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Xanadu (1980) REACTION - Back To The Sofa

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 เม.ย. 2023
  • Back To The Sofa presents: Xanadu (1980): now with more sparkles!
    Movie content credit to Universal
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  • @norawallace3224
    @norawallace3224 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    One of my absolute all time favorite movies. So much to love… Olivia, Gene, roller skating. Saw this a few years ago at the drive in with The Apple. Best night in forever.

    • @russtex
      @russtex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too!!! Love this movie!

  • @TexMexGenX
    @TexMexGenX 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I was 7 years old in 1980. Xanadu was on HBO the following year I believe. I watched it almost every time they showed it. Then in the following years when Video Rental Stores were new, I usually requested that my Mom rent it for me. I also wanted to rent See No Evil, Fear No Evil, when it was on video, and you could rent VHS and Beta machines from Albertsons. Great times to be a kid! 🤘😎

  • @toughenup1
    @toughenup1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My all-time favourite guilty pleasure film - Nobody but Olivia could have given this movie such lasting cult-classic status. She was adorable. The song, "Xanadu" may well be the best pop song of all time, the chord structure is phenomenal, Jeff Lynne really knows his stuff! Rest well ON-J you will never not be our Kira/Sandy...

    • @Back2TheSofa
      @Back2TheSofa  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you appreciate it, too. We really enjoyed it and found it timeless in a sense.

  • @TheRatsCast
    @TheRatsCast 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You guys joke, but Olivia asked to be in this film from the start. She approached the studio once she her about the film being made. This was a movie Olivia really wanted to make. For good or bad; it was her decision

    • @Back2TheSofa
      @Back2TheSofa  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We do joke but overall I look back on the film as a beautiful expression of art from her. - Chris

  • @ronurizar8961
    @ronurizar8961 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I love this movie. It’s one of my favorites. I am a harsh critic, but this one hit me a certain way.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I was 12 or 13 when I discovered this movie on cable. It hit my brain just right and never went away.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The animation was done by Don Bluth, who had recently departed from Disney. Following Xanadu, Bluth's production company made its first feature-length animated movie, The Secret of NIMH. So sayeth Google.

  • @JeffMitchell-lv4zx
    @JeffMitchell-lv4zx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One of those glowing women/muses at the 'im alive' segment was Valeria from Conan the Barbarian! :)

  • @bradsouthers7476
    @bradsouthers7476 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Like so many other movies of the time, a willingness to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the time is required. Then it turns from a so-so movie to a guilty pleasure. Guilty, here.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Everyone has a guilty pleasure movie. This is totally my guilty pleasure movie.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All of your guys comments were awesome. It's no wonder you channel is as popular as it is. Glad I found it.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He was kick-ass in The Warriors. In a kind of 'really these guys a gang members?' way.

  • @lilmoonbaby6
    @lilmoonbaby6 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is my favorite movie. It's art like no other. Anyone who doesn't like it (including all the critics who gave it bad reviews back in the day) were comparing it to other movies instead of seeing it for the work of art that it is by itself. Xanadu is a perfect example of not following the cookie cutter path and finding It's own fan base and I love it for that. ONJ at her prettiest. Beck adorable in an Andy Gibb kind of way. Amazing ONJ and ELO soundtrack. Streamline Moderne CA on display everywhere. I loved this film as a child, but it wasn't until I grew up that I was able to truly appreciate the uniqueness of it.

    • @75shok
      @75shok 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly! There are people who understand the fantasy aspect of it. Too many people sit down expecting everything to be explained. That's not the point. It's intentionally surreal and open to interpretation.

  • @russtex
    @russtex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOVE this movie! Watch it over and over! 1980, I was 17 years old and ready for the perfect love, like ONJ!

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You amuse, I amused, you amusement. - Marilyn Manson

  • @realmchat6665
    @realmchat6665 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When I was a little kid I saw this movie on hbo and liked it for some reason, watched it a bunch of times. My 70's dad tried to tell me that it was stupid (using other words), but I didn't believe him at the time.

    • @Back2TheSofa
      @Back2TheSofa  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I heard of it as reference as how bad it was on other shows etc but I like it. Real men skate around town and dance in dark rooms with spirits!

  • @Phoenix-bg1xt
    @Phoenix-bg1xt 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Do you people not know anything about Greek Mythology, one of nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine sisters were muses ( inspired) people in the arts,poetry,ect,,,,,, The reason she is in Kelly's character is she was his muse, and she brought together her 2 " marks" to create a magical world " XANADU", they had that,but she ( the muse) made a mistake and fell in love.

    • @Back2TheSofa
      @Back2TheSofa  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This makes a lot of sense now. I am a fool! -Chris

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When they kiss & transform into cartoons, this is where they fall in love and therein lies the issue.

  • @EF-fc4du
    @EF-fc4du 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The music and Olivia saves this movie.

    • @Back2TheSofa
      @Back2TheSofa  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is something "magic" about Olivia. She was a real talent. I still binge her music. Thanks for watching. This is the video where we were asking for 1 sub. Now we have 2000. What a strange journey. -Kyle

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey... I think some of those skate gangs in the end scene 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 from The Warriors! 🤣

  • @lilmoonbaby6
    @lilmoonbaby6 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the cartoon scene was added because ELO had a contract for a certain amount of songs, and the movie was completed one short, so they had to throw in that scene so that song would satisfy the contract. I'm not positive, but it's what I've heard.

    • @TimeTravelinc
      @TimeTravelinc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Out of all the animators, they chose the great Don Bluth.

  • @DapperZach
    @DapperZach 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The soundtrack is great. And the broadway musical was fun

  • @russtex
    @russtex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gonna watch it again now!

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    are you kidding me... roller skates are the best way to sneak around. rofl

  • @shovedhead
    @shovedhead 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's tough to find context in Xanadu.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I watch this every 18 months or so. Give or take.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is crazy. You would think "wtf is going on? But you would also know w/e is going on she has something to do with it. On top of the fact she is hot AF & kissed you ... & when she did you got the tingle in your loins. Keep in mind this is the coke fueled Disco 70's after the free love 60's. You would for sure follow her 'cause who knows.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This 𝘸𝘢𝘴 cool-ish in 1980.

  • @TheOriginalCaptainTrips
    @TheOriginalCaptainTrips 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    rofl... Beard boss soooo looks Porsche. On it's way to Studio 54.

  • @russtex
    @russtex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yall are kinda rude with this movie! A lot of people love this movie!

    • @Back2TheSofa
      @Back2TheSofa  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We are reacting to it from a modern standpoint, not necessarily from a nostalgic view.

  • @davidnorman4786
    @davidnorman4786 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry. I was there. It was not an "Infinity War" of its time. Rumor was that it was bad even before it came out. I think the album did OK (with Olivia and ELO), but people absolutely hated the movie.
    In the thousand years since then, I have fond memories of it. I usually don't watch it though. Because it really is bad. I love how about half-way through, they just give up on the story and give us a series of music video.
    Actually, it may be one of those movies that is so bad it actually becomes good.

    • @EF-fc4du
      @EF-fc4du 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The album did quite well.

  • @user-gr8xl2cv1i
    @user-gr8xl2cv1i 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This film destroyed the promising career of Michael Beck.

  • @JeffMitchell-lv4zx
    @JeffMitchell-lv4zx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Everyone but me hates this movie. But i dont care :)

    • @Back2TheSofa
      @Back2TheSofa  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I became a fan while watching. It's a nice, positive movie!

    • @toughenup1
      @toughenup1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don't need those people in your life - cut the negativity off - lol... It always cheers me up to watch this mess of a film that I adore so much!