Strictly Baz
Jan. 12th, 2003 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiSo, we finally watched Strictly Ballroom last night (taped off of IFC onto Tivo), and it was great. I have no idea how Baz could have two movies that I like so much, and one that I actually rank below the Troma adaptation of the same storyline. If his next film sucks, I'm going to assume that he's subject to the inverse of the Star Trek curse, and that I shouldn't bother with anything but his odd-numbered films.
But damn, when he's good, he's really good. Ballroom dancing ranks very near the bottom of the list of things I could be interested in (especially after suffering through lessons for a couple of years in my misspent youth), and competitive, political ballroom dancing is something I truly thought silly. But I don't think I even blinked for large chunks of screen time. We're so getting this movie on DVD.
But damn, when he's good, he's really good. Ballroom dancing ranks very near the bottom of the list of things I could be interested in (especially after suffering through lessons for a couple of years in my misspent youth), and competitive, political ballroom dancing is something I truly thought silly. But I don't think I even blinked for large chunks of screen time. We're so getting this movie on DVD.