Step Up 3D (2010)

What can you really expect with a step up film? I mean, the dancing is great and all, but if you're not all into dancing in the first place, this movie definitely will make your eyes and ears bleed!! The choreography is the only reason I gave this garbage film a 2 out of 10 rating and not a full on 1. Every other aspect of the picture is poor and horribly executed, especially the writing, which I will discuss. The acting of course is something of a train-wreck because the so-called "actors" have no idea how to improvise and therefor they're just saying lines (very cheesy lines. pretty much what I meant when I said the writing was bad) which gets completely unrealistic REALLY fast.

Adam Savani is quite possibly the most annoying person in Hollywood, simply because of the step up films. His flashy and somewhat tedious dance moves DO NOT make up for his complete and utter inability to act or be funny when his character is supposed to be the sort of quirky friend. He's another big reason of why I gave this crap such an atrocious rating. 2 out of 10 for me. screw it, I change my mind f**king 1 out of 10.

Fmovies: This is a completely rubbish film from start to finish and I'll explain why without spoiling anything (not that there is anything to spoil).

Firstly lets start with the good (will be quick) the acting is amongst the worst I've ever seen in a film, literally, it's a range of people probably genuinely from a street life style and upper-class people who know how to dance street (despite the fact street dance is meant to be a representation of your life-style and culture) and there are also other dance styles in there too - but to be honest that is the only reasonably entertaining thing about the movie and that's only due to choreography and over-dramatic scenes, now to the bad (grab a coffee).

Let's first start with the story, well there isn't much of one it's basically an excuse to start dancing nothing more, if you want a decent dance themed movie with a reasonable story and decent acting you should look at save the last dance. Now onto the directing, editing and general theme; it's bad, It's like the creators got together and said "let's make a movie based version of Britain's got talent with only the dancing parts and more dramatic" and took it from there. Now the acting (if you can call it that) is just terrible, now I know some people are saying to themselves "hey we're not watching this for the acting etc, just wanna see some dancing" well if that's the case the go to a dance show because that's all this movie is but more glam and dramatic. Acting generally makes a film, obviously directing etc comes into play but usually if the acting is terrible then so is the film, and that's exactly what this film is - the even funnier thing about this film they try too hard to make dancing seem like a mysterious force that is essential and way of life which leads you into wisdom etc yeah right! it's an art-form, an expression etc but that's it. I could literally moan about this film until I'm blue in the face but I will stop now and let you judge, and if you have a few brain cells you'll just learn from my experience and pass on this film because it's simply crap.

Sure the story is probably the weakest from the 3, but the dancing is the most entertaining to watch from the 3 movies as well. And the 3D aspects of the film is done pretty well and was a lot of fun to watch. The past two movies is better when it comes to the plot, but still boring and I couldn't careless about it in this. Since it is mostly ridiculous, but it's just really ridiculous this time around. But if you want to see a dance flick with cool dancing in it, go check this movie out. I am also really glad Moose makes a comeback in this, the kid is one cool nerd and the kid can really freaking dance. Overall although the plot is laughably ridiculous, the dancing and the 3D aspects of it was a ton of fun to watch. Would have been even more entertaining if it had more dancing competitions in it.

7/10

Step Up 3D fmovies. If you've seen one break-dance flick, then let's be frank, you've seen them all. The blue print is the same each and every time, lots of awesome dance sequences with gap-filling scenes of excruciating acting, non-existent plot and direlogue that wouldn't feel out of place in a Z-grade horror film. With those standards in mind, the most effective entries into this genre do two very simple things: maximise the eye-boggling dance routines and minimise the yawn-inducing guff that fills the rest of the runtime.

Step Up 3D only gets half of the above equation right. An unnecessary amount of time is wasted on boring dross like predictable plot twists and deep and meaningful (read: long and laughable) conversations about how profoundly dancing can affect people. Honestly, who cares? From the moment the main character tells his new BFF that "he's BFAB, born from a beatbox" in the first ten minutes, all further dialogue should've been ceased immediately. I'm serious, they should've let the music and moves do the talking for the remaining 90 minutes. That way our gag-reflex wouldn't have been tested by Vinson (ex-Home and Away star) and Malambri's acting.

When the bodies are twirling, contorting, flinging, jumping, smashing or moving like a robot the film unsurprisingly finds its legs. Choreographed with flair and panache, the set-pieces incorporate the 3D technology decently enough by having dancers approach the camera with fast, whippy hand movements, however the depth of the stage was employed more successfully by its British counterpart StreetDance 3D. Regardless, there are still a handful of entertaining dance-offs that impress on varying levels.

Replete with the freshest hip-hop tunes and sporadic inventiveness – mainly in the form of illuminated costumes – this trilogy-closer may tickle your fancy, but that is wholly reliant on whether you're BFAB or not.

2.5 out of 5 (1 - Rubbish, 2 - Ordinary, 3 - Good, 4 - Excellent, 5 - Classic)

i watched this film yesterday with the girlfriend, and i didn't have high hopes for the film at all, I'm not really into dance/romance movies. But during the film, with each minute i became more and more in love with it. I mean WOW!! step up 3D delivers like no other dance movie out there. This movie was amazing! the 3D was incredible, the dancing was out of this world, the songs on the film were amazing! my and my girlfriend were singing along to them, but the storyline lacked abit, apart from the storyline, Justin Chi has made the perfect dance film! I'm even debating going to see this movie again next week! although the last too step up movies lacked character, the latest instalment in the franchise definitely gives the trilogy the buzz that it needs! i rate this movie 9/10, it would of been 10/10 if the storyline wasn't lacking abit! even if you hate dance movies this movie in definitely worth watching.

I have to say that I am a fan of the series. The dancing in the first movie was great, but the subsequent films has had amazing numbers. I could see why Chu would want to do the film in 3D. 3D is the "it" thing these days, and the dance sequences were enhanced by the technology. That being said, 90% of the film didn't require 3D. I hate wearing the glasses unless I'm on a ride at Disney. I feel like a lot of the films that employ 3D technology also release a 2D version (a good thing for people like me). I wish Step Up 3D would have given the option, even if the name denotes the extra dimension. As for the cast, I was disappointed in the male lead but not because of his acting or looks. He is beautiful and can act. However, he apparently can't dance. I felt like if he was going to stand on the sidelines during battles or have obvious doubles they could have played him even heavier as the "director". Moose and Camille pulled off what could have been an impossibility: tying the first and second film together with the third in a realistic manner. Unlike Channing Tatum's cameo to tie the first and second films together, making Moose and Camille besties going to college together was brilliant. The soundtrack is great (even though some of the songs you'll recognized from other recent shows: Glee and Sex and the City). All in all, I enjoyed the movie and left the theater wanting to dance. The film (like any self- respecting franchise) leaves it wide open for a fourth. A word of advice: make like The Fast and the Furious and wait 'til you're missed and can get the entire cast together to go for #4.