Stomp the Yard - Review

to all the haters and bad mouth of the movie "Stomping in the Yard on this blog:
The movie was just a movie like any othe movie - it was just a story and a good story at that the showcased great dancing and the acting was good. It was for mere entertainment. The movie Steppin is based on on Black culture created moves because we know non-blacks have no rhythm and have learned how to dance a little copying off black America. These non-blacks, Especially the blogger JOSH - is very jealous because he can't dance and he is boring obviously. Whites who are very jealous of black culture and talent usually always have very negative things to say. Whites know black people are very smart - shoot blacks built and prospered most of America it's just because of racism most blacks are not allowed to enjoy the wealth. YOU jealous persons just tell the truth that the movie is very good! And as far as the comment about Stomping being compared to boring dancing Michael Flatley - Please! Michael Flatley is just copying off of tap dancing which was created here by Black America - Michael wish he could dance as good as the dancers on Stomping the Yard!

Hi,

i don't entirely agree with everything josh said, but it was a "review". He is entitled to his own opinion on the movie, just like anyone else is it doesn't have to turn into a race war does it?.

Personally as a movie i'd give it a 5/10. If you're looking for a great narrative you won't find it here. The story line is non existant, it's the same cliches about Black ppl. If anything repetitive plots like this wrongly stigmatise and stereotype black ppl further. Having said that I never expected a good story line, i watched it for the dancing. On that note dance scenes were pretty explosive, but I have seen better dance movies. Overall watch if you love dance/music, avoid if you're expecting a Dickens epic like josh.

I am a 38 YOF RN who teaches at the local college, reads as if books were air, and writes. Since it seems to be running through the above posts, I am white. I am also a drummer. In short, Stomp the Yard is fun to watch. Similar to Drumline, but not as good as Drumline, Stomp the Yard is really enjoyable to watch. Not a five-star, but I really enjoy watching both movies over and over.

you know what.
everyone has there own opinions on the movie.
so people hate it some people like it.
so serioulsy. you dont need to turn it into some fight.
and theres no need to make racist comments.
movies are made to entertain people and i think this movie does a good job of that.
by the way im not black but i think there cool =)

anyone knows that the 2 groups were called ? xD

i go to college in the Atlanta University Center (Morehouse, Spelman, Clark Atlanta, Morris Brown, ITC, Morehouse School of Medicine) or AUC (where the film was made).....Anyway i just saw the movie like 30 min ago and........IT SUCKED. Plot was weak, the stepping was fake, and the only thing GOODE about this movie was MEAGAN (lol im clever). It was based on college life in the AUC and many other HCBU's and i would have to say thismovie doesnt represent me.
1) there was no brotherhood (i dont even know neyos name in the movie).
2) stepping sucked. im a real stepper and i want to throw up watchin that shit.
3)plot line=drumline/you got served/ my neighbors dog shit
4) LEXI U TURNED THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT A MOVIE INTO A RACIST ARGUMENT, PUT WORDS IN JOSH'S MOUTH AND UR AN EMBARRASSMENT TO MY ETHNICITY (IM BLACK SO THATS ABOUT 1/3 OF YOU).

thanx josh for your review and keep doin what ur doin

Loved your comment Jason, it cracked me up. after the intense comments I had just been reading, then all of a sudden, 'Yall need Jesus', that was the funnies thing. Neway, Stomp the Yard is the best movie on this earth (BRINGS OUT MY INNER GANGSTA!!!) and to anyone who doesnt think so each to their own, and God for us all. Forgive me if I dont feel the need to dislose my race!!!

Love y'all xxxx

I love Stomp the Yard. It is such a good movie. All of you haters that hate this movie go fuck urself.

Stomp the Yard, is a masterpiece. It reallly is about love and passion and going for what you want. Movies don't have to be unrealistic or realistic, they are just movies. But this movie is inspiring in that fact that DJ is living out his brother's dream. He said that is wasn't for him, the college boy thing, but he stuck it out and learned how to be a team player. This is one of the best movies i have seen in a long time. I love it, i just bought it and have watched it like 5 times in the past 3 days!!!

stomp the yard is beyond my favorite.. i think it was a masterpiece put on this earth. i have seen it about 20 times and i never get sick of it. the dancing is simply amazing and the story line incredible! it inspires me and others i've talked to as well. this movie is about dedication, love, and passion and i think that it is ridiculous of people to put it down because they don't think it is realistic? i don't see one bit how this movie is unrealistic?!

In my opinion stomp the yard was an excellent movie because it wasn't just to entertaint it was the talent of the characters in the movie and I am proud to say that this movie was the best!!!!

Man.. i agreee with the guy way up there. yall need jesus. seriously..cant people just stop frighting..you all prolly dont even know each other yet your dragging on about how its racist. i LOVED this movie. im not gonna lie. the quotes and dancing and the story are AMAZING..but not so amazing to make people fight..as said in the movie..."intellengence and character is the deffinition of TRUE education" CHARACTER is EVERYTHING

all of you need to stop looking so much into this film
get off the internet and get a life
i came on here to see if it was a good movie or not its a simple yes or no answer
some of you have comments the size of a book.. stop fighting about a friggan movie and get a life! people read WAYYY too much into things these days

I think this topic is really funny, because theres all these people bringing in racist comments into the conversation or just feel the need to bring skin colour into it when its just a film for people to enjoy, whether a white or black person wrote the story line, and if a white person wrote this story it shows that hes not racist, because theres absolutely nothing racist in the film! people just need to remember that there all sorts of different coloured people in the world, and racist people have just got to accept it. I personally love black people! I love their type of music, and dancing, and also most of their personalties are wicked as well, but then you also get white people exactly the same :D people just got to remember its just a film and not to read so far into things, if they don't like then oh well who cares? not everyones is going to like every film ever made! don't base your opinons on a film, go to a library or something and read about culture you want. Im a white person myself and i went to see stomp the yard on my 17th birthday (only a few weeks ago) and i loved it!! so i think a few people above are wrong, and i'm sure loads of people agree. everyone has their own views but there's no need to be racist :) love everyone in the world just like you love people around you, lifes too short :) xXx

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!! I happen to be black and i understamd the emotion and stuff. and it may not be stomp the yard and get a girl but since dj's brother died somethin good had to happen to him and that good thing was that girl. i feel this movie is my favorite movie of all. and wutever sweety dont like it need to get them eyes checked!! i think this was nessesary and a great movie. and my dad is in a feterity so i think this movie is an honor to men in feternities, like my dad. and this movie tells correctly about the hood and how people r shot up everyday, so it is true AND a OUTSTANDING movie!!! and it teaches how prejuice is NOT right!! AKA RHIS MOVIE RULES, IS TRUE, AND FIGHTS THE POWER, GO "STOMP THE YARD!!!"

Its not the best movie, but its good entertainment. Its not a movie intended to change the world, to rid racism, prejudice or ignorance. Its a movie meant for ENTERTAINMENT. Period.

I am an educated young black woman with a degree in aerospace engineering that works for the space program...and I still enjoyed it. Why? Because I came into the theatre expecting entertainment, not an eye-opening, mind-changing all-inspiring experience. I'll have to agree that the plot was very predictable. But you know what, its just nice seeing good looking young black actors on the screen. Its nice to see young black love, beautiful black women on the screen & beautiful hardworking black men. Because you just dont see that hardly ever on TV or in the movies.

Like the sista said earlier, if we can have crazy white teeny-bop/college movies (American Pie, Bring it On, Varsity Blues, National Lampoons, She's all that...etc.) why cant we have black ones? Why does every black movie have to be serious or strongly motivational in order to get decent ratings?

In the end, none of this conversation matters. We, as black people, and as people in general, need to learn how to talk less and DO more, as our great ancestors have.

This message board has been quite entertaining for me. But now I will leave my words of wisdom, in hopes to inspire someone:

With all that our ancestors have gone through, fought for and won, we as black people have no excuse for not doing great things. We come from a great people, a loving people, a spiritual people, an intelligent people, scientists, astronomers, artists, mathmeticians, athletes...when we trust in God and put our minds to it, we can excel at anything.

I am a living testimony of that.

I was just on the website and I saw the last few posts. Josh, Nick and GhettoPaul all have their opinions but you are all wrong. I graduated from a historically black university and enjoyed the movie. Not only am I highly educated but I continued on to medical school to become a doctor. There were a few scenes in the movie were the main character was in class. He even got tutored by the female character in the movie. If they were going to add in the movie the history of black fraternities and sororities the movie would have been 4 hours long. Even though they had it only in one scene but what do you think Heritage Hall was all about. There were many black leaders who were in fraternities and sororities. They also stepped back in the day. These leaders include Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Jesse Jackson and Rosa Parks just to name a few. Yes, the movie did not explore more on stepping but like another post said this movie was also to entertain. Don't speak vehemently against something you know nothing about. Even though the plot was weak it did have a plot a love story. This is showing you one aspect of black college life not all of it. Just like Drumline showed a different aspect of black college life. We weren't all in fraternities or on the drumline but we understand this is not what we are all about. Why when whites have a movie about their college experiences we don't see anyone going to class but if blacks do it there is a problem? If I based my knowledge of Caucasians on the movies, I will think you were all sadistic, dumb blondes, serial killers and racist just to name a few of the characters I have seen lately portrayed by whites. First of all if you do want to learn about black culture do not go to the movies. When we want to learn about white culture we go to the history books. If you want to learn about black culture find an elder in the community. YOU cannot base a whole culture of people on a movie that is rubbish. Black culture did not start 300 years ago when blacks were stolen and raped from their land it started thousands of years ago. So go and do research if you really want to learn about the culture.

Wow this movie was horiffic. I can't believe black people would be proud of this movie as illustrating the reality of the black college campus. Violence is a constant undertone, academics are more or less totally ignored, and all life revolves around the fraternity/sorority life. Admittedly, I'm white. And I was in a frat in college. And we drank copious amounts of alcohol and enjoyed being assholes, but we knew why we were in school, and stepping wasn't why. OK, I'm not going to get into my social beliefs about why blacks are generally in the lower classes of society, so let's stick to the movie.

First off, I've seen some great movies about urban culture. Friday, Next Friday, and Friday After Next are three that come to mind. OK, Friday After Next sucked, but the other two had all the makings of good movies. Stomp the Yard doesn't. If you're going to it to see good "stepping", you're in for a treat. If you're going to it for any other reason, like plot development in between the "stepping" scenes or a socially responsible, fresh look at black culture, stay at home.

Let the games begin!

i saw this movie and it was so bad. it was drumline mixed with save the last dance. it made fraternities look bad. i attend a black college ( norfolk state) and its nothing like that. it was one of the worst movies that i actually paid to see. this movie is for black teenage girls. if u are wondering yes i am black and yes i live in the projects.

wow... i cant really believe that a simple movie would bring up such and intense racial discussion. i HAVE seen the movie and im not white OR black... im from a completely different CULTURE I think its a great movie and anyone who can appreciate a movie without getting so self involved that they have to critique it from top to bottom without opening their narrow mind will enjoy it. its not that big of a deal. its a good movie. thats why its number one in the box office. if it wasnt a good movie... um... i wouldnt be? so one guy named josh doesnt like it... go watch it and see for yourself. dont rely on guys who think their word is the end all be all of conversation. Critics gave this movie a C overal... the general public rated it a B and like i said... its NUMBER ONE in the box office right now! so who wins? JOSH? or the 40 mil that the movie has pulling in two weeks, plus another 12 it pulled last weekend?.... the people dont lie... go see the movie... open your mind... get into it... enjoy it... go home.

I have seen the movie, and as a young female black college student myself, this movie is similar to what goes on @ black campuses and I found it very entertaining. I was just happy to see a positve black college movie period. I totally understand the statements that Josh posted, 9 times out 10, if your white this movie and alot of the cultural traditions displayed in it want make that much since to you.

This movie was entertaining, the dance sequences were fresh, the script was not Oscar material (but it doesnt claim to be) it is just an entertaining dance focused film.
On Oscar scales it was shithouse, but the dancing, krumping, stepping was fresh.
If you go into this movie expecting a "ground breaking" film then of course you are not going to like it, if you go into it hoping to see some fresh dance sequences then you are going to enjoy it.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" Hahaha
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First, I feel like I have to say that I am black- and "Stomp the Yard" made me want to stomp my neck. I'm mad so many black people on this forum are pulling the race card here. Josh did not try and do anything to put down our race. Point blank, unless you're a girl who was obviously smitten by the men in this movie, "stomp the yard" was awful. This movie was painfully insipid and predictable. Don't try and make this a "you hate black people" and "you don't understand how important stepping is" thing. Stomp the yard was fucking terrible.

Josh, you need to realize that because you are not of the same culture as the people in the film, you may not truly understand the film because you are viewing it through your own cultural lens. Anyone who knows even a little about anthropology or some of the other social sciences knows that, and it is not racist to point it out. If the movie was not your cup of tea, fine. I just wish you wouldn't call people racist when they point out that there are cultural aspects of the film of which you do not seem to be aware.

The steppin' was fresh. If you hated this movie, you either dug way too deep into it instead of enjoying the movements, or you're jealous because you can't step.

It was entertaining, this comin' from someone who steps.

das all.