Jan 23, 2010 23:19
So I was on my way home Saturday and what should come on over the radio but "you're that one that I want" from GREASE. It got stuck in my head and I had to dig up the soundtrack. I listened to it all the way to gym and back.
The lyrics got stuck in my head and I know that this sound kinda cheesy, but they really made me think of Edward and Bella.
"I got chills, they're multiplyin', and I'm losin' control."
"You better shape up, cause I need a man, and my heart is set on you."
"Nothing left, nothing left for me to do. You're the one that I want."
"You better prove, that my faith is justified." "Are you sure? Yes I'm sure down deep inside"
The more I thought about it, the more similarities I saw between GREASE and TWILIGHT.
Think about it.
Sandy and Danny meet, have a whirlwind courtship and quickly fall deeply in love.
Circumstances pull them apart, but they are reunited.
Shortly after, Danny acts like a jerk to deliberately drive Sandy away from him.
Heartbroken, Sandy starts spending all her time with another boy at school, an ordinary boy.....but she doesn't love him.
Throughout the story various other greasers (some downright mean and nasty) try to drive Sandy and Danny apart.
Danny tries to become ordinary (a jock) for her. He letters in track, but he doesn't really fit in. He is greaser, not a jock.
During the race/battle between the two greaser gangs, Sandy fears Danny might get seriously hurt and she could lose him. She realizes that she wants to be with Danny more than anything.
She decides that if he can't be a jock for her, then she'll become a greaser for him. The story ends with two them AS GREASERS happily driving off together.
Anyone else see parallels? Even in the TWILIGHT movie guide, they said that "if this movie was made 30 years ago, Edward wouldn't be a vampire but a biker, that Bella would be falling in love with a biker from the wrong side of the tracks."