Given the painstaking frame - by - frame
choreography of a film like this, it seems Anderson failed to entirely consider how this might come off to an even remotely skeptical viewership.»
Not exact matches
Not that her long shots serve her well, either: in one, a chorus line
of guys waddle
like ducks to «Lay All Your Love on Me,» the
film's most unintentionally hilarious bit
of choreography; a later shot
of Streep running up a hillside to «The Winner Takes It All,» her pink shawl flowing behind her, has all the pathos
of a perfume ad.
Ultimately, it's a showcase for elaborate stunt - work and fight
choreography, and, because I'm starting to think
of Stahelski's
film like the
films directed by Yuen Wo Ping, that's totally all right.
Smartly, the filmmakers — who include screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon (the latter directed the live - action Beauty and the Beast and Dreamgirls and wrote the
film version
of Chicago)-- also know how to keep a four - quadrant family musical from sinking into Chitty territory by employing devices that also will please the Broadway crowd, particularly the Bob Fosse -
like opening number as well as sensational
choreography throughout.
Featuring interviews with the
likes of Paula Abdul, Matthew Morrison and Harry Shum Jr.
of «Glee,» and the directors and choreographers
of recent movie and TV musicals, the featurette is an interesting retrospective on the
film that covers the
choreography, ensemble cast and the effect that it still has on Hollywood today.
Blu - ray Highlight: There really isn't a standout special feature on Universal's two - disc release, but there are still a few good extras worth checking out, including a short but sweet making -
of featurette that covers a range
of topics
like the script, casting and production; an in - depth look at the
film's fight
choreography; and a featurette on ex-CIA operative Luis Falcon III's assistance in making the movie as accurate as possible.
If you ever wondered what the brilliant music video created for Taylor Swift's hit song «Blank Space» would have been
like with all
of the fancy trappings left intact but without the wit, insight, strong writing, convincing performances and plausible
choreography, then «Fifty Shades Freed,» the conclusion
of the three -
film saga based on the distinctly cut - rate but insanely popular series
of books by E.L. James, will no doubt prove to be your jam.
Blu - ray Highlight: As you might expect from a movie
like «Safe,» the coolest piece
of bonus material is a 10 - minute featurette called «The Art
of the Gunfight» that takes a look at the action
choreography in the
film, focusing on three sequences in particular.
Collaborating with Eshkol's students as well as a newer generation
of dancers, Lockhart staged and
filmed performances
of Eshkol's
choreography in a minimal, gallery -
like setting punctuated only by Eshkol's remarkable wall carpets, rotated from dance to dance
like elements in a stage set.