By Caroline Elias, Staff Contributor
Apparently it “takes a legend to make a star.”
But what does it take to make a bad movie? Burlesque answers that question too: Cher, Christina Aguilera and Kristin Bell.
Burlesque tells the heartfelt story of a girl from small town Iowa who moves to L.A. in hopes of becoming a superstar. Of course, no one’s heard or seen a movie like that in years.
Strangely enough, this movie became a comedy. It’s too bad the audience spent most of their time laughing at the actors, not with them. The dialogue was pitiful, and half the scenes in the movie were too awkward to watch.
Being Aguilera’s acting debut, no one should expect too much going to see this movie. Just as when any singer moves to acting, Aguilera bursts into song within the first 10 minutes of this movie. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Aguilera can sing. She’s released six albums in the past decade, and her first CD went platinum six times. We know she can sing, so there is no need to try and prove it again. What she apparently doesn’t know is that she can’t act. She should stick to what she is good at.
Cher’s role in the movie is cliché: she’s the tough club owner who takes care of her girls when no one else seems to care. She also, very surprisingly, becomes the surrogate mother to Aguilera. Whether Cher was trying to make a comeback to the silver screen is uncertain. But if that was her intention, she really should have picked a different movie.
Only three things saved this movie: the singing and dancing, costumes and Stanley Tucci. The only person that could really act in this movie was Tucci. As always, he plays the gay best friend to the desperate single woman, but he does it well. He provides the movie with its intentional comedic moments, and it’s nice to see someone who actually started off as an actor in this movie.
Despite the horrendous acting, it must be said that the dancing and singing were phenomenal. Cher doesn’t disappoint and sings two numbers in this film. It’s hard not to be reminded of her influence on the world of music. Aguilera wows the club with her set of pipes. The dancing also was spectacular. This, along with the impressive lighting, props and barely-there costumes, makes for an outstanding show. The lights, although sometimes blinding, managed to show off the impressiveness that is a burlesque show.
It’s just too bad people want to see an actual movie, with some semblance of a plot and a little character development. Instead, they get music videos strung together with a poor excuse of dialogue and acting.
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