I had forgotten why I haven't watched
Flashdance in what amounts to 15 years at least. The movie is just incredibly boring and dull. Story? What story! At the time, it wanted to be the next
Saturday Night Fever. But those behind the making of
Flashdance failed to realize that you need a story for that to actually work and shocking as it may seem, having characters actually say something....anything, would go a long way to getting it started. But that's not what
Flashdance is. It's nothing more than one giant "music video" where
Jennifer Beals character goes from one scene to the next, which has no bearing on what came before.
Speaking of scenes, I also forgot how poorly edited this movie was. There are some really bad cuts where a scene just ends when it shouldn't. Also, the scenes are very very short for the most part. Here's an example of one of the scenes:
Alex (Beals) and her
Mentor are shown going into the theater to watch a Ballet performance. Cut to them giving the dancers a standing ovation. Cut to
Alex and
Mentor leaving theater. Really? What the f*ck is that all about?
Look, with a name like
Flashdance, I wasn't expecting much of a plot anyway, even back when I saw this opening week in the theater. You go into this movie expecting to be wowed by hot naked women. It just doesn't deliver in any way shape or form. When this first came out, every one was gaga for
Beals and her "dancing". Shortly afterwards, word got out that it wasn't her dancing at all and that the director relied on a body double for all the "good" stuff. Kinda ruins what made the movie passable at the time. Now it's just movie without a plot and a star.
The only good thing in this movie is
Cynthia Rhodes dance number and some of the songs used for the Soundtrack. That's it. But still definite
Skip.