ScottR
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I just finished watching Grease 2...I haven't seen it in its entirety in about ten years. I don't know why it gets such a bad rap. It isn't so bad. Sure it has its problems, but I have seen much worse. The main problem is it that its leads lack real charisma..the kind of magic that Olivia and John had in the first film. However, if the first film lacked chemistry I don't think it would have been received as well either..it isn't exactly Oscar material. The songs in Grease 2 are very good, and I like the spirit of the film. The direction was kind of drab at certain points, but the story never dragged.
Good points: 1. The songs
2. Lorna Luft and Maureen Teefy
3. Maxwell Caulfield (did well with the character he had to work with)
4. Adrian Zmed
Bad points: 1. The direction felt forced at times
2. There were times in the film that the storyline felt disjointed, perhaps because of bad editing.
3. The T-Birds lacked any real characterization
-- At any rate, this is a fun follow-up to the first film, and probably aimed at more of a female audience (or at least a younger female audience) than the first film was.
--- And not nearly as bad as its reputation would have one believe.
Grade: B-
Good points: 1. The songs
2. Lorna Luft and Maureen Teefy
3. Maxwell Caulfield (did well with the character he had to work with)
4. Adrian Zmed
Bad points: 1. The direction felt forced at times
2. There were times in the film that the storyline felt disjointed, perhaps because of bad editing.
3. The T-Birds lacked any real characterization
-- At any rate, this is a fun follow-up to the first film, and probably aimed at more of a female audience (or at least a younger female audience) than the first film was.
--- And not nearly as bad as its reputation would have one believe.
Grade: B-