Magic Mike
2012 Directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Work all day. Work it all night.
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
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It ain't no Showgirls, that's for sure!
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Despite the positive word of mouth the thought of a Steven Soderbergh male stripper movie never sounded appealing and the end results were as disappointing as expected. I can only assume that the film was well received purely because people got to see Hollywood celebrities wear very little clothing and grind their crotches in women’s faces because it certainly wasn’t because of the story. As with all of Soderbergh’s recent films, Magic Mike, feels incomplete. Sub plots are started and then briefly explored before being abandoned entirely, characters are given the scantest development (just like their wardrobe) and it generally lacks any real drive or interesting central focus.
For the second film running, Matthew McConaughey steals the show. His turn…
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A couple things I realized while watching this:
1) I was right in my assumption that thrusting my pelvis into a woman's face is a total turn on for her.
2) I just need to stop watching Soderbergh's movies.
I know that I am completely alone in my total ennui towards this guy, and I'm cool with that. But how did he elevate this material? By shooting everything through a doo doo-stained filter like he always does? I could put on Coyote Ugly and mess with the color controls for that, thanks.
Okay, so maybe he toned down the visual flair to focus on working with the actors to create interesting characters. Let's see, Matthew McConaughey's portrayal of Matthew McConaughey…
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This movie had no business being as fun as it was. Credit to Soderbergh, McConaughey, and most importantly Channing Tatum. Tatum was fantastic in this. Charming, funny, sweet, and endearing in a way I did not think possible. I guess the role was made for him, since it was based partly on his real life, but still, he brought a lot to a role that could have been extremely bland. Oh and dude can dance; very impressive.
There are several misses; The Kid, for example, is just not very good, and the story is very generic, particularly anything revolving around The Kid (as you can tell I did not like The Kid very much, whoever he is). Fortunately there was more than enough fun to be had everywhere else to make up for those shortcomings.
It almost makes me want to go hang out at a male strip-club. Almost.
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Mike's got the magic TOUCH.
I bet half of us would like to touch Mike...MAGICALLY...SOMEWHERE...
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Well... I didn't expect that. Instead of the male stripper romp this was advertised as, this turned out to be a very good casually paced drama about the business and the shitty life guys like Mike have to deal with. There was probably only 5 minutes of actual stripping. I don't think I've ever been that happy to be in a room full of disappointed women.
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Mike's got the magic TOUCH.
I bet half of us would like to touch Mike...MAGICALLY...SOMEWHERE...
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That boy Channing Tatum can for sure dance, I'll agree on that. But to be honest, there isn't much more on this movie. The change Mike is trying to do in his life could be exploited a lot more and thus we might care for him or the rest of the characters.
The story was predictable and the ending plain like a toast with no butter.
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This movie had no business being as fun as it was. Credit to Soderbergh, McConaughey, and most importantly Channing Tatum. Tatum was fantastic in this. Charming, funny, sweet, and endearing in a way I did not think possible. I guess the role was made for him, since it was based partly on his real life, but still, he brought a lot to a role that could have been extremely bland. Oh and dude can dance; very impressive.
There are several misses; The Kid, for example, is just not very good, and the story is very generic, particularly anything revolving around The Kid (as you can tell I did not like The Kid very much, whoever he is). Fortunately there was more than enough fun to be had everywhere else to make up for those shortcomings.
It almost makes me want to go hang out at a male strip-club. Almost.
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Eye candy UP AND DOWN! Not gonna lie, I got goosebumps when Tatum came out dancing to "Pony" sooo anyway...The story was fun and interesting, but I got the feeling that at the end of it, whoever wrote the screenplay was like "LOL, idk how to end this" and it just sort of fizzled. But anyway, Channing Tatum and that song...
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I feel as if this was made for 2chainz. Because this shit is #based
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Amazingly, this was an entertaining movie, even though Channing Tatum getting the girl in the end doesn't make a shred of sense.
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Channing Tatum: The Movie.
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Despite the end a little bit loosy which has left the story incomplete, Magic Mike is actually a good movie. But it does left us with some questions. I mean ..
Is Adam actually going to Miami with Dallas and the other strippers?
Is he going to send the ten thousand he owes to Mike?
Will Mike ever be able to reach his dream of working making furniture?
What the hell does Brooke do for living?
Will Adam keep using drugs?And I gotta say, Matthew McConaughey is great in his role. Seriously, he steals every scene he's in.
One more thing: This film has been judged as a movie for women only. Well, I disagree. Yes, there's a bunch…
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I couldn't bare it. In the bad way.