BMU Premiere
I have a final in, yes, seven hours and forty-two minutes, folks. WHAT am I doing up?
Just got home from studying at the coffee shop. For five and a half hours. And I'm getting up early to study some more. UGH. Why do I CARE? Why? I'm graduating in a week. I have a job. These grades count for nothing, and yet, I can't give up. I can't not put in 110%.
Went to lunch with Amy today. Yay Amy! Heehee. 'Twas fun.
The (She's) Blowin' Me Up video premiered today. I had a lot of thoughts. They're in More, if you care. ;) Step this way... --->
First off, I'm going to start with what I didn't like. Then there's going to be a huge BUT, and then I'll say what I DID like. *g* Just so y'all don't get halfway through and go "well, jeez, she hated it." I didn't. Here's what I did think.
I'm not sure that, if I didn't already love the song, the video would make me a fan of it. There are certain parts I loved, but as a whole, I'm not sure it came together.
Everything was a bit random. The song is all over the place and wild, so it kind of fit with the mood, but I think there could have been an overarching theme to tie it together. We had clips from the movie, the diner, the demolition derby, and dancing around in the junkyard (at the demolition derby?). Each by itself could have been a really cool setting. Together, I didn't see the connection.
I could have either done without the movie clips, or tied the video into it more. *shrug* Not sure how, exactly, but that's why I'm a Speech Com/psych major and not a flim major. ;)
I have held off on stating any opinions of Tara, and I'm really not going to start now, since I don't know a thing about her. Opinions of her character aside, I don't think she's a tremendous actress. I could play hard-to-get better than she could, and I. can't. act. Everyone beforehand talked about this wonderful chemistry between JC and Tara, and on his side, it was there. I was feelin' him. But from her, I was getting nothing. I can't really put my finger on it, but I think that her character was pivitol to bringing the video together smoothly. If we'd had a really dazzling spark between JC and the female lead, all the rest would have been commentary. The craziness would have happened around them, which I think was the point.
BUT (told you it was coming)
I really, really love dance sequences. A lot. I thought his choreography (whether he did actually do it himself or not) was very cool, and just off-the-wall enough to match the "vibe" (word of the day, apparently) of the song. I didn't even mind the randomness of drumsticks in a junkyard.
There was a good mixture of things that made me shake my head, smile and say "oh, JC..." and things that made me pick my jaw off the floor, wipe up the drool, and say "God, is that hot." I especially liked him revving up to put the pedal to the metal. *g* And his vocals are strong enough to carry off whatever randomness is going on around him. I'm glad he actually got to sing a bit in there, instead of the whole focus being on the "plot" of the video.
Overall, I liked it. I think I liked the second half more than the first. I probably liked it more because it's JC, and because I love the song to begin with, but I'll get giddy over seeing it come on MTV, and I'll vote my little heart out to keep it on TRL. Though, I really, really can't wait for him to come out with another song that's his, and not influenced by a movie, and see what he does with that. What kind of video might come out of him.
And, as if I haven't babbled on enough (you still reading? *g*), I can't WAIT to see Drumline. It looks like a really fun movie. I'm such a sucker for that kind of movie. Wheee!