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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: Grease and Grease 2 are about the same! if you like musicals then you will deffintaly like this movie i have it and i watch it every day! I am a grease fanitc! i love Grease and Grease 2! and i have booth of the soundtracks! The movie has totally differnt people their is no Sandy or Danny! the groups are the same Pink Ladies and T-Birds! (Didi Conn) Is in the move she played in the first as Frenchy! in this movie she is just a friend! of the groups! and booth of the princpals are in the movie that played in the first! it has great music! from the 1950s! it is a movie you have must see this movie...it rocks!
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Summary: I LOVE GREASE 2!!
Review: I think part of the reason I love this movie so much is because I grew up on this version never seeing the original Grease until after this one. I love this movie! Perhaps also because I had a big crush on Maxwell Caulfield's charactrer "Michael" so that made it all the more enjoyable for me to watch but I loved the soundtrack too, "Who's that guy" when Michael first appears at the bowling alley in his leather clothes on his new motorcycle, or "Cool Rider" the song that Michelle Pfiefer's character "Stephanie" sang to let him know he had to be a motorcycle rider before she could even give him the time of day. Or the song at the end, "We'll be together" makes me smile everytime I hear it, and I love the song "Love will turn back the hands of time" at the talent show when "Stephanie" spaces out thinking of her mystery "cool" rider who had since swept her off her feet. I think I rented this movie atleast 3 times a week from when I was 7 years old till I was 10 (back when you could only rent for a day at a time), let's just say it drove my parents crazy but I didn't want to watch anything else, finally they bought it for me when it went down in price and now I am anxious for it to be released on DVD because my VHS copy is rather played out because I watched it constantly. I always stop to watch this movie no matter what I am doing if it comes on tv and it never fails that when I just watched my VHS copy it comes on! But if anyone ever finds out it's coming out on DVD please LET ME KNOW! I think everyone should atleast give this movie a chance and pretend you had never seen Grease cause I hadn't seen it until a year after I had watched Grease 2 a hundred times and I wasn't expecting anything, I expect the first to be different since I first saw the sequel so for me, Grease is not as interesting to me, I enjoy Grease 2 far more!! Give it a try, hope you enjoy it, for those who love Grease I can see that it might not live up to what you expected but don't expect too much and give it a good playing and just enjoy it for it's comedy, high school romance, and soundtrack that some people don't like but I love it and I think a lot of the songs are highly enjoyable. thanks.
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Summary: Let's Do it For Our Country...watch this musical!
Review: The sequel to Grease and closely modeled after it, Grease 2 takes place in 1961 during the John F. Kennedy administration at Rydell High School. Some of the same faculty members are still there such as Miss McGee (Eve Arden), Blanche (Dody Goodman) and Coach Calhoun (Sid Caesar) along with some new faculty members such as Miss Mason (Connie Stevens), Mr. Stuart (Tab Hunter) and Mr. Spears (Dick Patterson). The main difference between Grease and Grease 2 is the students. Since the original Pink Ladies and T-Birds graduated in the last picture, Grease 2 contains an all new cast of students except for one, Frenchy (Didi Conn), who failed her senior year. The main plot in this musical is that a new student Michael (Maxwell Caulfield) falls in love with Pink Lady Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer). She is off-limits until he can prove himself as a leather-clad biker. Michael then buys a motorcycle, a helmet and becomes a mysterious stranger, appearing to Stephanie at different places such as the gas station where she works. In the end, he sweeps her off her feet. Grease 2 was considered to be a typical sequel that would do terrible at the box office and not live up to the name it was carrying. It starred two actors, Michelle Pfeiffer and Maxwell Caulfield, who were unknowns in 1982 playing sexual reversal roles from the original. Pfeiffer played the Travolta role and Caulfield played the English version of the Newton-John role. This was the first criticism of the movie from reviews and the general public when it was released. With a sequel, the audience feels more comfortable watching the same characters from the first movie in the second one. Another problem or dislike of the film is that it runs out of story. The main point of the story is how Michael delays revealing himself to Stephanie until the climax of the movie. The filmmakers didn't give Caulfield enough to do, like dancing, which is one of the most important aspects of the Grease movies. "But what undoubtedly counts are the musical numbers. Tunes were penned by various hands and most of them are well conceived and reasonably clever." (Variety, T. McCarthy, June 9, 1982). The songs are what gives the movie its energy and try to highlight the points of the film when the storyline was drifting. There is a raising ensemble number called "Back to School to start the movie off with a bang, a enlivened bowling alley number called "Score Tonight" and a dirty-minded number called "Reproduction" that turns a biology lesson into an outbreak about adolescent desire. Director and choreographer, Patricia Birch, found the most interesting places to stage the musical numbers such as a bomb shelter ("Let's Do it For Our Country") and a bowling alley ("Score Tonight") and uses some sharp, rapid, short sequences that gives liveliness to most of the dances. Despite all the bad reviews, I found this musical as enjoyable as Grease. The film's original goal was to appeal to the pre-teens and teenagers, not to the adults. The storyline was simpler and lighter than Grease and the songs were more upbeat and creative. I was not discouraged from seeing this film because Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta were not in it. I usually have an open mind about sequels and consider seeing any one that is made, no matter if it's different.
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Summary: Godawful Camp Classic
Review: This movie is a huge mistake. There is no real plot; the entire show is episodic to a fault. The songs will leave your thankful memory by the time the tape is rewound. Still, there is a strange fascination to it, comparable to, say, a train wreck. Shake your head in pity at Didi Conn gathering a paycheck while attempting to bridge this sequel to the superior original. Gasp with amazement at Adrian Zmed's hair, a feat of architecture that defies gravity, logic, and good taste. Admire Michelle Pfeiffer for making a successful career after this resume-killer. (Not since Jessica Lange transceded the remake of KING KONG ...) Laugh hysterically at the 28- to 45-year-old cast impersonating high school teens ... and expecting us to buy it!! Wonder at the utter cluelessness of Allan Carr for thinking thinking that this would sell, and then remind yourself that this was the man who gave us CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC and the remake of WHERE THE BOYS ARE. Most of all, watch this and thank your lucky stars you weren't in it.
If any other movie deserves the ROCKY HORROR treatment, this is it.
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Summary: Let's bowl, let's bowl, let's rock n roll????
Review: This is without a doubt one of the lamest movies I have ever suffered through. The leader of the T-birds is some sawed off runt who stands all of 5 feet tall when his hair stands a foot off his head. He looks like a bad joke from a Saturday Night Live 'Happy Days' skit. Marilyn Monroe never reached the age of 40, but the wannabe high school student sure has. Michelle Pheifer does her best and is by far the best actress in the movie (which isn't saying much)The rest of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds are forgetable to say the least. The songs are atrocious 'Let's bowl tonight' and 'Reproduction' are selections from the soundtrack that will make you lower your head and shake it sadly. Check out the hottie new teacher though, an older blonde who loves to show off her cleavage. The leading man tries to come off as a shy, impressionable English lad, but I can't tell if he's hamming it up, or just a bad actor. If you can sit through this whole movie in one sitting, your a better man than me. That T-bird leader...what a putz. "Tonight, we bowl".
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Summary: Does Not Stand Up to original
Review: OK, as a sequel, this movie just cannot possibly compare to the original Grease, which is on par with The Wizard of Oz. The casting director got two bad actors who very VAGUELY physically resemble Danny Zuko and Kinickie. And the screenwriters decided to make the T-Birds a bunch of scared cowards who run (a la Oscar de la Hoya) at the mere mention of Crator-Face. But the movie is fun, even though the songs pretty much stink. The songs in the original, every one, turned out to be an unforgettable classic. In G2 they are all very forgettable. Michael Carrington, the Aussie cousin of Sandy's is the best thing in the movie, and he and a very young Michelle Pffeifer pretty much salvage the movie. The theme this time is motorcycles instead of hot rods, and that is a good twist, as is the "Cool rider" gimmick, but not enough. The T-Birds actually are very uncool in this movie, as they spend the entire flick trying really hard to act cool, and look like idiots in every single scene. John Travolta, in his first "T-Bird" scene in Grease, is just hanging out talking to some girls, and he oozes coolness with just a glance. The character Johnny spends the entire Grease 2 movie trying to be tough and cool, and runs and hides behind the Pink Ladies when Crator-face calls him out.? But a lot of the bit characters from the first film are here, and the Doublemint Twins in short-shorts and cheerleading costumes may be worth the price of the film alone.
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Summary: Going back to school has never been such fun!!
Review: I am not ashamed to say that I love this movie to bits. The dancing, the songs and of course Maxwell Caulfield. This movie is addictive - the kind of film you could watch everyday. Once again the critics comapre it to Grease, but I think this movie is on its own level. The characters are great and the songs are so much fun!! And Maxwell Caulfield is gorgeous to say the least. A great movie, great fun...to all you critics out there Grease is still the word!!
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Summary: Excellent, romantic, touching ---- A GREAT MOVIE TO WATCH!!!
Review: This movie is as great as the first Grease. However, few people tend to know that there is a second movie to Grease. This movie is fabulous. I love the main male actor because he is extremely like a fantasy come true. He is not only cute, kind, and sensitive, but he is also intelligent and a geek in school. He loves Stephanie (Michelle Pfeffier) with all his heart and it is really touching to see what he does to get her to love him back. I recommend all viewers to watch this movie, especially for the ones who fell in love with Grease. This is a movie that deserves the appreciation of true romance.
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Summary: Perhaps the worst...
Review: I am not the "reviewing" type, but I just had to put in my two cents here. I actually liked the first "Grease" movie - despite it's obvious "corniness." The music was good, the acting was decent, and it was entertaining. "Grease 2" was possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. Aside from the obvious conflicts between musical styles (this is supposed to be set when ???), the acting is awful, the entire visual presentation is obsurd and inconsistent, and overall the movie is torture to watch. As far as I can tell, the only people who really like this movie are 30-something GenX females who loved to sing-a-long with the original "Grease" soundtrack at their middle school sleepovers. Even Michelle Pfeiffer is embarassed by it. I think most high school musicals are more entertaining to watch - at least there the actors are not getting paid. I must maintain my anonymity, as my wife LOVES this movie. Sincerely, Not Danny Zucko
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Summary: Reproduction
Review: Grease snobs don't make any sense to me. Sure this sequel is no masterpiece, but neither was the original Grease - both are mindless fun movies that are meant to take you to another time and place. The T Birds are still T Birds, the Pink Ladies are still Pink Ladies, and in THIS Grease (unlike the original) the Pink Ladies actually look like high school students. Stockard Channing looked like she was 30 in Grease 1. This movie doesn't have that problem. The high school students are a lot more believable this time 'round, and what this movie lacks in star power it makes up for in spades by intelligently poking fun at the self-important kids in the black and pink jackets. BUY BOTH MOVIES.
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