No, I was just sincerely wondering what people didn't like about it. I get the impression that the many clichés are one thing, and since I've never seen any other High School Movies I might not be as good at spotting them.tzimize said:
What's wrong with High School Musical?
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I think the storyline is terribly cliche, but the female lead is hot (I'm a teenage boy, sue me figuratively), I enjoy musicals and I'm a general fan of songs with catchy tunes and actual singing (unlike most rap songs, most uber-famous artists nowadays (pitbull, 50cent, etc) and metal/dance songs)
So yeah, I like the first one, but I'm also a romantic that knows nothing of love.
So yeah, I like the first one, but I'm also a romantic that knows nothing of love.
Oh and if you think High School Musical was bad, check out this video of the British remake, by the eternally romantic optimist, Charlie Brooker:
Why do I dislike it?
First of all, take what I'm going to say with a pinch of salt because I am a bit of a cynic with a pathological hate of anything made by Disney. Just a warning.
The acting: Need I say more. Oh the the acting. Why *insert deity* why? It's like they made the world's most pretentious ten young actors play a script written by howler monkies. Wait, Ashley Tisdale , Zac Effron etc. acting a script written by Disney... It was supposed to be a metaphor okay.
The music: AHHHH! If I here my cousins playing that awful "music" again, there will be disembowelment.
Disney: The Disney seal of retardation and unnecessary celebrities shines through like a noddy badge wearing inmate in a Swedish prison.
That's my 3.141 cents.
First of all, take what I'm going to say with a pinch of salt because I am a bit of a cynic with a pathological hate of anything made by Disney. Just a warning.
The acting: Need I say more. Oh the the acting. Why *insert deity* why? It's like they made the world's most pretentious ten young actors play a script written by howler monkies. Wait, Ashley Tisdale , Zac Effron etc. acting a script written by Disney... It was supposed to be a metaphor okay.
The music: AHHHH! If I here my cousins playing that awful "music" again, there will be disembowelment.
Disney: The Disney seal of retardation and unnecessary celebrities shines through like a noddy badge wearing inmate in a Swedish prison.
That's my 3.141 cents.
Say what you like about it, it had some great parts.
1) It illustrated perfectly how vocalists think they're better than everyone else.
2) Illustrated perfectly how vocalists mistreat other musicians.
3) Illustrated perfectly exactly how hot Vanessa Hudgens is.
And the music? Certainly wasn't that bad. It really wasn't. Not as good as Glee, but then, we all wish we were like Glee.
1) It illustrated perfectly how vocalists think they're better than everyone else.
2) Illustrated perfectly how vocalists mistreat other musicians.
3) Illustrated perfectly exactly how hot Vanessa Hudgens is.
And the music? Certainly wasn't that bad. It really wasn't. Not as good as Glee, but then, we all wish we were like Glee.
The same thing thats wrong with Disney, it is a pathetic collection of idealism that gives you false hope and distorts reality when life is really a pile of shit.
My thoughts exactly. People are jealous of success, especially when it's success based on a munch of cliches and stupid high school stereotypes set to music, but I personally don't care either way.JEBWrench said:
One thing for all you anti-Efron folks to consider: He played young Simon Tam on Firefly in a flashback sequence. You can never unlearn/unsee it.
I like the irony of someone complaining about an escapist medium like films on this website. Do you go to the movies for realism? I know I don't really. Sure, things like the Bourne movies, while a little far fetched, are very grounded in reality, though I will never personally witness anything like it. My point is that we go to the movies to get away from things, not to be reminded of how crappy our week has been.Haseo21 said:
First off, it's a musical, therefore it loses points right out the window instantly. Only a few musicals have ever been decent.
Second, it's about high school and once again, only a few movies about high school have been good and since high school is practically Satan's way of preparing you for the hell you will inevitably end up in for touching yourself every night, it therefore loses even more points on the title alone.
Third, it's about popular jock/preppy kids being likable/relatable characters. That has never happened in the history of forever.
Fourth, the main actor is a smug piece of shit closet homosexual and needs to die.
Fifth, it's boring. Nothing happens that has never happened in any other lame high school movie before it.
Sixth, predictable plot. who didn't see that coming.
Seventh, terrible singing. What's a musical with terrible singing? Just a terrible movie
Finally, it's loved by 13 year old girls with mild cases of down syndrome. It therefore sucks even harder.
That about do it for you?
Second, it's about high school and once again, only a few movies about high school have been good and since high school is practically Satan's way of preparing you for the hell you will inevitably end up in for touching yourself every night, it therefore loses even more points on the title alone.
Third, it's about popular jock/preppy kids being likable/relatable characters. That has never happened in the history of forever.
Fourth, the main actor is a smug piece of shit closet homosexual and needs to die.
Fifth, it's boring. Nothing happens that has never happened in any other lame high school movie before it.
Sixth, predictable plot. who didn't see that coming.
Seventh, terrible singing. What's a musical with terrible singing? Just a terrible movie
Finally, it's loved by 13 year old girls with mild cases of down syndrome. It therefore sucks even harder.
That about do it for you?
My sister (who is 25 by the way) inexplicably loves those movies, just as she loves the Twilight films despite knowing intellectually that they are astoundingly bad films. Everyone else in our family thinks she's crazy - my mother can't stand South Park but the one episode she actually sat down and watched with us was the one where they mercilessly mocked High School Musical. She thought it was hilarious, because they didn't even need to exaggerate how bad those films were (and how annoying the songs are, egad).
Some snarky individuals will claim that detractors are just being snobs, but there's a difference between bubbly happy things that are actually cute and stuff that makes anyone over the age of 13 cringe the second they see it (or at least, it should). The High School Musical films are firmly in that latter category.
Some snarky individuals will claim that detractors are just being snobs, but there's a difference between bubbly happy things that are actually cute and stuff that makes anyone over the age of 13 cringe the second they see it (or at least, it should). The High School Musical films are firmly in that latter category.
the music is bad, it teaches little girls that the most important thing in life is going on a date with some popular guy, the characters are exxagerated WAAAYYY too much and the casting sucks.
Haven't seen it, only seen the 3rd one, which was one of the worst things I have ever had to sit through. I will admit though that it had been polished to a mirror shine.
Its quality is disproportionate to its popularity, its drenched in cliche, and has added several new names to the ever growing list of generically good looking and only marginally talented young people who have made their way to the top in a few short years solely because they signed a contract with Disney.
High School Musical.
I'm not a fan of musicals, generally. Unless they're mature and spectacular, like Les Mis or something like that, I dislike them.
This is a pop Disney musical about high school. It fails to pass in my books.
Edit: Zac Efron is a millionaire gamer who has a hot girlfriend and played a young Simon Tam in Firefly (he did, look it up). He seems like a winner to me.
I'm not a fan of musicals, generally. Unless they're mature and spectacular, like Les Mis or something like that, I dislike them.
This is a pop Disney musical about high school. It fails to pass in my books.
Edit: Zac Efron is a millionaire gamer who has a hot girlfriend and played a young Simon Tam in Firefly (he did, look it up). He seems like a winner to me.