High School Musical 2 premiered last night on Disney and for some reason I spent my Friday night watching this tween-fest. I know, it’s lame and it’s pretty gay but I couldn’t help it. I sat there as Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, and others sang their way through the best worst catchy songs since, well since High School Musical 1.
I have a couple observations but before I get to them, I have to ask… WHAT TIME IS IT? Come on, you can sing it… I know you can. Why? Because we’re all in this together!
“What Time Is It?” is obviously the anthem for the summer but I can’t help wonder why Disney waited to release the film so late into the summer – kids could have been singing that from the moment the school bell rang for the last time in June.
I can only assume that they wanted to wait until Hairspray was released to guarantee a wider audience for those falling in love with Jailbait Zac Efron and ride the wave of its success.
Probably a smart idea but I can’t help feeling sad for all the kids that planned on reenacting the synchronized swim routine like Sharpay, or wanting to get summer jobs at a country club just so they can sing and play in the pool or even dance through the golf course sprinkler system.
The film is not good by any means but it is really fun and infectious in that cheesy HSM kind of way. The storyline is basic as all hell. Summer’s here and Sharpay decides that Troy should be her boyfriend instead of goody-goody Gabriella’s. She arranges to have Troy hired at the Country Club her family owns but gets more than she bargained for. Troy gets the whole basketball team hired, as well as Gabriella. Some big girl joins them, as well as that Corbin Bleu kid (who I really cannot stand – the hair and that voice… wretch). Then there’s mousy Andrea from 90210… that geeky piano girl that has nothing to do but write songs for Troy and Gabriella because her life is obviously pathetic and she’s secretly in love with her muses… both of them.
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