Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 429

Snowflake · 05-25-2009, 10:22 PM

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This is not meant to belittle any opinion contrary to my own but rather is honest curiosity. What did you like about Xanadu? After all, it was such a humiliation that after its release Gene Kelly died.

I loved ELO and also saw it for Gene Kelly and came away sad.

katiesue · 05-25-2009, 09:29 PM

I liked Xanadu - but only really because I think I was in 8th Grade and it makes me all nostalgic. As a movie it's craptacular. Most of it makes no sense. But I had the issue of Seventeen Magazine that showed you how to achieve all of Olivia's different hairstyles - I praticed a lot. And I think I may have taped parts of the soundtrack off the TV. And there was roller skating, and the Tubes.

alphabassettgrrl · 05-25-2009, 09:40 PM

I was a kid when I saw Xanadu, and all I remember is that I liked Olivia Newton John. And it made me look up the names of the nine Muses. Without the Internets.

JWBear · 05-26-2009, 12:09 AM

I think the shame of being in that movie is what caused the Pan Pacific Auditorium to burn itself down nine years later.

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-26-2009, 10:51 AM

I love Xanadu, but fully acknowledge it's a crappy movie. I love it for its unabashed craptacularity. The same way I love listening to Mrs. Miller butcher a Beatles ballad or Mary Schneider yodel the classics. Call me Leonard Pinth-Garnell if you will.

Scrooge McSam · 05-26-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Mrs. Miller

thankyouthankyouthankyou a thousand times thank you

LOL

flippyshark · 05-26-2009, 12:11 PM

I think Mrs. Miller delivers the definitive "Yellow Submarine." And her "Downtown" brings tears to my eyes!

On the other hand, Xanadu makes me want to smash things.

Sczcerbiak - Have you endured the awfulness that is The Apple?
(Surely this must have come up here before.)

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-26-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

thankyouthankyouthankyou a thousand times thank you

Happy to be of service. FYI, her "greatest hits" CD is still available.

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

Sczcerbiak - Have you endured the awfulness that is The Apple?

About 20 years ago I rented it, but have not seen it since. I may have been too young to appreciate it for its craptacularity.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-30-2009, 01:46 PM

I'm watching a SciFi movie, "BloodMonkey" (no, I don't have a good excuse).

It's awful in an indescribable way.

Nothing says entertainment like a giant primate golden shower scene.

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-30-2009, 02:00 PM

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05-25-2009, 09:29 PM	#2
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I liked Xanadu - but only really because I think I was in 8th Grade and it makes me all nostalgic. As a movie it's craptacular. Most of it makes no sense. But I had the issue of Seventeen Magazine that showed you how to achieve all of Olivia's different hairstyles - I praticed a lot. And I think I may have taped parts of the soundtrack off the TV. And there was roller skating, and the Tubes. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I was a kid when I saw Xanadu, and all I remember is that I liked Olivia Newton John. And it made me look up the names of the nine Muses. Without the Internets. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I think the shame of being in that movie is what caused the Pan Pacific Auditorium to burn itself down nine years later. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	I love Xanadu, but fully acknowledge it's a crappy movie. I love it for its unabashed craptacularity. The same way I love listening to Mrs. Miller butcher a Beatles ballad or Mary Schneider yodel the classics. Call me Leonard Pinth-Garnell if you will. __________________
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I think Mrs. Miller delivers the definitive "Yellow Submarine." And her "Downtown" brings tears to my eyes! On the other hand, Xanadu makes me want to smash things. Sczcerbiak - Have you endured the awfulness that is The Apple? (Surely this must have come up here before.)
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm watching a SciFi movie, "BloodMonkey" (no, I don't have a good excuse). It's awful in an indescribable way. Nothing says entertainment like a giant primate golden shower scene. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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