What Swanky Things are you Watching?

Ghoulish Delight · 02-25-2005, 09:41 PM

Finally saw Strictly Ballroom. Pretty good. It was as if they took the script for Dirty Dancing, handed it to Christopher Guest for a complete re-write, and then handed it to Luhrmann to finalize the screenplay and direct. It suffered from music issues, as in I guess the budget wasn't big enough to have anything but kinda cheesey music for the big competition scene. For some reason that really detracted from it. Also, from a story standpoint, I thought the conflict with Fran's family was resolved way too easily. But it, of course, has those elements of art direction and story that I love from Baz, so I definitely enjoyed it.

02-25-2005, 09:41 PM	#11
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Finally saw Strictly Ballroom. Pretty good. It was as if they took the script for Dirty Dancing, handed it to Christopher Guest for a complete re-write, and then handed it to Luhrmann to finalize the screenplay and direct. It suffered from music issues, as in I guess the budget wasn't big enough to have anything but kinda cheesey music for the big competition scene. For some reason that really detracted from it. Also, from a story standpoint, I thought the conflict with Fran's family was resolved way too easily. But it, of course, has those elements of art direction and story that I love from Baz, so I definitely enjoyed it. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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