We rounded up the major differences between the remake and the original so you dont have to.
If youre afraid of spoilers, avert your hungry eyes!
A musical!
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This update takes it one step further and has characters actually sing their numbers.
Johnny Castle still has an impressive record collection, but we rarely see him make use of a turntable.
The sexy lip-synching to Mickey and Sylvias Love is Strange is replaced with actual singing.
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In the original film, the older characters are mostly archetypes to help further the plot.
She mourns the extinguished flame of passion in their relationship.
While Baby discovers the pangs of first love, her parents are struggling to rekindle their own romance.
Baby cares about civil rights and other social movements, but we only get this information in passing.
You gotta hold the frame… Johnny wistfully tells her to keep dancing and watches her go.
Is it Baby and Johnnys story?
Or some alternate universe plot that just happens to share a title with the movie were watching?
Lady Antebellum offers a countrified Hey Baby!
These contemporary takes are jarring since the story is set in the 1960s.
Many of the costumes feel more 80s than 1960s mod.
But now, in a post-Mad Menworld, theres a far greater degree of wardrobe accuracy.
That attention to detail is on display here.
