Random Snowflakes: High School Musical 2

The second installment of High School Musical follows the Wildcats crew into summer break, when Troy, worrying over college tuition and his future in general, gets a gig at the Lava Springs resort—which so happened to be owned by Sharpay's family—and takes the rest of the gang with him.

Choreography, music and lyrics just as good as the first movie, if not better. There are one or two songs that aren't as good as the ones in the first movie, but there are a handful of songs that are a big improvement from the already addicting first soundtrack... Read full post...

Story is okay. Realistic still, with a new message: keep your eye on the goal, but don't lose yourself along the way. The lesson of teamwork, and the appeal to leaders, is still obviously obvious.

Acting is better, story execution is good. Troy being the good guy who temporarily turned bad (sort of) was entirely convincing, and his return was very very believable. But I have a bit of a problem with Sharpay's turn-around, though. It was a bit sudden... but I think I can live with it.

Here's something strange: I was able to sympathize with the Troy's conflicts, as I did with Sharpay's and Ryan's... but the same doesn't apply for the rest of the Wildcats. I don't know... Many times I wanted to hit Gabriella and Chad in the head. Feh. (I actually like Chad's character, but in this movie's Danforth vs. Bolton, I side with Troy. In every other scene, Chad's as cool as he usually is, though.)

Fave song: Bet On It. The music, the lyrics, the arrangement, the choreo, the costume, the execution, and the setting! Everything about that whole number just made me smile. I swear, Troy gets the best songs. Well, he should; he's the main character, right? Haha! Coming in second is I Don't Dance. The groove is already good, but the influence of 20's jazz just made it even better.

Oooh, ooh! And I just have to say: my favorite moment in the movie is the Troy scream after dinner with the Evans family. BWAHAHA! That had me laughing so hard. And this sequence minutes before Troy was supposed to sing on stage:

Ryan: Hey, speaking of my sister, she wants you to learn a new song.
Troy: [laughs and takes the music sheet] "Everyday". [pause] I can't learn a new song!

I give the movie a rating of...78/100. Hehe. I think I like it as much as the first one, but I took away one point just because I like the story of the first movie better.

This time two days ago, I couldn't care less about High School Musical, never mind if Zec Efron was in it (whose performance in Hairspray was just AWESOME). But, after watching the first installment, I realized that it was a good movie, after all... As for High School Musical 2, even though I didn't necessarily like it better than the first, it definitely supported the original film and made me like the series better than I did yesterday.

And that, for me, is exactly what a sequel should do.

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