My Thoughts: Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year: Battle of the Year attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years. Dante enlists Blake to assemble a team of the best dancers and bring the Trophy back to America where it started. ~IMDb


My Thoughts: As one that have seen every movie from the Step Up series in theaters, it was quite refreshing to see a movie dedicated to B Boying and Hip-Hop. Now with that said, as a fan of art of dance, I thought the movie was great, a bit cheesy here and there, but it's a dance movie, there will always be cheesiness. Its not really that much for people to go see but the dancing. I can admit that I have only seen a couple of crews battle before, but I was quite impressed in with the choreography. I literally sat there thinking, Damn, that was sweet as hell, and WHAT, did they really just form Voltron <<--(yes an actual thought).

The music, man, you can never go wrong with classic Hip-Hop and classic B. Here are some of the songs that are not on the soundtrack. (Some, click the link to see the full list and soundtrack)

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1.Free Falling – The Bangerz
2.In The City – The La Outfit
3.Need A Captain – The La Outfit
4.Run!!!! – Newtone
5.Boom – The Roots
6.Fast Man (Booty Man) Remix Produced By Z-trip
7.Temperature Is Rising – The La Outfit
8.Dad And McDonald Upset
9.The Dream Team Is In The House – L.A. Dream Team
10.Mr. Blue Sky – Elo
11.Same Song – Digital Underground
12.Orisha – Speedometer
13.A Journey Into Stereo Sound
14.Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
19.Universal Mind Control (UMC) – Common
20.South Korea (Aegukga) (National Anthem)
21.Breakers Dedication – Colours United Featuring Dj Mike Md
22.Back N Forth – The La Outfit
23.Zg Freestyle Throwback #2 – Zulu Gremlin
24.Celebrity Mashup – Blue Stahli
25.B Boyin Freak Freakin!!!! – Kool Kojak
26.Fast Man (Booty Man) – Pc’s Ltd.
27.I’m Ok You’re Ok
28.Coach Takes The Job
29.Tough Break – Dj Nu-mark
30.Rollover DJ – Jet
31.Les Cites Bleues – Paname Dandies
32.Kick Out The Epic Motherf**ker – Dada Life
33.Korean Battle – The La Outfit
34.Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) – Benny Goodman And His Orchestra


So here are somethings that I noticed through the movie.

Way to go Caity Lotz, that woman is pretty damn sexy. 

Quest Crew, I see you!!


The appearance of the great digital divide, those that are not use to or update with technology compared to those that are. I mean it was just a tablet, OH, that it was sweet when he moved the movie from the tablet to the tv. I WANT ONE!!!!

Changing of the times and culture. I wonder how B Boys then feel about B Boys now. I wonder how the change in culture, being that where B Boying started (USA) but is not as prevalent in American Hip Hop.

I know this though, I understand the point of someone understanding who they are about to work with, but damn, just cause yall boys from way back, does not mean you just tell his life story to some new random dude. I mean, granted, they took some unnecessary time out by not giving him worthless anecdotes about his past.throughout the movie. I do appreciate it, for getting it out up front. 

Oh and of course you could not go without the classic self destruction, team reflection, old friends turned rivals back to friends, and the infamous tragic moment. (Crowd goes awwwwwww)

All in all, in the ending, I really appreciated them not showing the final routines. You know since the whole damn movie was practice and team building, for me it was a good ending. The ending I will leave it at that.