MUCH too predictable

Rating: 2/10 (25 July 2006)

For every movie there is always some people saying that it's a really GREAT movie, and some saying the opposite. Even professional film critics does not always agree, but most of the times they do. No one can get away from being subjective, there is no such thing as being 100% objective. We all have experiences in life that effects how we see things, so much for being "objective". That goes for film critics too. But the difference between common people's point of view and the professional film critic's is huge... A film critic probably has an education when it comes to movies, has seen more movies and a lot more different kinds of movies than the common people. Having seen a lot of movies, different kinds of movies, from a lot of different countries makes it easier to compare, movies, acting, directing, stories and so on. To write about movies isn't any different from writing about any other form of artistic expressions, like music, books, art and so on. But to be honest about it, some film critics ARE snobbish, they could never dream about giving certain kind of movies a high ranking, no matter how good. I guess there are some good movies in any genre. The best way of avoiding seeing movies you will hate is to find some film critics that likes the same movies as you do, then use him/her as a guiding light... There's no guarantee that you ALWAYS will agree, but I'm sure that you most of the time will not be disappointed.
You disagree about film critics? Well, who would you trust the most, someone who has seen all kinds of movies from different countries, or someone who never seen anything except horror movies? Most ordinary people like of certain kind of movies more than others, can be comedies, horror movies, action movies, dramas, romantic movies or whatever. They will always think highly of their favorite kind of movies, because they almost always get what they want, seeing only a certain kind of movies. If they, by accident, end up seeing something else, they will probably get very disappointed.
Your experiences in life is important. Have you never had any deeper thoughts, never had any problems in your life, never ever questioned what life is all about, you would probably not like any of Bergmans movies, nor movies by the great french and Italian movie makers from the 60's. If you think life is without complications, like fairy tales, always with happy endings, you will probably only like movies that confirm that opinion about life.
Now, this movie "Shall we dance"... Have not seen the Japanese original, so to compare is impossible for me. I really didn't plan to see this American version of "Shall we dance". The story doesn't sound too exiting, the actors doesn't turn me on. Susan Sarandon is OK though. Saw it on Star Movies, it was for free, but most of all, there was absolutely nothing else to see, I like movies and I am always willing to give ANY movie a chance.
Shall we dance is a very sweet story, TOO sweet. Hard to believe the story, an American ashamed of taking dancing lessons? Ashamed of liking to dance? WHY? Can't believe it. In the western culture dancing is normal. Until the end the movie is "so and so", if you like this kind of movie, I do NOT. Then in the end the movie gets really sentimental, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH, it gets silly, really stupid.
So don't waste time and money on this one, there are so many nice movies to see, this one is NOT one of them.