Originally posted by the ninjak
Oh my........ these actors don't even compare to Bacon, Singer and fricken Lithgow!
Haha, yeah. A friend of mine told me about this movie the other day. The remake, that is. Now that I see that John Lithgow was the preacher in the original, I SAY F*CK THE REMAKE!! Haha... Dennis Quaid is lame.
Originally posted by EvilAngel
Ugh, I saw this and had one thought; that it's a completely stupid idea. Back when the original was made Rock & Roll was frowned upon and there were places it was banned. But in this day and age.... only like private religious communities do that. It can't have the same effect at all... plus i get the feeling the 'rock' in that movie might be more 'pop' =\Not that I hate pop music (mostly) but it defeats the point of the movie...
Plus it looks a Lot more like these dance movies that have been coming out of the past few years than it does the original.
Imo, a recipe for suck, and i shall not be wasting my money on it.
But as i see, you beat me to it ;p
Anyways yeah, sucky movie, the original was awesome though.
yeah there are some movies where you can tell just by looking at the trailer the film is horrible and this is one of them.thats a great point that I hadnt considered either that you are so correct on,yeah back then,it was not unheard of for there to be small towns where rock and roll was frowned upon where in this day and age,pretty much everything goes.like you said,the only place where it might be banned is in religious communitys.yeah its a recipe for suck,smart move not to waste your money on this movie. 👆
Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
I argee he is not much of an actor.
He's okay.He's just not great.Lithgow is a more gifted and accomplished actor in the fact that he has been on broadway and often does shows on broadway at times still.
He did a show on broadway not too long ago matter of fact.He excels at drama and he was so perfectly cast for that role.
Quaid while not an awful actor,is not as gifted as Lithgow and his acting is limited to just films so there is no comparison just like the acting talent compared to Singer and Bacon,there is no comparison either.
Originally posted by Impediment
Footloose is a generic 80's cult film that was bad then, and will be bad again in 2011.
This. I cant believe anybody cares about Footloose (i'm still laughing). I was in 8th grade when the original came out and we all thought it was dumb as hell even back then.
I want to dance,,,,,,oh God. 😆
Originally posted by tkitna
This. I cant believe anybody cares about Footloose (i'm still laughing). I was in 8th grade when the original came out and we all thought it was dumb as hell even back then.I want to dance,,,,,,oh God. 😆
WTF!? You're telling me the standard montage scene in an 80's movie where the protagonist realizes/prepares for with what he has to do to be the hero and/or save the day didn't touch you and stay with you forever in Footloose?
Look again!
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Originally posted by the ninjak
Oh my........ these actors don't even compare to Bacon, Singer and fricken Lithgow!
Ninjak is so right.practically everybody at IMDB are blasting rightly so,the acting talent of these three. 😆 The ONLY one they have have given credit to doing a good job is the guy who plays williard whom Chris Penn played in the movie as you can see below.this is pretty much what they ALL say over there. 😆 pretty sad since Williard has just a small supporting role that he is the ONLY one that does a decent job. 😆
The acting in the film is even more disappointing. Dennis Quaid looks embarrassed in every scene he is in, overacting as much as he possibly can to forget that he is in the film. Andie McDowell looks like she wandered in off the wrong set, and just decided to stick around as a background character. Wormald is a poor substitute for Bacon, and is an even worse lead for a major motion picture. I realize he is a dancer first and foremost, but leaving him to carry this film was an awful decision. He looks frightened and confused for the majority of the film, and quivers through most of his lines. He lacks Ren's charm, and is never believable when he rebels against authority. You want to believe in this character, but all you will do is laugh at how staggeringly bad Wormald's performance is. Julianne Hough, the female lead, at least attempts to act. She comes close to a breakthrough in more than one instance, but she comes off a bit too amateur for her own good. She makes a great dance partner for Wormald, but for what little shred of chemistry she has, it is made totally moot when he opens his mouth.
What redeems the film from being the awful travesty it should be is Teller's performance as Willard. The moment he walks on-screen, he has an energy to him that is simply unmatchable. He is the single best thing about the film, embodying the innocence, spirit and fun of Chris Penn's original performance. If you venture into this remake, see it for him and ignore the rest. You may find some remotely enjoyable experience buried in there somewhere.
Originally posted by Robtard
WTF!? You're telling me the standard montage scene in an 80's movie where the protagonist realizes/prepares for with what he has to do to be the hero and/or save the day didn't touch you and stay with you forever in Footloose?Look again!
Please stop! I cant take much more.
I just watched the trailer again for the first time in a long time and the acting talent again is a total joke.the guy playing ren made ma fall out of my chair hearing him talk in that country twang of his. 😆 the other thing that doesnt work for this movie is from the way they are dancing in this movie,no wonder people would be up in arms about that kind of dancing.Its not the kind of thing kids should see which is the really bad thing about this film is if kids see this kind of dancing going in when they see this movie. the original film the dancing was purley innocent and it made no sense for the town to be upset about that kind of dancing they did at the end of the movie. 🙄
Oh and Hough may look hot in other movies for the people who have said she is hot looking but she does NOT look hot in this movie at all.She has a good body no doubt,thats not debatable,but to be kind,she's not ugly,but I look at her in the face in the trailer in this movie,and she is not pretty at all.just plain looking,nothing special at all.Where Singer,she was smoking hot back then pretty in the face.She was VERY pretty in the face.Put a bag over Hough's face,and yeah I wouldnt kick her out of bed. 😆 🤣 😆
Originally posted by RobtardMy god.
WTF!? You're telling me the standard montage scene in an 80's movie where the protagonist realizes/prepares for with what he has to do to be the hero and/or save the day didn't touch you and stay with you forever in Footloose?Look again!
YouTube video