Battle of the Year Reviews
September 26, 2013
I was quite surprised Chris Brown and D-Trix didn't last the entire film as well as the ending...soooooo I'm guessing there will be a sequel???
September 18, 2013
With loads of horrific exposition, hilariously unnecessary reaction shots, and spoon-feeding the audience every little bit of story and character development imaginable, 'Battle of the Year' is hardly impressive filmmaking. That being said, one doesn't go to a 'Fast and the Furious' movie for the drama and you certainly wouldn't go to this for the story. This is all about cute guys dancing and dammit they're really good at it so the movie at least has that going for it.
My biggest regret though is that they never go forward with the cheesy plot twist that you'll expect to happen from the very beginning! Here's hoping Franklyn (with a y!) gets to step up in the sequel...
What's my reaction to a dance competition movie following a team coached by Sawyer from 'Lost' you ask? It's mostly this: BWAHAHAHAHAHA
With loads of horrific exposition, hilariously unnecessary reaction shots, and spoon-feeding the audience every little bit of story and character development imaginable, 'Battle of the Year' is hardly impressive filmmaking. That being said, one doesn't go to a 'Fast and the Furious' movie for the drama and you certainly wouldn't go to this for the story. This is all about cute guys dancing and dammit they're really good at it so the movie at least has that going for it.
My biggest regret though is that they never go forward with the cheesy plot twist that you'll expect to happen from the very beginning! Here's hoping Franklyn (with a y!) gets to step up in the sequel...
October 7, 2013
The dancing was great but the dance scenes were sparse a plot was rather boring.
Atesh S.
October 3, 2013
The dancing was enjoyable, anyway.
October 3, 2013
"It has a good plot but they could have done better. It's 'Step Up' with 'Twilight' 'cause it's another boring dance movie."
July 9, 2012
La idea podía ser muy bien explotada, sin embargo el resultado final es decepcionante, la historia se siente metida a la fuerza, las coreografías (a pesar de que algunas llegan a ser atractivas) tienen el mismo triste destino, las actuaciones son deficientes, el guión es pobre, y para empeorar todo, el desarrollo es soso. Battle of the Year es sólo un desfile de buenas coreografías y buena música, con una historia que se siente forzada e innecesaria.
September 25, 2013
9/25/13: I watched "Battle of the Year" last night. Yes, the b-boying looked cool. Yes, Chris Brown's in it. Yes, it's almost an exact rehash of other previously-released dance films and some of those 'inspirational sports movies.' A foreign invader takes 'our vibe' (remember when Drago came to America in Rocky IV?) Someone on our side wants our guys to be the best. We have a team, we need a teacher. The teacher is a f*ck-up. Both students and teacher learn from each other. They pretty much meet their goal. The end. The only difference is that: "Battle of the Year" is crap compared to a lot of its predecessors. While the dance moves look cool, they were shot in a way that makes even the simplest moves look fake. It's almost as if the camera didn't have the capacity to capture the complex motions of the dance scenes. Who knows, maybe it was the post-production editing or the fact that the film was released in 3D as well (I saw it in standard which was horrible enough).
September 23, 2013
it was a nice dance flick. glad to see josh peck making more films. as well as Chris Brown.
December 10, 2012
Bad storyline. I wonder why they even put this movie in theaters, it's more straight to DVD movie. Not much intrigue and plot. Good dance moves, that's all.
September 22, 2013
Not a bad movie at all. My 10 year old son enjoyed it. Just a simple story about the losers becoming the winners....almost. Loved the great moves and dancing. Of course I love Josh P. Your only 26/7 Josh, looking forward to seeing you more and more on the screen. Left the theatre feeling good, that's what counts!
March 30, 2013
Can't wait to see this! Although, I would rather see a bboy movie made like 8 mile.. but that's just me.
September 9, 2013
Well after seeing this, the truth can be told: This is a straight out RIP OFF/STUPID MOVIE
September 15, 2013
"Yes, The dance moves are impressive. But if I wanted to see that I would just get on YouTube. Instead of wasting an hour and forty minutes of sub par acting, predictable plotting, painful dialogue, and a film taking itself waaaayyyy too seriously. I got out of a movie where children get abducted like 2 minutes before this. You are a comedy compared to that. Also......Swag is NOT A WORD DAMN IT!"
September 21, 2013
I have a couple of problems with this movie.
First, WB, (Wonder Bread, is played by Josh Holloway, who is Sawyer from LOST), is a far stretch for his character. Not once does he remove his shirt or attempt one dance move to make me believe he was an up and coming B-Boy from back in the day. He was much more of a badass in LOST than this movie.
The second issue I had with BOYT, is Franklyn with a "Y". I guess he is from the Disney Channel. Not believable as an actor period! He has squinty little eyes and has the stupid look on his face the entire time trying to look endearing. Well, he's not and he doesn't dance either. How can you be a dance coach if you can't or don't dance?
Finally, the dancing! The dancing was entertaining, but no where near as good as Step 1, Step Up 3, Step Up Revolution, Honey 1, Honey 2, Magic Mike, or my living room dancing.
So if you just want to see Chris Brown cry, and in 3D, go pay your $10 to see this movie.
I give it 1.5 stars, and not real stars, just the sticker stars you put on a chore chart.
And that's my review of "Battle of the Year in 3D."
Jennifer's Review of "BATTLE OF THE YEAR 3D"
I have a couple of problems with this movie.
First, WB, (Wonder Bread, is played by Josh Holloway, who is Sawyer from LOST), is a far stretch for his character. Not once does he remove his shirt or attempt one dance move to make me believe he was an up and coming B-Boy from back in the day. He was much more of a badass in LOST than this movie.
The second issue I had with BOYT, is Franklyn with a "Y". I guess he is from the Disney Channel. Not believable as an actor period! He has squinty little eyes and has the stupid look on his face the entire time trying to look endearing. Well, he's not and he doesn't dance either. How can you be a dance coach if you can't or don't dance?
Finally, the dancing! The dancing was entertaining, but no where near as good as Step 1, Step Up 3, Step Up Revolution, Honey 1, Honey 2, Magic Mike, or my living room dancing.
So if you just want to see Chris Brown cry, and in 3D, go pay your $10 to see this movie.
I give it 1.5 stars, and not real stars, just the sticker stars you put on a chore chart.
And that's my review of "Battle of the Year in 3D."
September 21, 2013
As well as the 5 step up movies that followed. (One star just because)
I haven't seen it and I don't want to. They should of stopped after (you got served).
As well as the 5 step up movies that followed. (One star just because)
