the boys are back...

My friend Joe and I went to see HSM3 last night. Yes, two grown men went to see "Senior Year". The audience was primarily teen girls and gay men - not much difference really. We met up at The Saloon for a cocktail and a bite to eat. We played a couple of really stupid video games while waiting for our food, and then had another cocktail. Joe and I were determined to be buzzed for the movie. We walked to Block E theater and sat down amongst the teen girls and gay men. I am not sure the filmmakers thought that the entire theater would laugh throughout the movie, but we all did - the "camp" factor was turned up to "11". The acting was so bad that it appeared the songwriters wrote songs just to move the story along so the "actors" didn't have to memorize dialogue.

Here are some things I learned from High School Musical 3: Senior Year:

• It can rain, on queue, without a cloud in the sky!
• It takes and entire dance number to celebrate that it took 15 seconds to find a magic radiator cap that fits an old truck!
• The songwriters were listening to Michael Jackson's "Bad" and Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreets Back)" while writing many of the numbers.
• The Wildcats have an unlimited budget for both the Sports and Drama department! The stage and seating area is bigger than at most colleges!
• You can get from Albuquerque, NM to Stanford University, dance a waltz, and make it back in time to sing in the Senior Musical, all with a truck that has a bad fuel pump!
• Don't even get me started on continuity errors!

I really enjoyed High School Musical (1). I thought it was a sweet story. HSM3 wasn't even for the fans, it was for a quick buck. Oh, and to set up HSM4 with Matt Prokop to continue the cash cow franchise.

until next time...