Born to Dance

When Nora and Jenny visit the submarine and are talking to Gunny Sacks and Tex Baker, the same ship can be seen passing at least two times.

Gunny Saks is visible on the sub's sail, despite being in the brig, where he is visible in the following scene.

Mush Tracy and Peppy Turner swap sides as Mush sings his final few phrases at the Lonely Hearts Club (just before Peppy slaps him behind the curtain).

In the finale, the big gun barrels remain covered until the final close-up of Eleanor Powell, after which, via a clever, but noticeable edit, they now suddenly appear uncovered and explode.

The opening scene is set aboard a submarine entering New York Harbor while submerged at periscope depth.

Her skipper would have brought her in while surfaced - the risk of collision in a busy port is substantial.

As the crew sings "Lucy James off the starboard beam", Lucy James approaches the port beam.

As Lucy James ('Virginia Bruce' (qv)) finishes singing "I've Got You Under My Skin," she has a lit cigarette in her right hand as she reclines on the settee.

The camera angle changes, but now the cigarette has suddenly changed to a glass of champagne.

Not a fan of hip-hop music or dancing, but I wanted to watch this film because of the Maori Auckland connection. With the "coming of age" billing and the family factor, a single dad taking care of his adolescent son with dreams of making it big if accepted into the K-Crew dance team, it appealed to me personally, too.

I wanted to watch this movie before it had even been released once I found out that Parris Goebel had choreographed it. What I was hoping for was something fresh and exciting to reflect Goebel's amazing talent with dance moves.

The best appeal "Born to Dance" could offer is its New Zealand root, not its storyline. It virtually has the same plot from many other dance movies, even dating back to decades before.

Another dance movie? My first thought was it was gonna be another dance movie with generic plot line, bad acting and dance which focuses on gimmicky acrobatics and effects rather than dance itself (Step Up series anyone?

This film tells the story of an underprivileged young man in New Zealand, who chases his dream to become a hip hop dancer in order to lift him away from a life that's going nowhere.There are lots of dance films like "Born to Dance", and all of them have predictable plots.

Born to dance is low budget and we have mostly seen it before, but is that that a bad thing? Short answer, Nope.

From the rollicking opening of the camaraderie of a returning U.S.

I really like the film, it's entertaining and it adds a new feel to usual hip hop films that you see. I understand that some people were not impressed by the acting in certain points, but the creators of the film made do with what they got.

Young Tu wants to be a dancer, and spends all the time he's not working at his summer recycling job with his friends, the crew 2PK - all the way from South Auckland, New Zealand. Holla Papakura!