Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever was based on a 19 year old Brooklyn teenager named Tony Manero who is all about the disco life and dancing to the music. He is at an age where it’s all about blowing your money on the weekend and getting drunk and having a good time. On the other hand his relationship between his family is somewhat disappointing because they compare him to his older brother who is a priest. He soon see’s a girl named Stephanie and starts to realize that he needs to change his life, grow up and be more mature and have a life outside of Brooklyn.

I feel this movie showed main importance of teenage life as someone who is interested in disco music in the 1970’s. The moves they do then are so much different now and show the difference in today’s society. I feel that Tony did come to a realization of how his friends will never change their maturity as much as he did. They showed him as a kid who is just living the teenage life and not grasping about the reality of what he wanted to do with his life. When he met Stephanie, his life started becoming clearer to him on how much he kept doing the same thing over and over again every weekend. I feel if he didn’t come to realization on how much of a kid he was acting if he didn’t meet Stephanie, he wouldn’t have changed at all. Especially the death of one of his friends that fell off the bridge, he knew right then and there that he needed change in his life. Also when Tony and Stephanie where sitting down at the bridge scene, it seemed like he was telling Stephanie the serious side of himself and realizing that there is something out there for him besides dancing. Also the scene with getting his job back at the paint store and his boss saying you will make a career out of what you’re doing now and telling him how the other guys did the same. He knew right then and there that he didn’t want to end up like them and to go out and get a job that he really wants. He even had support from his brother who quit the priesthood and told him to find a job that he really wants to do and to just go out there and do it. I felt Tony had the support to do something with his life but just had to come down to reality to see it. Overall, very good movie and the ending were strong in my opinion on how much he can depend on Stephanie after the incident in the car to get a straight head. I feel the ending showed tony make his choice on and facing reality and grow out of the teenage era.