Grease Movie Comparison

Grease is one of the best movies of the 1970s. It is a classic musical movie portrayed in a rather romantic and comedy manner. It was released in 1978 beautifully directed by Randal Kleiser starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in the lead.

Step Up, released in 2006, directed by well-known Anne Fletcher, stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum as the leads. Both movies have most certainly lived up to their respective reputations while Grease is still considered one of the finest movies after more than 30 years.

Both movies have quite a lot in common as both movies are focused and building up on a relationship between the characters. Not only is romance and love as a theme, common in movies but both movies also have other themes like heartbreak, hardships, relationship problems in common. The endings also tend to be common with the characters reuniting. Other highlighted themes in both are friendship

and prioritizing on one’s own goals where in both movies characters tend to make decisions on what was important for them. For instance in Step Up, the character Nora was prepared to turn her duet dance into a solo after Tyler left. He would eventually return to be her dance partner but Nora was prepared to perform solo, because to her achieving her goal was a priority.
Direction of both movies have been spectacular, however Step Up has a higher resolution output but this is just due to improvements and advancements in camera since the release of Grease, as Step Up is a recent twenty first century movie.

The time period shown in Grease is of the 1950s while Step Up is, based on the early twenty first century. Both movies are set in USA but showing different eras. I was impressed by how wonderfully the plot of Grease was portrayed throughout the movie, as none of the scenes felt unnecessary long. Another point I liked about it was that the movie on the whole was quite balanced when it came to themes. It had everything, from romance to heartbreak to reunion. The story, the backbone of the movie was also brilliantly portrayed over the course of the movie. The style of the Grease represented the 1970 era which is why it did not manage to grab my interest initially. The style in which Step Up has been portrayed is much more modern. Both movies are classics which have both revolutionized the moviemaking in their respective

areas.
Watching the two movies we can see the revolution of music and dance steps over the course of about 30 years. In Grease the music is much calmer with very less treble and bass. However, if we have a look at Step Up, the songs are much higher in treble and bass with high beats. Similarly dance moves in Step Up were also faster and more synchronized with the playback music. In my opinion I found Step Up to be better, not to take any credit away from Grease though, which I think is perhaps one of the finest movies of its era. It is still considered to be better than most modern movies which according to me is a great achievement. One of the reasons I liked Step Up is also because of the time periods they were set in. Step Up being more modern was more influential to me.