Does anyone like the film Xanadu?
This is an embarrassingly bad movie. For Olivia Newton-John, I wasn’t too surprised, but to bring Gene Kelly out of retirement for this pile of bile is so confusing and beyond belief. They MUST have had some dirt on him or offered him zillions of dollars to appear in this dumb movie and soil his reputation. He’s STILL probably spinning in his grave like a rotisserie thanks to this movie!! The plot (such as it is): A heavenly muse (Olivia) comes to Earth and sees a buff stud she MUST meet. So, she takes on human form and meets him at the discotheque. And, really, that’s it. Along the way, there is a lot of silly disco-inspired music. I am sad to say that much of it was created by the Electric Light Orchestra–a group I love but can’t believe they contributed songs to this movie. Plus, the songs are among their most forgettable. Jeff Lynne and his group did not appear in the film, so at least they didn’t need to worry about showing their faces in public. As for Olivia, her songs were muc
