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Summary: All movie preservation fans, do not get this movie in FS!
Review: I warn you, they did not highly remaster the fullscreen version. i really recommend the widescreen. i bought the fullscreen version, since i own the ws version on video, so i thought that the fs version might look nice,... But oh well, grease on dvd in both formats is good. get the ws though.
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Summary: Grease on DVD is Great!!!
Review: I just got my Grease DVD today and I love it! I'm watching it for the second time today as I write this review. The widescreen edition is wonderful. Now you can see all of the dancing and scenery as you watch this classic. And the picture is wonderful too. The images are so crisp/sharp and and the colors are so vibrant, you'd swear this movie was just filmed yesterday instead of over 20 years ago. I can't belive it's been that long! The sound is amazing especially when hooked up to a great system and the extras are nice. However, there weren't that many extras on this DVD as I thought there would be. I'd hoped for more such as a commentary, behind the scenes, bloopers, deleted scenes or even cast bios. But who knows, maybe in the future there will be a platinum release or something. Oh! And the songbook that comes with it is great. Reading it as I sang along helped me realize that I didn't know the songs as well as I'd thought I did. I recommend this DVD for any Grease buff. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Grease
Review: I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS MOVIE. IT REALLY GETS YOUR BLOOD PUMPING. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOVIE TO COME OUT ON DVD FOR YEARS...
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Summary: Movie is great, DVD really stinks
Review: I've been waiting years for this DVD, so I bought it the first day of release. The wrapper promised high quality Digital Remastered image. What went wrong? They apparently didn't think to clean the film of dust (there are some real whoppers that flash by), and spots reveal that the lenses were dirty as well. I've got DVDs of 1930's movies that look better than this. Shame on Paramount! Rent this before you buy, check it out, and see if you really want to reward them.
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Summary: Finally on DVD...was it worth the wait?
Review: "Grease" has finally been made available to own on DVD. Was it worth the wait? Yes and No. The DVD version is really no different than the 20th Anniversary VHS released in 1998. The retrospective intreviews used in this release are the same exact ones used in that edition. The movie looks and sounds great. You do have the option of selection a Dolby Surrround or Dolby 5.1 Digital soundtrack. The original theatrical trailer is also included but as theatrical trailers go it's nothing to shout about. DVD is such an interactive medium and "Grease" is such a movie classic I feel Paramount short-changed it's fans with such a sparse, uneventful DVD release. A songbook?!!? for crying out loud any true fan who doesn't know the lyrics to any of this movie's songs by heart wouldn't own the movie to begin with. In 1998 Paramount released a 20th Anniversary Edition laserdisc of "Grease" which included a never-before-seen deleted scene. Why wasn't this scene included in this DVD release? Go figure. The only advantage this DVD has over it's many VHS incarnations aside from the great sound and video transfer is the easy access to it's musical numbers and scenes. Even "Rocky Horror" got better DVD treatment. Oh well, maybe for the film's 50th Anniversary, until then I guess this will do.
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Summary: Great movie, so-so DVD
Review: Nothing additional needs to be said about the film itself. It's a classic. So what was Paramount thinking when they put this DVD together? No commentary track, only one theatrical trailer, a 15 minute featurette that's nearly 5 years old... Even the on-screen menu looks cheap......there is SO much more they could have done! And the packaging?? When I buy a DVD, I expect a snap-shut, plastic "keep case". This release has the worst storage case I've seen yet! It's nothing more than a thin cardboard slip-case with a plastic tray to snap the disc into.
If I wasn't such a fan of Olivia Newton-John, I would have said "forget it" to this no-frills release.
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Summary: There should have been more to this DVD
Review: Actually, I give the movie 5-stars and the DVD 2-stars. So actually that would average out to 3.5 stars. Since I love the movie itself, I was generous and rounded up to 4 stars. While I am a great, great fan of Grease (I must have seen it at least 20 times during the summer of '78), I must say that the DVD release of this wonderful film is somewhat disappointing. The fact of having Grease now on DVD is terrific, but for the length of time us fans have been waiting for it, you would have figured we would get a DVD packed with extra features, not just a watered-down interview from VH-1 and a theatrical trailer. Like George from 2 posts ago mentioned, there could have been deleted scenes, outtakes, commentaries - all pretty standard DVD fare. At the very least there could have been a cast bio page so we could all at least know what all our favorite Greast cast members have done since then. With the lean-ness of this DVD, Paramount could have released both the Widescreen and Fullscreen versions of the movie on the same disc rather than 2 separate ones. It looks like they just put together these DVDs because of fan pressure to release them and didn't put much effort into them. Heck, I have some old Clint Eastwood westerns like Hang 'Em High and A Fistful of Dollars that have more content on them than Grease does. And they've been out for a while and only cost me $9.99. One other note, I don't really care for the cardboard case that the DVD comes in, rather would have preferred the plastic keeper case that most DVDs come in. I guess I shouldn't get my hopes up too much for Saturday Night Fever - due out next week and also from Paramount - to be much better. Maybe Paramount will go the way many others do and re-release it as a 2-disc set in a couple of years. But I wouldn't hold my breath for that, judging by how long it took for the first release. Way to go Paramount.
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Summary: DVD deserves better treatment
Review: Grease was originally marked for DVD release in 1998! A year short of it's 25th Anniversary, Paramount release a poor version to keep fans happy. Not so, many of us are VERY UNHAPPY with this release. For starters, you get an odd 5.1 soundtrack which sounds echoey in parts, most notably the dance hall scene. The film quality is quite grainy in scenes and should have been cleaned up better. It's as if Paramount didn't care! The Extras are nothing to rave about - you get an old documentary, a songbook and the trailer. The trailer includes footage not seen in the movie which supports many claims that deleted scenes DO exist. So why not put them on this lousy disc to spruce it up a bit? Because Paramount are holding on to them for the next release. And hopefully by then they will have fixed the 5.1 shocking errors, and cleaned up the film! And also, we may then get animated musical chapter selections. The current effort is almost amateurish! I recommend people hold off buying this until the 25th Anniversary edition comes out - IF it comes out! You never can tell with Paramount ...
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Summary: Anyone who buys the full-screen edition is dumb
Review: Get the entire movie; this one included. The director filmed it in this aspect ratio - respect his art.
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Summary: Every Collector's Must-Have
Review: This movie is one big smile. It isn't intellectual, it has very little to say, and the ending will ruffle the feathers of any feminist. Who cares?? From the moment the first notes of the theme song blast over the credits, the viewer is solidly hooked. The cast is remarkable, one of those lucky ensembles that are pure serendipity. Young and supple John Travlota plays the 50s hero to the hilt--the guy looked great in black leather and a ducktail hairdo, and not only that, his singing and dancing aren't half bad! Olivia Newton-John is perfect as the innocent heroine Sandy; she's just plain beautiful, her singing voice is clear and sweet, and she's the perfect foil for VERY bad girl Rizzo, played magnificently by Stockard Channing. Comedy great Eve Arden camps it up as the school principal, Jeff Conway, of later "Taxi" fame, is bad boy Kinicki, and there are many other recognizable faces. But the star of the film is the catchy score. It works even though it's sappy, and the choreography is wonderful. This is just plain fun, and so well done that it manages to surmount every cliche it gently lampoons.
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