Why isn't Matt really 'connecting' with people on this forum anymore?

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peely

10-12-2010

Originally Posted by echad:
“I think Matt's personality is alright, I like the guy. But he just hasn't delivered many stand-out dances - I think the Cha Cha Cha was a stand-out dance for week one, and I *really* enjoyed his samba as well, but other than that? Well I sort of liked the VW, Charleston and the rumba but his other dances have (for me) been a major disappointment - the Quickstep, Foxtrot, AT and especially the AS. It's a real shame because I think it's the choreography that's let him down.
Bottom line, from what I've seen of his dancing, it doesn't compare to Kara's. He could be just as good a dancer but unless Aliona gives him a chance to show that, we'll never know. At this stage even if he was brilliant over the next two weeks, it's too late to win my vote because I'm already invested in the K&A partnership who have delivered many outstanding dances.”

I think he is a bit too uptight about nailing the technical side of it, so that distracts from the performance.

Tall Paul

10-12-2010

Originally Posted by ilovesooty:
“I've watched every dance this series and can think of several which have really made an impact as far as I'm concerned. I'm struggling to remember anything much about any of Matt and Aliona's dances. Neither he nor the dances are particularly memorable really: I'm sure he's a nice enough guy but he simply hasn't wowed me at all.

I fully expect him to win though because the bookies aren't likely to have made a mistake all these weeks.”

^^^^^^^^ disagree with that totally, what about their samba in Blackpool and their opening dance?

remember them.

Yasmin26

10-12-2010

Originally Posted by Forget-me-not:
“I can only think this is coming from a general dislike of Matt rather than much knowledge of dancing. Matt has clearly shown himself to be the most versatile dancer on the show (only Kara stands near but I would have liked to see her do a Samba which is a dance that really sorts the men from the boys). Matt's latin is as good as his ballroom which has been consistently excellent especially considering he has a busy workload and he has met every challege Aliona's choreography has thrown at him and it does tend to be challenging.

He certainly has not put gymnastics into every dance and has no more props than anyone else - and so what if he used a prop he owns, talk about nit picking.”

I'm speaking about the performance side and giving the right emotion for each dance.

The point I was making was that a lot of people put the blame on Aliona when in fact she always focus on Matt's strengths in a routine rather than challenging like Artem does with Kara.

-Felicity-

10-12-2010

Oh dear, worried for Matt now "/

Jambob

10-12-2010

I struggled to relate to Matt, he seemed almost too nice, almost robotic, hard to believe he was genuine.

I really felt for him tonight though, you could see how much it meant to him, how hard he has been working, and he looked genuinely gutted when the judges laid into him.

After tonight I really hope he stays, and that he can nail his dances tomorrow and next week. He is undoubtedly talented, just needs to relax and stop pushing quite so hard.

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