Movie Why is 'Step Up' a thing?

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Did you enjoy Step Up movies?

  1. Yes

    39 vote(s)
    22.0%
  2. No

    58 vote(s)
    32.8%
  3. Never even heard of it

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  1. Fordask

    Fordask I feel like having a Bacon Pizza

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    For me, it is because my sister is obsessed with Bollywood.
     
  2. Lonelycity

    Lonelycity Well-Known Member

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    I never knew 3 idiots was that well received by the international market.... Hmm.. guess I should view Bollywood with more respect......




    Or not~~
     
  3. OverlyFriendly

    OverlyFriendly I should do something about

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    No idea
    Never heard of step up
    Never have watched a step up movie before either

    I guess It's a matter of tastes
     
  4. Leachinator

    Leachinator [Jedi master general] Most Special Snowflake

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    It sounds like you're asking why supposed comedies make unfunny references to step up and if thats the case all I can say is I have no Idea why anyone would enjoy most of those Scary Movie copycat movies given that they are more like copycrap movies...

    Anyhoo at least the shitty step up movies get frequently interrupted by dancing that ranges from nice to pretty fucking awsome.












    Most of those Scary Movie style parody comedies are complete shit is my main point.
     
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    sigmarc Well-Known Member

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    Only stupid people aren't able to understand the meaning of those movies
    True the movie is about dance but .............
    smart ones can end these lines
     
  6. Leachinator

    Leachinator [Jedi master general] Most Special Snowflake

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    I hate to shatter your illusions but both of those people are still very much a "thing".
     
  7. Leachinator

    Leachinator [Jedi master general] Most Special Snowflake

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    Calm down and dial back on the personal attacks I'm pretty sure (s)he was joking.
     
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  8. Lithit

    Lithit Desu~'s Little Griffin

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    I can't quite remember the disaster movie one, but i quite liked the one in meet the Spartans especially when the Spartans one and all the Persians were "falling" off
     
  9. Lonelycity

    Lonelycity Well-Known Member

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    Obsessed you say ??
    Lolz
     
  10. CountryMage

    CountryMage [XSanguine8] not my blood...

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    I want to answer 'No' on your poll, but I never actually watch the whole thing, so....
    Anyway, dance off, or even rap battle, are only good as a quick aside. Not as the main draw of the whole movie, that's why they turn out great as bit parts in other movies.
     
  11. Ai chan

    Ai chan Queen of Yuri, Devourer of Traps, Thrusted Witch

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    Yeaaaa... say that to the critics.

    Movies | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic
    Step Up | 19% (103 reviews) | 48 (23 reviews)
    Step Up 2: The Streets | 27% (62 reviews) | 50 (20 reviews)

    This is only the professional media critics. Some of the amateur critics went even further. The later movies were better received, but the story felt forced. Personally, I think the idea for the first two movies were better than the last two, if only the script was better.
     
  12. Leachinator

    Leachinator [Jedi master general] Most Special Snowflake

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    The correct way to watch those movies is to fast forward past everything that isn't dancing.
     
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  13. Cupcake Ninja

    Cupcake Ninja [Kind Sage][Lord Benevolence][ The Great Paragon]

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    its funny. in that there are borderline homosexuals dancing like roided up michael jacksons. also, cause there are some hot bitches. and some sick beats. mainly cause of the first thing though. i dont know. i had a laugh watching the first two movies, then thought the third was pretty lit.
     
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    Liyus Laksha's Desu~ Cat

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    it's not Bollywood, but Follywood......
     
  15. kuppy123

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    From my understanding, those movies are more of a showcase of the dancers' dance moves. Any concerns about plot and the like are secondary. They are essentially a way of advertising the skills of people who win or want to win those "so you think you can dance" tv shows
     
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    i guess people like seeing hot steamy dance battles
    never watched one
    but whenever i got a link about some dance battle or amazing body move from someone
    i kind of enjoyed watching them(there were never woman involved but i guess they are the part of the "hot steamy" of hot steamy dance battles)
     
  17. TrueLiesLost

    TrueLiesLost Seeker of The Lost Truth

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    I always liked them as I got older I started seeing how shallow and stupid some of the stories are but I still liked the dance sequences. So yeah I enjoy them for what they are.
     
  18. FaeCraivaez

    FaeCraivaez Ice cream lover ~ Issis #1 Subject- i think

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    The step up scene in disaster movie was bad
     
  19. DarkArts

    DarkArts ✫ First Ancestor of the Assassin Sect ✫

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    Never heard of it.
     
  20. monkey magic

    monkey magic Born from an egg on a mountain top

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    Because dance battles are ridiculous. There is nothing more to those you got served\step up parodies then that.
    I am pretty sure all those scary movie 'rip offs' are made by the people who made scary movie (all the ones with movie in the title like superhero movie and disaster movie)
    Edit: the Wayans bros seem to have dropped out pretty early but date movie and meet the Spartans and the like pretty much all seem to be made by Aaron seltzer, Josh Friedberg and David zucker, two of which were the writers for scary movie, and one produced one of the earlier scary movies

    That's not to say they aren't terrible. Went downhill incredibly fast after the first scary movie. Second was still watchable but nowhere near as good.
     
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