Goodreads—4.2/5
On Goodreads the most common comment that people had
to say was that they liked the book and the movie. Having a 4.2/5 average is
not bad at all for a book. Many people also said how they do recommend everyone
to read it. One of the comments that struck my eyes was someone said, “One of
my ALL TIME favorite movies”--iheartjohnny. This quote really speaks for
itself, saying that it’s one of their all time favorites obviously means they
really liked it. Not too much more to it than that.
Even though it had a good overall rating, there are
some people that still did not like it and wished it would have ended and the
movie overall just wasn’t good. These people also said they did not really like
the acting. I think the fact that they did not like the actors going into the
movie gave them a bad impression of the movie even before they saw it, resulting
in a bad review.
Barnes and Noble—5/5
At Barnes and Noble the reviews were even better.
Dirty Dancing received a 5/5 average. People again said it’s a must see and a
must read and talked about how great the movie was. One comment that I saw was,
“It’s a timeless love story!”--Anonymous. To me it’s interesting that someone
would say this because it’s much more than a love story if you read into it.
But by this person simply recognizing it as a love story indicates to me that
he has no strong opinion about the different topics we discussed such as
feminism and abortion.
On this website it was very interesting that I couldn't
find any bad review comments. Out of all the people that voted only two people
gave it under a 4 star rating, and both of those didn't explain why they gave
it a low rating. I can only assume they just didn’t like it and didn't have
specific reasons.
Amazon—4.7/5
Once again Dirty Dancing received great reviews
having a 4.7/5 average. And like on all of the other websites people were
saying how it’s a must see and a must read and a classic. One interesting quote
was, “I can watch this movie over and over again and I love it!”--Randi T.
Grogan-Mustange. This seems to be a classic response of many people throughout
each website. It seemed to receive a lot of love. But seeing as how people
ignored the fact of it being more than just a love story, makes me ponder
whether or not if they focused on those certain elements of the movie would
have some sort of change for their opinions for it.
I found some bad reviews on amazon and the reasons
for the bad reviews were very similar to those on Barnes and Noble. One person
said, "This movie annoyed me on so many levels… Bad music, bad actors, and
so on"--Amazon Customer. I thought the music they played in the various
scenes throughout the movie were perfect. They all had a meanings for the situation
they were played. I also thought the acting was very good.
For me personally, I would give this movie about a
3/5. It was a good movie with a good story line, but it is not something that I
particularly would have watched if I had a choice to pick. Even with that said,
I am glad I got to see such a classic movie, I really had no idea how much
people like this movie even with the emergence of the insight to the abortion
debate and feminism and sex. It brings out a whole lot more than just being a
love story.
I agree, it would not be a movie that I would just pick out of the many movies out there to watch. It is a classic and the story line is well written. The actors and actresses were gorgeous and great at acting. Especially the chemistry between Swayze and Grey, that was remarkable. The love and romance was portrayed really well, and even I got teary towards the end of the movie because I was happy with the happy ending. Although one thing with me is that the movie is set in the 1960s, and I particularly do not like old films and do not like the time it is set at. That is just my preference, thus I would not choose this movie out of the many movies out there that I get the choice to watch. Which is why I think some reviewers on Amazon or Barnes and Noble would dislike the film, because it just is not their taste--music, actors, wardrobe, story line, etc. Just because it is not their taste or they are "annoyed" does not mean they have to write such negative reviews.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this movie before this class, although I have heard of it and had been told it was an all time classic. I enjoyed this movie because of the dancing, but I also like how they touched on more serious topics, such as abortion. I also liked how we got to see Baby go from this young, innocent, sweet girl to a more mature, caring, woman right before our eyes. She changed from a more timid girl being wary of herself and others around her and changed to a girl who could stick up for herself and for others.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to note that although the movie was willing to talk about abortion, they never actually show it, if abortion was legal when this film came out then why didn't they show it? I mean they didn't show it in an explicit sense, heck we don't see Dr Houseman procedure to save Penny's life. So my point is even if one does agree with the movie's abortion stance, there is no way one can do it justice If it doesn't show it what does that say for it's stance on abortion.
ReplyDeleteI love how you were honest in your opinion of the movie. Personally it is one of my all time favorite movies. I completely agree with how you were so surprised with how many people love this movie even with the major issues and topics that are displayed in the film.
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