{"id":17587,"date":"2014-07-01T13:18:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=17587"},"modified":"2015-12-03T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T21:49:27","slug":"bring-it-on-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/01\/bring-it-on-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring It On (2000)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You wouldn\u2019t think a movie about cheerleaders and a rivalry between teams would be any good, but \u201cBring It On\u201d manages to be lightning in a bottle that has yet to be topped by its terrible sequels. Not that cheerleading isn\u2019t interesting, but \u201cBring It On\u201d is such an entertaining and funny sports film, it sets the standard for movies about cheerleaders that has yet to be equaled or rivaled in quality. Director Peyton Reed\u2019s film is a mix of comedy, drama, and light commentary on race and class warfare.<\/p>\n

A very attractive Kirsten Dunst (once the heart throb of many teen boys in 2000) stars as Torrance, a talented cheerleader who inherits her cheerleading squad The Toros from the dictatorial head cheerleader \u201cBig Red.\u201d Seeking to change the way the cheerleaders perform, while garnering their respect, she recruits new cheerleader Missy,a rebellious ex-gymnast who begrudgingly joins the squad. If that\u2019s not making Torrance\u2019s life difficult enough, Missy informs Torrance, much to her dismay, that the routine the Toros have performed for years is stolen from an inner city East Compton squad The Clovers. Torrance is shocked to learn that Missy isn\u2019t only correct, but that the rival head cheerleader Isis is very aware of the theft.<\/p>\n

She wants to show Torrance and her group that they deserve the recognition for their routine, and intend on taking them to nationals to finally earn the credit. \u201cBring It On\u201d straddles being controversial, in spite of being mainly a bubbly sports film about rival cheerleaders. There\u2019s no real villain in the film, despite the occasional heel and obnoxious character fighting for dominance on the team, or making Torrance\u2019s life difficult. The cheerleaders on the Clovers are in every right to be infuriated by the artistic theft, while Torrance and her group is kept empathetic and likable, placing them in a spot where they have to start from square one thanks to the inherent plagiarism, and figure out how to carve their own niche as a squad. The subtext of race and class become ever more volatile, as director Reed subtly explores the idea of the privileged mostly upper class school stealing and plagiarizing from the lower class inner city for so many years with barely a peep heard from either community.<\/p>\n

What adds to the undertones of racism is that former head cheerleader \u201cBig Red\u201d isn\u2019t apologetic and feels entitled to their creativity. That changes as Isis, played well by Gabrielle Union fights to keep her squad dignified, even turning down Torrance\u2019s efforts to fund their trip to the national competition. While \u201cBring It On\u201d does pull off the dual storylines, more emphasis on Isis and her team would really have turned \u201cBring It On\u201d in to a more complex sports comedy. That said, \u201cBring It On\u201d hasn\u2019t aged at all, garnering great performances from Dunst, Union, and Eliza Dushku, while bringing legitimately great dance and stunt choreography to the table. Much like \u201cMean Girls<\/a>,\u201d Peyton Reed sneaks in very subversive themes in to what is a well written and fun sports comedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You wouldn\u2019t think a movie about cheerleaders and a rivalry between teams would be any good, but \u201cBring It On\u201d manages to be lightning in a bottle that has yet to be topped by its terrible sequels. Not that cheerleading isn\u2019t interesting, but \u201cBring It On\u201d is such an entertaining and funny sports film, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,120,219,225,974,1033],"class_list":["post-17587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-b","tag-comedy","tag-coming-of-age","tag-sports","tag-teen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17589,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17587\/revisions\/17589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}