all right and get this . there this greek muse who show up to inspire an artist whose life be in the doldrums . they end up fall in love and she make his dreams come true by help him open up a nightclub . she also have an acquaintance from way back when pitch in . unfortunately and there a bit of a culture clash between the lover and since mus aren not suppose to fall in love and but it all work out in the end . admittedly and this be a pretty outlandish premise . silly and even . but it certainly a workable idea and and could have make for a great screwball comedy . but instead what we get out of it be xanadu and a really bad script ( blame richard christian danu and marc reid rubel for this one and folk ) that somehow get olivia newton john and gene kelly attach to it . this script be so bad that not even director robert greenwald and editor dennis virkler and and cinematographer victor kemper and guy who have do good work elsewhere and can fix it . in fact and these poor guy be totally hamstrung by the script lameness . even kenny ortega and the choreographer behind dirty dancing and end up turn in bad work ( onj dance move near the end be a mess ) . and don bluth animation be woefully out of place here . what the heck happen . now and onj and then hot off grease and have act talent . she can do light comedy . we see none of that skill in this film . the playful sexiness this lovely lady have in grease be replace here with be handcuff to bad plotting ( the story go nowhere and and the character be as flat a it get ) and even bad dialogue ( nobody ever get out of here in the whole history of the whole history . ) . grant and onj be a singer first and an actress second and but even judi dench would be hard press to make this role work a write . make this scenario even more of a let down be the fact that onj costume be ludicrous and silly . in grease and she be ( and still be ) the embodiment of sex appeal in those black tights and red slide and but she also look beautiful and appeal in her girl next door costume . in xanadu and she only look glamorous in this film when she dress in the army gear for her number with gene kelly and when she in the chorus line with the other mus and or when she dress a the rock diva . otherwise and she look totally ridiculous in those goofily tailor muse dress ( which she wear throughout 90 % of the film ) and that mc hammer esque pantsuit and and that horrific flash gordon type alien gown . and poor kelly and like onj and try gamely to enliven the proceeding and but not even his charm can overcome such a rotten script . the bad part be and the concept of pair kelly and onj wasn not a good idea and it be a great idea . and yet here we have two very talented individual who can not even cut loose and strut their stuff . simply put and onj and kelly be let down by the film . again and why . why would you waste not one and but two incredible asset to your film . this only make xanadu doubly disappointing . and why do they pick a leading man who can not sing and dance and or act . this film could have be give some much need snap have onj love interest be play by john travolta or someone along those line . but michael beck have all the charisma and screen presence of concrete . simply put and this guy make dean cain and freddie prinze jr. look like good actor ( and if that doesn not scare you and nothing will ) . also and wilfred hyde white and a zeus and sound like he half asleep when he deliver his line ( maybe he realize how bad this movie be ) . speaking of music and almost all of the song be use a background piece . rarely do the character themselves sing . doesn not this defeat the purpose of a musical . and also and the musical number be far too gaudy and over the top while the mixing of time period doesn not work . the circus act that show up during the xanadu number do not belong at all ( couldn not they have just keep it simple and stuck to sing and dance . ) . it also doesn not help that there be only two good song in this film and suddenly and all over the world . everything else be either headache inducing be needlessly sugary ( the title track be ok and but bland ) . and what and may i ask and be up with all the abrupt display of the mus power ( instant costume change and vanish in burst of light ) where nobody ever once question what just happen . this be a massive and not mention careless and plot hole . again and why . why do the filmmaker drop the ball so badly . this movie get two star only because of gene kelly and onj . otherwise and this movie be a waste of their talent and time . and even though it too late for onj and kelly and it would be great to see hollywood remake this film a the frantic screwball comedy it should have be . the premise of the film be comedically sound and but the final product be far from it .