Pina (2011) - Avoid, avoid, avoid if it gets US Blu release

[bluskies]

I went to see this 3D film last night in a movie theater, and though I barely retained my sanity to the end, there were many times I wanted to go screaming from the theater.

Most of the film is filled with weirdly interpretive dance sequences that were crazy enough to make you want to bang your head against a wall (some of the dancers actually did that), but maybe it wouldn't have been so horrible if we were told what they were supposed to be interpreting. I discussed it with one other person (there were only four of us in the entire theater) and I said to her that "Okay, she (Pina, the choreographer) wasn't crazy because these people swore loyalty to her for so many years, but from these dances...no, she was crazy."

Let me give you a few examples...

A dancer comes out with two pieces of meat, and yells, "This is veal!" And then she dances for several minutes with the veal in her ballet slippers.

One male dancer is walking along and another places a branch on his right shoulder, then another on a left shoulder, crux of the elbow, and so on, until he has several balanced on different parts of his body. That's it.

A female carries a pillow on a real rapid transit vehicle, making monstrous noises with every step, while a male dancer sits at the back of the vehicle wearing some kind of weird animal-type ears and doing nothing.

One female dancer carries a potted tree on her back around a lake. No dancing, just carries a potted tree around on her back.

One woman throws shovels of dirt at a crouching female dancer.

And this is just a small amount of the two hours of "dance" that have you going "WTF!"

It is no wonder the dancers in the film all looked so miserable when interviewed!

I've noticed this is available on Blu in other countries, but if it ever gets here, avoid if you wish to retain your sanity.