Comments on: Guilty Pleasures: Xanadu http://cineleet.com/2008/08/12/guilty-pleasures-xanadu/ Celebrating the Art in the Dark Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: » panpacific.jpg :: Scums http://cineleet.com/2008/08/12/guilty-pleasures-xanadu/comment-page-1/#comment-272 » panpacific.jpg :: Scums Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:40:28 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=111#comment-272 [...] Original context http://cineleet.com/2008/08/12/guilty-pleasures-xanadu/ [...] [...] Original context http://cineleet.com/2008/08/12/guilty-pleasures-xanadu/ [...]

]]> By: The Movie Whore http://cineleet.com/2008/08/12/guilty-pleasures-xanadu/comment-page-1/#comment-241 The Movie Whore Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:51:28 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=111#comment-241 The guiltiest of pleasures. I actually own this flick on VHS and DVD. I love the big band, rock band seen. I always get the same reaction when I tell people I love this flick "And you're straight?" What makes the movie is ELO. I love that band. The guiltiest of pleasures. I actually own this flick on VHS and DVD. I love the big band, rock band seen.

I always get the same reaction when I tell people I love this flick

“And you’re straight?”

What makes the movie is ELO. I love that band.

]]> By: Groovymarlin http://cineleet.com/2008/08/12/guilty-pleasures-xanadu/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Groovymarlin Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:20:08 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=111#comment-240 Definitely the perfect guilty pleasure! And I agree, my favorite part of the film is the dance number with Newton-John and Kelly. It really IS heartwarming. It was the last film Gene Kelly ever appeared in (he had roles in a few mini-series and appeared on "Love Boat" in the mid-80s), which makes it really special, I think. Certainly they were trying to do too much, but I wonder if the film wouldn't have turned out such a stinker for the most part with a better leading man, or at least someone a little more suited to the musical genre than Michael Beck. Like, wouldn't it have been better with Richard Gere? Definitely the perfect guilty pleasure! And I agree, my favorite part of the film is the dance number with Newton-John and Kelly. It really IS heartwarming. It was the last film Gene Kelly ever appeared in (he had roles in a few mini-series and appeared on “Love Boat” in the mid-80s), which makes it really special, I think.

Certainly they were trying to do too much, but I wonder if the film wouldn’t have turned out such a stinker for the most part with a better leading man, or at least someone a little more suited to the musical genre than Michael Beck. Like, wouldn’t it have been better with Richard Gere?

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