Step Up 3D

If you're within the target audience for this movie you will love it, hands down. I thought Inception was good, but this movie blew everything else released this year out of the water. Every aspect of this movie takes the genre to a new level, and addresses every problem the genre had in the past. Likable characters, an interesting plot with twists, entertaining dance and drama scenes, this movie perfects everything. Not to mention the dramatic moments are pulled off with excellent timing. It's been a long time since I sat in a movie and actually felt tension building with the arrival of a new character. I had to use the bathroom part-way through the movie but I didn't dare leave the theater for fear of missing a second of the past-moving plot. A common problem these films have is a disjointed plot that stumbles from drama scene to dance scene. This film fires the intense scenes at you like a machine gun, without a dull moment in between transitions. I definitely recommend if you are within the target audience.

Movie Guy, I'm sorry but I have to disagree. Not every movie has 'acting' and a 'story' in it. There's variety. This is just a fun flick. You just have to broaden your mind. And a lot of movies are made on things that we watch on TV. That's the whole point. The movie combines them all in a 1.5 hour package, ads more style (if you'd like to put it that way) and story to it, makes it more fun to watch. You can't apply the art-house mentality to every movie out there. And dancing IS like a "mysterious force", and a "way of life which leads you into wisdom". A lot of people believe in this. Just like one would believe in the power of music or art and or any other aesthetic field. I'm not a dancer, but I'm open to these concepts. The movie has commercialized all these, which is obvious, since this is a mainstream movie. My judgment: The movie is exciting, but the plot could have been smarter.

Insultingly predictable story about a bunch of homeless kids who can dance (don't ask) living in a huge loft. Their leader is hot, hunky, handsome Luke (Rick Malambri). He falls for mysterious Natalie (Sharni Vinson) and recruits a new NYC college kid (Adam G. Servani)for part of the group. However they might be evicted from their loft for non-payment of rent. The only way of doing that is winning some big dance-off against their nasty rivals--the Sumurais. Who will win the big dance off? Who do you think? An utterly predictable story and laughable dialogue really sink this one. Add acting that would be laughed out of a grade school play and characters with NO depth or point. Malambri and Vinson are certainly easy on the eyes (and he has two shirtless scenes) but that doesn't help. I admit I did get a little misty-eyed at the thoroughly predictable ending (which proves I'll cry at anything:)). However the dancing here is incredible! It's full of energy and life and comes roaring off the screen. In 3-D it's even better--they seem to be right there in person. I jumped multiple times when people jabbed their fingers at the camera while dancing:) Also the 3-D is used as it should be--a gimmick. It's not going to add any depth to any already vapid film and they use it to throw things at the audience gleefully. Still, the dancing is only 25% of the film--the remaining 75% is boring and laughable "dramatics". The dancing does work in 3-D on a big screen with the music pounding at you. In 2-D or on TV it might not work that well. I can only give this a 5. If they had just the music and dancing without the cornball dramatics I might have rated it higher.