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| Bobbi Jo |
Well, my beautiful niece Katelyn and I went to see the new "Footloose" movie Saturday. Ok, now let me start off by saying that I have always been a BIG fan of the original Footloose, and was a little sceptical when I found out about the new one. I mean, you have to be pretty brave to think you can come up with something like it or better. I for one have very little movies that I can watch over and over again, and Footloose has always been one that if I was flippin' through the channels and saw it was on I stopped and watched! It had a huge following! I can't even begin to imagine how many times my sister, Bobbi has seen it! When ever I see the movie, I think of my sister. |
| Katelyn |
Anyway, I saw the previews and decided that it was worth paying the outrages amount (not really, Jonny had free movie passes), to go see this remake. I knew Katelyn was game, so I drug her along with me. I'm SURE there is absolutely nothing else for a gorgeous 17 year old to do, then hang out with her Aunt on a Saturday afternoon! Anyway, she seemed happy to go, so we got our candy and soda and sat and watched our movie.
Now I am not going to say it was bad, cause it really wasn't bad. HOWEVER... it definitely wasn't the real deal. I mean, when I watched Kevin Bacon come in from Chicago into this small town, I believed that this guy was from Chicago, had a big city attitude and was tryin' to fit in to this small town, but not give in to their stubborn ways!! Not only that when Kevin danced, he DANCED!! It was a manly way of dancing, and it didn't bother me at all that he was a gymnast, cause he was a masculine gymnast! Oh, and when he got up in front of the council to convince those stubborn good ol' boys to change their way of thinking, I believed every word Kevin said with conviction!!  |
| convolution/dancing |
Ok, now for the new movie. Again, if this was a movie that I was watching for the first time, not knowing anything about an original, I woulda enjoyed it more perhaps. However, I really couldn't help comparing every detail of Ren, Ariel, Wilard, and Rusty. I just couldn't help it!! One of the best parts of the first Footloose was when he gets really pissed and heads out to the abandoned something or rather (what is that place?), and starts dancing like a mad man. Ok, he danced like a mad man, but in a controlled "I know exactly what I'm doing cause I'm an awesome dancer" kinda way. Not only that it was hyped up music that you could dance to! The new one was him going to an abandoned something or rather, and turning on some weird "no one could dance to this, cause there is really no rhythm to this music" song. Not only that he just kinda flung himself around like he was having convolutions and would do a flip everyone once and awhile. It was kinda strange, and I was glad it was over, because I was afraid he was going to hurt himself.
If this was a play and I was watching these characters on stage I would give it a high praise! Really, I felt like I was watching a play. You know when you are watching a play for the first time on a stage, and you feel a little uncomfortable, cause you know they are right there and they are acting out these parts, and you can't forget that you should be imagining the fourth wall. Well that's what it was like watching this new movie. It was like watching a play. The best one in the movie was the character who played Ren's friend "Wilard." This kid was believable and now that I think about it, I think he was better looking then Ren! |
| "Wilard" |
Then there were things that I tried to ignore, but I just couldnt. Like a part where they all start dancing at an empty drive-in theater, and the music is blaring over big loud speakers, but they only get busted when the preacher man just happens to come into the drive in. I mean they couldn't hear it from town? Then the whole place was full of black girls dancing and krunking like crazy (the best dancing was by them by the way!!), and out of no where the only white people out dancing were Ren and Ariel. Although you cut to them at school or the town meeting and there are only like 5 black people. Where did they go? Do they all live at the drive in theater, and never ever leave? Oh! How about the chicken scene! Remember in the original movie they play chicken with tractors? Why? Because they are in a small town, and they have access to tractors and can do it on a farm where no one else will see them, and get busted. Then the next day, they asked Ren if they knew anything about the tractor that was destroyed out on Farmer so and so's property, and he has no comments for them. Makes sense right? Well!! In this movie they have them racing, and playing chicken in buses... BUSES!?!? Oh, yeah no one is going to see us racing these buses and then BLOWING THEM UP!!!!! AND, no one says anything about it the next day!? 
Ok, ok, I will stop ragging on the movie, it was a fine movie. It just had A LOT to live up to, thats all. I just don't think that this new one, is going to become an instant classic as the other one did. I will say I did enjoy the music (except the convulsion scene) and may look for the soundtrack!!
Anyway, I was happy to hang out with Katelyn, she is always fun! I had a great weekend, and Jonny and I had an awesome date night on Friday. The kids had a lot of fun at Aunie's going to the pumpkin patch! Now on to a new week! woohoo!! Cut loose, footloose, kick off your sunday shoes!!
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