The Step Up brand has quickly become the big name in dance movies. The first two were surprise hits, but with all the new dance movies and TV shows out in recent year, does Step Up offer anything new to crowded genre?
After watching Step Up 3D, I felt divided, at times it looked mediocre, yet other moments looked absolutely stunning. The 3D, unlike in other movies is actually good and enhances the movie. As, shown in the marketing, the movie is full of big spectacular dance sequences that use 3D very well, and creates some moments, where the audience are in awe of what is happening on-screen, even with all the dance TV shows and other movies Step Up offers some genuinely amazing moments.
Leaving the spectacle aside, the film is very weak in the acting and writing departments. The dialogue is terrible and the storyline is a generic copy and paste from other films in the genre. Director Jon Chu, who directed the last film (Step Up 2: The Streets), thankfully knows this and makes sure to keep the character development and exposition scenes to a strict minimum. The movie never really loses its pace and goes from dance sequence to dance sequence. Many moviegoers may think this is lazy(and it is), but fans of the genre will surely love it. This is generally The Fast and The Furious of dance movies, in that it has what fans want, but everyone else could care less. But unlike the last installment in The Fast and The Furious series, where the main attraction(the races) were poorly done, CGI race sequences. Step Up 3D, actually has real dancers, doing all the dance sequences with adds to the already impressive spectacle on-screen.
The film, like I mentioned suffers from some bad writing and generic plot. The film instantly becomes nearly unwatchable whenever the dancers take a break. The dance sequences may be thrilling high quality moments, expertly choreographed moments, but whenever the movie slows down to tell its story, it seems like a straight-to-DVD movie. Moose (Adam G. Sevani, who played the same role in the last movie) is now starting his first semester at NYU with his female BFF Camile (Alyson Stoner). He's supposed to be studying engineering, but his fondness for street dancing might get in the way. That all you really have to know, to understand that it's the typical dance flick.
Closing Comments
If you liked the first two Step Up movies,or Fame or Stomp the Yard. You will like this as well. You get what you pay for, 3D dance sequences that jump out on-screen. Step Up 3D, does bring bigger sequences that almost any modern dance movie, but if you want decent characters and storytelling that is not in the price of admission, Just sit back, watch the amazing dances sequences and don't think too much.
After watching Step Up 3D, I felt divided, at times it looked mediocre, yet other moments looked absolutely stunning. The 3D, unlike in other movies is actually good and enhances the movie. As, shown in the marketing, the movie is full of big spectacular dance sequences that use 3D very well, and creates some moments, where the audience are in awe of what is happening on-screen, even with all the dance TV shows and other movies Step Up offers some genuinely amazing moments.
Leaving the spectacle aside, the film is very weak in the acting and writing departments. The dialogue is terrible and the storyline is a generic copy and paste from other films in the genre. Director Jon Chu, who directed the last film (Step Up 2: The Streets), thankfully knows this and makes sure to keep the character development and exposition scenes to a strict minimum. The movie never really loses its pace and goes from dance sequence to dance sequence. Many moviegoers may think this is lazy(and it is), but fans of the genre will surely love it. This is generally The Fast and The Furious of dance movies, in that it has what fans want, but everyone else could care less. But unlike the last installment in The Fast and The Furious series, where the main attraction(the races) were poorly done, CGI race sequences. Step Up 3D, actually has real dancers, doing all the dance sequences with adds to the already impressive spectacle on-screen.
The film, like I mentioned suffers from some bad writing and generic plot. The film instantly becomes nearly unwatchable whenever the dancers take a break. The dance sequences may be thrilling high quality moments, expertly choreographed moments, but whenever the movie slows down to tell its story, it seems like a straight-to-DVD movie. Moose (Adam G. Sevani, who played the same role in the last movie) is now starting his first semester at NYU with his female BFF Camile (Alyson Stoner). He's supposed to be studying engineering, but his fondness for street dancing might get in the way. That all you really have to know, to understand that it's the typical dance flick.
Closing Comments
If you liked the first two Step Up movies,or Fame or Stomp the Yard. You will like this as well. You get what you pay for, 3D dance sequences that jump out on-screen. Step Up 3D, does bring bigger sequences that almost any modern dance movie, but if you want decent characters and storytelling that is not in the price of admission, Just sit back, watch the amazing dances sequences and don't think too much.