Class #18 - Xanadu
Autor: How are our English classes? 8th Grades - 2009 | Publicado: 2009-05-18T20:01:00-07:00

A place where nobody dared to goThe love that we came to knowThey call it XanaduAnd now, open your eyes and seeWhat we have made is realWe are in XanaduA million lights are dancingAnd there you are, a shooting starAn everlasting world and you're here with meEternallyXanadu--Xanadu (now we are here) In XanaduXanadu--Xanadu (now we are here) In XanaduXanadu your neon lights will shineFor you XanaduThe love, the echoes of long agoYou needed the world to know, they are in XanaduThe dream that came through a million yearsThat lived on through all the tearsIt came to XanaduA million lights are dancing and there you areA shooting star, an everlasting world and you'reHere with me eternallyXanadu--Xanadu (now we are here) In XanaduNow that I'm here, now that you're near in XanaduZeus, worried about the fate of a young painter, chooses one of the nine muses who preside over the arts to inspire the artist to greatness. So the lovely goddess Kira descends to earth and encourages her ward to open a disco roller skating rink. First, she locates a clarinet player whom she inspired in the 1940s, and convinces him to return to music by funding the rink. Then the three transform an abandoned building into a neon-lit, rock and roll heaven. But now that the painter's dream has come true, the time has come for Kira to return to Mount Olympus. The only problem is, the two have fallen in love, and do not want to part. But that's what will have to happen unless they can convince the gods that love is the ultimate dream.Xanadu Your Neon Lights Will ShineByMatt Howe "outloud98" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews     This review is from: Xanadu (DVD)I LOVE this movie. Why talk about how bad it is? Because it is VERY bad. It's so bad it's good! Whose idea was it to merge fading musical star Gene Kelly with 80's pop sensation Olivia Newton John??? Throw in some ELO music and some neon special effects and you've got XANADU. Oh, it's fabulous!! Roller skating, off-the-shoulder 80's dresses, long hair .... This is XANADU. The storyline is negligible. You just wait till they get to the next song! The choreography is that Kenny Ortega 80's stuff. Look for Matt Latanzi (Olivia's ex) as a dancer in the background. By the time this movie gets to it's roller-skating in the round finale, you will be rocking! (The dancers/rollers chant: "Xanadu! Xanadu!" and perform some sort of choreographed hand-jive movements! I want to learn those moves!) Enjoy it, y'all. Like the song says: "Now that you're here, now that you're near ... Xanadu!"Disappointing because Olivia is so much better than this awful scriptByFruit Loop (Down South) - See all my reviews     This review is from: Xanadu (DVD)"Xanadu" can't seem to decide if it wants to be a roller-disco movie, a dance flick, a musical, or just a vehicle for Olivia Newton-John, who is a much better actress than this lousy script allowed. And WHAT??? Is Gene Kelly doing in this movie?The music is good, and the storyline could have been - a Muse, one of the daughters of Zeus, comes back to inspire great looking young man with a dream - but bad dialogue and some just plain dumb production numbers (roller skaters dancing and chanting "Xanadu" over and over - what is that about?) spoil it. Olivia has proven herself a capable actress, and of course her vocals are superb.It deserves two stars, and those only for the great soundtrack.Adapted from http://www.amazon.com