First, I want to apologize for the double post. The computer froze, and couldn’t load the page when I was posting, so I redid it. Of course, they are both in now, and neither can be deleted. Whatever, you can deal.
Last night I saw, for my first time, one of the most brilliant films of our age. Every aspect of this movie had me in utter awe. The acting, the metaphor, and the artisitic license were outstanding. The film? Dirty Dancing.
I know, you’re all asking “You haven’t seen Dirty Dancing?” No, I hadn’t. Why? It slipped through the cracks. That, and it is a movie with Patrick Swayze in tight pants dancing with Ferris’s sister. Thanks, but no thanks. I knew I had to see it, though, so I buckled down and watched it.
The first thing that blew me away was that it’s set in the 60’s. I had no idea, based on the costuming and dance I had seen in commercials and whatnot. This is one of the more brilliant aspects of the film. The girl, Baby, is a stereotypical do-good girl from the 60’s. She wants to change the world, make a difference, and loves all people on earth as equals. The Swayz (that’s pronounced the same as sways) is a dance instructor bad boy who is misunderstood, and underestimated as far as his talent.
Bad boy, good girl, initial lust on her part, indeifference on his, circumstances call for a colaboration, they fall in love, their worlds collide, there’s static, ulitamtely love triumphs. Standard plot. It’s almost like Romeo and Juliet, except everyone lives at the end… and I don’t have to think about Leonardo DiCrapio.
The kicker is the ending. This is where all the metaphor comes full swing. Her world is very 60’s. His is very 80’s. When the worlds collide, you get a fully coreographed dance sequence with tons of people that look like they belong in the dance club scene in ‘Earth Girls are Easy.”
I laughed almost the whole way through. It’s not particularly funny, per se, but the fact that every 5 seconds the tow of them are dancing or boning makes it hard not to chuckle. The lack of story is made up by the fact that the Swayz’s ass is very much the star of the film. I constantly had to question whether his ass was real or not. Ferris’s sister was okay looking. The extras on the DVD have her present day doing interviews. She had a nose job, and looks nothing like her old self. Pity. She was cuter when she looked like the girl next door. Granted, a very attractive girl next door, but you get my meaning.
This is by no means an excellent film. I wouldn’t even say that it’s a good movie. It’s one of those “so bad it’s good” movies, but it’s on the top of that bracket. Give it a look-see. Have a laugh.
Boobies.