Strictly Ballroom

There were aussies dancing at the ritz……. Ranking strictly ballroom characters: 1. Fran Come on she’s the original girlboss. Nothing to dislike about her and she has the greatest character arc in history.2. Scott Hastings  He starts out as such a dickhead but he transforms into the most beautiful lovable idiot ever. He wants to dance his own steps AND BY GOD HE WILL DANCE HIS OWN STEPS. “Look at me like you’re in love. That’s it. Good.” AAAAAARGH3. Scott’s dad HE JUST WANTS TO DANCEEEE 😭 I love him secretly dancing at night to his records. He’s such a sweetie and he kept getting ignored by Scott even though he supported his new steps!!4. Ken Railings I hate him SOOOOOOOOO much but he’s such a loveable asshole.5. Shirley Hastings  She is the original highly strung girlboss on the verge of a breakdown. Pretending that everything is perfect, huh babes?6. Wayne Old mate Wayne just wanted help with his bogo pogo. “HE WAS MEANT TO HELP ME AND VANESSA WITH OUR BOGO POGO. DIDNT EVEN SHOW UP”. Also redemption arc.7. Liz “I want Ken railings to walk in here right now and say Pam shorts broken both her legs and I want to dance with you!!”8. Barry Fife Barry fife I will find you and I will kill you. That is an oath. “Let’s not start chucking the babies out with the,,,,,,, bathtub”. (Also this list doesn’t include those two random kids who show up at random times and make random comments on what’s happening but if it did they would be top of the list. “That’s the inconceivable sight of Scott dancing with Fran!” Surely that word doesn’t mean what they think it means…..)  I don’t know why I adore this film by Baz and hate every other film of his I’ve seen. Maybe it’s the low budget and the normal editing, the believable characters, the well fleshed out plot, the gorgeous visuals, the fact that it isn’t three hours long and doesn’t have jarring cuts and transitions every second, the music, or the fact that it has scenes and isn’t just one continuous montage.  We as a society need to strip Baz Luhrmann of all of his money and force him to make movies like this again.  This is one of my favourite ever films, it’s in my top 20 of all time, and I swear it just gets better every single time.