Bring It On
It may seem just like yesterday , but it ’s been two full decades since the original release ofBring It On . Kirsten Dunst has gone on to have quite the prolific and successful acting career , gain a Hollywood star . But movie fan will never blank out her as Torrance , school principal of the Rancho Carne High School cheerleading squad .
Bring It Onmay not go down as one of the great cinema of all time , but it continue one of the most rewatchableteen comedies from the 2000swith a great cast .
Updated on November 17th , 2021 by Amanda Bruce : make for It On spawned a surprising franchise of unmediated - to - videodisc movies that pit cheerleading squad against one another in unlike options . Up and come performers like Solange Knowles , Hayden Panettiere , Ashley Benson , and Cassie Scerbo all found themselves playing cheerleader at some point .
The original movie , however , remains the best of the gang as it was one of the first time cheerleaders were watch as more than just support for the football squad on the braggy filmdom . The characters get to be amply fleshed out with some great lines , and not just lady friend of the football players .
Aaron’s Version Of The College Experience
“It’ll be like high school, only better!”
At the very starting time of the pic , the consultation see soon - to - be nous cheerleader Torrance Shipman beginning her last first daytime of high school , getting pick up by her slightly older boyfriend , Aaron , who is about to steer off to college . He awkwardly foot up Torrance and tries to assure her that despite all the variety they are about to front , they ’ll be capable to make it as a couple . Once she graduate and begins attending the same college as him , it will all work out . " It ’ll be like high school , only good ! " Aaron announce .
Aaron is one of those cat that clearly peaked in high schoolhouse and will belike never find the same amount of notoriety that he had while he was on the cheer squad with Torrance . There ’s plenty to like about college , but to look at it as eminent school 2.0 is excessively simplistic .
Sparky Has Very Specific Cheerleading Ideas
“Those aren’t spirit fingers!Theseare spirit fingers.”
If there ’s one affair people in the cheerleading residential area will never leave from the long list of memorableBring It Onquotes , it ’s Sparky ’s passion for " smell finger’s breadth . " They ’re like jazz hand in musical theater . The concept reckon ridiculous when Sparky ’s instruct his modus operandi to the team , but there ’s no denying that there ’s a large number of spirit fingers in cheerleading .
Getting the team to enthusiastically jiggle their finger during routines is a morsel of a hilarious challenge . There is a lot of eye - rolling and sighing on the part of the team , but it only serve to make Sparky ’s spirit fingers more marked during his demonstration . While it ’s a thwarting concept to move out in real life , it makes for one entertaining succession for the audience .
Torrance Wants To Be The Best
“I define being the best as competing against the best there is out there and beating them.”
The Rancho Carne Toros are used to being considered the best by everyone around them . When they feel out they might not really be the best cheerleader in the nation , it discombobulate them all for a loop . While some team members , like Courtney and Whitney , have no problem pretending they ’re still the best as long as they do n’t have to compete against the East Compton Clovers , Torrance has a very unlike view .
Once her eyes are open to the disparity between their schools as a solvent of the wealth amongst her own teammates , she ca n’t have the musical theme go that they are n’t really the best . Torrance believe that the clover deserve the chance to show their attainment to the public , and though it earn her a little uncomfortable at first , she welcomes the competition . It ’s a deterrent example more sport movies should take into consideration : strenuosity should n’t just be for the wealthy .
The Football Announcer Knows The Score
“Our next defeat is scheduled for next Friday, eight o’clock.”
The vast majority of athletics movies put their focus square on the ( ordinarily male ) squad that throws the ball around . If cheerleader are in a moving picture or tv show , their position as athletes are often overlooked . It ’s interesting to note that in the world ofBring It On , that ’s not the case . Instead of thefootball team being the popular draw in the movie , it ’s the cheerleader .
As the game announcer points out , the football squad is on a regular basis facing licking on Friday night . It ’s a nice change of pace for an hearing to see that this football squad is n’t full of the plucky underdog who amount out on top in the end . alternatively , the cheerleader take a fall from the top of their pedestal and become more ego - cognisant .
Torrance Learns The Truth About Aaron
“You’re a great cheerleader, Aaron. It’s just that, maybe, you’re just not boyfriend material.”
The hearing can tell right off that Aaron is n’t the dandy boyfriend Torrance call up he is . He rarely has time for her , and when he does , it ’s all about how great college will be when they ’re together , or that Big Red was just doing what she mean was good for the team . It ’s pretty clear he does n’t actually listen to Torrance when he doubts her skills as captain .
finally , Torrance realizes that too , and ante up him a sojourn , only to obtain him with another girl . She turns his speech about her not being chieftain material back on him in this often mimickedBring It Onquote , complete with the same hand gesture and expressions , making for one cathartic minute for the audience . The audience is thrill for Torrance to get the hazard to really move on with her life .
Jenelope Doesn’t Want To Hold Back
“You’ve been touched by an angel, girl.”
The audience does n’t get to spend nigh as much sentence with the Clovers as they do with the Toros , which is really the one fault of the movie . The audience could have find out so much more of Isis ' wisdom , Jenelope ’s one - liners , and the skill of the chemical group as a whole . This particular line comes from Jenelope after Missy take Torrance to see the clover in activeness .
The squad confronts Torrance and Missy , but when Torrance gain how naive she was , and tries to excuse that she did n’t know what was happening , the trefoil are n’t quick to believe her . Jenelope thinks she should be allowed to teach them a lesson - with her fists . Inter-Services Intelligence stops her , and when Jenelope tells Torrance , " You ’ve been touch by an angel , little girl , " the audience believes it . Despite how calm Isis remains throughout the movie , it ’s clear there ’s a lot of ( perceivable ) cult simmering in the Clovers who have consistently been overlooked or stolen from .
Carver Is The Eternal Optimist
“I’m a quick healer!”
Within moments of Torrance becoming the new head cheerleader of the Toros , one of her fellow cheerleader , Carver , takes a huge gloam while sample to pull off a difficult move . As the medical officer take her away , her spirits are not the least number diminished . She try out to reassure Torrance that she ’ll be as good as novel in no time . " Do n’t worry ! I ’m a quick healer ! " Carver tells the team .
It ’s awful when someone has a serious injury , and if fans have watched Netflix’sCHEER , they screw they ’re all too common . Carver ’s go - get-‘em attitude is invaluable even when she ’s out and down for the numeration . She remains a cheerleader for the team even when she ca n’t do the move .
Cliff’s Response To The Cool Kids
“I’m pretty sure the loser sneeze is dead.”
With the release of Aaron , a new romanticistic interest is capable to take center stage in Torrance ’s world in the class of Cliff . When Cliff first arrives at Rancho Carne High School , he shows up as the young student in one of Torrance ’s classes .
After being introduced by the instructor ( who butchers his last name ) two jocks say " Loser ! " as he lead his seat , barely feign to cover it up with a sneeze . taste to keep his nerveless he look at the jocks and fox their argument back at them . " I call up the loser sneeze is idle , " he says . It does n’t stop them from doing it again , but others likely wish they could have the same kind of wit that Cliff does when multitude make merriment of them .
Missy Is Honest At Try0uts
“This is a last resort!”
With Carver ’s absence , the Toros need a transposition , so trial are held . After an abysmal string of potential candidates , one girl go far and makes her fall guy : Missy . She immediately establishes her status as a insurgent , upsetting Whitney and Courtney , set a target on her back .
But Torrance is impressed and asks Missy if she can do a vociferation . After Torrance gives her an instance , Missy answer sardonically , " I transplant from Los Angeles , your school has no gymnastic exercise team , this is a last stamping ground ! " Plenty of aspiring cheerleader and gymnast enjoyed the sarcastic aspect of one of the most famed ofBring It Onquotes . Missy demonstrates she can get it and she ’s not going to be just a cookie - cutter permutation for anyone on the police squad . Missy likely would have had an even better time if she ’d been a characterin the gymnastic exercise movieStick It .
Torrance Makes Her Opinion Clear
“Missy’s the poo, so take a big whiff.”
Despite her flippant cheer , Missy do several stunts that impress Torrance and make her insufferable to pass up . Courtney and Whitney try out to deter Missy and make her leave the tryout , but once she ’s leave , Torrance puts them in their place .
" This is a ' sunniness - ocracy ' , " Torrance tells them . " Missy ’s the poo , so take a big whiff . " This is one of the best thing about Torrance . She sleep together how to be a literal leader and keep the police squad in line . Not an well-fixed chore for anyone , but especially the new head of a cheerleading police squad , and especially when her fellow old stager member doubt her .
Torrance Opens Up
“I think I’m cursed.”
Torrance has a vast wakening when Missy direct her to a school rivalry in Compton and shows her that the touch cheers of the Toros were stolen . Despite being the cheerleader that come up with the cheers , the East Compton Clovers have not achieved the same notoriety as the Rancho Carne Toros .
As Missy and Torrance return dwelling , Torrance confesses she think she ’s imprecate after an incident at cheer camp . The motion picture flashes back to when she was at coterie and spend the infamous " spirit stick " , cause her to believe she has cursed the Toros . Missy might think the superstition is laughable , but little do they jazz that Torrance ’s trouble as the head cheerleader are far from over .
Sparky Pulls No Punches
“I will attempt to transform your robotic movements into poetry with your body.”
In an attack to revamp the Toro cheerleading squad ’s subroutine , Torrance calls upon the assistance of choreogapher Sparky Polastri thanks to the recommendation from Aaron . It turns out that Sparky is much more than they dicker for , making up for what he lacks in in effect subprogram with his commanding personality .
" I will attempt to translate your robotic movements into poetry with your physical structure , " he proclaim . Unfortunately , he could n’t be more of a tug during that process , but the consultation ca n’t help but laugh as he sells his ridiculous routine . He truly commits , but as he reveal in the same speech , he ’d rather do work with dancer , seeing cheerleader as somehow less , and desire to get up their art . He ’s quite the character , and it ’s no wonder that his insult get under the skin of the team .
Cliff Writes Torrance A Song
“I’d feed you bonbons all night.”
Cliff and Torrance are clearly the duet that is signify to be , but it takes a while for them to amount together as Aaron stand in the room . Cliff sample to win Torrance ’s affectionateness not just by bringing her blossom , but by write a song for her .
In one of the first job of the song , Cliff declare , " I ’d feed you bonbon all nighttime , " as the tempo of the song shifts from a single acoustic guitar to a full banding . If Cliff has n’t come through the audience over by this item , he but wo n’t . WhatBring It Onfans really desire to know , though , is if he has a band he has n’t tell apart Torrance about and where he managed to show his bomb calorimeter - diggity mess . Torrance eventually uses his birdsong as part of the mashup for their last number in the moving-picture show , cementing to Cliff ( and the audience ) how she feels about him .
Missy Gives Other Teams A Warning
“If you don’t have it yet, you don’t have it!”
As the Toros arrive for the national competitor in Florida , Missy and Torrance share one last soldering import the night before they have to leave it all on the field . As they are talking , they can get word another team that maybe is n’t quite so confident that they ’re going to win .
Despite it being who knows how tardily at dark , another cheerleading squad is practicing their routine just outside . Missy go to the balcony and tells them to pink it off . " If you do n’t have it yet , you do n’t have it ! " She exclaims . Late - dark cramming may work for some tests , but not in cheerleading . It ’s also a sign of Missy ’s confidence . The squad might be aflutter as to whether or not they ’re going to be good enough , but she knows they know what they ’re doing .
Isis Wants A Fair Playing Field
“When you go to nationals, bring it.”
When Torrance get wind that the East Compton Clovers wo n’t be capable to make it to the interior competition in Florida due to support issuance , she manages to get her dada ’s company to write a check . Torrance has the best of intentions when she does it , but she does n’t realize how unthinking she ’s being . ISI make indisputable she understands that the squad will get there on their own terms without her guilt money .
She rive up the arrest right in front of Torrance . " If you need to make it veracious , then when you go to nationals , bring it , " she challenge Torrance . Isis wo n’t square up for a white-hot savior , and the Clovers do n’t need one anyway . Go Clovers ! Isis ' decision is one of themany panorama ofBring It Onthat still hold up today .
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