This does have some spoilers, therefore, don't read it if you actually want to see it. But I wouldn't recommend seeing it in the first place! This movie was completely and utterly corny (no that is not strong enough of a word). This movie was extremely clichéd, banal, stale, hackneyed, and just plain a waste of money, time and brain cells.
First of all, the movie starts off with Casey Carlyle, a physics geek, trying to get a scholarship to Harvard. This was supposed to show how substandard her social life was before she fell into skating. Nevertheless, the entire time you see this, you think to yourself, wow she is pretty, smart, and she is not even trying, which in any other situation this would lead you to believe that she was better than the girls who are popular and stupid. But no!! Instead, she has to become a figure skater to realize her feminine potential. (You can tell that this is a man directing this) Secondly, the entire movie deals with her being a figure skater and being so good that she is able to accomplish what the other girls have worked so hard, all their lives, in less than a year. This is incredibly unrealistic and it just makes the movie loose credibility. Not only this, but in the performances you see the other girls and they are all better than Casey, even in the end.
Also, the fact that science was such a significant part of her life is dropped in the progression of the film. You have to understand that such intensity for physics does not just go away, or is not started, rambled about, or perfected by someone who does not actually like such a subject. The movie leads you to believe that she is no longer a "science geek," which if she ever was in the first place, she would not have lost all interest in it in the long run.
Finally, the movie was incredibly contradictory. The reason why movies have been using such strong characteristics in people to show their position is because, if the characters flip flop from good guy to bad guy, not only do have a corny movie, but you also have no definite end or life lesson. This movie teaches you to drop one dream in order to peruse an other, that you have to loose identity for another (for one were you wear more make up and get the hot guys), and that in the end, you still do not come out on top, win the first place medal, but you still end up falling.
I am very sorry that I complain about this movie, but the situations were not believable, the characters were jerks who only cared about one thing and could not look beyond that one thing (whether it was getting your daughter the gold medal, getting your daughter to go to Harvard, getting to skate, getting not to skate, or obtaining popularity.) I have to say that this is not exactly a movie that I should take so seriously. I mean it was supposed to be a kid's movie. But I could not find one thing that I like about it (with the exception, of course, of the Zambonie driver, which still was not realistic that he would do half of the things he did,) and it was a disappointment all together. I give it a 2 out of 10, and I am being generous.
First of all, the movie starts off with Casey Carlyle, a physics geek, trying to get a scholarship to Harvard. This was supposed to show how substandard her social life was before she fell into skating. Nevertheless, the entire time you see this, you think to yourself, wow she is pretty, smart, and she is not even trying, which in any other situation this would lead you to believe that she was better than the girls who are popular and stupid. But no!! Instead, she has to become a figure skater to realize her feminine potential. (You can tell that this is a man directing this) Secondly, the entire movie deals with her being a figure skater and being so good that she is able to accomplish what the other girls have worked so hard, all their lives, in less than a year. This is incredibly unrealistic and it just makes the movie loose credibility. Not only this, but in the performances you see the other girls and they are all better than Casey, even in the end.
Also, the fact that science was such a significant part of her life is dropped in the progression of the film. You have to understand that such intensity for physics does not just go away, or is not started, rambled about, or perfected by someone who does not actually like such a subject. The movie leads you to believe that she is no longer a "science geek," which if she ever was in the first place, she would not have lost all interest in it in the long run.
Finally, the movie was incredibly contradictory. The reason why movies have been using such strong characteristics in people to show their position is because, if the characters flip flop from good guy to bad guy, not only do have a corny movie, but you also have no definite end or life lesson. This movie teaches you to drop one dream in order to peruse an other, that you have to loose identity for another (for one were you wear more make up and get the hot guys), and that in the end, you still do not come out on top, win the first place medal, but you still end up falling.
I am very sorry that I complain about this movie, but the situations were not believable, the characters were jerks who only cared about one thing and could not look beyond that one thing (whether it was getting your daughter the gold medal, getting your daughter to go to Harvard, getting to skate, getting not to skate, or obtaining popularity.) I have to say that this is not exactly a movie that I should take so seriously. I mean it was supposed to be a kid's movie. But I could not find one thing that I like about it (with the exception, of course, of the Zambonie driver, which still was not realistic that he would do half of the things he did,) and it was a disappointment all together. I give it a 2 out of 10, and I am being generous.