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Grease 2 Review
My favorite movie is Grease 2.
Why, you ask?
Well, when I was little, my parents plopped me down in front of the television during a free HBO weekend. As fate would have it, Grease 2 was one of the movies that played several times during that weekend. After it was over, I remember getting up from it in a daze and my family commenting on how much I liked it. They said I enjoyed watching “the kids” sing and dance and they were right. The music was rock and roll, in that Broadway style, and the dancing was incredible. I didn’t understand the plot and wouldn’t for many years to come. However, Grease 2 left an indelible imprint on my psyche.
I don’t think my parents understood the impact watching a sequel would have on my development or on my taste in movies for years to come but I can certainly look back on it now and realize how it affected me.
To begin, Grease 2 is a “bad” movie. People I’ve met who actually like it are few and far between. But, at 3 years old, I didn’t know that the movie was the bastard cousin of a wildly successful movie based off a Broadway show. I didn’t even know what a Broadway show was; I just thought it was fun. As I grew older, I couldn’t understand why people scoffed at the mention of its name, even though I have never been a fan of sequels, other than this one.
That’s because Grease 2 held its ground for me as a movie in its own right; I didn’t actually watch the movie Grease until middle school. The sequel holds 3 dimensional characters, plot devices (though ridiculous and fantastical) that didn’t make viewing the first movie necessary to understand the second, and even though characters from the first movie appear in Grease 2 and act accordingly, if the audience is unaware of Danny and Sandy, they really don’t know the difference.
Over the years, Grease 2 came to hold deeper meaning in my life. I bought a copy of it from the video store when I was in 5th or 6th grade for some birthday. After that, it became the movie I turned to when I sick and stayed home from school. I learned all the words to most of the songs and the inflections to the way lines were said. I held onto my VHS tape for a very long time and even bought a cigarette holder to put in my mouth, like the character of Sharon, to emulate her, as I grew older.
For a very long time now, I have wanted to write a dissertation on Grease 2. I feel this need to express myself about this movie for several reasons. First, because I think it would be interesting to see just how deep the well goes with me. There are many things I have to comment about on this movie. Seeing as how I consider myself an expert on it, I would think that I should get my thoughts down, for prosperities sake. Second, I think it’s kind of funny to write a dissertation on something so banal in the sense of the world in general. To have something so grand attributed to it says a lot about my personality and sense of humor.
Finally, the reason I feel so compelled to write this work is that maybe after I write it, I can finally move on from it. I can get over the fact that I loved a really shitty movie for so many years and that I still love the song “Cool Rider.” Join me, won’t you?
Why, you ask?
Well, when I was little, my parents plopped me down in front of the television during a free HBO weekend. As fate would have it, Grease 2 was one of the movies that played several times during that weekend. After it was over, I remember getting up from it in a daze and my family commenting on how much I liked it. They said I enjoyed watching “the kids” sing and dance and they were right. The music was rock and roll, in that Broadway style, and the dancing was incredible. I didn’t understand the plot and wouldn’t for many years to come. However, Grease 2 left an indelible imprint on my psyche.
I don’t think my parents understood the impact watching a sequel would have on my development or on my taste in movies for years to come but I can certainly look back on it now and realize how it affected me.
To begin, Grease 2 is a “bad” movie. People I’ve met who actually like it are few and far between. But, at 3 years old, I didn’t know that the movie was the bastard cousin of a wildly successful movie based off a Broadway show. I didn’t even know what a Broadway show was; I just thought it was fun. As I grew older, I couldn’t understand why people scoffed at the mention of its name, even though I have never been a fan of sequels, other than this one.
That’s because Grease 2 held its ground for me as a movie in its own right; I didn’t actually watch the movie Grease until middle school. The sequel holds 3 dimensional characters, plot devices (though ridiculous and fantastical) that didn’t make viewing the first movie necessary to understand the second, and even though characters from the first movie appear in Grease 2 and act accordingly, if the audience is unaware of Danny and Sandy, they really don’t know the difference.
Over the years, Grease 2 came to hold deeper meaning in my life. I bought a copy of it from the video store when I was in 5th or 6th grade for some birthday. After that, it became the movie I turned to when I sick and stayed home from school. I learned all the words to most of the songs and the inflections to the way lines were said. I held onto my VHS tape for a very long time and even bought a cigarette holder to put in my mouth, like the character of Sharon, to emulate her, as I grew older.
For a very long time now, I have wanted to write a dissertation on Grease 2. I feel this need to express myself about this movie for several reasons. First, because I think it would be interesting to see just how deep the well goes with me. There are many things I have to comment about on this movie. Seeing as how I consider myself an expert on it, I would think that I should get my thoughts down, for prosperities sake. Second, I think it’s kind of funny to write a dissertation on something so banal in the sense of the world in general. To have something so grand attributed to it says a lot about my personality and sense of humor.
Finally, the reason I feel so compelled to write this work is that maybe after I write it, I can finally move on from it. I can get over the fact that I loved a really shitty movie for so many years and that I still love the song “Cool Rider.” Join me, won’t you?
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