Step Up 2, The Streets has a dance scene IN THE RAIN. If you grasp how awesome that is, you are undoubtedly my friend. Does it have a thought provoking plot? No. The best dance sequence ever? Yes (top 5 at least). I will watch any movie with a dance sequence. Case in point: Center Stage 2, Turn It Up. It's the made-for-tv-movie sequel (8 years later) to the real movie Center Stage!
The gist: girl from wrong side of the tracks (Detroit, the whole city is wrong side of the tracks) goes to the Big Apple and finds meaning of life through ballet.
Add: snotty ballet school, cute boy ballerina (who used to be a hockey player? Bonus, he has an accent just so we know how dreamy he is), prima donna antagonist (who's b*tchy demeanor is used to disguise her deep fear of loosing prima donna spot) and a hip-hop dance club. Liberally sprinkle dancing montages (there were 3 (3!) in the 45 minutes I saw alone), and you have yourself an awesomely bad made for tv movie, and my undivided attention.
I didn't get to see the end last night (oh nos!) but something tells me the pinnacle of it is a ballet performance infused with hip-hop oomph. Wrong side of tracks dancer gets into snotty ballet school, cute boy's undying love, and prima donna's respect (who always secretly respected wrong side of tracks girl, but could not show respect until proper dance off).
I'm totally dvr-ing it.
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