He Hits My Hair: The John Travolta Poll

10 year old me would vote for Two of a Kind. However I was

but my vote will probably go for SNF because that's the Travolta I see when I think of him. But there's at least 5 contenders so I need to ponder.

Travolta & Pinter & Altman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYV0sbzEIJQ

Shit, that one's not it.

Here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKcSPh7vB4

When I was drawing up the list, that one intrigued me--cut it, though, with the other TV stuff.

Don't think I'll get to watch Urban Cowboy tonight. I'll vote for Blow Out--I think he's as good in that as in SNF/Pulp Fiction, and I prefer the film as a tie-breaker.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ahhhhahahaha

The Dissolve's "Forgotbusters" on the Phenomenon/Michael twofer, a pair of films that look even more unwatchable to me than Battlefield Earth (though I've never seen any of them):

http://thedissolve.com/features/forgotbusters/939-a-1996-double-feature-looks-at-the-year-of-john-tr/

christ Phenomenon is a crock.

I've never seen it, but people fucking loved it when it came out.

Michael is my dad's favourite movie.

I was hoping Michael would make it -- classic nominee.

all i really remember about michael is that andie macdowell and william hurt's voices realllly grated against each other, and that randy newman's music was goofy. barely any memory of what i saw though.

and the mullet

I would not call this a sign of confidence...given that the movie is supposed to come out in ten days.

http://www.tracking-board.com/lionsgate-drops-john-travoltas-mob-drama-gotti-sells-rights-back-to-producers-exclusive/

sorry to be late here

🎬'Staying Alive' starring John Travolta premiered in theaters 35 years ago today, July 15, 1983 pic.twitter.com/1fyqcdLxmr

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qR2K7NLhs

boy this really looks like something....his voice is starting to sound pretty odd.

there’s very little about latterday travolta that is not pretty odd tbf

the trailer is trying to build up some major Wolf of Wall Street energy.

idk i think Travolta's charisma remains effective when he's in the right role, i could see this being completely cheesy fun.

but man his hair..."hair" rather

If I had voted in this poll, I would have voted for Welcome Back, Kotter.

So, is Moment by Moment funny/interesting/weird bad, or just bad bad? There's a 1080p blu-ray rip up on YouTube for the time being.

Interesting by default--Travolta's follow-up to SNF and Grease, so the absolute zenith of his popularity--but plodding, as I remember it. If I'm counting correctly, he's been in 14 films since I put this poll up.

Actually 11--I counted some TV/video work.

Watched Moment by Moment last night (thanks for the tip, cryptosicko). Hard to figure how this got an R rating. I found Lily Tomlin's home decor and the background views of Malibu, Beverly Hills & elsewhere more interesting than the characters. "Plodding" seems accurate. There's a pair of lap dogs that get too much screen time.

There's a scene in it where Tomlin is holding Travolta's head and says, "I think you have a fever."

And I'm screaming at my TV, "It's a NIGHT Fever!"

Yeah, Tomlin's beach house was definitely the best thing about this. Otherwise, I suppose there is some pleasure to be had here for bad movie aficionados--the matching haircuts, the banal dialogue, Tomlin and Travolta's legendary anti-chemistry--but mostly I thought it was just dull.