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Sophia (Bookwyrming Thoughts) (530 KP) rated High Strung (2016) in Movies
Jan 27, 2020
Great dancing and violin playing (1 more)
Decent storyline - I particularly liked Ruby's character arc
Everything seems rushed into the last 30-40 minutes (2 more)
Most of the movie is dancing - it kind of overshadowed the storyline?
Some things don't feel wrapped up or were vague - intentional?
High Strung has a really good concept, but it kind of fell short in the execution.
Ruby's story seemed to be the only one I felt had a full arc - or maybe this is because I enjoyed her story more. Either way, it was 1am when I was watching and the others didn't seem to have a lot of background other than vague details. Ruby just stuck out to me. They weren't wrapped up either, and I'm not sure if it was intentional (especially Johnnie, the male lead - we know he's from England and he plays the violin but I don't recall the why in some details that I feel are important).
Everything also seems rushed into the last 30-40 minutes; much of the beginning features a lot of dancing. While yes, the movie IS focused on dancing and playing the violin as there is a String and Dance competition, it feels... a little too much? Personally I enjoyed it (I can't dance for the life of me and my violin skills sure aren't competition worthy, so it was fascinating), but it kind of overshadowed the story.
Ruby's story seemed to be the only one I felt had a full arc - or maybe this is because I enjoyed her story more. Either way, it was 1am when I was watching and the others didn't seem to have a lot of background other than vague details. Ruby just stuck out to me. They weren't wrapped up either, and I'm not sure if it was intentional (especially Johnnie, the male lead - we know he's from England and he plays the violin but I don't recall the why in some details that I feel are important).
Everything also seems rushed into the last 30-40 minutes; much of the beginning features a lot of dancing. While yes, the movie IS focused on dancing and playing the violin as there is a String and Dance competition, it feels... a little too much? Personally I enjoyed it (I can't dance for the life of me and my violin skills sure aren't competition worthy, so it was fascinating), but it kind of overshadowed the story.
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Jan 3, 2019
Shay Storey (9 KP) rated Aladdin (2019) in Movies
Jan 27, 2020
Contains spoilers, click to show
If you go in to it not thinking of the original movie, you'll like it. There are somethings they kept the same (like the dancing animals) and somethings they changed up. (The ride through different places) but all in all it was a cute movie, we watched it a couple times.
Tom Chaplin recommended Melody A.M. by Royksopp in Music (curated)
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Girls at the Kingfisher Club in Books
Oct 7, 2020
An ambitious reworking of the fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" finds a dozen girls, whose father has hidden them from the world, sneaking out to New York's speakeasies to dance during the prohibition era. You can read my full review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/06/06/a-dazzling-dozen-of-speakeasy-sisters/
Morgan Sheppard (926 KP) created a post
Feb 23, 2024
Leads to dangerous dancing attempts beyond skill level (2 more)
Makes me cry
I fell wiped out on the tile singing along and dancing in socks, twice
Can’t stop singing
I really loved the film and I listen to this soundtrack over and over.
The Other Side is an agument I have with myself all the time- stick with mundane safety or shoot for the stars?
I can’t say I’ve ever regretted the times I lit the fuse and took off, but it scares me every time. :P
As far as the haters go-
They can say it all sounds crazy. They can say I lost my mind. I don’t care if they call me crazy, I’ll run away to a world that we designed. ?
The Other Side is an agument I have with myself all the time- stick with mundane safety or shoot for the stars?
I can’t say I’ve ever regretted the times I lit the fuse and took off, but it scares me every time. :P
As far as the haters go-
They can say it all sounds crazy. They can say I lost my mind. I don’t care if they call me crazy, I’ll run away to a world that we designed. ?
Mothergamer (1514 KP) rated Fitz and the Tantrums by Fitz & The Tantrums in Music
Jul 10, 2017
Music That is Catchy and Great
A friend introduced me to Fitz & The Tantrums and I loved them. Every song is catchy and great. There are also some beautiful melodies and musical arrangements in them. No two songs are alike and each one makes you feel like singing along and tapping your feet or getting up and dancing.
Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) rated Singin' in the Rain (1952) in Movies
Nov 28, 2018
Donald O'Connor's Make 'Em Laugh scene (1 more)
Debbie Reynolds
Donald O'Connor's Make 'Em Laugh scene is one of the best performances in all cinema. He was enormously talented and, arguably, even a better dancer than Gene Kelly. I love this classic movie. The storyline falls a bit flat with me but the singing and dancing can't be best.
LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Happy Feet (2006) in Movies
Sep 3, 2021
Gets a pass exclusively on how weird it is - seriously, this thing is bananas. In fact, it's theoretically amazing: a cutesy dancing penguin movie gradually morphs into a surreal trek through racism, religion, existentialism, and environmentalism where Robin Williams has a thick Mexican accent and I'm still not sure how I feel about them giving the lady penguins those pseudo-titty mounds. For all intents and purposes this should be something I sing the praises of as a great, underappreciated freakish gem... but its oddness is all it has, since there's approximately zero emotional thrust to anything else here. Elijah Wood is totally nondescript as Mumble and I don't really care about any of the other characters either; not to mention it has no sense of pacing so the last act comes and goes in an anticlimactic flash. Miller's signature visual kinetic energy is cool as hell at least, but then the story is also utterly naïve - I'm pretty sure a viral video of a bunch of penguins dancing isn't going to stop humans from pillaging their ecosystem. And at this point I know I'm looking too deeply into this shit but in this happy penguin world where singing makes them who they are and keeps them alive or whatever that was all about, is it so hard to fathom that these things should be way less bigoted towards dancing? Like you're all out here jamming to Fat Joe but then tap dancing is where you draw the line? Okay I'm done now, still a nice movie for what is essentially the more eccentric 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨 (2016) with not-as-good animation (but better cinematography).