jeff@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Jeff Bishop) (05/22/84)
<> Last Saturday night, I had the unfortunate experience of seeing "Breakin". Truly one of the worst movies ever made, it is rivaled only by such classics as "Plan Nine from Outer Space." This is a so called "dance-movie." And although there was some good dancing, it did not make up for the wooden acting, cheap sets, horrendous script, rotten direction and bad camera work. Even the dance scenes were filmed badly and often the camera missed entire dance sequences. The "story" is about a young woman jazz dancer who is lured to do Break Dancing with "street people". In the end the heroes are accepted by the dancing establishment and they go on to become stars. By the way that wasn't a spoiler since the ending was telegraphed from the start. The audience that I saw this movie with (in Chicago) was constantly groaning and laughing with disgust. It is quite astounding that we didn't tear the theater apart in anger or at least demand a refund ( I suppose this review is helping me vent some of my feelings). Obviously, I would recommend having the flu over seeing this movie, but for those of you who still insist on seeing it, you'll be happy to know that at the end of the movie, "Breakin Part II" was announced. Jeff Bishop || University of Chicago ...ihnp4!oddjob!jeff || Astrology & Astrophysics Center