Bring It On — 3/5 (rewatch)
Watched it many years ago and hated it, but the cultural discourse always suggested to me that I was wrong. I was! It's a fun, trifling thing. It's cheesy, but knows it's cheesy, and leans in to it. It's halfway poorly made, but with enough genuine star power and interesting bits to elevate it beyond what it could have been. Towards the end, as we get to a wider view of the competitive cheering world, it opens up in a wonderful way that could have lent itself to a 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' or 'Best In Show' vibe, but I'm comfortable with just the hint. And to the larger cultural expose I'm doing on why I love 'Not Another Teen Movie' so much, and building on the point I made in the 'Can't Hardly Wait' review, the success of NATM rests on not making fun of bad things, but making fun of good things. With that in mind, and with this movie added to the pile, you can see NATM as much a parody as a pastiche movie—somewhere between 'Willy Wonka' and 'Scary Movie.' It's all the best parts, laid out before you.
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