So You Think You Can Dance: Top Ten Best

Over at Entertainment Weekly, they ran through their top 15 dance performances from all of So You Think You Can Dance's five seasons. While I haven't watched all five seasons, I still feel that this list left off many of my favorites, particularly from Seasons 4 and 5. You can check out their list here.

Here's KT's and my list. His thoughts are italicized.

10. Twitchington Krump

Mary said this was the first time she believed in the krump number. Twitch started it off with crazy knee spin, Kherington kept up with him in impresssive fashion. A great number filled wth energy that these two knocked out the park. I never thought Kherington could pull it off, but she and Twitch just brought it and I really understood the meaning of Buck in this dance. Hopefully Season 6 brings back Krump, because it was sadly left out of this past season.

9. Hok and Jamie Jazz

I’ll be the 1st to admit that I’m biased towards the hip hop dancers on this show. I find them more entertaining, flashier, and they usually have the best personalities. More importantly, I always enjoy the dances where the hip hoppers grow out of their b-boy cocoon, and blossom into great dancers. This was Hok’s coming out party, and the Emmy was certainly deserved.

8. This one is a toss up for us. So we're calling it a tie! Brandon and Janette Disco

Disco used to be a "dance of death" and this season totally turned that around! This routine was fast, fun, and filled with jawdropping moments like Janette's flips and where Brandon holds and spins her by just her neck.

and Brandon and Kayla Disco

This routine is up their with Josh and Twitch trepak as far as amount of movement and how tired looking it as. Doriana's disco routines this season were fast and furious and so entertaining!

7. Jason and Kayla Hip Hop

This was my favorite hip hop number of the season and it was great to see Shane Sparks back on SYTYCD! While his earlier routines in season 5 faltered, he finally had the dancers who could pull off his hard hitting moves. I love NappyTabs, but this was a nice breath of fresh air after seeing so many of their routines in the past 2 seasons.

6. Twitch and Josh- Russian Trepak

I remember when I first found out that these two brilliant hip hoppers were performing a Russian trepak instead of a hard hitting hip hop battle, I was absolutely shocked. As the dance went on, I understood why. An incredible entertaining dance, these two went back and forth in what is by far the best same sex dance to date on this show.

5. Melissa and Ade- Contemporary

Without question the most emotional dance ever on the show, this made everyone in the world cry it seemed. An incredible display of how truly powerful dance can be. The reason this number isn’t higher is the fact that this was mainly about the choreography and story, and the dancers didn’t (couldn’t really) make it their own, like the rest do. This will always be remembered as Tyce’s incredible cancer routine, not Melissa and Ade’s amazing contemporary piece.

4. Courtney and Mark Jazz

This was Sonya's first time choreographing for the show, and she certainly left her mark! Her style is so distinctive and Courtney/Mark were the best couple to pull this off - him with his quirkyness and her with her sex appeal while still being kind of cutesy. Not to mention, it's set to a song that I became completely obsessed with.

3.Twitchinton- Viennese Waltz

Twitch was by far my favorite dancer ever on this shows existence, and this dance is what really started it for me. I mentioned earlier that I love the dances where hip hoppers break their shell, and this is the best example of that. Twitch was amazing in this routine, and it started his run to the finale. Not to be lost, an incredible story by the choreographer, combined with perfect costume, song and lighting. My personal favorite dance ever.

2. Jason and Jeanine Contemporary

This dance gives me chills. Travis choreographed a great piece and they danced it with such emotion and passion that this dance just moves me. This was the dance that put Jeanine over the top for me, and made me sad when Jason left.

1. Mark and Chelsie Hip Hop

Perfection. Its what everyone strives for yet rarely if ever is able to attain. This dance is about as close to perfection as you can get. A great story, great choreography with not a single dull moment, and two great dancers turned actors in this gut wrenchingly beautiful piece. If this dance does not win the Emmy this year, I will be shocked.

Honorable Mention for favorite group number: Rama Lama!


Did we leave off any of your favorites?

G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra

G.I. Joe rose above all expectations this past weekend to make $56.2 million! The buzz before it opened was almost completely negative. The critics weren't invited to preview the movie, which used to be a sure sign of a flop in the making. But, this is summer blockbuster season. And this is the same summer that Transformers 2 broke all the records, despite (maybe because of?) all of the horrible reviews giving it one of the lowest Rotten Tomatoes scores out of recent movies - just 20%!

Well, I contributed to that opening weekend box office, and you know what? I really enjoyed the movie! It wasn't smart, but then again it wasn't trying to be. I think the reason this film worked better than Transformers 2 is because they KNEW they weren't making a great film and just had fun doing it. The explosions were cool, they fighting was exciting, and the plot? Not that bad. It has its holes and definite flaws, but the movie was so entertaining and so bad it was funny at times, that I didn't care. This is the type of movie you need to see at the theater, just to appreciate the scope of its budget. High speed car chases, the Eiffel Tower collapse, and all the bombs REQUIRE a large screen! Watching this on your TV set at home just wouldn't do it justice.

So shell out the money and see it in a nice air conditioned theater this summer. It's so bad, it's awesome. I don't think you'll regret it.

My favorite review of G.I. Joe can be found at i09.com

And here's a funny video about G.I. Joe, found on Funny Or Die:

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Henry Rollins

America's Best Dance Crew: Sudden Death

Hey guys, America's Best Dance Crew (the 2nd best dance show!) just started this week and here's KT and I with our take on the episode!

The video cut out about half way through our thoughts, so here are some other things we noticed:

Rhythm City, The Bronx - That was awesome! Clean, exciting, and fun. That series of backflips was insane.

Fr3sh, Jersey - Man, Asians can dance. That was a "harder" routine than I was expecting. I pegged them to be a clean, smooth crew more in line with Kabba Modern and So Real Cru. The prop was distracting, though created some cool visuals.

Vogue Evolution, NYC - the first openly gay crew on the show. That was fierce routine. It'll be interesting to see if they can get votes from America, since they are such a fringe group.

Sudden Death to "Boom Boom Pow"

Beat Ya Feet Kings - This is so much better than their first routine!

If they take into account the first dance, then Beat Ya Feet has got to go. But off just the Sudden Death, I'd say Fr3sh would be going.

Surprised ByFK were the first to be saved, since Southern Movement had the strongest pair of dances.

Goodbye Fr3sh, it was fun while it lasted. It's a sad story for the girl with a mohawk though, since this was her last ditch effort at the professional dance route.

Prediction:

I'm thinking Massive Monkees are definitely making it to the final two. The other crew is a toss up for me between Rhythm City and Southern Movement. I think SM could make it that far if they can win over mainstream America.

KT thinks the final two will be Massive Monkees and Rhythm City for sure.

Who do you guys think could make it all the way? What crews were your favorite based on tonight's show?

More Amazing Trailers

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

This is Heath Ledger's last film. It looks really interesting and

dreamy. Heath passed in the middle of shooting, so they

brought in Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Ferrel to

play the character after "transformations". Its an interesting

solution to losing the lead actor, but I think it'll work based

on the trailer.

The Lovely Bones

I loved the book - it was just so tragic and beautiful. And this

trailer is like visual candy with such striking images and

color palates.

What do you guys think of these upcoming movies?

Jeanine really is America's Favorite Dancer

Last night, Jeanine walked away with the title on So You Think You Can Dance. Not only does she get the bragging rights, she won $250,000. Now, you would think she would take the money and enjoy her victory, but Jeanine has really proved she deserved this victory.

As part of her prize package, Mason will collect $250,000 – which she plans to donate to the charity Making Memories which aids people with Altzheimer’s Disease, according to website Hollyscoop.

Found on So You Think You Can Dance Fever.

She won over many fans on the show, obviously enough to win it, but with this move she wins over the hearts of all those who were rooting for other dancers to win. It's great to see her being such a great role model in her new position as America's Favorite Dancer!

For more on Jeanine, check out her interviews here and here.