Tuesday, January 23, 2007

STOMP THE YARD is to RIZE what STAR WARS EPISODE III is to STAR WARS EPISODE V

STOMP THE YARD is a movie so mediocre that I can't even be arsed to review it properly. It's another one of those "Urban Off-the-rails Kid gets a New Chance at a Better Life through Premium Dance Moves" films. Think STEP UP, RIZE, TAKE THE LEAD, MAD HOT BALLROOM but without the engaging characters, (faux-)documentary authenticity, cinematographic stylings or basic underlying wit. Yes, the dancing is okay, but the dialogue and narrative arc are so simplistic and predictable as to be laughable. You just know that when the guy from the wrong side of the tracks comes to the posh college, Fresh-Prince-stylee, he's gonna fall for the daughter of the Provost and girlfriend of the Alpha Male. Similarly, you know the father is going to react by telling him to dump the girl or get kicked out. And you KNOW there's gonna be a final dance off. To make it even more ridiculous, a large part of the film centres on rivalry between college fraternities that seems utterly alien (and frankly sinister) to my British ears.

Still, what do I know? I'm clearly not the target demographic, and the movie is raking it in at the US box office.

STOMP THE YARD is on release in the USA. It opens in the UK on March 16th, in Australia on April 12th, in France on May 16th, in Brazil on May 18th, in Spain on May 25th, in the Netherlands on June 7th, in Germany on June 21st, in Argentina on June 28th and in Italy on July 20th.

3 comments:

  1. Clearly. And neither am I.

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  2. i think that yes, the movie is predictable but that doesnt mean it cant be good! i think that its pretty presdictable that someone would critisize this movie.

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  3. True. Predictable doesn't always equal bad. Viz my review of Wild Hogs which was utterly predictable but still good fun.

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