1970s Italian New York that ISN'T the Godfather--oh, and John Travolta dancing!!

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2009)

Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Hey, there's John Travolta dancing and looking cute, and there's a simple look at urban Italian life without the mob in the 1970s, and there is some disco inferno. What more do you want?
Hopefully not much, because there is a thin plot, some truly forgettable acting (except for Travolta, who is spot on for this kind of flick), and even the functional details like camera-work and editing are dull as milk. The lights dazzle at times, but don't confuse that with good filming. And the soundtrack, of course--there is the core of the movie, the defining disco sound of mainstream America.
But hey, there's John Travolta, and dancing. Turn it up.