Grease: A Quick Review

As it turns out "Grease" is one of my favorite movies in the entire world.  I've seen it way more than any other and I look forward to re-watching it for years to come.  It is just such a fun, nostalgic movie and I love musicals, which strange as it is to me is apparently not a common trait for all of the human race. You all know the incredibly implausible plot, but here we go anyways: Danny and Sandy have a wonderful summer frolicking on the beach and get all depressed that they will never see each other again.  That turns out to be bull, because of course Sandy, who lives in Australia transfers to a school in the United States.  And coincidentally she ends up at Rydell High, which obviously is where Danny goes.  T-Birds. Pink Ladies. Catchy Songs. A Dance. Olivia Newton-John in leather. More singing and dancing. Fly away in a car...such a horrible ending....I don't know what they were thinking, but it's ridiculous.  Oh yeah and  if you're looking for good morals this is not the movie to look for.  Becoming a skank just to get a guy to like you is a really, really, really bad idea and can only end terribly.  It's just so hard to resist the chemistry between John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and see them belting out such memorable songs as "You're the One that I Want", "Greased Lightning", "Summer Nights", etc. Equally hard to resist is the great cast and the tremendous about of energy emitting from the television screen.  True, approximately everyone in the cast was way to old to play high schoolers.  Yes, that does in fact include Stockard Channing who was celebrating her 34th birthday in 1978 when "Grease" was released.  But, believe it or not that doesn't take away too much from the movie and you just need to suspend some disbelief.  I guess most people have already seen this movie so there's really no need to go on too far.  And those who have not must be avoiding it like the plague, which of course is their right as a member of the human race and the United States of America.  "Grease" is indeed slightly cheesy, but a great movie adaptation of the Broadway show and an unavoidable, classic piece of American pop culture...kind of like "The Simpsons"...or Cher...And if you liked "Grease" then watch "Grease 2"...it is not as bad as people want you to believe...ok it's pretty bad...but it's Michelle Pfeiffer...  Ok calling this a quick review was a huge falsehood...and basically just an excuse for me to ramble.

-Joseph Sbrilli