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Lew Crippen · 05-12-2008, 09:43 AM

Something that bothers me a lot about any of the Rogers/Astaire movies is when the start to sing. As magical dancers as they are, once they move to singing—well both need to keep their day jobs.

One of the things that I find lacking in most of these films is cohesion. As much as I might like some individual scenes, numbers and so on, I find it hard to love the move as a whole.

But something that more modern movies could emulate would be the long takes in the dance numbers (are you listening Chicago).

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Lew Crippen Member Location: Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexíco Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 05:16 AM Local Date: 07-19-2008 Posts: 11,306	Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2 Something that bothers me a lot about any of the Rogers/Astaire movies is when the start to sing. As magical dancers as they are, once they move to singing—well both need to keep their day jobs. One of the things that I find lacking in most of these films is cohesion. As much as I might like some individual scenes, numbers and so on, I find it hard to love the move as a whole. But something that more modern movies could emulate would be the long takes in the dance numbers (are you listening Chicago). ¡Time is not my master!