abbster_2 Reviews

Ice Princess (2005)

I love this movie!

[9/10 · 22 May 2005]

This movie was really great. As a figure skater, I loved to see a movie all about the greatest sport of all time. I have to disagree with August1991 because the movies is supposed to have snobby mothers and stuck up kids. That's a lot of what figure skating is. It is a lot of politics. The mothers and fathers think that their kid/s is the best skater known to mankind, and want them to win. When Gen's mother bought Casey the new skates, that was a tactic used many-a-time in large competition. She wasn't being nice, she was trying to keep Gen in the list to go to sectionals. Even at the lower competitions, and even at tryouts for things such as synchronized skating teams that involve only the people in a certain club, there is politics. One coach doesn't like another coach or parent, so the parents' children and the coach's student won't make it on the team. Ice Princess portrayed this very well, but I do disagree with quite a few of the skating aspects, being a figure skater myself: Tina Harwood calling the class that Casey was in a "Snowplow Sam" class. According to USFSA rules, Snowplow Sam is specifically for preschoolers. I don't think that preschoolers will be doing toe loops and scratch spins. Zoey's costumes break every single costume rule in existence. I don't care who you are, you CANNOT skate to music with words in freestyle competition. There are NO spotlights at competitions, you skate on a rink with full lighting. The test session...disgrace...if any of you are real figure skaters, you know that exhibitions are about as far from USFSA test sessions as you can get. In test sessions, it is SILENT, minus the music you skate to. There is a panel of judges watching you sitting in the stands, not on the ice. There's no clapping, no cheering, only you, the judges, and your coach.

All in all, it's a good movie, but they need to brush up on their figure skating rules before they try again.

Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2015)

I really like the show...but not the channel that broadcasts it.

[27 August 2004]

Degrassi: The Next Generation is a really awesome show. It deals with real problems that teens face, such as homosexuality, violence, sex, drugs, and many other topics. My favorite characters are definitely Paige and JT. They add much humor to the show. The one thing I don't like is the fact that in the states, The-N edits the episodes. We didn't even get to see one of the episodes, because The-N thinks that the people of the states are too weak to handle a little maturity. Many of the shows do deal with mature topics, but we can handle them just fine, thank you. Anyway, if you don't watch Degrassi: The Next Generation, then you should start watching it!