One of the films the students chose to watch in the closing weeks of this semester was Step Up 2. All in all it is an OK film that does what it is supposed to do. The dancing is not the best, but it is entertaining. The love interests are stupid, but not overbearing and just enough to add a bit of spice. The characters are clear and the people are attractive. I’d recommend this to people who are in to this resort of thing.
A problem I have with this film, like I would have with all film of this type, is that it is trying to make a moral point, based on nothing. A girl dancing Street Style goes to a dancing school. She is portrayed as refusing to conform, but in reality she is refusing to learn. She and her friends are being contrasted with the unbending teacher who does not see Street Style as dancing, yet they are doing almost exactly what he is. “We MUST do our thing, and nothing else.”
The dance teacher. What professional dance teacher at a prestigious school will disregard any form of dancing this character is portrayed as doing. People who truly love dance will appreciate everything. People who truly love music will listen to anything. People who truly love photography will look at anything.
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