{"id":3483,"date":"2012-07-26T17:18:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T00:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2012-07-26T17:18:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T00:18:59","slug":"an-argument-for-an-all-dance-version-of-step-up-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=3483","title":{"rendered":"An Argument for an All Dance Version of Step Up Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe issue with \u201cStep Up Revolution,\u201d as is true will all the \u201cStep Up\u201d movies that preceded it, is that the movie thinks it needs a storyline. It simply does not. All the plot does is distract from the only reason to watch this movie: The exhilarating dance numbers. I purpose the filmmakers release an \u201cAll Dance Version\u201d of \u201cStep Up Revolution\u201d and just get to the good stuff. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my case: <\/p>\n

Exhibit A: The Set up is so silly: \u201cStep Up Revolution\u201d is about a professional flash mob in Miami who are trying to get 10 Million Hits online so they win a contest. The contest payoff is $100,000. What? No. Doesn\u2019t and couldn\u2019t happen. This, of course, is supposed to be a hip and trendy idea although I\u2019m pretty sure that flash mobs have lost their edge as they\u2019ve been reduced to fodder for a Howie Mandel \u201creality\u201d show. Later in, in Act 2, the flash mob turns its attention on saving a neighborhood that is threatened by a menacing land developer. This is necessary in any dance movie- the Save The Fill-In-Blank Scenario- but I pose that it doesn\u2019t have to be. Just dance, dammit!
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\nExhibit B: Peter Gallagher\u2019s Eyebrows: By this I mean there is not enough of them. Mr. Gallagher plays the aforementioned menacing land developer and I\u2019m pretty sure his glorious eyebrows are getting smaller. This cannot happen. It could be argued that Peter is getting up in age and those hairy beasts are receding but I don\u2019t think so. I believe that his heart wasn\u2019t in it and he gave a half-hearted performance. As we all know, if Mr. Gallagher isn\u2019t into it, his eyebrows follow suit. Nearly 30% of his wondrous follicles were absent. All or nothing, sir, so the cutting room floor with you. <\/p>\n

Exhibit C: The actors struggle with acting part: \u201cStep Up Revolution\u201d is produced by Adam Shankman who also judges on the Fox program \u201cSo You Think You Can Dance\u201d and many of the performers are culled from the show. Choreographer Mia Michaels plays a hardened instructor, there\u2019s the lovable \u201cTwitch\u201d as the same character he played in \u201cStep Up 3D\u201d and then there\u2019s Kathryn McCormick as the female lead, Emily. The Season 7 finalist can move and convey fake intercourse on the dance floor with the best of them but the whole \u201cI\u2019m talking\u201d thing is tough for the poor girl. I will reiterate: If she only had to dance and forget about the acting, we would be good.
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\nI know that if we remove the plot that it would be hard to know what is actually going on. If that is so important to you I pose that we get Louis C.K. to film some inserts and present the synopsis, thus connecting the dance numbers. I want you to really image this. We only keep the good parts of the movie and fill in the blanks with an angry comedy god screaming the particulars at you. Now imagine it in 3D\u2026.
\nYou are welcome.
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The issue with \u201cStep Up Revolution,\u201d as is true will all the \u201cStep Up\u201d movies that preceded it, is that the movie thinks it needs a storyline. It simply does not. All the plot does is distract from the only reason to watch this movie: The exhilarating dance numbers. I purpose the filmmakers release an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5113,12665,15975,19017,19018],"class_list":["post-3483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-dance-movies","tag-louis-c-k","tag-peter-gallaghers-eyebrows","tag-step-up-4","tag-step-up-revolution"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}