This weeks Entertainment Weekly magazine had an article titled "The 25 worst sequels of all time". They picked Staying Alive #1. Am a closet Staying Alive fan, so I was very surprised. The film isn't a classic, but come on, worst sequel of all time! I thought films like Batman and Robin or Jaws 3D would be #1.
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Very well said, Ursa Fan!
shareThis has to be the fluffiest movie ever made.
I thought I was watching a Jordache Jeans commercial.
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How about a couple of movies called, 'Anti-Travolta Fever,' and 'Burning Stallone Alive,' to explain the *beep* reactions to this movie. This movie was perfect for Stallone. Take a look at 'Paradise Alley,' and the first 'Rocky,' movie. I was amazed when I first saw 'Saturday Night Fever,' because it was basically a very downbeat drama, with great characters. The sequel matched it effortlessly, with some great comedy based around the family characters, which rang very true to me. The let down was the eighties finale, the overblown stage show, which aged VERY quickly. The film itself is every bit as good as the first. One of the better movie sequels.
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If you're a fan of the film that's fine, but anyone who tries to argue that it's better than the original, probably thinks Xanadu is the best film of the 80's.
It's not a matter of hate, because i've liked plenty of bad films, but I don't try to convince the public that it's better than what they believe it to be.
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the film is great. i liked it just as much as the original. well written and directed.
"how about... a royal flush!" *loren avedon kicks a cauldron of boiling water into the bad guys*
One of my fav movies. I agree with "better thn the original". There's no one who can strut like John Travolta. The last scene when he walks out the door and we have a rear view of his exit-priceless! MMMMMMM HMMMMMMMMMM! Cheese or no cheese, I love it! The haters can rot.
shareI am surprised by this thread of responses to the film... I have seen it a few times, and I'm afraid that I 'love' it because of how awful it is... It could be the most cliche-ridden script that I've ever, ever seen put to the screen. And because of this, I adore the film... it is hysterical.
I don't make any kind of judgement of this as a sequel - obviously "Saturday Night Fever" was a great film, despite its quickly-fading fadness. Time has shown that people revisit that film all the time, and IT has withstood the difficulties of time by remaining a gritty and highly 'realist' film. Its sequel is just incredibly meaningless... I mean, this film, attempting to be 'realist' in the sense that the first film was, shows us some of the most ridiculous set-ups ever... Tony's girlfriend LEAVING THE STAGE while she's singing IN THE MIDDLE OF A SONG to talk to him?... and Stallone's brother then so happens to begin a guitar solo...? Tony drops a tray of drinks, and in the shot directly following, he's carrying a full tray of glasses again?... The girlfriend, again, singing at the club (by the way, she sings, acts, and still has time for a FT job AND meeting up with Tony at all hours) is actually crying as she painfully sings a painfully bad love song that JUST SO HAPPENS to describe her conflict with her boyfriend as he just so happens to stumble into the club??!?!?!... What I'm saying is that this film would have worked much better as 'fantasy' and not reality...
And, the dancing kinda sucks - let's face it... it's just not that good...
Add to all this: Since when does an entire Broadway show consist of nothing but dance routines? I didn't know that such entertainment was actually a viable medium in NYC...? I thought that musical plays were the rule, right? So what are we to believe here? It's a bit like 'Showgirls'... is it a woman's ambition to dance waist-up nude in Las Vegas for a bunch of senior citizens?... I'd think she'd want to be in films...
I don't know if it's the worst sequel ever, but it is in the top 5.
shareHi Balboa76,
I totally agree with you. I actually like the sequel, "Staying Alive". "Batman and Robin" was painful to watch and one of the worse movies I have ever seen. If I thought about it for a while, I might be able to think of others.
Great movie, great sequel! Great story, great directing, great acting! Nothing else to say.
shareYeah, I heard that & it angered me, greatly !!!
I LOVE this movie. It is a high ranker in my DVD collection.
We have (almost) 700 movies & Staying Alive is in a 'special' tiny row I keep for my favorites. There are only 7 or 8 of those. Stupid Entertainment Weekly, what do they know anyway!?!
Use my body to keep you alive ~
Rob Zombie (Red, Red Kroovy)
YAY to everyone here who stuck up for SA....I'm with you. I love it and am not embarrassed to say it.
Take it for what it is, enjoyable fun, excellent songs, dancing scenes, acting by John, Finola, Cynthia and the actor who played the director.
And he looks absolutely gorgeous in it....what more can you ask? LOL
~life is a rock....but the radio rolled me~
I saw this website's rating long before I went and bought the dvd (only because of my favorite Synthesizer artist in the world, Vince DiCola) and I expected to see a pretty boring and BAD movie. I was surprised, during part of the first half, and most of the second half, I was well entertained. and I like Staying Alive, a lot. One thing that stays with me through each viewing though is Finola's acting, it shows to be a little thin during some scenes, seriously nobody talks in public like she does. What got her and Cynthia Rhodes the roles they have is their bodies, and that's the kind of language they succeed at in this film. They are both very excellent, slender and sexy dancers. Lastly, it's Travolta's physique that's just perfect, you can bet he worked hard for that body.
I guess it's just the way SA reeks of the 80s culture that I really like, those that like this film probably have an 80s tendency. But regardless of that I still enjoyed a lot of the talking scenes, all pretty charming.
Final 3 dance scenes? Not a mouthful, but definitely an eyefull. The fact that Satan's Alley was so pleasing to the eye is ultimately what makes this movie work for me.
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