xanadu vs. can't stop the music

before yesterday i would've said that xanadu is the campiest...but then i found a copy of can't stop the music at the library and checked it out, since i'd never seen the movie before. my reaction to it was like:

before the movie:
after the movie: ...............

my camp-o-meter went through the roof during the entire movie, and it still hasn't come back down. can't stop the music is so bad, it's good--my favorite performances in the movie were "i love you to death" and "milk shake" (no relation to that gawd-awful kelis crap!).

if you've seen both movies, what's your pick as the campiest between the two?


tits n'tears edit
[Edited 6/15/06 7:26am]

Mine:
"Can't Stop the Music"

Why????
The surprise "cameo" appearances... and cheesey classic music... and the horrible acting.... the implausible plot.....

(Oh wait. I think I just described "Xanadu.")

I've not seen any of these and i know im losing out as i love cheese. What about Roller Boogie from 1979 with Linda Blair..now thats classic.

purpleunderground said:

and yeah, the plot for can't stop... was just TOO simplistic. i was sitting there like, "oh gawd, this shit plays like an episode of the brady bunch!" i was almost expecting alice to pop up in samantha's apartment with a plate of cookies for everyone or something like that.

and it kept cracking me up when they were all like "omg, the village people are gonna be the sound of the '80s!!!" they put the first nail in their own coffin with all that. it was insane--by the time the movie came out in 1980, disco was pretty much dead by then.



[Edited 6/15/06 7:40am]

WildheartXXX said:

i haven't seen roller boogie yet, but i heard it's extra-cheesy too.

xanadu is like lisa frank trapper keeper notebook campy.

can't stop the music is like castro street garage sale campy.

i can't compare them. they're in two separate campy camps.

but if you ask which i prefer, well...you know the answer to that already.

Anx said:

either that, or they both are in the same campground with separate glitter-covered winnebagos.


suddenlyyyyy...

I've never seen Xanadu.

But I won a video of Can't Stop the Music at a white elephant party years ago, and I couldn't even make it through to the end. And I LOVE camp. But it was just SO bad.

I pick Xanadu even though I haven't even seen it.

minneapolisgenius said:

whaaaaat??? you have to see it at least once!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I know. I'll bet RipHer2Shreds has it. We'll have to make a night of it.

minneapolisgenius said:

we all should get together and have a mini camp-a-thon or something.

There was some great cheese from the late 1970s. Van Nuys Blvd was another, teen movies with actors in their 30's struttin their stuff to disco, its remarkable.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I know! It would be fun. Two summers ago a friend of mine had a Campy Elvis Movie/B-B-Q Night at her house. We could do something similar with disco movies or something. And throw a Russ Meyer film in there, and we're set.

minneapolisgenius said:

I have every russ meyer film! He was unbelievable, his movies were like adult cartoons. Up rocked my world!!

WildheartXXX said:

Somehow I just KNEW you would post that.

minneapolisgenius said:

I do and we will. That and Valley of the Dolls.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Oh, and I also have Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, speaking of Russ Meyer.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Can't believe The Eb had a hand in that!

CinisterCee said:

He and Meyer were good friends, back when Ebert was a player.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Can't even imagine.

CinisterCee said:

I know. Me either, but it's true.

RipHer2Shreds said:

100MPH said:

i still haven't seen that movie yet!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

it just got re-released on DVD...i netflixed it and saw it for the first time a month or so ago...it's fun. nothing to write home about, but i liked donna's scenes. i know you'll get a kick out of it cuz the whole commodores thing is a hoot.
[Edited 6/15/06 11:29am]

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I haven't either. And is that Jeff Goldblum in there?


Oh and let's add this one.... (not disco obviously, but still...)


[Edited 6/15/06 11:43am]

minneapolisgenius said:

i have a long-sleeved rock n'roll high school t-shirt i use as a nightgown! the movie was cheese-tastic, too...ol' girl thinking that joey ramone was hot...oh god.

Anx said:

Oui , oui ..... La Donna

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

joey ramone was fugtacular, true, but i still think he was HOTT in performance footage. i can see someone having a crush on him, weird as that sounds. i love that movie cuz my girl mary woronov was in it as the evil principal. the first time i saw this movie on HBO, way back when i was a kiddo, i wanted to BE mary woronov...of course, i thought she, tim curry and freddie mercury were all the same person back then.

Never seen this one