Reviewing 'Stronger'
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butterflyI'm going to be completely upfront and say that not only is this my favorite Britney video, it may be the only Britney video that I can enjoy in a non-ironic way.
Open on a disbelieving Britney's face. Very nice makeup here. Subtle but effective. Her hair is pretty and she doesn't look like she's made out of plastic.
Hee! The Guy amuses me. He's all, "What can you expect? Guys are horndogs. Heh." He's trying to smile it off. Hee!
We learn the valuable information that Joseph Kahn directed this video.
Britney Narrows Her Eyes. And there's some more expression! Amazing! (Even my compliments to her aren't so nice. Hee.)
Dude. Let's just take a moment to consider the Other Girl. Brunette where Britney is blonde. It's obvious that she must be evil then. Heavy dark eye makeup.
Subtly thy name is not Joseph Kahn.
And now we see part of Britney's outfit. All black. I'm not going to try to bend my brain comparing it to the white-ish outfit that Dark-Haired Other Chick is in, because let's face it, I doubt that anyone on that set was thinking about it.
Britney utters a very disgusted, "Whatever." and starts to walk away.
Shot of a city (dude, like I know which) at night.
Cut to Britney, opening her eyes in a hella extreme closeup. Her skin looks pretty. And again, while the makeup is a bit heavier here, it doesn't annoy me.
Anyway, cut back to the city and a round tower top that I think is the 'setting' of the song or something, then back to the second Britney, who I will call White Room Britney(or WRB).
Cut to the third Britney (Black Room Britney or BRB), who is sitting backwards on a chair, slumped down.
Okay, right, I can try to explain every little thing that happens or not. I'll go with 'not' for the sake of my sanity.
BRB stands up and hops up onto her silver chair. BRB is showing us a great deal of stomach, I should mention.
The first Britney, who I'm calling 'Britney', is telling off The Guy with a really funny 'talk to the hand' move.
She freezes time and turns to leave.
BRB takes the opportunity to get down on the chair and caress her stomach. See, I did need to mention it.
The Guy goes back to sit at his table. I'm sure that he's absolutely and utterly heartbroken.
Yeah. Sure.
WRB, singing in closeup. This is all that WRB does, in case you're curious. She looks pretty and mouths words. But she does look exceedingly pretty, at least.
Oh, no, wait, she just narrowed her eyes. My bad.
BRB twirls around, sits on the chair and tilts it back.
We cut to Other Girl falling from her chair in a really funny, obviously faked way.
BRB sings to the chair and we cut to Britney singing to The Guy.
No, I have no clue.
Heh. Britney points to her head to show us what 'think' means.
And apparently 'my own' is symbolized by grabbing your tits. Good to know, BRB.
You know, I think that WRB is just BRB in extreme closeup and not moving. Hmm.
'Nothing' is symbolized by pointing to your crotch, it seems. What would we do without Britney? Or rather, BRB.
Britney walks over an amazing appearing obstacle and The Guy trips over it.
More singing.
Well, 'singing'.
BRB pushes the chair around as she slids on the ground. This move leaves me at a complete loss.
Then, she backs away from us with her hair in her face and I'm reminded of Cave-Buffy. I half-expect her to say, "Boy smell nice."
BRB slams on the floor and we cut to Britney slamming open the doors to the resturant... thing. This causes the club... thing to shake and The Guy and the Other Girl to fall back.
Okay, back to singing with BRB and WRB.
BRB's chair is magical. It can only speak the truth... I mean, it can flip back to the person who kicked it away.
See, now it looks like WRB is in a white room.
More magical chair hijinks as BRB jumps on a spinning chair.
She kicks the chair into the blackness and we cut to Britney driving during a rainy night.
Oooo.
Lightning strikes. We all fear for the poor young girl's life.
Hee.
But yes, Britney drives like someone who has never driven, ever. Much turning of the wheel.
Very cool shot where we start with Britney's image in a sideview mirror, completely circle it and end up where we started.
BRB's chair falls into the middle of the road, forcing Britney to brake.
You know, I don't think that Britney was wearing a seatbelt.
Britney in the rain. Touching herself. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
This is my least favorite part of the video. Meh.
And we're treated to really fake-sounding heavy breathing, too.
BRB get up on the back of her chair (no, we don't know how she got it back) and gets it to start spinning. While she's on it.
Yes, it does look as fake as you think it does.
She gets down and that chair turns into a cane.
Yeah.
She throws it out and we push back to see that BRB is on a revolving platform in blackness. They don't show us how this is held up.
Cut to Britney walking across a bridge, being all determined.
More of the same 'til the video ends.
Now, despite my ragging, I do like this video. It actually shows a strong woman. Sadly, this is the only of Britney's video's that does anything near that.
Plus, this song is actually suitable for her voice. She doesn't sound like she's trying too hard.
Open on a disbelieving Britney's face. Very nice makeup here. Subtle but effective. Her hair is pretty and she doesn't look like she's made out of plastic.
Hee! The Guy amuses me. He's all, "What can you expect? Guys are horndogs. Heh." He's trying to smile it off. Hee!
We learn the valuable information that Joseph Kahn directed this video.
Britney Narrows Her Eyes. And there's some more expression! Amazing! (Even my compliments to her aren't so nice. Hee.)
Dude. Let's just take a moment to consider the Other Girl. Brunette where Britney is blonde. It's obvious that she must be evil then. Heavy dark eye makeup.
Subtly thy name is not Joseph Kahn.
And now we see part of Britney's outfit. All black. I'm not going to try to bend my brain comparing it to the white-ish outfit that Dark-Haired Other Chick is in, because let's face it, I doubt that anyone on that set was thinking about it.
Britney utters a very disgusted, "Whatever." and starts to walk away.
Shot of a city (dude, like I know which) at night.
Cut to Britney, opening her eyes in a hella extreme closeup. Her skin looks pretty. And again, while the makeup is a bit heavier here, it doesn't annoy me.
Anyway, cut back to the city and a round tower top that I think is the 'setting' of the song or something, then back to the second Britney, who I will call White Room Britney(or WRB).
Cut to the third Britney (Black Room Britney or BRB), who is sitting backwards on a chair, slumped down.
Okay, right, I can try to explain every little thing that happens or not. I'll go with 'not' for the sake of my sanity.
BRB stands up and hops up onto her silver chair. BRB is showing us a great deal of stomach, I should mention.
The first Britney, who I'm calling 'Britney', is telling off The Guy with a really funny 'talk to the hand' move.
She freezes time and turns to leave.
BRB takes the opportunity to get down on the chair and caress her stomach. See, I did need to mention it.
The Guy goes back to sit at his table. I'm sure that he's absolutely and utterly heartbroken.
Yeah. Sure.
WRB, singing in closeup. This is all that WRB does, in case you're curious. She looks pretty and mouths words. But she does look exceedingly pretty, at least.
Oh, no, wait, she just narrowed her eyes. My bad.
BRB twirls around, sits on the chair and tilts it back.
We cut to Other Girl falling from her chair in a really funny, obviously faked way.
BRB sings to the chair and we cut to Britney singing to The Guy.
No, I have no clue.
Heh. Britney points to her head to show us what 'think' means.
And apparently 'my own' is symbolized by grabbing your tits. Good to know, BRB.
You know, I think that WRB is just BRB in extreme closeup and not moving. Hmm.
'Nothing' is symbolized by pointing to your crotch, it seems. What would we do without Britney? Or rather, BRB.
Britney walks over an amazing appearing obstacle and The Guy trips over it.
More singing.
Well, 'singing'.
BRB pushes the chair around as she slids on the ground. This move leaves me at a complete loss.
Then, she backs away from us with her hair in her face and I'm reminded of Cave-Buffy. I half-expect her to say, "Boy smell nice."
BRB slams on the floor and we cut to Britney slamming open the doors to the resturant... thing. This causes the club... thing to shake and The Guy and the Other Girl to fall back.
Okay, back to singing with BRB and WRB.
BRB's chair is magical. It can only speak the truth... I mean, it can flip back to the person who kicked it away.
See, now it looks like WRB is in a white room.
More magical chair hijinks as BRB jumps on a spinning chair.
She kicks the chair into the blackness and we cut to Britney driving during a rainy night.
Oooo.
Lightning strikes. We all fear for the poor young girl's life.
Hee.
But yes, Britney drives like someone who has never driven, ever. Much turning of the wheel.
Very cool shot where we start with Britney's image in a sideview mirror, completely circle it and end up where we started.
BRB's chair falls into the middle of the road, forcing Britney to brake.
You know, I don't think that Britney was wearing a seatbelt.
Britney in the rain. Touching herself. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
This is my least favorite part of the video. Meh.
And we're treated to really fake-sounding heavy breathing, too.
BRB get up on the back of her chair (no, we don't know how she got it back) and gets it to start spinning. While she's on it.
Yes, it does look as fake as you think it does.
She gets down and that chair turns into a cane.
Yeah.
She throws it out and we push back to see that BRB is on a revolving platform in blackness. They don't show us how this is held up.
Cut to Britney walking across a bridge, being all determined.
More of the same 'til the video ends.
Now, despite my ragging, I do like this video. It actually shows a strong woman. Sadly, this is the only of Britney's video's that does anything near that.
Plus, this song is actually suitable for her voice. She doesn't sound like she's trying too hard.
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Stronger?!
Date: 2002-06-01 09:35 pm (UTC)Mostly due to the oh so sexy outfit she was wearing.
Then it got wet when it was rainging...and she was...wet...and uh...whew is it hot in here?
I'll go back under my rock now.
-Xand
Re: Stronger?!
Date: 2002-06-01 09:42 pm (UTC)Yeah, don't do anything... odd under that rock.
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Date: 2002-06-02 01:57 pm (UTC)I have yet to see the video.
But I have LINKIN PARK!
And Orlando was much fun. I missed LJ.
[hugs LJ]
Re:
Date: 2002-06-02 05:50 pm (UTC)