Beat Girl (a poor looking EDM film)

Found this whilst doing a spot of googling.

Other than the top 2, I've not heard of any of the others.... Have I lead a massively sheltered existence? Seems like there are loads of movies like this, but I've just not seen of them!

But yeah, DubluW you're right... it's not any sort of EDM we'd actually recognize, just 4-on-the-floor-produced pop tracks with some gangsta shit thrown in for the club scenes. Oh, and I can't stress enough how there's no beatmatching in this film whatsoever. I mean, at all. Every "DJ" you see perform either doesn't do any transitions whatsoever during their scene, or trainwrecks so badly with an upfader/crossfader flick and out of phase tracks... even when the other, supposedly "pro" female DJ is playing, she trainwrecks (and it wasn't an INTENTIONAL part of the film, just bad production).

Ironically, if they'd been using Sync, it wouldn't have been an issue

EDIT: I realised earlier today that it's literally EXACTLY the same plot as Save the Last Dance. I mean, completely and utterly. Main character is studying to get into Juilliard, and her mum dies. She gets sent to live with her dad, who she doesn't get on with and doesn't like her practicing. She meets a guy who she fancies and he gets her interested in DJing/Street Dance, but his ex is pissed off about it and tries to put her off. She has an identity crisis and decides to go back to her classical stuff, but then in the end realises that she really wants to be a DJ/Street Dancer.

Basically the ONLY difference is a set of different (almost completely irrelevant) subplots, and the fact she doesn't actually go to Juilliard in the end.

MTV's copyright lawyers will probably be ALL over this one.

anyone seen this one?

I thought it was pretty cool, specially because Sir John Digweed appears!

But yeah, DubluW you're right... it's not any sort of EDM we'd actually recognize, just 4-on-the-floor-produced pop tracks with some gangsta shit thrown in for the club scenes. Oh, and I can't stress enough how there's no beatmatching in this film whatsoever. I mean, at all. Every "DJ" you see perform either doesn't do any transitions whatsoever during their scene, or trainwrecks so badly with an upfader/crossfader flick and out of phase tracks... even when the other, supposedly "pro" female DJ is playing, she trainwrecks (and it wasn't an INTENTIONAL part of the film, just bad production).

Ironically, if they'd been using Sync, it wouldn't have been an issue

EDIT: I realised earlier today that it's literally EXACTLY the same plot as Save the Last Dance. I mean, completely and utterly. Main character is studying to get into Juilliard, and her mum dies. She gets sent to live with her dad, who she doesn't get on with and doesn't like her practicing. She meets a guy who she fancies and he gets her interested in DJing/Street Dance, but his ex is pissed off about it and tries to put her off. She has an identity crisis and decides to go back to her classical stuff, but then in the end realises that she really wants to be a DJ/Street Dancer.

Basically the ONLY difference is a set of different (almost completely irrelevant) subplots, and the fact she doesn't actually go to Juilliard in the end.

MTV's copyright lawyers will probably be ALL over this one.

Pickled onion I hope!!

Perhaps DJ Girl?



Beat Girl, unlike DJ Girl, at least looks like it's got a budget that would buy you more than a Mars Bar and a bag of Space Raiders.

@ mdc,

I commend you for taking one for the team! Thousands of young djs will be spared from having to see this movie because of your heroic sacrifice, and the resulting review. Thank you for sacrificing your time and money for the betterment of our community!