Annoyed am I! I'm not anti-Disney movies. In fact, I enjoyed the HSM movies as much as anyone else. They are fluff, but they were entertaining enough. The one thing they had going for them, was the fact that despite the thinly veiled plot, the music was catchy, and the choreography was energetic, seamless and well performed, and the young actors were effective in their respective roles.
Anyone who tells you the disaster that is 'Camp Rock' is a worthy successor to HSM, is either the writer, director, or someone equally close. Because besides for the people involved in the production of this movie, no one else can seriously call this entertaining.
CR is hailed as the movie starring the current darlings of pop culture, The Jonas Brothers. Problem number one. Because besides for the eldest Jonas Brother, the other two members of the trio have less screen time than all of the extra's combined! Am I the only one who saw that as a problem? The marginalised brothers probably filmed their scenes in a day or maybe two to be fair!
Within minutes, the plot is glaringly apparent. Insecure girl longs to be popular. Rich popular plastics accept girl only once she lies about who she really is. Girl meets popular boy. Boy finds himself/inspiration through painfully clichéd interludes with said girl. Girl's secrets are revealed by head plastic, boy despises her (without affording her the opportunity to explain, of course), girl learns her lesson, boy forgives girl. The end. Oh, there are a few painful musical ditties in between!
The cast: The one Jonas brother who does have screen time (I forget his name) delivered a passable performance I suppose. Besides for working with an appalling script, he seemed to be able to carry his role. He didn't really have much to do, besides flick a lock of hair, croon a few heart wrenching tunes, and show off a few very stiff dance moves.
The lead actress was just annoying. Whenever she got the mike in her hand she was singing like a frikkin pro. Hello! Wasn't she supposed to be a shy novice?? And when I say like a pro, it's with a generous dollop of sarcasm. Because none of the cast could even lip sync convincingly! And was it necessary for her to show off her molars, premolars and incisors when she smiles??
The Sharpay Evans plastic wannabe was arguably the worst member of the cast. Her singing was horrendous, and so was her acting.
Music and Dance: Bad, bad, bad. Apart for one or two - almost - catchy tunes, the rest of the soundtrack is utter nonsense. The choreography was just embarrassing to watch, and none of the actors seemed able to carry their dance moves with the effortlessness so easily displayed by their HSM counterparts.
Plot: Three words: Gaping black holes! Jeez I kept going, "Huh..? What did I miss? Why did that happen?!" Formulaic, contrived, to say it was transparent is an insult to the word. Nothing is funny, nothing is witty.
Instead we are left with embarrassing, cringe worthy dialogue like: Girl: Why are you looking at me like that? Boy: I don't know..
Plastic: Btw, your lip gloss is sooo not glossy!
W E M L What ever major loser!
Please pass me the butter knife so I can start hacking at my wrists right now! Argh! So finally, if it's not glaringly apparent yet, this movie was just plain awful!
* star and that's a kindness!
Anyone who tells you the disaster that is 'Camp Rock' is a worthy successor to HSM, is either the writer, director, or someone equally close. Because besides for the people involved in the production of this movie, no one else can seriously call this entertaining.
CR is hailed as the movie starring the current darlings of pop culture, The Jonas Brothers. Problem number one. Because besides for the eldest Jonas Brother, the other two members of the trio have less screen time than all of the extra's combined! Am I the only one who saw that as a problem? The marginalised brothers probably filmed their scenes in a day or maybe two to be fair!
Within minutes, the plot is glaringly apparent. Insecure girl longs to be popular. Rich popular plastics accept girl only once she lies about who she really is. Girl meets popular boy. Boy finds himself/inspiration through painfully clichéd interludes with said girl. Girl's secrets are revealed by head plastic, boy despises her (without affording her the opportunity to explain, of course), girl learns her lesson, boy forgives girl. The end. Oh, there are a few painful musical ditties in between!
The cast: The one Jonas brother who does have screen time (I forget his name) delivered a passable performance I suppose. Besides for working with an appalling script, he seemed to be able to carry his role. He didn't really have much to do, besides flick a lock of hair, croon a few heart wrenching tunes, and show off a few very stiff dance moves.
The lead actress was just annoying. Whenever she got the mike in her hand she was singing like a frikkin pro. Hello! Wasn't she supposed to be a shy novice?? And when I say like a pro, it's with a generous dollop of sarcasm. Because none of the cast could even lip sync convincingly! And was it necessary for her to show off her molars, premolars and incisors when she smiles??
The Sharpay Evans plastic wannabe was arguably the worst member of the cast. Her singing was horrendous, and so was her acting.
Music and Dance: Bad, bad, bad. Apart for one or two - almost - catchy tunes, the rest of the soundtrack is utter nonsense. The choreography was just embarrassing to watch, and none of the actors seemed able to carry their dance moves with the effortlessness so easily displayed by their HSM counterparts.
Plot: Three words: Gaping black holes! Jeez I kept going, "Huh..? What did I miss? Why did that happen?!" Formulaic, contrived, to say it was transparent is an insult to the word. Nothing is funny, nothing is witty.
Instead we are left with embarrassing, cringe worthy dialogue like: Girl: Why are you looking at me like that? Boy: I don't know..
Plastic: Btw, your lip gloss is sooo not glossy!
W E M L What ever major loser!
Please pass me the butter knife so I can start hacking at my wrists right now! Argh! So finally, if it's not glaringly apparent yet, this movie was just plain awful!
* star and that's a kindness!