Stomp the Yard

[IceColdAce06]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I watched it. It wasn't that bad.

LOL. Yes...It was

[PerfectVerse06]

The only reason I watched it was because my boyfriend was an extra in the movie.

[rhoyaltempest]

It was okay but I didn't like the way it made us look like stepping is at the center of everything we do and getting into our organizations is all about how well you can step or dance. I didn't like that at all. IMO, the creators/directors/producers wasted their opportunity to positively counter the stereotypes in "School Daze" and really show those who know nothing or very little about NPHC greeks, what we're really about. I think the movie could have still been entertaining even with scenes of the greeks performing community service, hosting an educational program or two, etc. They could have done a much better job at showing the whole picture while still focussing on the stepshow competition at the end of the movie. I'm a Writer so as soon as I saw the movie, all of these ideas popped into my head about how I would have changed and presented some things. And it doesn't take a genius to come up with what I did. I went to see the movie when it first came out and I'm still answering questions like "How well do you have to step to get into a sorority or fraternity?" Bottom line: The makers wasted a good opportunity to show the world who we are and to dispel the myths.

[Senusret I]

I, too, am a writer, and I still say it wasn't that bad.

If I wanted to tell the definitive BGLO story.... oh wait, I did. lol

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I, too, am a writer, and I still say it wasn't that bad.

If I wanted to tell the definitive BGLO story.... oh wait, I did. lol

I did say it was okay, but someone needs to take it to the next level and share the whole story. Maybe I will.

[Senusret I]

I saw that you said it was okay. My comments weren't all directly toward you. I just don't understand the high expectations everyone had of this flick when we all knew it was a dance movie.

I mean really, did we really believe that street gangs have dance offs?

Did we really believe a man could fly? lol

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I saw that you said it was okay. My comments weren't all directly toward you. I just don't understand the high expectations everyone had of this flick when we all knew it was a dance movie.

I mean really, did we really believe that street gangs have dance offs?

Did we really believe a man could fly? lol

Honestly, I didn't have high expectations for the movie and I was one of those NPHC greeks who actually supported the movie from the beginning and went to see it opening weekend while many of the greeks around me proclaimed (even before the movie came out) that they were not going to give it a chance. I was one of those encouraging people to get out there and support Black film during opening weekend and had high hopes that people would enjoy it. And I do own it BUT as a Writer, I just see so many areas where the film could have been more, should have been more. I just don't buy into the whole...if it's entertaining, it can't be deep or educational thing. I just don't think like that. If your vision is big enough, you can get the lesson across and still entertain. A phenomenal writer can make the majority of the audience feel exactly how he/she intends.

[kiml122]

I just finally caught this on cable while I have been off for the Christmas holiday and all I can say is ummm yeah.....