I enjoyed the movie Take The Lead very much today..Okay it reminded me of other films such as Blackboard Jungle,To Sir With Love,Fame etc..but it was fun...Enjoyed hearing some wonderful recordings on soundtrack: Lena Horne! June Christy! Nat King Cole & others..& i enjoyed the talents of the very young cast as well as sexy hot Antonio Banderas..very good performance (wanted to see him dance again) & Alfre Woodard..shes a very talented actress..OK the ending was predictable and maybe implausible..but it was fun getting there.. I'm a retired inner city teacher so i could relate to some of the situations Mr. D.(Banderas) had to encounter.I tried innovations in my science classroom some of them didn't work...but many more did..I even used good pop music in the classroom to motivate my students while they were doing their science labs.played quietly like background music..Sinatra/Streisand/Ella/Nat King Cole/The Girl Groups etc...in the mid 1970s(rap was just beginning) i would hear from them. at first."whats that?" thats corny!!" to eventually they would hum along quieted down & did their labs well and even asked questions about the music /singer/composer i was playing..so i could relate in my own way to this fine film...Go see It!
Review of Take the Lead
