They played it too safe...

The original had more controversy than this remake, and I was hoping it would be the opposite. The scenes in the original Footloose between the daughter and father were more realistic. There was talk about banned books, and general idealism against most small town cliches.

This new version was way more "PG", which is the opposite of what the movie preaches in the first place. The only scene that did it justice was when Ariel took to beating that car....but once we get to the church it looses everything.

The only improvement that I appreciated was the different cultures and different races. Something the original lacked.

I was hoping to see a realistic version of the crazy laws passed in tiny towns, but what I got was a duller version of the original. Too bad.