I watched Flashdance for the first time last night. I thought it would be enjoyable in a guilty pleasures kind of way à la Pretty in Pink or Footloose or some such 80’s cinematic fluff. I was wrong.
Well what a load of old shit it is.
Moody little madam works as a welder by day (a rubbish one from what I could see) and dances in a very avant garde non tit displaying way by night. In a grotty bar. Who knew men in grotty bars in the 1980’s were such fans of avant garde dancing?
Falls in love with hot boss man, throws a rock through his window because she sees him with another woman. When he manages to get her an audition for dance school she thanks him by slapping him across the chops a few times and jumping out of the car in a tunnel. Oh she’s just so passionate!
And as for the dramatic climax audition scene, what the hell was that! The dancer might as well have been Hulk Hogan in a dodgy wig. Couldn’t they have even made an attempt to make it look like our permed and passionate heroine?
And worse then all this, it was deathly boring.
Verdict: Shit (This come from someone who likes Three Men and a Little Lady. My standards are low)