Magic Mike

Damn!! :o :o There really are no other words to describe how much fun I had watching this.

Everyone has been talking about Magic Mike lately. A movie about hot male strippers? Sign me up!

Honestly, there isn't much of a plot. It's not one of those movies. Apparently it's loosely based on Channing's real life experiences when he was 19.

 It's hot guys dancing on stage for almost two hours. I'm not complaining of course hehe. That's what I paid to see. But basically the movie revolves around a guy named Mike (Channing Tatum), a 30 year old who by day is a construction worker and by night works as a male stripper in a popular Tampa club. Of course, this is only temporary (even though he's been stripping for about 6 years) while he saves up to start his own furniture buisness. One day on a construction job he meets a messed up 19 year old named Adam (Alex Pettyfer, who was in that god awful Beastly movie but in this he's somewhat tolerable). Mike introduces him into the stripper world, taking him under his wing. Adam quickly becomes a sucess. Tossed into the mix is Adam's caring, protective sister Brooke (Cody Horn, who couldn't act if her life depended on it and seemed to have only one facial expression throughout the whole movie) who's really only there to be Channing's love intrest.

The director of Magic Mike is Stephen Soderbergh. He's good at getting amazing performances out of any actor, even if the actor isn't necessarily that great. I'll admit I'm not really a big Channing Tatum fan (don't get me wrong, he's nice to look at and I would totally sleep with him if given the chance) but I really liked his character. Matthew McConaughey plays Dallas, the owner of the strip club where Mike works. I was surprised at how good he was (McConaughey's perormances are usually hit or miss for me). It's one of his best performances in recent memory. He looked like he was having a blast filming this.

The best part about this, of course, was the dance sequences. I give a lot of credit to whoever choreographed this movie. I kept watching it thinking "Damn, how the hell can those guys move like THAT?". I thought I was going to have a heart attack at times right there in the theater. The performances were that hot.

The movie does seemed to drag a bit in the last half though. It was like, this story is interesting and all, but when are you going to get back to the guys stripping on stage?

My one complaint about Stephen Soderbergh as a director is he always seems to use this ugly yellow tint in his movies. Luckily in Magic Mike he only uses it in certain scenes but still... it's distracting.

If it wasn't for all the eye candy, my rating would be slightly lower. But I really did have a good time.

It's obviously geared towards women and gay men. I just can't picture a straight guy going to see this unless he's being dragged there by his wife/girlfriend.

If you're looking for something fun to do on a girls night out, go see Magic Mike. You won't be dissapointed ;)

My Rating: 7.5/10