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DJ (Columbus Short), an amazing underground street dancer, hasn’t been in college for a day before he’s entranced by the lovely April (Meagan Good).Working as a gardener to pay the bills, DJ doesn’t fit in with the wealthier students around campus, but one thing does catch his attention the rival fraternity competitions known as stepping. With April’s help, DJ learns about the legacy and heritage behind the fraternities and decides to join up. Now part of an official step group, DJ must balance rehearsals, work, and school, while at the same time winning the heart of the girl of his dreams. With the National Step Championship drawing closer, DJ must learn to stop dancing as an individual, and start stepping as a team.Amazon.com
At its core, Stomp the Yard is a romantic drama disguised as a dance film. Or is it the other way around? DJ (Columbus Short) is a troubled teen from Los Angeles who gets a chance for a better life when he is admitted into Atlanta’s privileged Truth University. Just when he thought he had escaped a life of gangs, DJ finds himself in the middle of a “war” between two upper-crust fraternities where stepping (a popular dance form) is their weapon of choice. When DJ realizes the coed he falls for is the girlfriend of the school’s champion stepper, he joins the rival fraternity to try to show her–and himself–that he’s as good as anyone else there. Stomp the Yard is not an original film. Add some drums and you’ve got Drumline. Change some of the characters around and you’ve got Save the Last Dance. What sets the movie apart is the stepping. The precision involved at this level is impressively complicated and Short–a dancer and choreographer–is beautifully expressive both as an actor and a dancer. Sure the plot is predictable and hokey at times. But Short and Meagan Good (as his crush April) have wonderful chemistry together, and the supporting cast–including Harry J. Lennix as DJ’s no-nonsense uncle–are delightful to watch. –Jae-Ha Kim
Stills from Stomp the Yard (click for larger image)
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i love dis movie,the dancing is tight and it’s sad how chris brown dies:[the movie is great and i’m buying it ASAP!
Rating: 5 / 5
“Stomp the Yard” is a film that exists solely for its dancing. All else is mere filler. That includes the plot, which revolves around a young L.A. street dancer named D.J. (Columbus Short) who enrolls in Atlanta’s Truth University and immediately finds himself caught up in the rivalry between two fraternities specializing in what is called competitive “stomp” dancing. The film also chronicles the lovelorn lad’s near-stalker-like efforts to woo April (Meagan Good), the provost’s beautiful daughter, despite the fact that she is already going out with a self-centered, super creep of a boyfriend (Darrin Dewitt Henson), who also happens to be one of the leaders of a rival fraternity.
Although the plot complications are relatively straightforward and easy to follow, you just might want to keep a “street slang-to-English” dictionary handy to help you through some of the dialogue. Unfortunately, the predictability of the storyline and the triteness of the romantic entanglements pretty much vitiate the attractive novelty of the context and setting.
That pretty much leaves just the dancing, which isn’t all that terrific, actually, thanks to the frenetic, hurdy-gurdy quality of the editing, which breaks up the movements and prevents the dancers from establishing a smooth-flowing rhythm and style. We see their dance routines only in fragmented bits and pieces, a technique that does little justice to the vision and hard work of the performers, who clearly possess an impressive store of untapped energy and talent. At least that’s more than can be said for the acting, which ranges in quality from the merely passable to the distressingly amateurish.
There are moments of inspirational racial pride sprinkled in among the melodrama and dance sequences, but they are quickly swept away by the contrivances and cliches that ultimately inundate the film.
Stomp on over to the refund counter.
Rating: 2 / 5
Street dancer DJ moves to college after his greed/pride gets his brother killed. All his guilt over causing his brother’s death is quickly forgotten the moment he sees the hot girl on campus, April. April inexplicably falls for him, even though the first time she sees him, DJ is shoving a girl while trying to cut back into line. Quite the gentleman that DJ. Now I know this movie takes from Drumline, You Got Served, etc. But really, I saw more similarities to another movie. To wit, upon DJ’s arrival at college the movie follows the plot of Van Wilder point for point:
1. Rebellious hero falls in love with heroine.
2. Heroine has a boyfriend who is expected to be successful in life as a lawyer, but is somewhat of a jerk/insensitive to her.
3. Hero relentlessly pursues heroine, even though she is already in a relationship.
4. Hero gets girl in part because heroine wants to rebel against overly protective parents.
5. Jilted ex-boyfriend gets hero expelled from school.
etc. Now if you’re going to blatantly rip off the plot of another movie, for heaven’s sake, there are better out there than VAN WILDER!
Rating: 1 / 5
this movie is now one of my favorites. the plot may be simple, but the dancing is dope and columbus short is the finest man on earth. i looooved it and cant wait to buy it. AS FOR THE HATERS…..if u dont like these kind of movies, then dont watch it!
Rating: 5 / 5
I personally thought that Stomp the Yard was a great Movie Everything about it was great. It so sad to see that people can never give credit where it due. Stomp the Yard was a good movie i mean what more could you expect from the title. It did remind you of other movies like Drumline, You got Searved and Maybe even Step up but you cant look at those and expect to get the same thing out of it or even talk bad on because it wasnt what you WANTED to be. To me the movie touched in to a little bit of everything romance, talent history,college and being new to something and showing what you got and also made a point about learning lessons.
As far as the comment from Betty Burks I disagree with everything that was said because all of it was negative My advice would be to grow up and get up to dated we are no longer living in the old days so there was no need to compare the movie to people you felt like have already done things that ewere done in the movie. And the statment about Violence come on where was that at I really missed that part and if I didnt and wasnt Violence in the movie to state that comment itjust showed how some kids with talent react to certain situations A nick name is something that sticks with you and matches your personality or appearance if you didnt have one…..that just explains you The dances were more of a updated version of the latest dances The Telescope comment wasnt called for amd and the noise you heard that was so loud was called Surround sound its located in practically all Movie theater Please Find Something positive out of it atleast I give the movie 10starts its a Must see film GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE!! **********
Rating: 5 / 5