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Posted by Aldo Baez (Member # 790) on 12-14-2002, 02:47 AM:

Wow, what a surprise. The movie is filled with typical cliches like white guy in a black school etc, but I was mesmerized everytime they had the band playing onscreen. It was just amazing to see these kids totally disciplined and playing right on beat and everything. The editing especially the ending was very good, I was never bored once (even though its basically the same thing, a marching band marching and playing.) I especially liked the fact that it was marketed to teens, but it wasn't your typical dumbed down teen movie. A must see for anyone who has never seen the big Southern marching band competitions.

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 12-29-2002, 05:49 PM:

12/29/2002, 12:50PM, Cinemark 17, Spfld OR, #15, SR-D. Attendance about 30. Sound not loud enough, and no bass. [Mad]

Several lab splices, one of them fogged for several seconds, but aside from those flaws the print looked very good.

I'll echo what Aldo said. Who woulda thought a 2-hour movie about marching bands could be this interesting. The story centers around a gifted freshman drummer at a southern college on a scholarship. The kid has an attitude, also has a serious skeleton in his closet (serious in the world of competitive marching bands anyway [Wink]

), but man he can play. Occasionally hokey, full of movie cliches, definitely intended as an inspiring "message" movie, but it still worked for me. Recommended. [thumbsup]