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Two of a Kind (1983)

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This was the Grease reunion that nobody asked for. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reunite in this abysmal rom-com involving fate, God and fallen angels who look after our two leads. By the time of its release, Travolta just put out Staying Alive earlier that year and Newton-John's last film was Xanadu so when these two came back together, the critics and audiences soundly rejected them. So please give out your thoughts about Two of a Kind!

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This was the Grease reunion that nobody asked for. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reunite in this abysmal rom-com involving fate, God and fallen angels who look after our two leads. By the time of its release, Travolta just put out Staying Alive earlier that year and Newton-John's last film was Xanadu so when these two came back together, the critics and audiences soundly rejected them. So please give out your thoughts about Two of a Kind!

 

Currently available on HBOGo.

 

 

First off...The first scene looks like the original cut of this film was damaged terribly and thus we only have a terrible quality cut to go with. That or their concept of heaven is not compatible with any attempt at color balance. Also, laziest angels ever. "There's a kid! There's a guy!" No due diligence. Think about this! God will END HUMANITY! You might want to do more research into your horse before placing the bet.

 

Some other thoughts:

 

What was the point of giving her giving him a fake number?

The restaurant scene...

 

Worse best friend tandem ever.

 

The sexual chemistry between them is tangible. As in I can feel myself beginning to dry heave.

 

How did she lose the part? She's been there for 8 whole months! No parts for an Australian? Shit, if there was only some way for a person to change their pronunciation and inflection and tone of their voice!

 

Oliver Reed is a fucking marvel.

 

I've never seen a movie where the soundtrack is the first thing listed in the credits.

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And guess who voices God? None other than Gene Hackman, who chose to go uncredited because even he knew that Two of a Kind was going to be a stinker.

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Soundtrack is probably listed first because it's the best thing in the movie. Frankly the video for her song made it seem like a better movie. There were a few things in this movie that were not bad, but mostly in the non-Newton -John/Travolta stuff.

 

It almost seemed like they made one movie with Newton-John and Travolta and either they didn't have enough material or it just didn't work, so they wrapped aròund it with another plot.

 

Still, overall, kind of a fun watch.

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