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Summary: Almost There
Review: This movie is so cute. I can see a bright future for Kirsten Dunst. She's one of the most talented actresses around. Her performance really holds this one up. She's the glue that makes it stick.
The opening bit is very funny. It's a dream sequence in which Kirsten's character is awarded the captainship of the cheer team. Needless to say, some pretty bizarre things start happening. The energy level is kept up for the entire movie.
My only complaint is that one of the characters changes her personality too quickly. In the beginning she is supposed to be a tough girl, who hates cheering, but by the end of the movie, she's just one of the girls. You never really see that happen. It's just that suddenly in the middle of the movie, she flips. Bizarre.
Overall this is good clean fun. Check it out.
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Summary: a simple little piece that has fun with itself
Review: I liked this movie more than I thought I would. It is a simple little piece that has fun with itself. It also helps that it is well acted (Dunst is excellent, even in this suger candy role). "Bring It On" should especially appeal to the teenage audience and/or those insterested or involved in competative cheerleading. Overall an enjoyable watching experience if you don't expect too much depth from it.
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Summary: They have to stop making movies like this!!
Review: This is probably the top ten worst movies of all time..
I mean just look at the cover for godsakes...U know the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover.." Well there are exceptions to every rule and this is one of them. Its just abunch of hippie cheerleaders running around..
Terrible movie
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Summary: I just can't like this movie
Review: I keep trying to figure out why this movie annoys me so much.
This movie advertises itself as a light hearted flick and I guess it is that, except I found it so incredibly boring and pointless. The movie wasted it's time with a bunch of menial trivial issues and skin shots. I couldn't even like the characters. Kirsten Dunst, who is incredibly gorgeous and also a great actress was way overqualified for the role of Torrance. This film does not emphasize her acting talent although she plays Torrance's character well and sympathetically. It would have been better if she had just been an off the wall airhead, which was how Torrance would have come across if you had just read the book. So the movie just came across as more annoying because the character was portrayed seriously. Someone who does comedy well is Anna Faris, who is absolutely awesome and my favorite actress right now. I recommend the Virgin Suicides or Interview with The Vampire if you want to see the full scope of Kirsten's talent.
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Summary: American Girls .....
Review: A very beautiful movie to watch... Ok the plot is very simple, and when I looked at the DVD cover, my very first impression was that this movie would be too superficial; but being now an experienced movie buff, I realized that it was a wrong impression, and I was absolutely right !!! This movie is actually full of beautiful pictures and of lovely girls, but on top of that, it is actually very, very deep !!!! First it is mostly a "honest" movie; secondly, it contains lots of common sense ideas, back-to-basics; "Who said laurels were not a good place to rest ?"; "don't keep your head down ..."; "always smile...."; etc. etc. Also all the actors are doing great, especially Kirsten Dunst of course ..... . She wonderfully plays a complex Torrance character, a very gifted and generous person who can be either very self-confident or very full of doubts about herself, depending on the events and on the environment. She is really a great person ; so I only regret that her team does not win the competition in Florida at the end of the movie .... . Anyway, apart from that, I like the whole movie. Obviously some scenes are more important than the rest, like when some members of the team want to dismiss Torrance as the captain and her boyfriend Aaron stupidly supports this idea, only to hear that he is probably no valid "boyfriend material"; also the study of the competition between the mostly black team and the predominantly white team must be an interesting moment for psychologists I suppose... Well anyway there is plenty of good things to say about this movie... Most importantly, it is a good movie to improve your heart beat... the whole movie sort of casts a ray of light and of good humor upon you; and it definitely covers so much on top of Cheerleading. Cheers, Cheerleaders !!!!
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Summary: Kirsten Dunst and Cheerleaders!?! Oh yeah!!!
Review: True, the movie doesn't have a great plot.
Basically it has to do with this: the 5-time defending national cheerleading champions, the Rancho Carne Toros have discovered that all their routines are in fact stolen and must come up with new routines before facing the rival East Compton Clovers in the National Cheerleading Championship. Leading them on this crusade is new captain Kirsten Dunst. Along the way, she grows some as a person by finding humility and love too. What teeny-booper movie doesnt have the star finding love during the movie?
But dont the plot trick you. Its about the cheerleaders. one of the opening scenes is in the locker room. 5-stars there. No nudity as in all Kirsten's movies. Sometimes not seeing is better.
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Summary: Bring It On!!!
Review: At first glance, Bring It On appears to be another one of those typical teen flicks but this one is different - it's actually enjoyable!!! While completely crazy and irrelevant to the world at most times, the viewer gets so caught up in the routines and catchy music as well as he often hilarious characters that this is 2 hours of teen genre that IS worth watching!!This movies put a completely different spin on cheerleading as a challenging, fun SPORT - played by interesting and sometimes intelligent young women (and men!) with ambition and determination. Kirsten Dunst plays Torrance Shipman, newly appointed captain of the Rancho Carne Toros who finds out that the previous captain copied all of their routines from the East Compton Clovers. With a few trips and stumbles on the way, she eventually realises that the best way to overcome this is to turn the squad around and come up with a fresh, unique new routine to present at the Nationals. The outcome is appropriate and satisfying, while some hilarious characters such as Courtney and Whitney provide laughs along the way! This is one of those completely fun and enjoyable movies that you'll be able to see more than once and still enjoy yourself for 2 hours!! I bought the video and never looked back! Even if you don't think teen movies are for you - I can guarantee that if there's one out there that you'll like, it's this one!!
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Summary: Bring It On = Take It Back
Review: Let me get two things straight from the get-go:
1. I like cute, mindless fluff movies.
2. I, too, was a high school cheerleader.
With those facts clearly in mind, know that it is not from any kind of prejudice that I say the following:
This movie stinks. To watch and understand this movie, you have to be able to orient your brain to believe that cheerleading is the end-all of life for Kirsten Dunst, who plays Torrance, our *heroine* and captain of the Toros cheerleading squad. True, when I watch a good, fluffy, escapist movie, I don't want to be straddled with such burdens as war, disease, famine, etc., but watching Torrance's face screw up into that "The world has just ended" pout that she puts on every time something goes wrong with her squad gets old fast. Here's the basic plot: Torrance gets the highly coveted position of Toros cheer captain. Torrance then finds out that all her squad's routines have been stolen from a rival (better) squad by her predecessor. Torrance is bummed. The obvious solution--come up with your own routine--takes the entire rest of the movie to play out. The other squad, the Clovers, manage to squeeze onscreen a few times to throw insults at the Toros and show off their hip-hop moves, but even though you're told that these people are the Toro's main problem, you never really believe it. That's because most of the screen time is given to Torrance and her mulititude of dilemmas, which range from a boyfriend who's gone off to college to a guy who sells the Toros a ripped-off routine (why bother?). Most of the other Toros are write-offs; none of them are written or played with enough credibility to make them stand out. Even Courtney and Whitney, whom we are to believe are the stereotypical cheerleader bimbo types, just come off as annoying. They all could do better. Okay, so the plot is stupid, the characters aren't that great... fine, that would classify this movie as just bad. So what kicks it into the "stupid" category? Without question, the Spirit Stick. The writers obviously didn't believe their movie had enough conflict, so they (I'm guessing at the last minute) tossed in a lame, briefly visited idea that once upon a time at cheer camp, Torrance was made to drop "The Spirit Stick," which from all accounts looks like a gaudily decorated paper-towel roll. What the Spirit Stick is supposed to do, we never are told, but we do learn that you never, NEVER, let it touch the ground, or some strange cheerleader chick in a skirt will tell you you're condemned to Hades. Or maybe you just lose your boyfriend and your cheer squad embarrasses itself at regionals. It's just too hard to tell. Anyway, having Torrance actually believe this drivel and be convinced that things in her life are going wrong because she DROPPED A PAPER-TOWEL ROLL completely flushed any credibility this movie had right down the toilet. Like I said, I like mindless fluff. I just don't want the movie to make such a fine point on the mindlessness that I end up losing brain cells before it's over.
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Summary: Bring It On
Review: Bring It On was pretty good. It's a cute, fluffy, teen comedy that wasn't so fluffy that you could throw up but it still had the fluff factor. It's about a team of cheerleaders, The Rancho Carne Toros, who are the 5 time defending cheerleading champions. After a harsh injury to one of thier teammates, they are forced to fund a replacement for her, in walks Missy (Eliza Dushku). After her first practice, she breaks it to her team that their cheer routines are STOLEN from an inner city step squad. Not believing Missy, Torrance, team captain of the Toros (Kirsten Dunst) goes with her and funds out that it was true. And now, along the way to Nationals, they find that they are in a heated rivalry and that they must come out with their own unique routine to show that they do deserve their champions title. O.k. I won't lie, it is funny but it's more of a light hearted jab at the world of cheerleading. Plus it's brand a light comedy works for this movie. Mostly made up of wise cracks. Bring It On will surely make you laugh. The routines are actually pretty cool to watch. I'm not really a competitive cheerleading fan, but I will say I was impressed with the routines and that they were fun to watch. The only reason that I'm taking off a star for this movie is that the opening sequence of the movie was the only part that really made me laugh, otherwise I just chuckled here and there. I still think it's worth a buy. It's still kind of a girl movie but there are some funny parts to it that a guy can laugh ay. If you're really looking to get a movie with cheerleaders and laugh as well, I'd suggest SUGAR & SPICE because that was funnier than Bring It On. Either way, Enjoy!
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Summary: Something to cheer you up
Review: this movie brings cheer and delight to the screen! Torrance(Kristen Dusnt) is named captain cheerleader but needs one more person on the team! The have an audition, with a guy acting like a robot, then someone gently chanting, "be agressive" and finally someone who actually is good, Missy(Eliza Dushku) and she does do her own stunts at this part, look at her, she's Faith from Buffy, of course she did that! Also in this is Clare Kramer(also from Buffy, she starred as the evil god, Glory, which lead to Buffy's death at the end of the season)! Torrance finds out that the old captain was stealing routines from the other team, when Missy shows her that! For Torrance, cheerleading is everything, for Missy, it's a last resort! It's a great movie, definetely worth buying! Watch it today!!
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