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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

8/19/2007

High School Musical 2 (2007)

The songs are unmemorable, the choreography's lazy, and pink-capped toadie Ryan is the most likable character. Bad ideas, all.

More bad ideas: not editing out Gabriella's gape-mouthed smile and so-overly-cute-it's-awful giggling, making the camerawork during dance numbers so schizophrenic that it was difficult to even tell what was going on, and thinking that it makes sense that the boy who was willing to sacrifice his reputation over his desire to sing loud and proud would now treat singing as though it was just a whim he's now over.

With so many poor songs, it's hard to choose one as the poorest -- but I believe the spot has to go to Troy's overwrought golf course number. He wants us to bet on it bet on it bet on it (repeat ad nauseum), and he drives this point home by grabbing fistfuls of sandtrap and hair. It was an insane embarrassment.

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