Step Up
Sam had screener passes to see STEP UP, the latest in a long line of come-from-nothing-and-turn-your-life-around-through-the-power-of-dance movies. This movie's so here and now and happening, their official Web site is a myspace page.
On the whole, Step was predictable, but that was, you know, predicted. Sure, you knew from the second one character showed up on screen that he'd be dead 3/4 of the way through. (I almost wanted to shout at the screen, "Aren't you following along with the movie? Don't you see where you're heading?")And it's not very realistic that a street thug would acquire the skills of a classically trained dancer over the course of a short, inspirational montage. (I wish we had montages in real life. It would really move the narrative thread of my life along at a faster pace.) Still, you knew if you put up with lines like, "Let's do it for Skinny," the payoff at the end would be a perfectly choreographed feel-good dance sequence. And you'd be planning in your head to buy a bootleg DVD of the movie as soon as possible so you can dance along in your living room and finally get off the High School Musical kick you've been on since January and pretend that you, too, attend the Maryland School of the Arts. If you've ever seen the movies Center Stage, FAME, Sing!, Sister Act 2:Back in the Habit, Save the Last Dance, and, let's say, Boyz N The Hood, and you'd like to see them all together in one neat package featuring a cameo by hip-hop violin duo Nuttin But Stringz, check out Step Up. Or, you could wait for next week's Snakes on a Plane, which I am SO more excited about than anyone should be.
DID YOU KNOW?
The United States Military Academy at West Point pays for its cadets' education with the understanding that after graduation, the cadet will serve five years of active service in the military followed by three years in the Reserves. Drop out before your third year at the academy, and you owe nothing. Drop out after starting your Junior year, and you are screwed--you must pay back a large chunk of the cost of your education, or serve time as an enlisted soldier in the army. It makes you wonder why this guy, who owes $147,000 in back tuition to Uncle Sam, is smiling.
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First, do you realize that both of your new pieces include a "Sam." There's the unidentified (except by a gender neutral name) Sam of the Step Up movie entry and Uncle Sam of the West Point Entry.
Also, is there a dance on Snakes on a Plane? A snake dance maybe? Or is it the expected "dance of death?"
Nuttin' But Stringz = Nuttin' But Pure Entertainment
I would like the record to show that Michelle DID NOT send happyjack.
Actually, it was 3 Sams. The movie theater one, the MIT one, and Uncle Sam. But who's counting...
I know someone whose brother got kicked out of West Point right before graduation - now that sucks. Kind of makes you wonder what he did though...
So am I! (A different Michelle that is.)
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