I read on Facebook the other day that a friend of mine saw and enjoyed the new Christina Aguilera vehicle, "Burlesque". I sent her a message asking if she thought I would enjoy it. In response to that she sent me a full review of the movie. I thought it was very well written so I got her permission and Jennifer will now become my first ever Guest Blogger!
The dancing was really good. And any numbers performed by Christina Aguilera (Ally) completely showed off her vocal skills and made me love her voice that much more. She's an awesome singer and that carried her through the movie. Her voice also overshadowed her dance skills, which are less impressive than her vocals and her not-so-great acting skills. I do think her acting could be developed, but she really is a singer first. There were a few songs performed by by Cher (Tess), but were just okay and not fantastic. She's seen her better singing and performing years in her 50s and 60s. Her acting, was normal Cher in my opinion. It was just okay; not impressive and felt forced. Sean, Tess's best friend, played by Stanley Tucci, and Jack, the bartender, played by Eric Dane were the comic relief through the movie. Eric had a little bit of physical comedy towards the end of the movie that had some similarity to Jim Carey style comedy. And Stanley Tucci just does well in the supportive comedian actor role.
The plot was disconnected and had too many sub-plots inner-laced into it. A country girl from Iowa wants to make it big. She leaves Iowa, moves to L.A., finds an apartment, then looks for a job that includes singing and dancing. She ends up at Burlesque and gets turned down by the owner to dance, so she basically takes it upon herself to replace the current "bad" waitress, the same day she walked in. Within 48 hours, she develops a mother-daughter relationship with Cher's character. Within Burlesque, she's the enemy of the star of the show, of course, and is the apple of the engaged bartender's eye. And then there's also another story line of financial problems for the club. I'm sure I'm missing another theme in there too. It's just too many plots and unfortunately, they're all diverting attention from the main attraction of the movie, Christina Aguilera. After two hours nearly of dancing and singing, all problems are resolved and of course, Christina's character fixed nearly all of them.
However, I went for the main attraction, Christina. And I left feeling inspired to plug in more to my own talents and to start going to see Vegas Shows, the Rockettes live, and possibly see a show at the ShadowBox in Newport, KY.
And that, my friend, is Burlesque, in my opinion.
Wonderful review Jen! I love it that the film inspired you to further your interest in musical theater. Thank you for allowing me to post your review. Check out the link below for the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2r_8l1c2nQ
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