Not too short and not too long. detailed and specific. it makes sense, informative, and entertaining.
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Bojangles vs. Tap
Added 12/11/2006
If you didn't like Bojangles...get TAP. It's GREAT, and it just came out on DVD.
Check out Savion Glover dancing in HAPPY FEET the movie. You see where he also added some of Gregory Hines steps in some cuts.
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Should have been fantastic... Something went horribly wrong!
Added 3/22/2006
I bought this movie simply because it stars Gregory Hines and themes tap dancing. That should be a recipe for success, Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, two of the greatest tap dancers to have lived, in a movie about tap dancing. Unfortunately if that is also what you are thinking, you will be sorely disappointed.
I watched this with my girlfriend who has been tap dancing for over 19 years, even with my limited knowledge of tap I could tell that Gregory Hines was either screwed over by the choreographer, or what is sadly more likely, already suffering from cancer. He never in the entire movie came even close to tapping up to his skill level, which just made him and Bojangles look bad. The only top-notch tapping in the whole movie was a short 1 or 2 minute scene where Savion Glover busts out, which made the movie worth its purchase price for me. I've seen Bojangles routines danced by other contemporary dancers who aren't even great tappers, and they looked far better doing them than anything Hines did in this movie. It's really a shame.
Now that covers the tap dancing. As for the actual movie, I could have cared less had the dancing been good, but it wasn't, and the screenplay was even worse. First off, the screenwriter was apparently at a complete loss as to how to move the plot forward. Rather than writing a string of excellent scenes which tell a story, the characters often turn and look at the camera in the middle of the scene and "explain" what is going on. I don't know where to start, I was under the impression that voice-over dialogue was faux pas... So what is this? Sinful I'd say. Moving on from that little annoyance, it doesn't get much better, the story itself is weak, something about gambling and his 2nd wife... I watched it 2 hours ago and I'm already having trouble remembering what happened... The directing was atrocious, I love Gregory Hines, for his dancing and acting, he didn't give nearly the performance that he has given in other movies, BAD directing.
Anyhow, I could go on, but that would just be mean. If you worship tap dancing, get the movie for the 1 minute scene of Savion Glover going all out with amazing dance moves. If not, I'd steer clear of this movie, you'd be better of watching a documentary with a bunch of interviews... It'd be a lot mor entertaining.
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My older brother danced with the nicolas brothers before they passed away and he teaches tap dancing. thought i send it as a birthday present.
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Call that man Bojangles
Added 10/25/2005
This movie was awsome. THe coolest flick since titanic. I highly recommed it. Go Bo!
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Not too short and not too long. detailed and specific. it makes sense, informative, and entertaining.
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Bojangles vs. Tap
Added 12/11/2006
If you didn't like Bojangles...get TAP. It's GREAT, and it just came out on DVD.
Check out Savion Glover dancing in HAPPY FEET the movie. You see where he also added some of Gregory Hines steps in some cuts.
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Should have been fantastic... Something went horribly wrong!
Added 3/22/2006
I bought this movie simply because it stars Gregory Hines and themes tap dancing. That should be a recipe for success, Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, two of the greatest tap dancers to have lived, in a movie about tap dancing. Unfortunately if that is also what you are thinking, you will be sorely disappointed.
I watched this with my girlfriend who has been tap dancing for over 19 years, even with my limited knowledge of tap I could tell that Gregory Hines was either screwed over by the choreographer, or what is sadly more likely, already suffering from cancer. He never in the entire movie came even close to tapping up to his skill level, which just made him and Bojangles look bad. The only top-notch tapping in the whole movie was a short 1 or 2 minute scene where Savion Glover busts out, which made the movie worth its purchase price for me. I've seen Bojangles routines danced by other contemporary dancers who aren't even great tappers, and they looked far better doing them than anything Hines did in this movie. It's really a shame.
Now that covers the tap dancing. As for the actual movie, I could have cared less had the dancing been good, but it wasn't, and the screenplay was even worse. First off, the screenwriter was apparently at a complete loss as to how to move the plot forward. Rather than writing a string of excellent scenes which tell a story, the characters often turn and look at the camera in the middle of the scene and "explain" what is going on. I don't know where to start, I was under the impression that voice-over dialogue was faux pas... So what is this? Sinful I'd say. Moving on from that little annoyance, it doesn't get much better, the story itself is weak, something about gambling and his 2nd wife... I watched it 2 hours ago and I'm already having trouble remembering what happened... The directing was atrocious, I love Gregory Hines, for his dancing and acting, he didn't give nearly the performance that he has given in other movies, BAD directing.
Anyhow, I could go on, but that would just be mean. If you worship tap dancing, get the movie for the 1 minute scene of Savion Glover going all out with amazing dance moves. If not, I'd steer clear of this movie, you'd be better of watching a documentary with a bunch of interviews... It'd be a lot mor entertaining.
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