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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Royal Wedding


Royal Wedding was ok.  It’s par for the course for Fred Astaire with one huge exception.  This one has the famous dancing-around-the-room-defying-gravity scene.  And it doesn’t disappoint.  It’s definitely one of the coolest fucking things ever filmed.  From a technical standpoint it’s impressive and imaginative but from a dancing standpoint it’s a totally fucking crazy idea. 

If you’re not a fan of musicals I wouldn’t say it’s worth watching just for that but if you are then you should see it.  It was directed by Stanley Donen who did Singin’ in the Rain and the music video for Lionel Ritchie’s “Dancing on the Ceiling” which uses the same dancing-around-the-room gag.

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