![]() Of course there is the requisite love conflict the beautiful Meagan Good as April, who just happens to be the girlfriend of the rival fraternity step leader Darrin Henson, and the usual undercurrent of familial dichotomies between DJ's humble background and April's influential father bring the tension to the front: the result is DJ's triumphant performance in the annual stepping competition between the two fraternities. One fraternity gains DJ's attention and he pledges. Once on campus DJ is works for his uncle as a gardener and is soon courted for his step dance skills by two rival fraternities. Street brawling, a fight in which his brother Chris Brown was killed. I recommend this film to anyone ages 13 and up, but boys of ages 15-18 will like it the best.8/10 -spy There really isn't much language beyond use of the n-word, and there are some violent scenes. Stomp the Yard will surprise you, so don't judge it before you see it. It is a fault that you can easily overlook if you take the film for what it is: an entertaining musical that actually has a good story and good performances. There were five of us in the theatre, and we all predicted at least one thing each that would happen in the film. It is a little too long almost 2 hours and far too predictable. The only downfall of this film is the writing and its running time. The songs are always used in the right place, like in the beginning, when very hardcore, almost heavy metal sounding rap is used to display the mood of seriousness of the scene. You'll see backflips, barrel rolls, head spins, kicks, middle fingers, and all that in between, not to mention multiple mixes of them all. The choreography gets a 10 out of 10 from me, because like I said before, it is original, stylish, fresh, and simply breathtaking to watch these people perform them. In a limited role, Ne-Yo does what is asked of him, but I'm not sold on him as an actor. Her character, April, is a character that has a lot of depth and is very interesting to watch as she changes throughout the film. Meagan Good gives another great show, with another good character. Short gives a good performance and provides a likable character for us to see. Columbus Short not only proves he can dance in the film, but he can act as well. In a small, yet important role, Chris Brown will amaze you even more with his incredible ability at just 17 years of age. The choreography is simply brilliant, blowing all other dancing movies of recent memory Step Up, Take the Lead, You Got Served out of the water. It's a good drama that puts the stepping in as entertainment. Even without the musical aspect of the film, Stomp the Yard would be a decent film. You may be wondering how the dancing and stepping fits in with the plot, but that is the interesting thing. DJ soon meets a friend in his roommate Rich singer Ne-Yo and the beautiful daughter of the school's president Meagan Good of Waist Deep. His uncle allows him to start college and start a job, giving him the chance to start over. For it's genre, however, it's as good as there is. It's pretty much what you think it is from the trailers, but it's a very well made version.I'd give the film a strong 7/10. Also, it's new in subject matter, which makes it different from it's peer films.If you're on the fence about seeing this film. Still, I thought that the messages in, the performances in, and the overall execution of this film was better than any in this recent group of college age/friendship genre films.I enjoy films of all types, and I can honestly say that this is a solid film for this genre. These are the people who might want to see this film and learn of something new.I, for one, am not big fan of "Greek" organizations. ![]() It's also obvious that they know nothing of the subject of this film, stepping. I just feel sorry for the kinds of people who would make spreading hatred a part of their lives.You can see by some of the comments made by some of the IMDb commentators, so to speak, that they never saw this film. How pathetic is that? I'm glad that this film was a financial success, despite the "haters". It's a shame that so many people who have obviously never seen this film used their time and energy to rate this film a 1. ![]()
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