It's everything the first film should have been and more, making up for its loose narrative structure by unabashedly pandering to the audience with show -
stopping dance numbers that are so theatrical it could be turned into a traveling stage show.
Not exact matches
Aside from budget issues, nothing's
stopping them from making a zombie movie with a surprise
dance number among the corpses, or a superhero film where the villain's master plan is to turn everyone into squirrels or something.
Chazelle's collaborators — composer Justin Hurwitz (who's worked with him twice before), lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, choreographer Mandy Moore, costume designer Mary Zophres, and cinematographer Linus Sandgren — all add their own touches of homage: The show -
stopping Busby Berkeley-esque opening
number («Another Day of Sun») has drivers
dancing in bold primary colored clothing atop their cars on the 105/110 interchange.
As expected, the
dance sequences are once again the highlight, with a handful of show -
stopping numbers that are so theatrical it could easily be turned into a traveling stage show.
Archer star Aisha Tyler, emceeing the Ubisoft presentation later that day, took a somber pause after a brightly manic choreographed
dance number set to Queen's «Don't
Stop Me Now,» delivering a heartfelt gesture on behalf of the Paris - based company.
Other positives: It's not strange for a Ubisoft conference to begin with a
dance number, but this performance of Don't Stop Me Now from Just Dance 2017 was particularly meaningful as Tyler followed it up with a tribute to the victims of the Orlando shoo
dance number, but this performance of Don't
Stop Me Now from Just
Dance 2017 was particularly meaningful as Tyler followed it up with a tribute to the victims of the Orlando shoo
Dance 2017 was particularly meaningful as Tyler followed it up with a tribute to the victims of the Orlando shooting.