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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-24-2008, 05:46 AM:

Oh boy, this movie is going to do hella business. Why? Because its got Zac Efron singing and dancing in a teeny-bopper musical, that's why.

Is it me or was Vanessa Hudgens actually NOT in this movie and instead was being played by someone wearing a Vanessa Hudgens mask shaped with that silly "oh look at how cute and blushy I am" grin she does? Wow that girl cannot act.

Then again, all of the performances were pretty bad (as expected) and the movie was overall silly-dumb (as expected), and the movie is very lame (as expected), so who cares?

1.5 out of 5 (This had to be better than Saw 5, or whatever number they are on. It just HAD to be!)

Search bait: High School Musical 3 Senior Year

Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 10-24-2008, 07:36 AM:

quote: Brad Miller
Zac Efron

Who?

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-24-2008, 10:06 AM:

The guy from Hairspray (which he was actually decent in).

That picture of Vanessa looks to be many years old. She looks 12 in that picture. Also, I never even knew there was a High School Musical 1 and 2. Where they DVD-only releases or something? At least this is their senior year, hopefully they won't flunk and have to repeat it. Musicals are illegal at most colleges.

Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 10-24-2008, 10:09 AM:

As of 10pm PDT last nite we'd already almost sold out our first show for today. (Fri) I have feeling this is going to be a "one weekend wonder", at least in my neighborhood. We'll do "Boffo Biz" (as VARIETY would say) and after that business will probably drop like a rock here, based on past experience with this type of movie at this location.

Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 10-24-2008, 11:01 AM:

quote: Joe Redifer
Also, I never even knew there was a High School Musical 1 and 2. Where they DVD-only releases or something?

You got it! They were both Disney Channel type movies. The first one was a HUGE seller on DVD, and the CD soundtrack went nuts, too. I didn't track the second one as closely, but the first movie was an absolute phenomenon.

For the third time around, I guess Disney thought they'd go for a theatrical release.

Blu Ray releases of the first two are coming soon. Be sure and pick them up on Blu Ray. You know you want to. [Smile]

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-24-2008, 11:52 AM:

quote: Joe Redifer
That picture of Vanessa looks to be many years old.

She still looks the same, including that grin.

Stephen, this is Zac Efron.

Zac must've knocked Vanessa up. Vanessa had some obvious belly action going during half of this movie.

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 10-24-2008, 02:16 PM:

No wonder he's still with her! It all makes sense now...

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 10-25-2008, 05:20 PM:

Ya know Grand-Poopie-BAH you could have posted a much better pic of Zac Efron... like one of these:

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-25-2008, 07:46 PM:

Is he having a heart attack in those first two pics? His hairdo makes me think that he enjoys cutting himself (re: he's emo).

Posted by Louis Belloisy (Member # 3836) on 10-26-2008, 11:36 AM:

Phil, there is a little photoshopping going on his eyes in the first photo.

Movie dumb, yes, lame, yes H-O-W-E-V-E-R, its making us lots of money. just like the good old days. i have a feeling though, it will have shot its load this weekend.

louis

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-26-2008, 02:17 PM:

Oh wow, the awesomeness of Disney never stops.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 10-26-2008, 10:02 PM:

JUst to add to Brad's "Awsomness" factor tthe high school these POS movies are filmed at is just a couple of miles from our shop. Even the kids that are attending the High School there are sick and tired of this... to the point that several of them have written editorials to the Salt Lake papers about how it disrupts normal goings on in the school.
What an absolute waste of film... er I mean hard drives!

Mark

Posted by Lyle Romer (Member # 1266) on 10-26-2008, 10:08 PM:

According to IMDB this was shot on 35mm so it is a waste of film!

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 10-26-2008, 10:53 PM:

It's pleasing the people it's aimed at, so it's a success. It wasn't aimed at projection booth dudes (and dudettes) like all of us. As noted above, a one-weekend film, but I'd rather be playing this than that SAW 5 thing.

I won't be watching it (my wife said it was OK but I probably wouldn't like it and she didn't want to watch it again) so my rating is based on hearing the music thru the office door:

3 out of 5*

*Rating subject to change as I get sick of the songs.

Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 10-27-2008, 02:29 AM:

Maybe Zac is just partial to his left breast...

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-27-2008, 02:42 AM:

If any high school like this existed in real life where the kids sing and dance all the time, I'm sure students from other high schools would show up all the time just to beat them up.

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 10-27-2008, 04:32 AM:

Watching the first movie back-to-back with "Elephant" (about a school shooting) is a unique experience.

These have Guilty Pleasure written all over them- they're great if you watch them with a sense of irony. They're going to be cult favorites right up there with The Brady Bunch in 20 years or so.