Thursday, November 06, 2008
‘High School Musical’ crew returns
Love, friends and graduation: third take cheesy, yet entertaining
Need some cheesy cheering up that leaves you feeling oh-so-good at the end? Buena Vista Pictures Distributions’ “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” does just that.
Director Kenny Ortega returns for this installment which has shown impressive numbers since its release on Oct. 24.
The motion picture has grossed over $62 million and has held the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office for its first two weekends.
The film takes fans through East High Wildcats’ senior year with an explosion of songs. The movie shows love, confusion and friendship.
Along with the first two High School Musical films, the third revolves around Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) and their struggle with being separated after graduation. They both promise each other to take this year as it comes, enjoying every moment.
Being that this is the last year for the East High Wildcats gang to be together, they all decide, with convincing from Gabriella, to be a part of the spring musical. The musical is about their individual
experiences and what their hopes are for the future.
The High School Musical group’s voices are compelling and beautifully put together, tying passion to every word. Songs about the past, prom and deciding where to go to college lead viewers through their
senior year.
Each member of the cast puts on a great performance. According to freshmen Kayla Vadnie and Laura Vanderwerf, Efron is the best part of the film.
“It’s also cool that it is based on graduation because we just went through that,” Vadnie said. “It brings back memories.”
Vadnie and Vanderwerf both started watching High School Musical movies because of friends.
“It kind of got to be a craze. People were always talking about it,” Vadnie said.
Though they think the movie is “amazing” and would recommend the movie to others, they did not care for some parts.
“It was cheesy,” Vanderwerf said. “There were too many songs for just Vanessa and Zac,” Vadnie said. “I wish there would have been more group songs.”
The film is packed with music and dancing. Young ones will be entertained and young adults will understand its meaning.
So for a night of distraction and extravagant songs go see “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.”
Marcus West Acres 14 has showings at 4:10, 5, 5:40, 7, 7:40, 8:15 and 9:30 p.m. every day.