OMG! I felt nothing for any of the characters. And maybe because I saw the original as a teen drooling over Philip Michael Thomas as Stix, I couldn't really get into it. I felt nothing in "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" because it just seemed like 3 women dressed well rehearsing a song they'd rather not sing.
I guess the hunger for stardom when you're middle-class with no apparent struggles felt like kids disobeying Mom's rules.
Sparkle's speech she gave to convince the record producer a reason to sign her was drab and unconvincing.
The music is good, the story is actually good and if I had never seen the original all those years ago I could have enjoyed it more (thank goodness Philip Michael Thomas wasn't in this version. He was just pretty to look at back then!)
One last note: This is a great family movie. I don't recall any bad language and the most "salaciousness" was the choreography when the group sang.
I guess the hunger for stardom when you're middle-class with no apparent struggles felt like kids disobeying Mom's rules.
Sparkle's speech she gave to convince the record producer a reason to sign her was drab and unconvincing.
The music is good, the story is actually good and if I had never seen the original all those years ago I could have enjoyed it more (thank goodness Philip Michael Thomas wasn't in this version. He was just pretty to look at back then!)
One last note: This is a great family movie. I don't recall any bad language and the most "salaciousness" was the choreography when the group sang.