You Got Served | | Cast : | Omarion Grandberry, J-Boog, Lil' Fizz, Raz B | | Director : | Chris Stokes | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 30, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | April 19, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 19, 2005 | | Summary | You Got Served (Screen Gems) | Content
 | I promised I wasn't going to review movies anymore, but to tell you the truth, I must do this one. Mind you, this review may come out as an offense in any of the celebrities involved. And it may make you come to a conclusion about the writer. Till further notice, viewer discretion is advised.
Now here's my confession. Omarion, B2K and I have a dark history. I wouldn't listen to their records, I wouldn't care about their interviews, I wouldn't be friends with their fans, I would lament their AND his videos and Omarion wouldn't stop wooing the women as a lead singer of his currently broken-up group B2K. Most masy think it is because I am not that into hip-hop. "It ain't got a thang to do wit that, brother man." Now, when this movie came out, this is what I started to think: "RED FLAG! FRANCHISE ALERT! RED FLAG! RED RUM! RED RUM!" I even believed Rotten Tomatoes when they said the movie was 17% good. But there is something about this movie that makes me want to just sit the heck down and watch. Now of course, I still think it is a franchise and a mirror of our culture. Also, that friggin' movie plagued my school by having a dance class in my school, for crap sakes! (Boys do a lot of simple, old or break-dancing.) But there is something that keeps me watching. That's the dancing and the fact that Elgin (Marques Houston) and David (Omarion) had a friendship. That is pretty much all. The rest are the reason I don't watch BET anymore. I never would have guessed.
Now onto the others. The boys and girls HAVING to be familiar and cute, according to the 12-17 year-old teenage girls? I expected it. Seeing that Meagan Good fell into this trap made me believe those getting involved in the project are straight-up despicable. That seems to be the main magnet of the movie. That was what set off my "franchise alert" alarm. The romance between David and Elgin's little sister (Jennifer Freeman)? Predictable as crapadora drawn out of Crayola. Involvement of La La? Kinda predictable, sadly. There is a competition going on. The same with 106 and Park happened in Drumline, leading me to think it is just a part of the franchise. Steve Harvey? Glad to have you back, but something like you was bound to happen, I know. Lil' Saint dedication. The first thing that came to mind to me was the fate of G-Baby in Hardball. The death made sense, while the other was out of nowhere, making me think that they were just throwing that in fro a certain measure. Normally, I would have said it is kind of by-the-numbers for a competition-filled movie. The dedication because of a usual death, to me, is very moving, therefore becomes the foundation and the leftover reasoning for the movie. I, actually, wondered why is it that the little boy has to face a death and not dance, kind of like Hardball. Now all of that once again makes me think in order t obuild the movie, they went by the numbers on how to make a competitive movie in Hollywood Not:
1. Competition.
2. They come out on top.
3. Someone gets a big head.
4. Someone owes debt.
5. A team or someone faces an inevitable slump.
6. It all falls apart.
7. We find out their sad reasoning for their antics.
8. Someone is on the verge of dying or surviving a fatal situation.
9. Once they are OK, they celebrate or once they died, they dedicate it.
10. The bonus is whenever a romance sprouts between someone and the members of a competor.
It was what made me enjoy the beating of the heart in Hardball, but the same by-the-numbers thing that made me throw The Cheetah Girls straight out of my memory and the window.
Another possible downside is that when the movie is directed by the same man who has managed your boy-band career, moviegoers KNOW they are in trouble. They KNOW. Another way to figure how likely you are to get hoodwinked. Even in a cinematic manner.
Now, that seems to be the thing. The movie to me is only half good, but the death pushed me over the edge, and made me compare it to Hardball in the first place. I'd say give it a go. But, odds are you may not find anything new, at least from what I had used to unravel the movie. And to the celebrities, for ruture reference, PLEASE, be careful. This is the kind of thing that makes people go against the Movie Industry by tricking people with Eye candy. Please. OK. You can stop reading now. Hopefully, you found this both entertaining and enlightening. If you like his movie, Hardball, The Longest Yard and The Cheetah Girls will surely come to mind. I recommend Hardball out of all.
Rating: *** of ***** |
| Rating | | | Date | August 18, 2005 | | Summary | Break dancing movie | Content
| Yup, break dancing. The movie has no plot and to top that, the story is barely noticable! Do not buy this movie, it isn't worth it! The only good thing about this movie is the dancing. That's why it got two stars. But the movie is just so horrible the dancing doesn't matter too much! The acting and diolouge sucked, too. They should've focused more on the story than the dancing. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | AN "A" FOR EFFORT | Content
| I might be a little bias because I am a huge fan of Omarion, J-Boog, and Marques Houston but I felt that the movie was pretty good. The dancing was excellent the acting is what put a hardship on my rating for this movie.
It almost seemed as if the actors were trying too hard. You could definately tell that they were not experienced actors. The scenes that were suppose to be dramtic were a little over done. But they did give it a good try.
This movie is worth buying if you are a fan of the actors and enjoy watching good dancing, but not if you are expecting a movie with excellent actors and a deep plot. It is almost as if the people filming the movie ran out of time and did not get to fully develop their ideas for the movie.
This movie could have truly been excellent, but it unfortunately fell short, but it is definately watchable. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 09, 2005 | | Summary | Awesomely Bad | Content
| Dude, this movie is so bad that it's almost good. It is so funny because it takes dancing so seriously and the plot is just ridiculous. Everyone should see this movie at least once because you get a good laugh even though it's not meant to be a comedy. Besides, Roger from Sister Sister is in it! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 06, 2005 | | Summary | My favorite movie of all time | Content
| Admittedly, some of the dramatic scenes in You Got Served will strike experienced moviegoers as a touch hackneyed, but the fantastic dancing and innovative "street" lingo more than make up for the shortcomings in plot, dialogue, and acting.
However, one should be cautious not let one's enthusiasm for You Got Served to get out of hand, as in my case it resulted in my unfortunate termination from the waitstaff at Applebee's. After delivering the entree, I would lean back, strike a pose, and say "Tonight, you suckas got served." To this day, I cannot understand why the shift manager found this, to use his word, "unacceptable". |
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