Grease

Okay, I know I haven't done a review or an update in like a month, but things happened and I had to focus on that for a while. Well now I am back and ready to do some reviews. Alright lately I've been watching a lot of musicals and wondering why musicals are so rare these days. They are such an extraordinary genre that infuse great story telling with toe tapping hum along numbers. So for the next few days I am going to do reviews on some of my favorite musicals old and new.

Okay to start off I am going to review the most successful musical of all time and one of my favorites, Grease. A story of two teenagers, a preppy innocent girl, Sandy, and a tough self conscious greaser, Danny, who fall in love during the summer time. However, they face problems showing affection when they get back to school because they fear what their respective click might think of them. But in the end they change for each other and they drive off into the skies.

Okay no matter how much I love this movie the story is not the strong point. It is entertaining, but a bit shallow. Danny continuously unknowingly harms Sandy and they break up. They then get back together when Danny sweet talks her. This basically happens throughout the movie until the end. I guess it show the spontaneous relationship teenagers have, never really knowing what they want. There are also some sub-plot that are interesting but aren't handled to well. Like the fake pregnancy thing near the end with the character Betty. The event occurs early on in the movie, but is not resolved until the end of the year.

One place that this movie does shine is in its characters. Who are very interesting and fun. Danny for instance is a this tough greaser, but we see early on that he is a sweet gentleman. It's just when his friends are around he has to put up this fake persona. Overall he is charming and John Travolta does an excellent job.

Sandy is also very lovable, but we do get irritated when she acts so dumb towards her affections for Danny.

Betty on the other hand is a character that is really tough and raunchy. However the closer to the end we get and the more she fears for the pregnancy we get a lot of sympathy for her. We see her put her wall down and see her as a real human being.

Now what makes this movie such a classic and memorable are the songs and dances. If it were nit for the amazing  music in this movie it would have been forgotten along time ago. The songs are remarkable and movie the story, plot, and character development forward. "Summer Nights" a fun song that tells of what Danny and Sandy did during there summer. It was funny seeing the others perspective of the events. "Greased Lightning" another fun song that has the boys working on their car. The dance sequence during the school dance. "You're the One That I Want" the best in the movie in my opinion. So much happens in that song and so much is told. It probably is one of the most catchiest songs ever made. All the songs in Grease are terrific and elevate the movie to classic status.

Grease is a enjoyable and fun movie with a decent story, great cast, and amazing music. It is deservedly the most successful musical ever made and a standard for all musicals. I give Grease 4/5. Fantastic music  and characters, but a lackluster story.