From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!lime!houxe!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxf!neff
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: FLASHDANCE
Article-I.D.: ihuxf.354
Posted: Wed Apr 20 12:16:07 1983
Received: Fri Apr 22 04:51:33 1983


I saw FLASHDANCE last weekend and have a different opinion from 
most that I have heard about the movie.  While the movie
is visually quite interesting, it seemed to me to be all style and
no substance.  Character development was minimal - I never really felt
the supposedly intense desire the lead character claimed to have to be a
dancer.  The rest of the cast had no discernible personality.
I guess I don't go to the right bars, but I could not believe that
such a place as the one she danced in would ever exist this side of
never-never land.

Of course, this is the kind of movie you go to for the dancing and not
the plot.  The dancing was fine, a bit too gimmicky at times, but still
fun to watch.  If all the nondancing scenes had been deleted the movie
would have been much improved for me.

I love dance movies - "All That Jazz" is one of my all time favorite movies -
but FLASHDANCE isn't even in the same league.  For a cheap matinee I would
recommend FLASHDANCE but don't expect to see a turning point in the history
of cinema.

Mark