Will the real JLo(Jennifer Lopez) please stand up!

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2003)

The one over-riding theme in a lot of the comments here about Flashdance
is how it does not hold up to the test of time! What a load! It does
stand up and it is very relevant. Just check out all the dance studios
and comedy clubs full of wannabees. Most of us have dreams or had them.
When I first saw this movie I was 23 and I was full of hopes and
ambitions. And looking back now, this movie makes me see what happens
when you don't go for them. I loved Jennifer Beals when I saw the movie back then. Little did we
know that Jennifer was the original Jennifer Lopez. The whole Puerto
Rican babe with the bubble butt that drives men crazy these days was
actually on display in Flashdance! This movie sparked a fashion craze with the torn and cut-up sweats and
the leg-warmers. Who can forget the scene where Jennifer and Michael
Nouri character(who seemed too old for her actually) are in her
apartment and she takes off her bra from under her ripped up sweat top.
Was that erotic or what?!! It also had a memorable sound-track that
still has numbers like 'What a Feeling" and "Maniac" being played on
those 80's disco radio shows. All in all this movie was like the movie Rocky! Instead of Philly you
got Pittsburgh! Instead of a boxer, you get a dancer! Instead of the
theme song " Gonna Fly Now" with the line " feeling strong now", you get
"What a Feeling". Like the nobody club boxer with no real formal boxing
training, you get a dancer with little formal training who rises to the
top. Of course we know that in the real world, these characters would
have very little chance of becoming successes. Rocky Balboa would of
ended up a punching bag just padding future champions records, and
Jennifer would