shall we dance? (aka richard gere is still a hottie)

tonight camille and i went to see shall we dance.

apparently this got kind of panned. well, i have to say, i *loved* it. seriously, i did.

now, i'll admit that i'm a bit biased here since i've had a crush on richard gere since i was about 12 and i'm a sucker for any kind of dance movie. but still. it was great. it was a joy to watch. it made me rush out and take ballroom dancing lessons. in kind of the same way that bend it like beckam made me want to start watching soccer/football (i thought i'd cover both the names of the sport, just for fun).

also, it has stanley tucci in it, and i have to say, man i love that guy. he's such a great actor.

and for those who may be worried, jennifer lopez did not dominate the movie, susan sarandon got much more screen time. i was also happy to see richard jenkins, an actor i really like and would like to see more of.

it also had one of the most erotic scenes in a movie i've seen in a really long time. and there was no nudity, groping, sexual contact of any kind in the scene. it was all dancing. two of the characters go up into the dance studio, he goes to turn on the lights, she says "no, leave them off." so he does. he walks towards her in this studio lit only by the street lights and neon light coming through the window.

she looks at him with some measure of intensity (and of course the whole thing is rife with sexual tension) and says to him "don't say anything, and don't move until you feel it" so, he doesn't say anything, and neither does she, and they dance. and man do they dance. there is just something wildly intense about the no talking rule, don't know why.

so, now i'm dying to see 'shall we dansu' which is the japanese movie that this is a remake of, because, well, i can only imagine that it's better. that's the way these things tend to work.

p.s. in reference to my post of earlier this evening, i did take pictures, i'm just waiting for the card reader so i can upload them, but as soon as i do i'll upload them into that post... -- update on the p.s. - the embarassing picture is now posted, scroll down and take a look