Magic Mike (2012)

I have always heard mixed reviews about this movie. Some people loved it, others hate it. I was interested to actual watch it. My main thing, is why is their such good actors with such a predictable story? Obviously; they need drama and problems in movies. That's a given in nearly every movie. Otherwise it gets boring. But honestly, I was disappointed. The beginning, the dancing was good. But by the end of it, you were over it. You just wanted the movie to end. Let's not mention the chessy scene when Mike goes to see his life long friend Joanna and finds out she's engaged to the guy sitting next to her. To me, in real life, the guy would have been pissed, like who the heck does this Mike guy think he is walking in and being shocked that they were engaged? Bad acting and poor performance. He would have wanted to know what was really going on with this guy and his FIANCÉ!! Like seriously guys, come on! Unfortunately, This is just one of those movies that you watch and than never watch again. Really dissapointed! Don't think I will be watching number 2. Let's hope to god they don't make a number 3! Oh, and what's with the horriable editing?! For the whole movie, they added some chessy 2005 lighting to everything! Like the movie was made in 2012! Not 2005?! Overall; was left very confused.

A every poor script, bad direction and wooden acting drove this Channing Tatum vehicle right over the cliff. There is too much time spent on the males dancer scenes and no time spent on a story or character development. Yes, Tatum started as a male stripper and this is nothing but a sad grab for movie-goers wallets by showing what that world is like. Who cares? Horrible dialogue and bad camera work were the least of this pictures problems. Oh, did I mention the sound was terrible as well but the abysmal soundtrack was at concert volume. I am not interested in watching male dancers but that is not the main reason I disliked this film. After it was established that they did different routines in their acts it was unnecessary to keep showing them doing that. Unless you are a hardcore Channing Tatum fan this is not worth the time spent to watch it. Even then...think about it before you do.

Magic Mike promised to be a new attempt at show girls with male strippers full of glamour and glittering lights. Just like show girls it failed miserably to convey the sex appeal or the true emotions involved to make it a smash hit. Instead it turns into a story about a guy named Mike wanting to start his own construction company and strips to earn the extra cash necessary to open the doors.While appreciated the deep themes attempted instead of being a beef cake extravaganza it never really reaches its true potential. Mike seems like a mentor to Adam instead of a friend and only seems to hang out with him to impress his sister. Brooke seems wooden, has no chemistry with Tatum and comes off as a grump. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas) never seems to change his character and seems only to appear in this movie to show off his ripe body.I've seen Channing pull off dramedies before with perfection, but he either had a fluke or his heart wasn't in it. The dance sequences and music were entertaining yet the script failed to. Hopefully the sequel will fix the problems stated above.

.... And the show must go on.... And the clothes must come off....So, if you're someone who honestly thinks that having Channing Tatum's ass-crack in your face is really the total highlight of worthwhile entertainment - Then, yep, this yawn-a-minute thumb-twiddler about the snivelling pettiness of male strippers is sure to delight you from start to finish.And, with keeping that in mind - I'm sure you can easily understand why I found Mike (and his bare-assed buddies) to be "less-than-magic" in every aspect imaginable. In fact, I found that this pretentious, empty-headed drivel became real tiresome, real fast.From plenty of utterly asinine dialogue, to complex dance numbers requiring no rehearsal time at all, to a brain-dead "boy-meets-girl" soap opera (thrown in for good measure) - I ask you - How the hell did this crap movie ever warrant itself a sequel? P.S. - Of course, finding out that "Magic Mike's" star, Channing Tatum, co-produced this forgettable flatulence certainly helped me to understand why such white-trash storytelling as this took the pointless direction that it did.