boxilla-1 Reviews

Stomp the Yard (2007)

Very Entertaining!

[7/10 · 15 January 2007]

From the "krumping" at the beginning to the "Step" competition at the end, the movie was very entertaining!

The plot was completely predictable - kind of a mixture of "Drumline", "Bring it On", heck any bad boy/girl leaves 'hood joins team and learns to play well with others movie.

But the film was a lot of fun to watch and brought well deserved attention to "stepping" at HBCU's (historically black colleges and universities)

As a Mom, I appreciated the positive messages about higher education.

If you've seen the fascinating David LaChapelle documentary "Rize," you'll recognize some of the krumpers/steppers, "Miss Prissy" and "Tight Eyez". My teenagers were thrilled to see them again, even though they had minor roles.

Be Cool (2005)

pretty good

[7/10 · 6 March 2005]

Travolta was wooden.

The dance scene was okay.

The performances by Vince Vaughn, The Rock and Andre 3000 were screamingly funny!

Also, I enjoyed the music and it was great to see Sergio Mendes again.

I also never thought I'd use the phrase "restrained Cedric the Entertainer" in a sentence, but he was - and he was also hilarious.

Plot? Well, not much and not as good as the original. But that didn't affect my enjoyment of the film on an entirely different level.

I recommend it.