02-15-2018, 03:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-16-2018, 07:56 AM by ZpaceJ0ck0.
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So today I watched John Badham's Saturday Night Fever.
John Travolta's performance as Tony Manero easily steals the spotlight (at least for me). He's king at his local disco, but anywhere else? He's a random nobody, even at home. The only people who care about him are his friends, who are a bunch of creeps who gave up in doing any beter. Mr. Travolta's performance truly shows Manera's frustrations, and no other actor could have done this role any better.
The film captures the feeling of everyday life in a Blue Collar neighborhood (you are caught in the middle with apparently no means of improvement) and even that of late 70's USA (live for the moment because the future is pretty bleak). The main theme song of the film -Staying Alive- perfectly fits this pivotal yet often overlooked aspect of the movie ("I'm goin' nowhere, somebody help me, I'm goin' nowhere, somebody help me yeah").
Speaking of the sound department (aka what most people remenber this movie for), the soundtrack is used very effectively, and the dance moves are great.
Fun fact: by the time I wrote this Saturday Night Fever is 40 years old. Time flyes by, don't you agree?
EDIT: while we are at it, let me remind you that Blue collar=/=redneck.
John Travolta's performance as Tony Manero easily steals the spotlight (at least for me). He's king at his local disco, but anywhere else? He's a random nobody, even at home. The only people who care about him are his friends, who are a bunch of creeps who gave up in doing any beter. Mr. Travolta's performance truly shows Manera's frustrations, and no other actor could have done this role any better.
The film captures the feeling of everyday life in a Blue Collar neighborhood (you are caught in the middle with apparently no means of improvement) and even that of late 70's USA (live for the moment because the future is pretty bleak). The main theme song of the film -Staying Alive- perfectly fits this pivotal yet often overlooked aspect of the movie ("I'm goin' nowhere, somebody help me, I'm goin' nowhere, somebody help me yeah").
Speaking of the sound department (aka what most people remenber this movie for), the soundtrack is used very effectively, and the dance moves are great.
Fun fact: by the time I wrote this Saturday Night Fever is 40 years old. Time flyes by, don't you agree?
EDIT: while we are at it, let me remind you that Blue collar=/=redneck.