Camp Rock (2008 TV Movie)
4/10
Classic Disney - kind of
21 June 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Okay, lets be honest. Disney has completely lost all integrity. What happened to the days of "Even Stevens", "Lizzie McGuire" and the original episodes of "That's So Raven"? Even Nickelodeon has been catering to the fan bases that seem to care less about the quality and entertainment value of the show and more the instant gratification of the stars behind it (although they are not nearly as guilty). It seems like anywhere between 1988 and 1999 was the pinnacle of kids television. I'm not sure what happened, helicopter parents, decline in intelligence, global warming, but cheap romance and canned laughter for lines like "Ya' think? " on "Hannah Montana" rule the day. What's funny about that, the fact that she's southern?

Camp rock is hypocrisy beyond words. The title as stated various times before is the greatest example. Rock, try a misunderstanding of the genre, which lead to obnoxious pop and hip-hop songs.Demi Lovato was pretty good, actually. She has a beautiful voice and is a decent actress. Plus, she was in love with one of the Jonas Brothers which will probably get her thousands of "Facebook" adds from desperate teenage girls. The "Jo Bros" on the other hand, one word: awful. Joe Jonas tries to prove he's not a "cookie-cutter pop-star", but he seemed pretty formulaic to me. The whole group is pretty bad. Nick whines when he sings, Kevin doesn't do that much, Joe is just clearly eye-candy (again for the desperate teenage girls) and their songs are short, bubblegum pieces that make me sick every time they come on the radio. They ruined Kim Wilde's "Kidsin America" (aka "Kids of the Future). Sorry, that's not an example ofhypocrisy; that's heresy.

Overall, the music was bad, the singing was inconsistent, and the story was horrendous. I'm not going to give anything away, but it was bad. Demi Lovato stood out as the star, and even Alyson Stoner could have used a little bit more screen time. I'm getting sick of Disney Channel, it's ruining itself. It's immature and has not artistic or entertainment value. What happened?
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