Myrii

I love the original and was really excited to see this remake. I was very disappointed. They copied the original, just added cell phones and CD's and a few modern dance moves. Same soundtrack, just a hint modernized, I'm pretty sure even some of the lines were exactly the same. There was nothing creative or original about this movie.

You know that feeling where you see an actor/actress in a certain role and then you see them in another movie and it's like they were told to keep the same character but the film's setting is so completely different and all you can think is 'no, this is wrong, this just doesn't work'. It's exactly what I thought while watching this film but instead of the character(s) being wrong it felt like the whole movie was wrong.

I would have even accepted it if the only thing they kept was the basic concept and redesigned the rest from scratch. But they played it too safe and ended up with a copy instead of a fresh film.

That said if you've never seen the original Footloose it's alright.

I truly enjoyed this movie. It's got all the fireworks of wondrous effects, intriguing plot and an amazing cast. I loved seeing Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine in roles that I would not have expected them in. That said it was missing a LOT of character development, never focusing on one character for too long. (Personally, I'm hoping this is more of a hook for the sequel, where they will do more character building and show more interaction between the illusionists, but we'll see.) I enjoyed the personalities of the magicians, I just wish we could have seen more of it. Other than that it's definitely a movie I plan to watch again and would recommend to others. I give it a solid 8/10.