Rize....But Not To The Occasion
I'm a fan of documentary-type movies, and I'm very interested in urban culture and urban music. When I first saw a preview for RIZE back in '05 I was intriqued. Missing it in theatres I added it to my NetFlix queue and watched it last weekend. For all my interest and curiosity, I found the movie lacking in true exploration of the dance style known as krumping.
The interview are interesting, and interspersing live dance with footage of tribal dance was nicely done. It gives you a sense of the history and evolution of krumping. The athleticism displayed is quite amazing. The dancers clearly practice and keep in shape, but I can't help wondering how they don't all suffer from whiplash.
Urban films have urban, gritty music and RIZE is no different. The music plays well, and the dance battles are well done. I was fairly impressed with those aspects.
During the interviews, it is clear that krumping has become a way to avoid gang life, a means to express your true self and keep it real. Except over the course of the movie, krumping seems to become a gang-like turf war, with two sides facing off in a winner-take-all krumping competition. No blood is shed, but it still has that gang-warefare feel. That detracted from the richness and history of krumping, and the desire to express oneself and connect through dance.
Rating: G$_G$_Ghalfdollar
The interview are interesting, and interspersing live dance with footage of tribal dance was nicely done. It gives you a sense of the history and evolution of krumping. The athleticism displayed is quite amazing. The dancers clearly practice and keep in shape, but I can't help wondering how they don't all suffer from whiplash.
Urban films have urban, gritty music and RIZE is no different. The music plays well, and the dance battles are well done. I was fairly impressed with those aspects.
During the interviews, it is clear that krumping has become a way to avoid gang life, a means to express your true self and keep it real. Except over the course of the movie, krumping seems to become a gang-like turf war, with two sides facing off in a winner-take-all krumping competition. No blood is shed, but it still has that gang-warefare feel. That detracted from the richness and history of krumping, and the desire to express oneself and connect through dance.
Rating: G$_G$_Ghalfdollar
posted by Gwynne at 3:24 PM
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