Source: Touchstone PicturesWhat does Stomp The Yard, Step Up (the first and the sequel), You Got Served, How She Move, and Roll Bounce, have in common? Crazy good dancing, crappy storylines, and craptastic acting!
Hollywood movies where hip-hop is the focal point have been mediocre at best. The plot is usually a variation of this: talented kid either on the wrong side of the tracks or suffers great tragedy falls in love and fulfills dance potential through a Rocky-ish epic battle (usually a competition). Kid either wins or loses but wins opponent's respect in defeat therefore making him or her the "real" winner.
Imagine if all the effort placed on choreography was placed on the unimportant stuff, like plot and character development as well as feelings... wow, the possibilities!
Until then we'll have to watch actors with the emotional range of a 2X4 onscreen fall in love. We'll also have to shake our heads in disapproval when everybody at the bloc party breaks out in intricate choreography. After all, all you have to do is just showing up. It's that easy, folks!
Don't get me wrong: I'm a dance movie junkie (especially movies of the hip-hop variety). I'll watch them anyway. I'll just watch them on TV, instead. And so should you if you don't enjoy flushing your money down the toilet.
Hollywood movies where hip-hop is the focal point have been mediocre at best. The plot is usually a variation of this: talented kid either on the wrong side of the tracks or suffers great tragedy falls in love and fulfills dance potential through a Rocky-ish epic battle (usually a competition). Kid either wins or loses but wins opponent's respect in defeat therefore making him or her the "real" winner.
Imagine if all the effort placed on choreography was placed on the unimportant stuff, like plot and character development as well as feelings... wow, the possibilities!
Until then we'll have to watch actors with the emotional range of a 2X4 onscreen fall in love. We'll also have to shake our heads in disapproval when everybody at the bloc party breaks out in intricate choreography. After all, all you have to do is just showing up. It's that easy, folks!
Don't get me wrong: I'm a dance movie junkie (especially movies of the hip-hop variety). I'll watch them anyway. I'll just watch them on TV, instead. And so should you if you don't enjoy flushing your money down the toilet.
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