Comments on: Save the Last Dance (2001) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/05/03/save-the-last-dance-2001/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Courtney http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/05/03/save-the-last-dance-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-4757 Bill Courtney Mon, 05 May 2008 23:41:19 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/05/03/save-the-last-dance-2001/#comment-4757 Hey Joe Thanks for the encouragement you gave at my new site. Your site is interesting as well and you have a knack for longer style reviews and commentaries. I want to try some things like that later myself, though I find I have a kind of writing style that throws in a little trivia and s few facts and comments and then I move on. I can can a little restless if the essay goes on for too long. You also review a variety of films, including comedy and love stories, which can be out of my field of "expertise". I love those kind of movies, but I do not know enough of what is happening behind the scenes in the genres to have a foundation to leap from. So, I can come here to develop that foundation I guess. I do lay on a lot of images because I have so many. I also like to edit the images and work with Adobe Image Ready to and a program called Faststone Image Viewer to tweek them a bit. I had started a picassa site to use as a library but the task became over whelming to keep uploading through this poor connection so I am on a hiatus from that. I will get that address to you one day. I just began to find there were lots of images on the net, but usually not in one place, so I am focused on collecting some here, though they will mostly be of a pyshcotronic variety. Essays and revisions of older ones are in the oven as well. Thanks and I will be back here. See ya' Bill Courtney Hey Joe

Thanks for the encouragement you gave at my new site. Your site is interesting as well and you have a knack for longer style reviews and commentaries. I want to try some things like that later myself, though I find I have a kind of writing style that throws in a little trivia and s few facts and comments and then I move on. I can can a little restless if the essay goes on for too long. You also review a variety of films, including comedy and love stories, which can be out of my field of “expertise”. I love those kind of movies, but I do not know enough of what is happening behind the scenes in the genres to have a foundation to leap from. So, I can come here to develop that foundation I guess.

I do lay on a lot of images because I have so many. I also like to edit the images and work with Adobe Image Ready to and a program called Faststone Image Viewer to tweek them a bit. I had started a picassa site to use as a library but the task became over whelming to keep uploading through this poor connection so I am on a hiatus from that. I will get that address to you one day. I just began to find there were lots of images on the net, but usually not in one place, so I am focused on collecting some here, though they will mostly be of a pyshcotronic variety. Essays and revisions of older ones are in the oven as well.

Thanks and I will be back here. See ya’

Bill Courtney

]]> By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/05/03/save-the-last-dance-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 Joe Valdez Sun, 04 May 2008 20:14:06 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/05/03/save-the-last-dance-2001/#comment-4746 Marilyn: Most of the negative reviews I read came from guys where it was obvious that any movie involving teens and dancing was just not going to go over well with them. But like you, I found a lot to admire in the film. Thanks for pointing out that detail about Stiles' feet. I must admit that "feet" were the last part of her physique that I would have noticed. Marilyn: Most of the negative reviews I read came from guys where it was obvious that any movie involving teens and dancing was just not going to go over well with them. But like you, I found a lot to admire in the film. Thanks for pointing out that detail about Stiles’ feet. I must admit that “feet” were the last part of her physique that I would have noticed.

]]> By: Marilyn http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/05/03/save-the-last-dance-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-4742 Marilyn Sun, 04 May 2008 12:59:19 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/05/03/save-the-last-dance-2001/#comment-4742 Excellent review, Joe. I personally think the tepid endorsements don't give this film enough credit. This was a very intelligent movie, real, and thought-provoking. As you say, the feelings of black women about black men who date white women almost never gets an airing. In fact, I can't think of another film that has this element in it. The packed teenage audience I saw this film with, milling around noisily before it started, sat in rapt attention for the entire length of the film. As for the dancing, the hard work of these actors paid off. I was extremely impressed with Stiles. She did one small thing that convinced me that she understood what a dancer is all about. She stood talking with her feet in turnout. That is exactly what a ballet dancer would do. Bravo, and thanks for participating. Excellent review, Joe. I personally think the tepid endorsements don’t give this film enough credit. This was a very intelligent movie, real, and thought-provoking. As you say, the feelings of black women about black men who date white women almost never gets an airing. In fact, I can’t think of another film that has this element in it. The packed teenage audience I saw this film with, milling around noisily before it started, sat in rapt attention for the entire length of the film.

As for the dancing, the hard work of these actors paid off. I was extremely impressed with Stiles. She did one small thing that convinced me that she understood what a dancer is all about. She stood talking with her feet in turnout. That is exactly what a ballet dancer would do.

Bravo, and thanks for participating.

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