High School Musical (2006)

by Tristi Pinkston | More from this Blogger

15 Feb 2008 07:00 PM

Ever since "High School Musical" debuted on the Disney Channel in 2006, it seems everyone with a preteen or who is a preteen is talking about it. I decided to watch it and see what all the hype was about, especially after seeing Monique Coleman on "Dancing with the Stars" a couple of seasons ago. Yes, I'm afraid I do let "Dancing with the Stars" govern some of my life's decisions.

Anyway.

Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is at a ski lodge with his parents on New Year's Eve, and wanders in to the teen New Year party for lack of anything better to do. Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) is also there, with her nose in a book. When the two of them are randomly chosen to do a karaoke duet, neither of them really want to do it, but they discover they sound really good together.

The vacation ends and they go their separate ways, not expecting to see each other again. But Gabriella's mother gets a job transfer and they move to Troy's town and his school. They're really glad to see each other again-can't deny that kind of chemistry-but they don't really want the other students to know about the singing. He's a jock, the captain of the basketball team, and he doesn't want to ruin his image. She just wants to concentrate on her studies. But when the announcement is made for auditions for the school musical, they're both tempted. They finally decide to try out, together, and make call back.

This doesn't please Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) the girl who has starred in every school play since kindergarten. She hates the idea of competition, and wants to put an end to the whole thing, but apparently the basketball team has a plan of their own, and they're successful at splitting up the team of Troy and Gabriella. Only some fast thinking will pull it all out of the fire now, but with some teamwork, it's all good.

This was a fun movie. A little campy, but I think intentionally so, it's geared toward your basic preteen crowd. The songs were good and the choreography was awesome, especially a rhythmic number performed on the basketball court that incorporated the squeaking of the athletic shoes into the percussion of the song.

This movie was rated G.

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