The love story narrated in the film does not have much novelty, it is almost a classic love process. When the two parties met, there was friction at the beginning, and then they began to understand deeply, fell in love, and then met resistance later, love was tested, and finally broke through the resistance, and love achieved a perfect ending. It's such a stylized story, and the director handled it very well. The editing of the footage is very economical, the story background is explained without any muddles, and the progress of the whole plot gives people a brisk and smooth feeling.
The success of the film lies in a very good combination of dance and plot. Dance has become a main line of the film. Sara (Julia Stiles)’s dream of dance and the development of the relationship between dance and Derek drive the film forward. However, it should be said that the biggest attraction is the dance in it. Aside from the story itself, it is also very attractive to use a few dance fragments as the film's extravaganza. Derek taught Sara Hip-Hop, the passionate collaboration between Derek and Sara at the block party, the scene of Sara dancing casually on the street, and the last dance are all very good dance shots. It’s hard to say that you won’t be bored. I remember Wang Xiaobo said that an ambassador to the Soviet Union had read "Swan Lake" hundreds of times and finally saw the level of vomiting. But I don’t get tired of it. I have seen those shots several times and still feel good.
When Derek taught Hip-Hop to Sara, he explained that Hip-Hop is not only a dance, but an attitude to life. It's the kind of seemingly lazy, cynical, and rebellious look, and it contains a brisk, active, challenging, and intensely dynamic rhythm. Isn't this the life advocated by modern people?
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