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Yes, I'm writing it, and believe me when I say it
can't be stopped. Chances are if you're looking at this page, its for one of
three reasons. Number 1, you're a friend of mine, and you're looking at my site
out of sheer pity, Number 2, You googled "Grease" and wound up here by accident
or finally and least likely, number three - You actually do like Grease 2. If
your answer is three, then stick around because I promise you that this review
will be unlike any other review you read on the net. That being because I'm not
going to write about how inferior and stupid this film is compared to the
original. You know me! I love inferior and stupid!
And this little movie
is way up there in inferiority-ness and stupidtastitude. I mean who couldn't
fall in love with such a cheese infested flick - and let me just say that it
would be a perfect world if all the nerds at my High School were tall, tanned
and muscular and looked like Calvin Klein models (nb. Maxwell Caulfield was
indeed a Calvin Klein model, whaddya know?). This movie is an absolute no
brainer. I'll stack it up on my "mindless fun" pile. There one where you stick
it in, hit play and vegetate for 90 mins. Who can say no to a little vegetation
now and then? Plus Michelle Pfeiffer is way hot in black leather and red
lippie.
Our story begins with yet another year at the infamous Rydell
High School, where only a few years prior Danny, Sandy, and the rest of the
T-Birds and Pink ladies ruled the school with their zany antics and pink
hair-ness. Not much has changed except now its 1961 and poodle skirts are out
and pencil skirts are in, plus the kids now like to sing a lot more about going
back to school. Stephanie Zanone is the leader of this years Pink Ladies and
considering the fact that she's late and wearing those badass shades, she must
be cool. The same can't exactly be said for the leader of this years T-Birds.
Although incredibly charismatic, Johnny isn't exactly the tallest guy in the
film. In fact, he may very well be the shortest. Perhaps the height difference
may be why Stephanie feels she has outgrown him over the summer. It may be over
for Stephanie and Johnny, but fellow Pink Lady Paulette doesn't see any harm in
moving in on Johnny. He's more than happy to oblige, but still feels Stephanie
is his property.
Enter Michael Carrington. Unusually spunky, straight
laced, British exchange student and cousin of Sandy. Funnily enough Frenchie and
Eugene are both still at Rydell. Frenchie at least has a decent excuse for being
there, well, as decent enough as we can get in a movie like this, however I have
no idea why Eugene is there at all. In fact, he isn't after the first ten
minutes. Frenchie befriends Michael but Michael is off to a rough start getting
on the wrong side of the T-Birds and falling head over heels for Stephanie. Pink
Lady = T-Bird chick, so she's off limits to Michael, no matter how hot he finds
that snatch.
After a bizarre sing along at the bowling alley where they
do amazing dance moves while carrying bowling balls, Johnny tries to claim his
"trophy", that being Stephanie, prompting her to assert her independence by
claiming she can kiss the next guy to walk through that door if she wanted to.
Johnny sees an old guy walking in and thinks that’s a hilarious idea. Little
does he know that Michael has just arrived at the bowling alley in an attempt to
make friends with the T-Birds. He wanders in and Stephanie walks up and plants
one on him, then leaves a stunned Michael to go get some food with the girls.
Michael, thinking that is at least a positive sign, attempts to ask her for a
date, but she refuses and sings to him about how he's too much of a dork for her
and how she's waiting for the rebel biker of her dreams. In a fortunate turn of
events, the T-Birds start paying Michael to do their homework and before long
he's saved enough for a bike. Can you see where this is headed? Huh? Huh? Can
you? *wink*
Once again, more musical shenanigans arise at the bowling
alley when Michael turns up in disguise clad in leather and riding that
motorbike like he has been a stunt rider for years. Despite having never seen
his face, Stephanie is completely sold, and Johnny is outrageously jealous.
Frenchie knows Michaels secret and he plans to tell Stephanie but chickens out.
Somewhere in between here and the talent show they have all been practicing for,
Michael and Stephanie go on a romantic bike ride (goggles and all), Johnny gets
even more jealous and sings about picking up chicks at the Grocery store, and
Michael ditches the argyle sweaters and develops some fashion
sense.
Michael offers to help Stephanie with her English paper just
before the talent show and she admits to him that she is distracted because of
her mysterious motorcycle man. Michael tries to get more information on his
alter ego from her, but instead Johnny shows up and declares that he and
Stephanie are officially over and if she wants to date anyone else, she has to
return her pink lady jacket.
The night of the talent show, Motorbike
Michael is chased by the T-Birds over the edge of a ravine. Stephanie is
devastated and breaks off into song in the middle of the talent show, causing
her to win and be named Queen of the Luau, with Johnny as King. At the Luau,
depressed Stephanie doesn't want anything to do with the celebration or Johnny.
Things start to get real bad when Balmudo, the same crater face guy from Grease
who has been hassling the T-Birds all movie long, rocks up and destroys the
Luau. But wait a minute! The mysterious biker returns and owns all! Stephanie is
overjoyed, and doesn't mind at all that it is really Michael. Michael joins the
T-Birds and all have a happy ending. Awwwww.
Okay so that’s the short
short version, but to be honest there really isn't much more to this movie other
than an agonising scene in a bomb shelter with two secondary characters and a
song about reproduction. And Mr Spears. He looks like my Dad.
Don't lie. YOU LOVE IT.
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