It's a little all over the place. Not an easy movie to rate because it was really strong in some area's and very distasteful in others. It really does stick with you after.
The movie follows a woman who wants to be a dancer. Nothing is explained about her until nearly the end of the film. We watch as she struggles to find her way in Las Vagas. A city that treats all woman like prostitutes. We watch as she struggles for fame while trying to be more than just a sex item, a person who can actually dance. The movie shows an ugly side of Las Vagas. To make it big, a woman has to sell her body. They are only seen as a sex idol, or an object. We follow a woman who wants to be more and yet still falls into those cracks. This is not the normal view we see in movies. We expect Showgirls to be a fun eye candy treat, but are met with a heavy message.
The hardest and most uncomfortable thing to watch was the woman's anger issues. It would take next to nothing to set her off, on an over the top tantrum of anger. Like a little child losing their mind and being unreasonable. Being angry made sense, but they turned the dial up way too high in the scenes. And it's riddled all through the movie. Near the end it was finally growing on me but it took awhile to get there. And it took way too long to explain her anger issues.
The movies does a great job with the cast, the dancing scenes and the excessive full nudity throughout the entire movie. They also add in one wild sex scene in a pool. There's loads of eye candy, It's visually fantastic. Unfortunately there is one really hard to watch rape scene. The story is where it falters. For such a long movie that takes on a long and exhaustive journey, it has a disappointing ending. If they would have giving it a better ending, the movie would have been much more enjoyable. The ending ruined the entire movie.
The movie follows a woman who wants to be a dancer. Nothing is explained about her until nearly the end of the film. We watch as she struggles to find her way in Las Vagas. A city that treats all woman like prostitutes. We watch as she struggles for fame while trying to be more than just a sex item, a person who can actually dance. The movie shows an ugly side of Las Vagas. To make it big, a woman has to sell her body. They are only seen as a sex idol, or an object. We follow a woman who wants to be more and yet still falls into those cracks. This is not the normal view we see in movies. We expect Showgirls to be a fun eye candy treat, but are met with a heavy message.
The hardest and most uncomfortable thing to watch was the woman's anger issues. It would take next to nothing to set her off, on an over the top tantrum of anger. Like a little child losing their mind and being unreasonable. Being angry made sense, but they turned the dial up way too high in the scenes. And it's riddled all through the movie. Near the end it was finally growing on me but it took awhile to get there. And it took way too long to explain her anger issues.
The movies does a great job with the cast, the dancing scenes and the excessive full nudity throughout the entire movie. They also add in one wild sex scene in a pool. There's loads of eye candy, It's visually fantastic. Unfortunately there is one really hard to watch rape scene. The story is where it falters. For such a long movie that takes on a long and exhaustive journey, it has a disappointing ending. If they would have giving it a better ending, the movie would have been much more enjoyable. The ending ruined the entire movie.