DanceMentor
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Looks like they have some pretty cool dancing. 
http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=579341&mp=t
http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=579341&mp=t
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peachexploration
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Yes, I just saw the previews. Had some beautiful dance shots. May go see that one.
Cha cha cat
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I am hoping that it will spur a new wave of swing clubs and swing dancing in already established clubs. There's nothing like a good dance movie to put a particular dance "in style". Can't wait to see the movie!
DancinJewelF
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Probably fun...
Two things... From the movie website it mentioned Frankie Manning was there for some of the rehearsals and helped some of the dancers out. I have heard the dancing is really chopped up though a non-dancer who saw it was still pretty impressed. Any ideas/opinions on whether SWOP (swing hip hop, which is what the movie website referred to it as) will become popular?
Two things... From the movie website it mentioned Frankie Manning was there for some of the rehearsals and helped some of the dancers out. I have heard the dancing is really chopped up though a non-dancer who saw it was still pretty impressed. Any ideas/opinions on whether SWOP (swing hip hop, which is what the movie website referred to it as) will become popular?
I saw it this morning. Didn't care for it, to be honest. The dance scenes, I liked, what little I could see of them. But two things about the movie bothered me. No, three.
For one thing, it seemed more of a showcase for Outkast's music than anything else to me. Gotta give Outkast props for a constantly innovative approach to their music. But still, if I had to describe the movie, I'd call it first, a gangster movie. Second, a music-movie (no, not a musical. Too much dialogue for that.) Only a distant nth is it a dance movie, IMHO.
Second thing, whoever filmed the movie (can't remember who) didn't film the dance scenes so you could really see the dancing -- lots of annoying (to me) slow motion during aerials and the like. Just show me the footwork, gosh darnit!! :lol:
And third, just a little pet peeve of mine -- so, so many anachronisms. Who the heck did the wardrobe for this film? The clothes were retro-look modern clothing. Not the real thing. Didn't look real to me, at all. Grr. :headwall:
And who was it, earlier in the thread? The dancing was, from my view, at least equal parts hip hop and swing. Not swing. I liked it. But I could easily see some swing purists hating it. (But then that could be my prejudice.
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Have I trashed it enough? lol. Good. Go see it, so you can shoot me down. :lol:
For one thing, it seemed more of a showcase for Outkast's music than anything else to me. Gotta give Outkast props for a constantly innovative approach to their music. But still, if I had to describe the movie, I'd call it first, a gangster movie. Second, a music-movie (no, not a musical. Too much dialogue for that.) Only a distant nth is it a dance movie, IMHO.
Second thing, whoever filmed the movie (can't remember who) didn't film the dance scenes so you could really see the dancing -- lots of annoying (to me) slow motion during aerials and the like. Just show me the footwork, gosh darnit!! :lol:
And third, just a little pet peeve of mine -- so, so many anachronisms. Who the heck did the wardrobe for this film? The clothes were retro-look modern clothing. Not the real thing. Didn't look real to me, at all. Grr. :headwall:
And who was it, earlier in the thread? The dancing was, from my view, at least equal parts hip hop and swing. Not swing. I liked it. But I could easily see some swing purists hating it. (But then that could be my prejudice.
)Have I trashed it enough? lol. Good. Go see it, so you can shoot me down. :lol:
naturallove
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Or on Netflix..I'll put it in my queue.
danceallstyles
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Did the movie go straight to video? I really wanted to see it, I happen to like Outkast and Swing Dancing, so it was a win-win for me.