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COMMENTS (23)
Who in the right Fcking mind would try to update that for today? There's no town on earth let alone america that would outlaw music these days. Especially since technology pretty much made it so everything plays it. My god hollywood is getting desperate. This is nuts. "Put down that ipod, unplug that laptop, don't turn on the HD tv. Music and dance are the devil." It doesn't work nowadays.
Now it is getting awkward. Hollywood just doesn't know when to stop. A good updated version would be someone trying to get people to make original movies in hollywood. But the studios don't allow fresh scripts to be read or people to speak original ideas out-loud.
And what is the 1 song that made this movie famous. This film had one of the biggest soundtracks with many famous songs, the movie was a huge hit when it came out. I remember seeing it in the theater several times with friends
There are still small towns in the rural United States where religion is the way of life and everything that is considered trendy is a sin.
I dont think it that far fetched to update the 80's Footloose storyline to today's timeline.
All that said...the movie will still blow chunks, and Zach Efron proved to me that he isnt all that stupid by backing away from this project.
This movie wouldnt really be able to work today unless set in a similar-and heavily disconnected-rural town. The internet allows us to move around without physically moving. So, even being stuck in a town that frowns on 'rock and dancing' wouldn't mean much.
I hesitate to concede that maybe a genre change would be neccesary to facilitate the plot. Maybe he likes hip hop and the town he's in doesn't and yadda yadda yadda. I still don't feel it'd hold the same resonance and Im certain it would turn into another dance-flick cliche. The 80s were about excess, rebellion and music. We're in a much more mellow time for teens, It seems to be more about tech, sex and politics.
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