Only When I Dance is a great movie about two kids who are growing up in the slums(sorta) of Rio and who only have the chance to get out via ballet/dancing. I think that this kind of movie is great, but it also sets up people for the idea that all you have to do is work hard in one thing and you will be a great success. Except, of the two main characters in this movie, only one is having success. The other is stuck in Rio with loans to pay and no way to make money except for teaching dance. Sad for the one who is stuck, happy for the kid in NYC following his dream.
The End is about the East End in London, and the gangs that run it. The movie is a little slow, plus it was filmed in black and white, which is an artistic choice I do not like. The weirdest thing is listening to these old white guys with English accents who are all dressed pretty nicely talking about stabbing people and getting nicked by the cops. I wish often that I was British, because I like the way they speak. I think I am going to try to start using the word nicked more. Ok, so halfway through the movie, all of a sudden it becomes born again gangsters. English people are weird, and by and large super polite. Criminals who say things like “It’s not the immigrants fault they have taken over the East End, they could afford to live there right?”
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