Stomp The Yard
Friday, May 25, 2007
3 GOOMBAS
From a girl born and raised in Southern California who went to a university that didn't even have a football team, the art of stepping isn't something I get to see everyday, so it was really cool to experience it; even if it was through my television set.
Similar to other dance and sport movies, Stomp the Yard is about a young man who needs to prove himself by defeating the status quo step champions of Turth University. DJ moves from LA to Atlanta to go to college, and already having experience in hip hop battle dancing, he joins a fraternity that hasn't won the National Step Championship in years. It's your basic movie plot, and it isn't that great of a drama, but like Step It Up, it's an excellent dance movie.
Despite the predictability, it wasn't cheesy, which most movies of this caliber tend to be. Couple this refreshing quality with the ridiculously terrific dancing, and you've got yourself a pretty dang good movie. This is the perfect popcorn movie to watch when you just want to be entertained. It definitely isn't a waste of your time.