Glee is an amazing show, I've been watching it since I was 12, when it first premiered in 2009. There are those episodes where you watch Glee with your family. This is one of those episodes. "Saturday Night Fever", is a classic 70's movie and putting the famous songs that were in that movie with Glee, is an amazingly fantastic idea. In conclusion, "Saturday Night Glee-ver" is an amazing episode and if you haven't seen it yet, go watch it on Netflix. :)
6 Reviews
An Homage this is not, but I still enjoyed the episode
DjfunkmasterG7 June 2017
I have been a huge fan of Saturday Night Fever for 40 years. The 1977 mega-disco-hit starring John Travolta, not only solidified him as an acting force to be reckoned with, but brought the day to day drama of life in 1970's Brooklyn as a teen with no direction in life.
So when Glee opted to pay homage I had to jump up and give this episode a watch. Now, they call this an homage however it doesn't even skim the surface of what Saturday Night Fever was about. Kids in midwest Ohio aren't going to understand nor relate to Tony Manero. However as an acapella glee club wanting to show respect to a film that not only defined a decade, but established music from a soundtrack that is still as listenable today as it was in 1977.
While I would have loved to have been a writer on this episode, simply because as a filmmaker and a fan I would have dialed the story around all the struggles the kids do face, not having them try to act like their life is as hard as Maneros'
What I loved about this episode was the cinematography and camera direction simply because if you know the original film as well as I do you can catch all the direct shot lifts from the film used int he episode, which gave it the proper technical nod.
The dancing was what i would expect of a Glee episode set to disco, however I personally would have saved the opening number dance for the end of the show. You Should be Dancing would have been a great closing number where as Stayin' Alive is and always will be an opening number. However, it was nice to see many Manero moves lifted and put into that opening number... they just needed the floor and they would have have almost had a shot for shot opening to the famous dance scene.
My biggest qualm was the lift of a line of dialogue from the 1983 sub-par sequel, Staying Alive. Just as the staying alive number is about to begin the line lifted is from Manero's final line after his successful Broadway performance... You Know what I wanna do, you know what i wanna do... Strut. However, due to the poor lift of a line from a throw away subpar sequel it made me angry.
In the end, this baby doesn't move at midnight and sure as heck doesn't make it to the dawn, but it does keep ya dancing.
So when Glee opted to pay homage I had to jump up and give this episode a watch. Now, they call this an homage however it doesn't even skim the surface of what Saturday Night Fever was about. Kids in midwest Ohio aren't going to understand nor relate to Tony Manero. However as an acapella glee club wanting to show respect to a film that not only defined a decade, but established music from a soundtrack that is still as listenable today as it was in 1977.
While I would have loved to have been a writer on this episode, simply because as a filmmaker and a fan I would have dialed the story around all the struggles the kids do face, not having them try to act like their life is as hard as Maneros'
What I loved about this episode was the cinematography and camera direction simply because if you know the original film as well as I do you can catch all the direct shot lifts from the film used int he episode, which gave it the proper technical nod.
The dancing was what i would expect of a Glee episode set to disco, however I personally would have saved the opening number dance for the end of the show. You Should be Dancing would have been a great closing number where as Stayin' Alive is and always will be an opening number. However, it was nice to see many Manero moves lifted and put into that opening number... they just needed the floor and they would have have almost had a shot for shot opening to the famous dance scene.
My biggest qualm was the lift of a line of dialogue from the 1983 sub-par sequel, Staying Alive. Just as the staying alive number is about to begin the line lifted is from Manero's final line after his successful Broadway performance... You Know what I wanna do, you know what i wanna do... Strut. However, due to the poor lift of a line from a throw away subpar sequel it made me angry.
In the end, this baby doesn't move at midnight and sure as heck doesn't make it to the dawn, but it does keep ya dancing.
Continuation.
zonkedoutzygote11 October 2020
Some interesting moments
zonkedoutzygote11 October 2020
The theme of the show came first and then they tried choosing songs fitting for that theme of the show and then they wrote the story around the songs.
Kurt seems awkward in this episode. I've always loved his character, but suddenly he's being treated like the gay guru. Maybe it's part of the silliness of it but he was the most real characters for most of this. Finn and Puck feel like they're acting out this stage production weirdness from the sixth grade talent show or something, But I'm not sure what the PSA actually is.
There seems to be no light at the end...
dalichieri20 April 2012
This show is sinking down fast. Third season has had like 3 decent episodes. I feel like the writers has lost all their marbles and are reaching all directions.. Plot is poor and characters are treated badly. I don't know who is who anymore. My question is, are there too many characters ? I think there are if you handle them like Glee has done in season 3.
I miss the feeling I had on season 1 and even 2. Songs were great and fit to the story line. Now they seem to be there purely 'cos these songs are hot. My solution would be to get rid of these "extra" characters and go to the roots of the real Glee. Somehow I do not see that happening..
I miss the feeling I had on season 1 and even 2. Songs were great and fit to the story line. Now they seem to be there purely 'cos these songs are hot. My solution would be to get rid of these "extra" characters and go to the roots of the real Glee. Somehow I do not see that happening..
Obvious lip synching
ultimateninja-2278528 November 2021
Ok, yes, most, if not all the episodes include lip-synching, but at least the majority of the episodes the singing sounded like the actors. (At least in Season 2 and the later episodes of Season 1, hard to tell in the first half of Season 1). But it is safe to say that there is no way Cory Monteith's or Matthew Morrison's voices are that high. This is supposed to be a show about the kids singing, so let them.
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