Not as good as I was expecting....

Rating: 3/10 (10 February 2011)

So, lately I have been seeing all the 'great classics' of the musical and dance era. I started with Grease, (and accidentally saw Grease 2), Saturday Night Live, Dirty Dancing, West Side Story, and the list goes on. I must say Dirty Dancing and Flashdance got nearly the same rating, but I think we all know which is the greater of the two films. Where Dirty Dancing (and most of the other movies) had at least one good song and one to two great dance scenes, I found that Flashdance didn't really have either. Yes, the one song Jennifer Beals does her audition for the dance company to in the end is pretty good, but not memorable. The dancing was only OK, and no songs were a must have on my ipod.
The story line however, was another matter. At first they started out slow, fleshing out the characters, but then I felt as is they threw this approach out the window and flew about pitching random scenes that were not memorable, nor on the whole, necessary.
I also had a problem with the nudity (which I confess I was not expecting)and the swearing felt almost forced, as if they were trying to make it a better movie with curse words: the verdict? They failed.
In my opinion, if you want to see good movie with good dancing and music, see Dirty Dancing, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers or Grease. You will be much more satisfied.