
Director Scott Speer not only uses the 3-D effectively but manages to avoid the common pitfalls of it.
ALL OF THE STEP UP MOVIES DANCE MOVIES MOVIE
It helps that this movie was filmed in 3-D like Prometheus was. It enhances the experience by bringing us into the dancing and feeling like were a part of it with diversions (like sand, water, and sparks being thrown at our faces) and dancers coming out of the screen into our faces. This is the way 3-D should be used and this is probably one of the best uses of 3-D this year (along with Prometheus and Avengers) as well as the past few years. These dance sequences were fun and engaging and thankfully took up 60% of the running time. The visuals as well are amazing and have improved from the last movie. As I stated in my review of the third movie, this really sets the bar high for any dance movies in the future. They are incredibly well choreographed and they're the main reason why people come to see these films now. Like in the previous movie the dance sequences are exhilarating. I really had no problem with the supporting cast since none of them really had to do much. There were also some nice scenes between them but, like every other Step Up movie the romance aspect gets shoved aside in favor of the dance sequences. I will say that there was at least some chemistry between Guzman and McCormick which was missing in the last film. These two have potential, had they been under the direction of someone else they could have been good. While the performances between Guzman and McCormick weren't horrendously bad, they could have been much better. The actors (specifically the leads) were always good at the dancing part that was required of their roles but when it came to the actual acting parts, they were all terrible. Now this has been a problem for all the Step Up movies. The dialog in some parts was good but laughable in others. However, as unmemorable and cliched the plot was in the third movie it was better than the story and plot in this movie. Though, I do applaud the filmmakers for moving past dance battles. The story and plot are pretty much non existent, what a shocker. The problems in this film shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. So to get it out of the way, I'll talk about the negatives of the films first. but, it is fun which is why I'm giving it the score I am.

The To put it out there: No it's not a good movie in terms of acting, story, plot etc.
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To put it out there: No it's not a good movie in terms of acting, story, plot etc.
