John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in "Grease"

Rating: Null/10 (29 September 2004)

"Grease" starts out with Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John), the two main characters. The two of them are at the beach alone for summer vacation, and they start to fall in love. After the summer was over, Sandy had to back home to Australia. But after they leave the beach thinking they would never see each other again, Sandy's parents decide to stay in the United States. Sandy and Danny end up at the same high school, but neither of them knows it at first. Danny Zuko was part of a gang called the 'T-Birds,' and Sandy started hanging with a group of girls called the 'Pink Ladies.' (The 'T-Birds' and the 'Pink Ladies' were all friends.) Sandy decides to become a cheerleader, and on the night of the big bonfire the 'Pink Ladies' decide to get Sandy and Danny to meet each other. Although it turns out that Danny isn't the same person that he was at the beach. At the beach, he was a loving and caring person, but at school he is popular and has to keep his reputation in front of his friends and Sandy wishes that she would have never met Danny at all. But after a while, Danny realizes how Sandy feels and he starts to change. Sandy started to date a jock on the football team and Danny started to become jealous, and he tries to become a jock. The coach tries wrestling, basketball, baseball, and track. None of them were really suiting for Danny, so he gave up. Sandy was still into Danny and she tells him that she wasn't going to the dance with Tom, the jock she was dating, if Danny wanted to go with her. Danny decides to go with her and they start dating again. After they decide to date again, they went on a date to the drive-in-movies, and Danny gives Sandy his ring and tries to take advantage of her and she leaves him again. But, they end up going to the dance together; this dance was the American Bandstand Dance-off. Danny ends up dancing with Cha-Cha and Sandy is jealous. Danny and Cha-Cha wins the dance-off. After a while, Sandy forgives Danny and they get back together again. The end of the school year approaches and the gang graduates, and Danny and Sandy are together for good.
The story line and the acting in the movie were great. I think that this movie really affected many of the popular high school groups in today's high schools. Many young girls and boys act like Danny and Sandy. Through my high school career, I've seen many fellow students who have similar experiences like the film "Grease". Overall, the movie was great and I would recommend this movie to others, it really gives a picture of what are parents did in high school, and we could possibly learn from them.