Step Up 2: THE STREETS!

Guys, it comes as no surprise to those who know me best that I love dance movies. I love them the way that most people love foreign films or Wes Anderson flicks or the Coen Brothers. I mean, I like, love all of things too but my most favorite genre of all is the Dance Movie genre. Girl/boy from the wrong side of town who learns to channel their anger toward something positive and somehow wins in the end via an awesome dance off ending sequence!! It's the American fucking dream! I have mentioned before that I should have been a dancer. Not because I have a particularly good body made for dancing or rhythm or anything like that. But i have concluded that because if i were a dancer i would be able to wear all of those awesome layered thin articles of clothing that dancers wear all the time. I mean there is also the negative side of being a dancer as depicted in Center Stage with all of the bulemia and inability to socialize like normal people because DANCING IS LIFE!! But seriously, dancing equals freedom.

So it is spring break and after a day of exploring Birmingham, Michigan, another town with another Main Street, i decided to take a little bit of time to myself and celebrate this oscar sunday watching a film at the local theater. I could have picked from any quality film showing but i decided to go for a movie that i knew no one else would see with me. A film that if Cathy were with me, we would eat a del taco nachos grande and than sneak into. I saw Step Up 2: The streets.

guys, no lie, i have seen a lot of dance movies in my day and this was by far one of the top 3. I cant' think of what the other 2 on that list would be, but this would definitely be up there. The first 20 minutes or so are a bit slow and you're liek "this girl is not such a great dancer." But then she picks out her new crew of motley dance school kids and the shit gets CRAZY!!! It all culminates, as all dance movies, withe big dance off at the end. And since i'm sure none of you will actually see this movie i won't consider telling oyu what happens spoiling the end. They have this ridiculous dance off, but the brilliant movie makers decided to add the elements to the mix. So they are doing this crazy street dancing IN THE FUCKING RAIN!!! and i mean it's like raw and powerful and got me super pumped. I would consider buying this movie. that's how much i loved it!

DANCING IN THE RAIN, BITCHES!!
Sure it's it bit fucked up how as usual teh white people come and revolutionize something that is "of the streets' and make it better. But i suspended my disbelief, and my tendency toward noticing social inequality and just went with it.