Review of Grease (1978) by Mackayla B — 28 Aug 2015

Grease has finally been watched by me! And as hoped by my few fans out there, I gave it a very favorable review. There's a certain element of charm to Grease. Such as horrible and awkwardly hillarious singing and overacting by John Travolta. But clearly, it has always and will be intentional. His character is shy and shallow and times and continuously goofy and nervous around his love interest, as is Olivia Newton-John in her own way around him.

Thr film, can be considered a drama but the elements are quite non-existent; otherwise, I'd like to consider this a Musical Coming-of-age Teen Romantic Comedy. The film has a great plot, it's not generic, even for the time. It doesn't end with the high school prom, but it does go through a whole year of high school with characters ranging from most likely grade 11 to upperclassmen.

This film is one of the earliest coming-of-age films and in general set the stage for the high school musical series to arrive in years later, in a lot of ways that series and many other musicals cannot top Grease's pacing which can possibly only he topped by the likes of films like the original Annie. Like a lot of musicals in the '90s, they don't shove down your throat musical numbers in this film.

The film does character development so well it's unbelievable. The main characters get their time as expected, but so do the supporting characters and some of them, you really get to understand and enjoy. This film does a lot of things right that even musicals or high school films lose the charm or essence that was taught in this film.

Clearly, the critics say the 2nd film alone can't touch this film. This is a cult classic. Everyone needs to see it at least one. This is a film you use for film studies. Grease sets the bar ridiculously high for other films to come. Grease is purely amazing and one my favorite musicals of all time, I can't say enough good things about it. I'm so glad that I finally got a chance to see it!