Movie review - Swing Girls

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Movie review - Swing Girls

#1 Post by Eyeball » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:47 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVHWSJQqjnc

It's on YT in 11 parts.

From 2004.

I had heard of this for a while and never saw it until last night. The YT has English subtitles and there is a version with Spanish subtitles, too.

It's a comedy about some high school girls in Japan who start up a swing band. They wind up playing In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade and Sing Sing Sing and a few other tunes as the film goes along.

Light plot with a few good jokes and sight gags, but pretty low on musical inspiration for the viewer or the girls.

I was hoping for more musical ambition to spark them rather than trying to get out of detention or whatever it was.

As I got halfway through the film, I began skipping forward looking for musical scenes.

If you have 2 hours you have little use for, this film may be for you.
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Re: Movie review - Swing Girls

#2 Post by Toon Town Dave » Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:09 pm

I stumbled across it about a year or so ago. Thought it was a neat film. Not a must see film by any means but entertaining if you come across it and want something light to watch for a couple hours.

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Re: Movie review - Swing Girls

#3 Post by Eyeball » Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:40 pm

Toon Town Dave wrote:I stumbled across it about a year or so ago.
Yep - that's about it.

Wonder if an American version would work? Could spark the swing dance scene like SWING KIDS did.
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