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Release Date: 12 August, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $13.99 You SAVE: $0.99! Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
Xanadu Reviews
My #1 favorite movie, EVAH!
There, I admitted it! And it feels good!
I saw this movie countless times in the theater, and like a dork I can recite line after line of dialogue, as well as pick out the flubs....and I couldn't do this if the movie didn't mean something to me. Michael Beck is horrificly bad (from skating into too many brick walls, perhaps?), the out-of-place oddball animation sequence STILL makes no sense, but who cares....it's escapism, pure and simple, nothing more.
Now why Universal didn't do a special Xanadu 25th Anniversary package is unspeakable. Go stand in the corner, Universal!
Some parts good, most parts bad
The good: Jeff Lynne (ELO), Gene Kelly's performance at 68!, A few songs and dance numbers. The bad: poor writing, poor acting, sorry, but ONJ sings about every song to the point of irritation. Considering when it was made- disco dying, roller rinks popping up around the nation, neon special effects, Tina Turner's tiger girls (does anybody remember them?) and leg warmers, it's a wonder this movie is still in circulation. The story is weak, the screenplay is fragmented and comes off as plan stupid -sorry but it's pretty much covered in other reviews, it's like a rock in the dryer - the characters just bang along. It may be worth a watch if you're interested in seeing a time capsule view of the 70s-80s this movie has it all, including a Don Bluth animation piece with ONJ's character-as a bird- wearing leg warmers. There is a feel that this was slapped together with everyone adding a new idea at the last minute. Thank goodness Jeff Lynne wasn't having other artists changing his songs. If you do decide to watch it, you'll have to suffer through the ONJ/Beck scenes to get to some good songs and big dance scenes - this is the only movie I've ever seen where a contemporary band, the tubes, merge with a 40's big band and they don't miss a beat, btw, the 8 muses always looked great when they popped up. Sadly, this was Kelly's last dancing part, he probably deserved better but I'm sure it was better than Plan 9 from outer space, the musical.
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