The plot is not good, the dance is good

Eliseo 2021-12-14 08:01:18

I was very excited when I first learned that Step Up had a sequel. After the movie was released in North America, I was looking for downloads everywhere. Unfortunately, only the OST was released early, but the movie did not have to be downloaded. Later, when I downloaded it, I glanced at the comment and said it was bad. Imdb's rating was only 4.9 (today is 5.2), so I gave up the idea of ​​watching this movie. Passing by the theater last week, I found that the first step was finally released in China. Suddenly it reminded me of this movie. Then I dragged it down with an electric mule, intending to kill time. After watching this tonight, I feel that this one and a half hour is quite worth it.

The second film, The Streets, is nothing new in terms of plot. It is about Andie, a girl who loves to dance hip-hop, who played truant from school after her mother's death. She joined a hip-hop group and caused trouble. My friend Tyler, the actor in the first film played by Channing Tatum, used a fighting dance to persuade her to go to the MSA interview. MSA's studies conflicted with the practice of the street dance group 410 she participated in, and she was expelled from 410. However, she formed a group by herself with the help of the male protagonist MSA's Mr. Popular Chase. After many difficulties, she finally won The Streets. The champion of the game. Of course, our protagonist and heroine developed a relationship in the process, and in the end, the lover finally got married. The plot is old-fashioned, and the actor's performance can't make people excited. I feel that the heroine Briana Evigan has always been an expression from beginning to end. The hero Robert Hoffman should have been handsome and suave, but he definitely looks a bit old and lacks Mr. Popular's. temperament. A few supporting roles are even more impressive. For example, Chase's brother, a successful dancer, and Blake, who is also the school director, made me shine as soon as he appeared. I checked on IMDb and found out that Will Kemp, who plays Blake, is an excellent professional ballerina in real life. He has the nickname of James Dean of Ballet (Wow~). Unfortunately, there is no opportunity to show his dancing talent in the whole movie. Andie’s friends Missy, Moose and Kido are also very interesting. I especially like Kido, a foreign girl who speaks English with an accent (probably of Japanese descent?), confident and optimistic, as Chase said, “She doesn’t need to speak English Can be integrated into our culture".

Although there are deficiencies in the plot and performance, but fortunately, I saw this movie as a big dance show from the beginning, so I was quite satisfied. The prank on the subway at the beginning of the movie is very creative. The members of 410 pretend to be ordinary passengers on the subway, and gradually show up as the music progresses, wearing masks and dancing in the subway car. The choreography also makes full use of the car environment. As the beginning of the movie, this can indeed arouse the interest of the audience. Andie and their pranks are more interesting. Moose's old lady's appearance is really funny, and the creative dance is great, which fully reflects the spirit of pranks. It is very fun and provocative. No wonder Tuck lifted the table with the computer after reading it. The end of The Streets game is the highlight. 410's dance is wonderful from choreography to performance, but compared with The MSA Crew, it is a bit more modest and not creative enough (no way, supporting role). The performance of The MSA Crew moved from indoors to the street. The trunk of the car was equipped with speakers, a row of car lights as lighting, and heavy rain from the sky as props. A group of people danced in the heavy rain, rain, sweat, singing and dancing. The madness of the audience is not enough if you can't think of it. Street and heavy rain are obviously intentional by the director or choreographer. At the beginning, the fluorescent rings on everyone's hands in the dark, the splashes of water during dancing, and the soaked hair and clothes of the dancers became the highlights of this finale. . Although the heroine Briana is not very good at acting, she is quite brilliant in this dance, very hot, very hot.

Finally, watching the credits, I found several acquaintances of So You Think You Can Dance. Adam Shankman is one of the producers, Dave Scott is one of the choreographers, and Briana Evigan is the disciple of Shane Sparks, and Wade Robson passed Robert Hoffman's performance on the Michael Jackson music tape revealed his dancing talent.

PS. At the end of the movie, Andie and Chase's kiss won the 2008 Teen Choice Award Best Kiss, how can I watch it a bit?

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Step Up 2: The Streets quotes

  • Smiles: Yeah, they wanted me to fix my teeth.

    Jenny Kido: I like you teeth!

    Smiles: Thanks, I like your accent.

    Jenny Kido: What accent?

    Smiles: That accent you got... You have an accent.

  • Andie: I remember the first time I saw someone move like they were from another planet, I couldn't keep my eyes away. I was little mom took me to a jam session in the neighborhood, it started off small but word spread and soon some of the best dancers around were showing up to compete in something they eventually called the streets. It became home, I got a front row seat to history. I wanted to glide and spin and fly like they did, but it didn't come easy. My mom would tell me don't give up, just be you, because life's too short to be anybody else. She was right. When I was 16 my mom got sick and in a couple months she was gone. Everything changed, including the streets.