Grease Live (2016)

Wow! Such a good movie.

How sad is this?

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

I and everyone else I know has seen Grease a billion times. It's truly a classic in every sense of the word. Remaking it? Daring, gutsy but ultimately unnecessary. I feel to remake something that has been done to perfection is pointless and will only suffer from comparison. I never saw the stage play of Grease which I'm pretty sure came first? And maybe those who saw the play thought the movie was unnecessary. I myself am more of a film than a theater buff. I never saw Chicago on stage but loved the movie and thought it was fantastic. I watched about 20-30 minutes of Grease live which was enough. The singing and dancing was great, but in my humble opinion the acting was truly awful. Admittedly this could be because I was unfairly comparing to the magic of Olivia Newton John and John Travolta (not to mention Jeff Conaway RIP, Didi Cahn, Stockard Channing...), but the delivery of the lines was just completely artificial. IT was style with no substance. One of many examples that sticks out like a sort thumb; one of my favorite scenes is when Danny and Sandy are in the drive in and she's questioning his relationship with Cha Cha.She says "I still think you and cha cha used to go together". He replies "no, we didn't go together we just went together" in this very kind of dopey but sincere way. It was so silly to say that we didn't go together we just went together convincingly but he did (even though Sandy knew he was full of it). There was also the woman who played Marty. She completely overdid it in my opinion. In the movie when Rizzo asked Marty to keep her secret when she thought she might be pregnant and 2 seconds later Marty pushes through the crowed and says "lady with a baby". It was priceless. In the movie this all was lost because of the timing and poor delivery of the line. There was just something so earnest about the story of Danny and Sandy (and the rest of the cast for that matter) that was completely absent in the live show. I realize that in a live show they did not have the luxury of numerous takes until they got it right. So maybe this was part of the problem. Huge pressure to get it all in one take. I still felt though that while they had a very talented cast of singers and dancers they needed much better actors.I had to watch the movie for the billionth and 1 time just to remember yet again the unbelievable appeal of this iconic classic. If you have seen the movie there is absolutely no need to see the live version. It is perfection.

Okay. I've watched the original movie over a hundred times. Literally. It's my number one movie. Ever. You get the picture - I'm a fan.But this... this is terrible.OK, I get it, Grease Live, live studio audience blah blah. But people, what were you thinking?! If there's a movie prison, I hope you all get a life sentence. All of you. For fu*k's sake, my dog acts better when she pretends she wasn't on the couch while I was away.After 15 minutes I decided to skip to the singing parts only, just to see if they managed to screw that up as well, and to be honest, the singing parts weren't that bad. I mean, I'd let Aaron dance and sing for me every Friday night, but still, he's not John Travolta.If you're a young person and you want to watch this movie, please, please, PLEASE, watch the original first and then this version if you have to. But please, don't let this garbage be your first Grease experience.

Kudos to Fox for commissioning Grease Live. Wow, this is the pinnacle of live TV musicals, and congratulations to everyone involved. The production was amazing and I saw a clip of one of the assistant directors co-ordinating a scene. Amazing.I loved seeing the fourth wall being broke, from the start and the rousing finale. Grease Live rouses much passion because it's supposedly not "ethically pure" if you know what I mean. Really, let's get over it to paraphrase The Eagles. I see no problem with African-American, Hispanic and Asian actors cast - what's the problem? If we can accept Emma Stone in an Asian role or any white guy as Dr Fu Man Choo or Charlie Chan, then why can't accept the diverse casting of Grease Live?

It wasn't bad, but it simply had no real reason to exist.They stuck so close to the original movie that it was a virtual frame-by-frame clone, yet the performers suffered by comparison to the original cast.(Let's face it, the leads were no John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John,)So what's the point of remaking it, if you can't do it better, or at least do something original with the concept?I appreciate the talent and enthusiasm of the dancers, and the fact that they (supposedly) pulled this off live in front of the cameras. But in the end, it was simply unnecessary.