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55 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Musical Fun for the Young and Young at Heart, 19 Jun 2006
It's New Year's Eve when Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) meet. They're picked at random from the crowd attending a teen party at a ski lodge to sign a karaoke song. To their surprise, they actually sound great together and the sparks begin to fly.
Returning from vacation, Gabriella is starting at a new school. She's hoping to shed her geeky girl image. On her first day, she runs into Troy, who is the captain of the basketball team at her new school. He's busy getting ready for the upcoming playoffs against their rival school.
In the back of their minds is the magic that happened when they sang together. The sign ups for the school's winter musicale have been posted, and both of them are tempted to sign up. Of course, that means Troy would have to face his friends, who think he should be focusing all of his time on basketball. And Gabriella would have to deal with Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) who, along with her brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), is always the star of the school programs. Is it worth the potential social upheaval to audition?
This Disney Channel Original Movie has been getting lots of buzz, and for a very good reason. It had been on for about five minutes before I got a smile on my face, and the smile didn't leave until the movie was over. The story is fairly predictable, but the movie is lots of fun and the songs are great.
Instead of doing traditional Broadway type songs, the music here is pop. Of course, this works well with the intended audience of pre-teens and early teens. They even work in a hip-hop song and a salsa song to spice things up a little. About half the songs in this movie are auditions for the winter musicale, and they are very appropriate to the storyline. This actually starts with the karaoke song that Troy and Gabriella sing at the beginning "Start of Something New." For the climax, Sharpay and Ryan sing "Bop to the Top" which talks about getting to the top no matter what while our heroes sing "Breaking Free," a song about their desire to break out of the molds they are in.
The actors do a great job with their roles. Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens are especially great as the leads. There is a real chemistry between them that makes all their scenes so believable. I was a little annoyed by the over the top acting of Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay and Alyson Reed as the drama teacher. I know it was done on purpose, but I could have done with out it. Over all, it was a minor complaint.
The DVD features two versions of the movie. One is the regular film, but the other is the sing along edition that features the words to the songs at the bottom of the screen. The other features are ok. There are two music videos, a very brief behind the scenes featurette, and a "Learn the Moves" featurette that sort of teaches you a part of the dancing from "Bop to the Top."
While most of the bonus features aren't worth getting excited about, the movie itself is great fun. I'm just sorry I rented it since now I'll have to spend more money to buy it.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEST MOVIE EVER!, 20 Nov 2006
High School Musical is so cool! I've watched it a million times and it's still not boring. It's the kind of movie that you love the first time and soon you love it so much that you know all the lyrics off by heart when you don't even know it! It's great for anyone to watch - particuarly ages 8 - 16. You don't haveto have a voice as professional as the movie stars to sing! All that matters is you enjoy yourself and have fun!
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for kids like me!, 30 Sep 2006
I really like this film, i'm not a one who sings that much but even though I don't this film got me singing along to every beat, Not what you would expect from a musical of course, but this is what kids love! It's got a bit of everything! Hip Hop, Pop, slow music, just everything. Everyone in my school went crazy about it too! They are allways like, Did you see High school Musical? It was terricic! Let's play High School Musical, Let's do a High School Musical theme based Musical!
If i love my friends love it, then so will you!
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