has a killer "ballet" at the end and the dance classes the main character takes are fun. Plus I think it has every melodramatic awful teen movie Important Issue ever. Maybe not cutting, but all the others.
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