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The musical montages outnumber the actual plot and dialogue.
I swear this movie must have had the entire soundtrack played out in musical montages.

"A commitment to cinema means to lead a technically deviant lifestyle."

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Are you sure you're not thinking of the first film? This one had less than the first.

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Teen Wolf

1. 'Surfin USA' with Styles
2. 'Surfin USA' with Scott
2. 'Way To Go' with Scott playing basketball, walking around being popular
3. 'Win In The End' basketball climax one. which was awesome, btw


Teen Wolf Too

1. 'Do You Love Me' at the party
2. 'Who Do You Want To Be Today' boxing/training montage
3. 'Send Me An Angel' studying montage


I think mikecable's right. the first one outnumbers the second. and I'm not evening counting when everyone sang 'Big Bad Wolf' at the dance.

but musical montages are what made 80s films great. Karate Kid, Bloodspoort, Top Gun, Rocky IV. what would they have been without the montages?

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The first film actually had a plot between the montages. Part two is just plot-montage-plot-montage...I'm guessing becaiuse of its shorter running time. Either way, the montages in Teen Wolf Too are more gratuitous and "Cheesy 80's" than the first film. Try watching it again, you'll see what I mean.

"A commitment to cinema means to lead a technically deviant lifestyle."

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The movie was horrible because most of the music scenes were unnecessary and horribly synthesized. Seriously, can most people not tell the difference between a synthesizer and a live string quartet?

WHY DID THERE HAVE TO BE A TUBA AT THE ALUMNI GATHERING.

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I agree with the poster who said the montages in this were more gratutious.
And the poster who says that there were more in the first is wrong.

In this you have
Do You Love Me
Then some stupid montage of him catching a frisbee
Then Who Do You Want To Be Today boxing/training
Then another song when he's speeding around in the red convertible
Then Send Me An Angel

Definetly worse.Not just the amount,but the fact that the first four are bunched together,so it's one after another.

Basically the director must have known that the audience knew how much of a carbon copy this was,and just used montages to speed through the film.And unlike the first there's no dialogue or natural sounds while the music is on.

It's horrible,even though I do like Do You Love Me and Send Me An Angel.

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You know it's a crappy 80s film when the actor who played Stiles is suddenly too busy to reprise his role for it.

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