Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!hogpd!keduh From: keduh@hogpd.UUCP (D.HUDEK) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Footloose -- disappointing Message-ID: <285@hogpd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:25:33 EST Article-I.D.: hogpd.285 Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:25:33 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 02:18:12 EST Lines: 37 <<||>> I saw the movie "Footloose" last Friday night and found it to be rather disappointing [unfortunately]. If you've seen the TV ads for it, you've seen the movie. The plot is silly, of course, but that I expected; it just could have been more fun. I guess my main problem with the movie is that I expected too much. There were some nice/funny parts to it [especially where he is teaching his friend to dance] , but I kept expecting more. It moved along and then suddenly, wham! it was over. A lot of other people in the audience also seemed underwhelmed as they left, making remarks like, "Is it over ? Was that it?". There was definitely not enough dancing and the sound-track was pretty boring for the most part. I paid $4.00/person to see it and felt ripped off. I would recommend the movie however, if you could see it for under $2.00. The movie wasn't all that bad; it just could have been a lot better.Of course, the views expressed above are strictly my own and reflect my own personal biases. My musical tastes may not be yours, however, so beware.... you may love the music. I tend to like to dance to bands like: Bow Wow Wow, B-52's, Talking Heads, Thompson Twins, Yaz, Devo, and Joe "King" Carrasco, and I thought most of the music in the movie was kind of boring. * * \ / _____ / \ | ` ' | {ihnp4! or pegasus!} hogpd!keduh | > | | \_/ | \___/