They're multiplying.
Say it ain't so...
A musical?!?!
Of course a musical!!
That's right, apparently family members that grew up in the 50s broke into song and dance routines at the drop of a hat. Genetics skipped a generation or two, because teenagers stopped doing that until the advent of High School Musical.
But yes, apparently the 50s were the place to be!
The acting was superb. The story, so simple, and yet so fun.
Boy meets Aussie. Falls in love. Then the summer is over, and it's back to school where Danny (John Travolta) is the B.M.O.C. Complications arise though when the summer fling transfers to his High School. There's Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) but Danny has a reputation to uphold.
So he's basically a big dick whenever his friends are around. But in those moments where it's just Danny and Sandy.. he's so sweet and charming, proof that the guy she fell for truly exists.
But without that conflict, you can have no story, and that would be bad for business.
There is plenty of drama to go around in the story, after all, it takes place in high school. There's career choices to be made, pregnancy scares, racing for pinks...
The usual stuff that kids still do today.
Grease however will be remembered for the songs. Almost every song is a belt out of the park. I would say the lamest of the bunch is "Stranded at the Drive-In".
If your feet don't tap during the rest of the movie, there's something mechanically wired wrong on your part, and you might need to see a doctor about it.
The songs are straight-up fantastic, and whenever they play on the radio, much to the horror of my family...
Yeah, I crank it up.
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