wow, i started this entry 3 weeks ago and i never finished it... well, i don't want to waste it, so here it is. 3 weeks late. i wonder if it's still in the theaters.
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so i watched this movie on friday. these are my thoughts about this movie:
1. the americans cheated... kinda. in these competitions, it's about crew vs. crew. and when it comes to crews, there's gotta be a sense of it being organic. think of a band like u2. high school friends formed a band together and they've been together for 30+ years. THAT'S a crew. in the movie, the americans cherry-pick the best members from various crews to form a "dream team" to win this competition. it's not technically against the rules, but i can't help but feel like they're breaking some sort of an unwritten rule here. by the way, that's the crew's name: dream team.
2. one of the weirdest parts of this movie was that there were clips from "planet b-boy" in it. yes, i know the same director directed both that and this, but... i've never seen that before. has any director done something like this before? i mean, if it's a franchise, the movies can refer to what came before, but... yeah. it was neither good nor bad, just weird.
3. since this is 3 weeks old, i'll talk about the WORST scene in this movie. so chris brown is in it and he's supposed to be the best in the crew, but gets hurt right before going to europe. so as he's leaving (it's got the boobie miles cleaning out his locker in "friday night lights" feel, or tries to), he says some nonsense about family and then finishes it up with, "act like champions, be champions."
at this point, ok. it's cheesy, i'm embarrassed for everyone involved, but ok. then comes the kicker: HE MAKES EVERYONE SAY/YELL IT. MULTIPLE TIMES. hahahahaha. wow... it's funny now, but at the moment, i was speechless. i literally had to cover my slack-jawed mouth, b/c i couldn't believe what had just happened.
4. if you like sports movies, you should watch this one, b/c it's like a game. as you watch, you can try to figure out what movie each part of this movie originally came from.
5. the dancing is cool.
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i own "you got served." i don't think i'll buy this one on dvd.
