Xanadu

Pros: songs, singing, dancing, choreography; Olivia and Gene Kelly; magical fun...
Cons: I would've liked Andy Gibb instead of Michael Beck

For all of you fans of the musical fantasy from 1980 called Xanadu, we finally have the ultimate revelation of its strange and awesome beauty. In 2008's 2-Disc Magical Music Edition, a brilliantly rendered DVD with fantastic bonus features is ...

Pros: Soundtrack, special effects, Pan Pacific Auditorium a/k/a Xanadu.
Cons: Thin plot, predictable, cheesy love story.

Xanadu was doomed to fall under the heavy wheels of critics reviews when the trailers first started running. Generally films that involve disco, roller shaking and a thin, predictable plot never make it out of the gate before someone gives it a...

Pros: Some of it's pretty to look at.
Cons: An ignominious end to Gene Kelly's career in musicals.

Shooting on The Saga of Toni, just one of the stunning numbers from my new lady mobster musical, Goodfollies, continued without too many major incidents. It was hell to get up and go to work and have to face Margo Channing, as my...

Pros: Great soundtrack. Fun to watch. Guilty pleasure.
Cons: Ridiculous plot. Really bad acting.

When I was a kid, I loved the movie Xanadu (1980). I used to watch it whenever it came on HBO because I loved everything about it. I loved the music, the special effects, the costumes, and especially Olivia Newton-John, who was the star of ...

Pros: Music, flashy costumes, kids love it
Cons: They could have tried to write a better love story than that

Out of all the bad reviews about Xanadu out there, I thought it was time for one that praised the movie. Kind of praises. Somewhere in this review... You'll find them, I'm sure. Mini-storyline Our story starts off, after a catchy dance ...

Pros: No pros were involved in this film!
Cons: It would be easier if you just read the review.

This film is so tasteless that I feel the MPAA mis-rated it. This film is not sexually explicit, but rather, it is obscenely awful and possibly detrimental to the viewer's health.

Oh, by the way, my alternate title for this review was:...

Pros: Nice music score, cheesy visual effects
Cons: very thin plot, wooden acting

Xanadu was considered to be one of the worst films made with some critics saying it destroyed the musical. Although the movie certainly is not great, it is not as bad as the way the critics slammed it. For those of you reading this review (June ...

Pros: The two big production numbers, sparkling Olivia Newton John who gamely troops through this debacle
Cons: The horrific script, rudderless, misguided direction and lack of a real leading man

Ah, Xanadu...you had to be there to really appreciate it. The way this film so perfectly reflects the late 70's and early 80's, that is. Few other movies sum up the words "period piece" so well --the knee-high socks, roller skates, blow-dried ...

Pros: Lasers, memorable songs, ELO
Cons: Gene Kelly's probably rolling over in his grave over this.

One of the first films I remember watching as a child was Xanadu. Ah, the lovely-and-incredibly-cheesy early 80's, when I was but four years old and the film played practically every day on HBO.

I only have fond childhood memories of...

Pros: Fun music, a guilty pleasure
Cons: It's about a rollerdisco

Why is it that Xanadu, considered by most professional film critics as one of the worst movies of all time, is such an enjoyable movie?

If you've never seen it, I'll sum it up for you like this:

Olivia Newton-John starts as Kira,...

Pros: An incomprehensible trainwreck.
Cons: Some dull talky scenes that are best watched on fast-forward.

If the phrase "60-year-old Gene Kelley rollerskates to the music of a disco-themed marching band while leading a phalanx of line-dancing men in leisure suits around a set that includes a spinning disco floor, Olivia Newton-John in a cowboy outfit, men in ...

Pros: The music and dancing - a transcendental moment....oh and Leg Warmers.
Cons: Gene Kelly, some bad acting, hideous animated sequence.

The song 'Magic' had been on the radio for a week or so when this movie was finally released. We went on opening night and went back again twice. Would we do it again? Then - yes....now....well, no.

Michael Beck as Sonny an 'artist' who...

Pros: Pure Fantasy
Cons: "Suddenly" duet with Cliff Richard

I had to look this one up at epinions.com after an "LP Party" Saturday night. On Friday I met a guy named Donny at a Pub downtown. We chatted and before the evening was through, he invited me over to his place the next night for a...

Pros: the music, Gene Kelly dancing, and did I mention Olivia Newton-John in a peasant dress?
Cons: Bad editing.

Xanadu is hard to define... It is billed as, "a look at the future and a loving rememberance of the way things were in heyday of Hollywood..." "The 40s meet the 80s in XANADU, a very special love story and the first lavish, old-fashioned musical to...

Pros: Effects, music and acting
Cons: Plot's a little bare in spots

If you're a sf/techo-buff like me you'll love this film. Why? Because, at the time it was released, the effects were cutting edge. It's interesting to look back and see how rapidly special effects have developed over the past fifteen years or so....