DISQUS

Nish · 1 year ago

I don't understand why people slate films for targeting thier audience successfully. Speed Racer was panned but it set out to be a live action anime and achieved exactly that. High School Musical is a film aimed at tweenage girls so everything in it is desgined to be liked by them. If you don't like it, then its probably your fault for not being a tweenage girl. If you do like it, then there's a little tweenage girl inside of you. In a totally Non-Megan's Law kind of way.

Reg · 1 year ago

Sorry I'm more of a "tweenage" Comic book geek guy. As much I can dance like Zac Efron I hate listening and watching this movie. As what Nish says on the last comment (in which I agree on).

doctorwho904 · 1 year ago

I hate these movies more than anything in the world . Just take your kids to see saw 5 , this weekend . trust me it's less painful than hsm3

Kevin Gustafson · 1 year ago

Nice outsider review, Kevin. I have the same opinion about the Harry Potter movies.

790 · 1 year ago

This film is proof the Apocalypes is nigh...

The last think I wanted was to spend the adult part of my life with my high school friends. I couldn't wait to escape from that asylum....

Joel · 1 year ago

This is a very refreshing review after sifting through a lot of reviewers that trashed the
sequel and the franchise as a whole. I've always felt like the series is held to higher
expectations then it should be because of its success, but its still a musical--originally
for tv--that is meant to appeal to a younger audience. I wish there were more films like
this and more companies willing to make them. There were definitely flaws in this movie,
and parts felt more like music videos tacked onto the story then coherent progressions
of the film (see Troy's solo song at the school and the Junkyard scene). But other parts
were genius (I Want it All and Night to Remember). In fact I was very pleased at how
intent the producers seemed at including classical musical influences, and honestly the
musical sequences in this movie seemed more dazzling then the portions of Hairspray
I've seen.

This all said, my biggest problem is that we live in a society where people can sit
through torture-porn yet they can't stomach even the idea of a cheesy musical designed
for a younger audience. I also love how a purely escapist genre like this is held to a
standard of reality no action, adventure, comedy, or horror film is ever held to. It seems
to me that everyone who "hates" this movie is just looking for excuses not to like it.

Anyways, [/rant], and thank you for the unbiased perspective--its good to see.