Is this supposed to be funny??

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2007)

How such a mediocre movie like "Grease" can be considered a classic and loved by so many people is beyond me.
Sure, everybody's got their own tastes and I respect that, but seriously what's so special about this movie? For me, this is nothing more than a mediocre movie full of cheap humor and bad messages. How can this be still such a hit after all these years?? The best thing about this movie is the brilliant soundtrack. The songs are classics, not the movie. Songs such as "Greased Lightning", "Sandy", "You're The One That I Want", "Summer Nights" and the opening song are great and timeless, not the movie.
Apart the music, there are very little good things about this movie. For example: the romantic beginning with Danny Zuko and Sandy on a beach during the sunset time, exchanging love promises.
What else? The original opening credits (with bizarre cartoons and a cool song), the "drive-in" sequence and every part with those wonderful songs.
The characters are, most of them, annoying. The T-Birds are the most irritating characters of the movie, except Danny Zuko (the only T-Bird who isn't annoying). About the girl characters, only Sandy isn't annoying. Of all the things that anger me in this movie, what angers me most is its dirty humor which is absolutely irritating... not to mention about the "message" of it.
Plus, one of the things that made me cringe most is that the women in the movie say that «All men are rats» and then they say something even worst «They're the fleas of rats». I am a guy and I find that an extremely offensive and insulting observation. That is not a nice thing to say.
The ending is somehow too childish, surreal and ridiculous. What was the point of putting a car flying?? Not to mention incredibly long... after too much nonsense, that's when the flying car comes.
John Travolta is great as Danny Zuko and so is Olivia Newton-John in the role of Sandy Olsen.
Overall, it is a movie to forget and it doesn't deserve all the attention it gets. Anyway, this is just my opinion. I don't want to get into fights because of this...