Roller Girls Really Whip It!!!!

I went to see Whip It last night and now I have talk myself down from going to find roller skates and setting up cones in my apartment complex.  Seriously, as I'm watching this movie I'm forgetting my klutziness, my complete lack of coordination and my natural born talent for injuring myself in stupid ways (also why I've never gone down a slip & slide. . . too much potential for disaster).  Instead, all I can think about is going fast and checking some chick in the face with my elbow while jumping over a gaggle of girls that have just been taken down by fellow roller girls.  They make it look so fun!  Skating, comic-relief coaches, beer, food fights and violence-crazed teammates with rainbows in her hair. . . who wouldn't want that??  Aside from my unrealistic need to bring the movie to life in my own world (same thing happened when I first saw The Fast and the Furious.  Very dangerous for someone who already hates driving slow), it was generally just a fun and clever movie.   Everyone that went with me enjoyed it and we all seemed to agree that Drew Barrymore's directorial debut was an impressive success.  Considering I see most of the movies I do for free, my real compliment to a movie is to say that I'd be willing to pay to see it (especially since I'm always broke), and I have to say, I'd have paid to see this one!

 

*Overall opinion:  Theatre!  You may wonder if this rating applies to guys too.  Well, that one's actually a tough call.  Since I'm not a guy, I can't answer definitively but I can say that most guys tend to think that chicks in tiny outfits on skates beating the crap out of each other tends to be an appealing concept.  In that respect, yes, still theatre.  There's still the whole "chick falls for rocker guy" element (including a scene in a pool that was really well done and just looked pretty cool), reluctant beauty pageant entries and other "chick stuff," but I think that it's enough for a guy to tolerate.  So in the end, I'd say for guys:  Let's face it, you're never going to voluntarily try to see this on your own or with a group of your guy friends, but if some chick you know wants you to go see it with her, you won't mind.  Or if you want to see it but feel weird going to see it, ask a girl to go with you (Guy Rating:  Theatre (with a girl) or DVD).  I actually employ this method with kids/family/pre-teen movies. . . I borrow my little cousins to justify my attendance at such films.  It totally works.

 

*My rating scale for movies is: Theatre, DVD, Cable, Broadcast Network, or Never.  It's like a 5 star rating scale, but each "star" actually tells you what the movie is worth, rather than being a subjective opinion that not everyone would define the same.  Although, there may be the rare movie that falls into the "Maybe if You're On a Plane and You Forgot Your Book or The Headphones Are Free" category also.