High School Musical 3: Senior Year

High School Musical 3

Only doing this cause I'm bored to death waiting for The Star to call me back for the internship thing.



So okay... Pui Cheng forced me to watch this and there I was in the cinema feeling like a freakin pedophile cause I was like the only grown guy in the place. I swear they were all UPSR students. So already I was starting to feel a little uncomfortable before that shitty movie was on. So I went to see this a month ago and now only starting to blog about it. Why? Cause I there's this conflict within me whether I should hate this or not. And..... I liked it.



I expected much worse from this movie to be honest and that's the only reason why I like it. If I was going to really say what it was like... I'd say it was ok lah. Not that bad, not that good.



Don't get me wrong, it's still full of Disney *aww we all love each other and fuzzy wuzzy feeling* shit but it was still tolerable. The story was slightly different than the usual ones because for the first time, this was actually about a high school musical. The first High School Musical was about a high school musical audition, the second had nothing to do with high school so the third finally got it right.



I like the little subplots in HSM 3 cause I can relate to them going through the whole graduation process and the whole college scholarship and career path thing. I especially liked the subplot with Zac Efron's character having to chose between performing arts and his dad's choice. I thought Zac Efron was really good in the movie, he showed some really good acting.



I also liked the whole concept for the musical numbers cause it sort of took on a Broadway perspective. There were cool props and settings coupled with high kicks and nice costumes as you would get on a real Broadway show. And the best part was... The songs weren't catchy!! Seriously, I can't remember one damn song that was in the whole movie! Disney is finally learning!!



Still there are the little things in the movie that made me cringe. The introduction of the new HSM characters were lame and was forced around too much. There's the skater punk who reminds me of myself. The black sidekick who had no dialogue throughout the movie (that'll change since Obama's President now) and the British version of Ashley Tisdale who remarkably gave up drama in London Performing Arts School to be in a musical at Albuquerque East High. Smart.



Then there's the lovey dovey scenes with Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens that takes up 70% of the film. Maybe it's just my unromantic self but I just couldn't take all that. But at least all the Disney cliche's where left out of this one, thank God.



At the end of the film, yea, I did feel a little bit sad that it was over. I liked the first HSM and I'll miss this cast. HSM 3 was a fitting finale. But High School Musical 4??!! Talk about beating a dead horse man. They should let this franchise lay to rest and move on to something else.

RATING: 5/10

NicholasC

Last updated: 2010-02-21 22:53:56 by user01

high school boosical?

welcome to the grease of the 2000s era.
high school musical 3!
this movie is all about dance, catchy music and a really crappy plot which makes no sense and it lives in the mind of a fantasy. its a disney movie anyway, so it has to be happily ever after. Personally it doesn\'t make sense to choose both theatre and basketball and making the reason of schooling near your girlfriend as a good reason for your college choice.
I\'m not personally a fan of mainstream musical, which are created solely for one purpose, cheap tunes and nice choreography which a burst of colours, which is all the ingredients of making your show an extended less lame version of an episode of Hi5. However, i\'m surprised those kids around me in the cinema didn\'t make a sound at all! amazing ain\'t it? haha, yes, its eye-catching and keeps you watching and not sleeping and i\'ve got to give credit for them too for keeping my attention on even though i\'m not a fan of processed music.
This shouldn\'t be a movie, and should stay on as a disney channel flagship hit, however, it being such a cashcow, i don\'t see why disney is not jumping for joy as earnings skyrockets off the roof.
with high school musical 4 already in pre production, only kids and their reluctant parents have something to cheer about for their next movie outing for years to come.

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