![]() Troy’s interest in the musical baffles the Wildcat basketball team, including his best friend, Chad Danforth ( Corbin Bleu). When they return to school, Troy and Gabriella decide to audition for the high school musical - but Drama Club president Sharpay Evans ( Ashley Tisdale) and her twin brother, Ryan Evans ( Lucas Gabreel), aren’t happy about the competition.Īs Troy and Gabriella try to avoid Sharpay and Ryan’s wrath, they struggle with their own personal issues. Troy Bolton ( Zac Efron) the captain of the East Side High School basketball team and the most popular boy in school, meets shy and smart transfer student Gabriella Montez ( Vanessa Hudgens) at a holiday karaoke party. The modern Romeo and Juliet tale follows two teenagers from completely different cliques who bond over their love of music. ![]() But of course I suspect that this is probably reserved in advance for the DVD release, where you can sit through the entire thing in one sitting.Go, wildcats! High School Musical took over 7.7 million TV screens in the United States when it premiered in 2006, making it the highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie at the time. A pity of course that we don't get to see the centerpiece of the show within the show, and only bits and pieces of the graduation play that the characters designed as something to commemorate their time at East High by. The song and dance numbers are wonderfully choreographed, though one can cringe at some of the lyrics for the slower numbers. It's fairy tale stuff that would seem like a cop out with its perfectly ideal ending, though some may find such saccharine positivity a refreshing change for once. It's still fairly light stuff that is meant for enjoyment by kids, and supposedly with wholesome values thrown in too that would meet parental approval. But of course this is Disney, so don't expect too deep a theme to be dwelled upon. The other subplot would be the usual resident evil Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) and her antics in wanting the limelight all for herself, this time though with her personal assistant thrown into the mix, and having the audience judge who's the biggest bitch out there. In fact just watching this movie alone, I thought Gabriella was the psychologically tougher of the two, with Troy being your typical indecisive jock who's a bit wishy-washy about his own development path ahead. Central to the story would be the possible insecurities and impending (long term?) split between lovebirds Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vannessa Hudgens) due to the latter's brainier character being accepted by Stanford. This would naturally mean a split amongst established friends as you'll be geographically separated, and temporarily close a chapter in your life. Is it any good then? For the uninitiated like me, the story's nothing spectacular, as it deals with growing pains of students and decisions that come with the end of high school, having choices presented on where you would want to go next for further studies. And I guess they were right, looking at how it opened at #1 at the US Box Office. Either that, or they actually did their sums and realize that the huge fanbase would turn up in droves to support it in the cinemas. Even then I didn't really watch High School Musical 2 completely, only zooming into the catchy song and dance numbers, and as for the first movie, I was only familiar with one or two songs that became like anthems for working together? Anyway I'm not a fan, and the reason why I would have watched this is because Disney decided it was good enough for the big screen. ![]() The DVD has countless of versions released to milk its fan base, that I've really lost count just how many variations (Encore? Extended Dance?) there are out there in the market. My only exposure to High School Musical was from a chalet gathering last Christmas where a friend who was a fan brought his DVD and shared with us what's there to like from this highly popular franchise. Taylor McKessie: I'd be honored!Ĭhad Danforth: Dude, I need to go shoot some hoops, or something. Troy Bolton: My friend has something to say.Ĭhad Danforth: Taylor McKessie, will you *please* be my date to the Senior Prom? ![]() Taylor McKessie: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't hear you 'cause it's so loud in here. Really good.Ĭhad Danforth: Taylor, hey, I'm, I'm asking you to prom. I was kinda wondering if you'd maybe go with me.
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