Comments on: Grease 2

By: Ambival.net » Movies » Phantom of the Paradise

Ambival.net » Movies » Phantom of the Paradise — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:38:56 +0000

[...] I put this down as a first time viewing only then to find it already listed in my 1974 list. Either I thought I’d seen it when I started that list because I’d listened to the soundtrack so many times, or, as I found to my disappointment here, maybe it just didn’t make as big an impression on me as I thought it would. Don’t get me wrong, there are flashes of good stuff in the movie, but in the end, it really never lives up to its sources (Faust, Dorian Grey, Phantom of the Opera), its music (Paul Williams’ great songs “Faust”, “The Hell of It”, “Beauty and the Beast” – he even turns in a fine performance, the best in the movie, as the devilish Swan), and overall it feels too much like Brian De Palma is still finding his feet as a film maker. That said, it’s pretty much the definition of a cult movie, and I’ll certainly watch it again, possibly wedged between Grease 2 and Shock Treatment (which, no matter what else you read, I promise it resembles more than The Rocky Horror Picture Show). I’ll always listen to the songs more, though. [...]

By: Ambival.net » Movies » Shock Treatment

Ambival.net » Movies » Shock Treatment — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:34:11 +0000

[...] I think on repeat viewings (and believe me, there’ll be plenty) this might become a lot like Grease 2 for me. I haven’t watched Rocky Horror in a long, long time, yet when I did first watch it, I kinda overwatched it and I would never get as much out of it now as I did then. As a sequel, I find Shock Treatment almost exactly like Grease 2 – it’s cheaper, tackier, but most importantly, less well-known. There’s some kind of innocence about it while still retaining something of the spark of the original. Okay, I lost my train of thought there, I admit, but I wanted to mention Grease 2 anyway. Rocky Horror is a great great movie, but between the songs and Little Nell flashing her panties every time she’s on screen, this one would probably get my vote. It’d be nice if the camera moved a bit more and the costumes looked less like a school’s stock play wardrobe, but hey, that’s all part of what it is. And what a great last line: “The sun never sets on those who ride into it.” [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:37:02 +0000

you watched this like a week ago at the same time i did lol. what is why the long time no review. I love you :-p