Xanadu (1980)

[Mofo Rising]

Well, if anybody is in Tucson this Saturday, I'm sure you won't want to miss out on Xanadu Sing-a-Long!

Coincidentally, I will not be thanking one of my friends for pointing that out to me.

[Zapranoth]

How am I going to read more posts in this forum with forks in both of my eyes?

How?

How?

Aaaaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeee!

[CheezeFlixz]

I watch Xanadud once, just to say I did ... but then again I ate Squirrel Brains just to say I did. Neither will be repeated.

[Oldskool138]

"Xanadu!  Stately home of Charles Foster Kane.  Cost?  No one can say..."
-Tom Servo

[Torgo]

I watch Xanadud once, just to say I did ... but then again I ate Squirrel Brains just to say I did. Neither will be repeated.

I ate pig brains once when I was growing up. My deceased grandad on my deceased dad's side would mix them with eggs and scramble them. Thankfully I don't remember how they tasted...........................

[CheezeFlixz]

I watch Xanadud once, just to say I did ... but then again I ate Squirrel Brains just to say I did. Neither will be repeated.

I ate pig brains once when I was growing up. My deceased grandad on my deceased dad's side would mix them with eggs and scramble them. Thankfully I don't remember how they tasted...........................

They still sell that is cans around here. I kid you not, canned eggs and brains.

Here's the brains, can't find the combo cuisine.



We now return you to Xanadon't

[Mr. DS]

I was watching the NBC coverage of the Macy's Parade they just had a performance from the musical.  Broadway shows, they were saying, are mostly on strike so I imagine the scramble resulted in getting whatever they could. Xanadu I guess was the go to choice. 

[InformationGeek]

Currently watching the movie as I typed.  I'm at the point where Gene Kelly has suffered a mental breakdown and seems to think he is dancing with this girl in military garb from the 40s.

My experience so far has beeh as followed: What the hell is going on?

I'll be back later with my final thoughts on the film.

Edit:

And now I'm back.  My overall impression was one of confusion and utter disbelief.  It was one of the oddest and strangest experiences I ever had with a musical (Raggedy Ann was the weirdest).  There was barely any plot, the acting was okay to forgettable, the music ranged from good to weird, the art direction was odd, and found most of my experience rather laughable and riffing on the movie.  It's the second worst musical I have ever seen, but I didn't end up hating it since I was enjoying how stupid it was.  This will be a fun review for the future.

[Archivist]

Somewhere in the mists of childhood amnesia lies the fleeting memories of Xanadu.  As it involved Olivia Newton-John, it was hyped to the max in Australia, with the radio blaring 'Xaaaanaduuuuu' every time you turned it on.  Stuck in my head, that darned song.

All I remember of the movie is ONJ singing and on rollerskates ... I think the muses spring out of a billboard on a wall ... I think she pleads with Zeus for something ... having read this most awesome thread I am glad that I can't remember any more ...

I know two women in their late 30's for whom Xanadu was their favourite movie and soundtrack when they were kids.  One of them works in our office.  She sings it from time to time.  Now, if she LOOKED like Olivia Newton-John, that might be acceptable.  But nooooo...

ONJ can sing like blazes and for once in my life I actually felt proud to be Australian when she was a part of the Sydney Olympics ceremonies, not to mention being hot, but could that save Xanadu?

The plaaace ... where no-bo-dy dared to goooo...
The love that we came to-knooww
We call it Xaaaanaduuuuuu!

[Leah]

Here's my professional, well thought out response: MAKE.IT.STOP!!! Seriously, this is just bad as Monster A Go-Go IMO. Not as bad as Super Babies 2, but not by much.