Almost Perfect!

Rating: Null/10 (2 February 2002)

I won't bore you with how great this movie is. It keeps its art with its opening and ending, its dazzle with the dance and the music, and our attention with the story. Its funny, sad, and overall, a great show. Surely all the other summaries have told you what its about (but frankly, who cares? This is one of the few movies you can watch for the whole purpose of a movie, or simply because ITS JUST SO FUN!)As said, this is almost perfect! So what kept me from giving it a ten? Two things, really.
1) EDITING - I know editors are professionals. They get paid six digits for their work. I know you have to keep the story going. Otherwise, it's just a drown of music. But really, could it have hurt to have an extra second on each take? For me, it was just annoying to CONSTANTLY cut from place to place. Rarely did it slow. For 1/3 a second, you see a dress, but then it's a person, no wait, that was a - was that a dancing midget? No, it was the main character doing a quick solo - or was it something I was suppose to know for the story? Wait, what'd I miss when I thought that? Its just too overwhelming. I guess it was the point, but some people LIKE to actually see the characters DANCE, as opposed to quick shots of them jumping (honestly, that's how quick it was, I could only tell they were jumping at certain points.)
2) SOUND - Sadly, I saw the movie on DVD, which was programmed for surround sound, which I don't have. So, naturally, the music and voices sounded muffled. Awful! And the worst part is, you KNOW it sounds TEN TIMES BETTER in a theatre. Perhaps I should have gotten the tape instead? Maybe this should be considered a bad DVD review... At least it has the dances in FULL ;)
Either way, great movie, highly recommend. You get an acid trip without having to take acid!