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acting as bad as amateur porn


i figured i would give this movie a shot. i watched the whole thing from start to finish even though after about 20 minutes i really didn't want to continue. it was just terrible. the music was great, amy smart was beautiful and the dancing was superb but that's it. the dialogue was just so bad it felt like a high school play or amateur porn sometimes. the casting even seemed way, way, waaay off along with zero connection between any of the actors, it was like they all filmed scenes separately and it was all spliced together. this feeling is also enhanced with random pointless scenes they jump to throughout the whole film.

and oh my god they made so many mistakes revolving around jake's disability (stuff like unable to hear people he wasn't looking at one moment to appearing to have full function ears the next). and lastly it just left me with an unfinished unpolished feeling.

go ahead and flame me with the typical (why do you come to the site and post if you hate it so much) but i came here to add this to My Movies and rate it and was just compelled to express my feelings. if you disagree with anything i've said please let me know and help me understand why you feel differently.

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Unfortunately I have to agree with you. I feel for Billy Zane and Amy Smart. Maybe the script seemed great? When they were super high? Billy's usually a pretty good actor, and Amy's no Meryl Streep but she's certainly competent. This was just bad. Bad bad bad. Gorgeous women though.

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I don't think anyone's going to flame you. You're well spoken based on what you saw. It's a terrible film anyway you shake that ugly stick. I've posted many times that this instant "tweeting" on forums and comment sections on websites has left us all feeling embarrassed to be part of this human race. I digress.

Your comments are helpful. I love how you titled the post: "acting as bad as amateur porn." The sad thing is, in amateur porn they're not acting, they're just bad at fudging

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I'm watching it right now and kind of have to agree.

It's just kind of awkward and uninteresting, even though the triumphing over disability story is nice.

I thought the dancing alone would be enough to suck me in... I usually love dance movies... but Swing seems to be possibly my least favorite style.

Billy Zane is still awesome. So good, he seems particularly out of place here. (If it was supposed to be a nod to Titanic that Amy's character met his on a cruise ship, then I'll give the writers points for that, lol.)

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So I totally agree with all of your critiques about this movie, I feel inclined to make a comment. I am a Swing Dancer, of the Lindy Hop/Vintage variety. The style they are dancing is West Coast Swing, which is totally different. It is more of a ballroom/latin style of swing dancing. And actually, they don't even really define themselves as swing dancers... Westies or West Coast dancers typically, at least in my dance scene. I was not impressed with the dancing in this movie. I am not a huge fan of WCS but I can give it props when it is good and this was just not impressive. I just don't want you to totally discount Swing Dancing based on this movie since this stye of swing isn't as exciting or exuberant as typical swing dancing.

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Okay, people, let's be a little kinder here. Love N' Dancing may not be up to the standards of Citizen Kane, but it's still no worse than many television sitcoms which lasted year after year.

I was an extra in one of the scenes shot in Albuquerque and found Amy Smart to be both beautiful and charming.

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Yes indeed except for the dancing the movie is really bad. I was surprised to see a veteran actor like Zane choosing such a project. The only saving grace was the ending. The choreography was good but could've been better.

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