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Summary: Unintentionally Funny
Review: My friends and I laughed all the way through this excuse for celluloid. Definately watch this with people posessing a twisted/sarcastic sense of humor.
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Summary: rave on
Review: This dvd was very good it was true to the san fran underground rave scene and it was so real it felt like i was there. When john digweed started spinning thats when the movie really got good.
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Summary: ~~~~RAVERS UNITE!~~~~~
Review: IF YOU HAVENT EVER RAVED, THIS MOVIE WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO TRY IT AT LEAST ONCE!...TRY EVERYTHING AT LEAST ONCE!..."LOVE IT WHILE YOU LIVE IT..." ;p
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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
Review: This is a great look into the underground rave scene in America today. Great music if your a fan of the electronic sounds! Check this one out!
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Summary: Not like it is.
Review: This move is a-an ok view on the rave scene. It does show how us ravers like to live our lives, dress, dance ....But it is mostly showing (a big part) that 1. Most ravers do drugs, this is not true, it is fact that yes some of them do it, but most of us do not. This movie also shows a VERY fake love plot triangle, and some of the "rooms" that they have in this movie were not researched very well. So all in all this movie is a BRIEF view of what the rave scene is like, but if you really want to know what one is like you have to go to one.~-Nightrush-~
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Summary: A facinating, fast paced film set in the world of raves
Review: "Groove" is a spectacle of a film, and not just for those like me who have been to and love the underground rave scene. It's a fun, intriguing story, the characters are great, the visuals are stunning, and it will literally make you want to get up and move!
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Summary: OK movie, left me disappointed.
Review: Overall, this movie left me disappointed. The acting left something to be desired (to put it lightly), it didn't really have a plot, and it was unsatisfying in general. There's a slight love storyline between two of the characters, but it's underdeveloped, and was probably just added to give the movie more mass appeal. The highlight of the movie by far was John Digweed's cameo, in a scene where he has a conversation with an aspiring DJ after performing a set. Sure, it gave some insight into the whole rave-underground world, and the whole party set is really cool (they have a chill room, a dance floor, a living room, a fruit and water stand, a massage room... they have an entire warehouse to work with!). "Groove" is worth a try, and can be entertaining at points - but if you're looking to experience a rave vicariously by watching this, that's not the way to do it-- just GO to one. Enough said.
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Summary: Nice Idea, Poor Execution
Review: I liked the idea of a "in-depth" look into the rave scene. However, I feel that this movie sold out in several ways to cater to the pop market. The love storyline was unrealistic and obviously a marketing ploy to collect mass appeal. The music was decent when Digweed showed up, and some of the plotlines were believable, but overall I was left wanting more. A more realistic documentary is needed to further explore this mysterious realm.
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Summary: Better than You might Think! (I Loved it Anyway!!!) =8^P
Review: I had some friends watch this movie with me not long ago. When I told them it was about a rave, they seemed pretty skeptical of how good it would be. HOWEVER, it turned out they enjoyed the movie just as much as I did. Granted there are some inaccuracies throughout the film: One of my friends, who is a dj himself, had some comments on how mixing into a new record is no where near as simple as the first dj made it look.) But I consider that to be "Hollywood Magic". In response to some of the other reviews I've read: Don't expect a movie to be true to life no matter what its about. I mean OF COURSE people dont come out of a rave looking that nice and pretty... but I mean I really didnt think the movie was made to be exact.. I mean if you wanna see a REAL Rave, you can only do one thing.. GO!! ..Its not a movie you can watch.. its an experience, and I'm sorry, but Go was NOT that much better.. But just like Go this movie is more than just the party, its about the characters, and seeing the party from all those different points of view.. I thought the movie had a lot of good underlying messages... (Especially the good karma at the end thing.. ^_-) (Plus if you pay attention to the characters.. i.e. follow them from leaving home to returning.. you notice some pretty interesting things.. I dont wanna give anything away, but the one angry anti-plur sorta guy.. watch and see what happens to him by the end of the movie..) The main character is absolutely David.. This is his FIRST party and he is more than a little out of his element. However, I want to clarify that he was not unknowingly dosed... like some poor mistaken individual wrote in their review... No one "slipped" him anything.. He took whatever he took himself.. And I have to say the emotions and actions he goes through are identical to someone simillar in real life going to their first party... And I have seen stranger things than John Digweed "showing up to a wharehouse party"... Who do you think brought most of those people to that party?... And for whoever said shame on Digweed: Shame On YoU!.. I think his cameo appearance was great.. Especially the scene with the young and aspiring dj snaz.. Even though the set may have been little excessive.. I mean there will probably never be a party with a living room, massage room, main room, and God.. How many rooms did they have??... But you get the point.. youre usually lucky if there is more than one room some places.. However, wouldnt it be phat if such a venue did exist?... I dont think this movie is to help people understand the rave, I think its more for party kids than anyone. However if society MUST have a look at this "so-called" underground scene.. then I think this rose-colored version is a good one to show them. "The Cotton Candy Kiss Of Transcendental Bliss!" ~DJ Pollywog~ (With lines like that.. Its just gotta be good!!)
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Summary: Hands down, the worst film of the year 2000.
Review: By reading the title of this review, I know that declaring this low-budget, Sundance Film Festival entry the worst is a bold statement (after all, Freddie Prinze Jr. did come out with a few movies last year), but after going to the city's local artsy film theatre (yes, you that read correctly) to see a film that was supposed to depict kids, like me, who don't exactly relate with the hundreds of teenage flicks ("She's All That," "Clueless," etc.) that come out each year. Well, walking out of the theatre, numerous violent images came into my head, directed towards the people in the theatre who were telling me how "tight" the movie was, the pseudo-ravers who I happen to run into everyday, and the makers of this film. Like watching a train wreck, I viewed "Groove" once more afterwards, with the security of a stop-button in my hand (and the fact that I get free rentals for being an employee of a video store). The DVD isn't half-bad. But...it does nothing to change my already-negative opinion. ("Fight Club" however converted me thanks to the DVD). Well, on to the review. The makers of this film act as if they have been to one party before and have watched hundreds of Dateline specials about the film. They try to capture the essence of the rave generation by putting some psycological meaning towards it. They also poorly capture the feeling of being at a rave. I felt like I was watching an electronic special episode of "Days of Our Lives." "Dawson's Creek" would have captured the scene better (and I hear they have tried). Each of the characters are one-dimmensional and say the most absurd dialogue throughout the film (remember the conversation where Steve Von Wormer talks about 'The Nod'?). The actors are all under-trained, especially the young woman who catches her fiance kissing another guy. I didn't waste any of my brain to remember her name. For a truly painful experience, enjoyed only by those who either don't have any knowledge of good filmmaking or who feel that they are going against their generation by disliking the film, see "Groove."
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