Poster of "Jump to the Beat"
Artistic: ★★ ☆
Entertainment: ★★★★
Overall rating: ★★★ ☆
The new crown epidemic has led to many theatrical blockbusters can not be released, but Netflix, which has been providing online movies, has shown its advantages at this time, becoming a paradise for fans who are exhausted, and Netflix has also taken this opportunity to provide a variety of movies with different themes to attract audiences, even including relatively niche song and dance films, this Netflix (Nerfilx) youth song and dance film "Feel the Beat" has received a fairly good rating after online broadcasting.
The heroine, Sofia Carson, is beautiful and moving
The film is directed by Australian Elissa Down, and while few people are familiar with her and her work, her first feature film in 2008, Black Balloon, won the Crystal Bear, the highest honor in the youth film category at the 58th Berlin Film Festival. The plot of "Black Balloon" is even slightly similar to this film, telling the story of the young people who came to the town and finally fell in love with the town, not only the story structure is close to the film, but even the elements of sign language, small-town youth and school stage performances are once again used by the director in this "Jump up to the beat", and there are many places in the film that also pay tribute to "Full of Energy" Footloose (1984), "Hot Body Dance" Dirty Dancing (1987), "Famous" Fame (1980) and Showgirls (1995) are classic cabaret films.
Australian female director Elissa Down
Sofia Carson, the heroine who appeared in the film and felt quite amazing, has previously starred in Disney's "Descendants", "Cinderella's Story", "Nanny Adventure" and other youth dramas, and her resume can also be said to be violent: at the age of three, she has begun to learn to dance, and has been trained in ballet, jazz, musical dance, flamenco, modern dance and other dances; at the age of thirteen, she began to receive training in classical vocal music. Having won many awards in dance competitions and vocal competitions, and participated in many film and television dramas, it is no wonder that she is brilliant in movies and her costumes are also very bright, which is quite suitable for her previous Disney Princess character and dancer role identity, and stands out among the young people in the town.
Sophia Carlson plays Amber
At the beginning of the film, she used a series of ballet moves to get the envelope, but also showed her good dance skills, the setting of the role is just in line with her already super dance foundation, do not need more acting skills to play a dancer to face the stage natural expression, the just in the bustling city of New York dancing, the next moment but came to the deserted town of helpless mentality interpreted quite accurately, and this kind of from the big city to the small town life is obviously a tribute to the starring Kevin Bakken, The same is about the youth song and dance film "Full of Strength" about the young people in the big city coming to the town, the director of the film must be very familiar with this type of classic song and dance film, because in addition to the plot is very similar to "Full of Strength", many pictures and shapes are also from classic song and dance films, such as "Hot Body Dance" and so on.
Retrieving the envelope also uses a difficult action
The dance test dance paragraph in the movie is like "Showgirl", but it is limited to the cost problem, and the number of people is much smaller;
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The test jump scene in the film resembles "Showgirl"
There is also a scene of a little girl dancing on the grass like Billy Elliot (2000) who jumped out of my world;
The scene of the little girl dancing in the sun is like "Jumping Out of My World"
Stills from "Out of My World"
The scene of the heroine dancing in the barn is also the same as "Hot Body Dance";
The barn dancing scene pays homage to "Hot Body Dance"
A passage from the practice dance in "Hot Body Dance"
In particular, the most classic "Star and Sun Competition" in "Hot Body Dance", the action of the male dancer holding up the female dancer, also appears many times in the film.
The most classic "Starry Sky" action in "Hot Body Dance"
A tribute to this action in this film
However, it is interesting that in order to distinguish it from the action of "Starry Sky" in "Hot Body Dance", the film has made a little modification when it finally shows this action, and actually changed it to let the girl hold up the boy, which echoes the classic, but also does not fall into the cliché.
In the end, it was changed to let the girl lift the boy...
In addition to the casting of the heroine is very appropriate, the setting of other characters in the movie is also quite brilliant, the colorful black costume designer, the small town dance coach who is out of shape and not very good at dancing, the deaf girl who can't hear the music but can feel the rhythm of the dance music, the cute mouth who is often punished for push-ups, the blonde kid who turns from an auditor to the lead dancer are all rare but quite interesting character settings in other similar movies, and these small roles will actually leave a deep impression after watching the movie This is also rare in this kind of song and dance movie that is not very complicated.
A black costume designer with a colorful body
A small town dance instructor who is out of shape and doesn't dance much
However, it is a slight pity that the male protagonist in the movie is set to not dance, so that the two male and female protagonists can only fall in love and cannot interact together through dance, and most of the time in the movie is either dancing or dancing on the way, leaving them with a short love link That makes it difficult for the audience to praise the development of their feelings.
The male protagonist will not do anything but handsome
In addition to being beautiful, the heroine is also versatile
In the recognized classic song and dance film "Hot Body Dance", the love between the little girl played by Jennifer Gilly and the male dance coach played by Patrick Swaiz is slowly heating up in the process of practicing dance, through emotional communication and physical contact, which not only makes the love between the two very moving, but also brings a touching magic to the dance itself, which is why "Hot Body Dance" is so classic.
"Hot Body Dance" exchanges feelings in the process of practicing dance
Unfortunately, in "Jump up to the beat", the heroine's dance and the children's dance are only the links of the competition, and the repetition of the competition is indeed too strong to let the audience have a stronger sense of involvement, and the best thing in "Hot Body Dance" is the link of learning to dance and dance, which is also the essence of the song and dance film, but the most interesting part of this movie is not the dance, but the plot outside the dance, such as the heroine's father often coughing and pretending to be sick in order to cover up the embarrassment of his daughter's return to her hometown, and as a result, she received a lot of condolence gifts The town's dance practice room was in disrepair and leaked everywhere, so they danced in raincoats; the new dance practice room was moved to the town's warehouse without mirrors, everyone hung a makeup mirror on the wall, and the grandmother who was spinning wildly on the carousel was also stunned... Unfortunately, these plots that wander outside the main line of dance can only slightly make the slightly pale plot a little more interesting, and the dance without a soul is doomed to make this song and dance film a classic.
The mirrors on the walls are all makeup mirrors
Dancing in a raincoat
Granny on a merry-go-round
The dance part is instead a minus
The dance of the finale
The ending is of course the joyful reunion of all song and dance films without exception, the scene of everyone dancing in the street is once again reminiscent of the classic passage in "Fame" Fame (1980), although there are so many tributes to the classics in this movie, but it does not matter, the classics should always be remembered and remembered, in the classic has been difficult to appear again today, "Jump up with the beat" such a relaxed and interesting movie is like a love letter to the classic youth song and dance film, Occasionally reminds us to revisit those eternal classics again!
The scene of dancing in the street pays tribute to "Famous All Over the World"
A classic scene from Fame
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