High School Musical: Great movie or utter filth? (You know you've seen it.)

<p>I personally think it is a poor representation of high school, with an over-recycled plotline and music ranging from mediocre to downright bad. I'm annoyed by its somewhat ubiquitous presence -- the ads, the life-size posterboards, and so on -- and I think the entire franchise should have died after the first movie. (What are they going up to now, HSM 5?) I also don't appreciate them lying to the little eleven- and twelve-year-olds watching, who now may or may not think that high school is this happy land filled with peppy students spastically bursting into song and dance, where everything can be conquered by repeating ad nauseum that we're all in this together! [Okay, so I'm exaggerating. A little.]</p>

<p>That being said...</p>

<p>Come on. The songs are so catchy, and all the kids are so energetic and upbeat! "If only high school were really like this," you tell yourself as you watch. If you don't love it, you love to hate it. Um, at least I do...</p>

<p>My sister made me watch this years ago.</p>

<p>I HATE THIS MOVIE WITH MY ENTIRE SOUL!</p>

<p>Horrible acting. Horrible songs. No depth whatsoever.</p>

<p>LOL is this because it's on right now?</p>

<p>I hate this movie so much that I can't even begin to describe my intense hatred!</p>

<p>I wish it would just die. It has a horrible plot line. The characters can't sing. </p>

<p>Oh hold on, I got a hilliarious email about high school musical. Let me go find it...</p>

<p>What High School Musical 2 has taught us:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>If you wish to show your inability or dislike for dancing, it's perfectly reasonable to break out in a dance number.</p></li>
<li><p>College? It's not important, as long as you can hang out with your friends.</p></li>
<li><p>If your love is strong enough, fireworks will go off, and lanterns will fly away as you and your boyfriend kiss.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>4.Playing sports is a hint that it's time to break into song.</p>

<p>5.Don't worry about being rude/mean because in the end things will work out for you.</p>

<p>6.School spirit is a must.. Especially during the summer.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Your friends are not human and should always be addressed by the name of their school mascot.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes! You can paint your locker pink! Screw the school board.</p></li>
<li><p>You can be a chef, lifeguard, or golf assistant...no experience needed!</p></li>
<li><p>A guy can never wear too much bronzer.</p></li>
<li><p>Lakes are the equilivant of mirrors. They can show your reflection perfectly!</p></li>
<li><p>It is possible to memorize a 3 minute song over the course of 30 seconds...and sing it perfectly!</p></li>
<li><p>It doesn't matter that you're not a staff member... You can still attend any and all staff events.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>14.The phrase 'more moves than an octopus in a wrestling match' is something that can be used in everyday conversation</p>

<ol>
<li><p>There are two bells that get you out of school. The first one tells you to start singing and dancing, the second announces you should stop.</p></li>
<li><p>Even though its the last day of school, its ok to leave stuff in the locker for the summer.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>17.If your family is 'saving pennies' for your college education and gives you a junky truck to drive because they 'can't afford anything else', it is normal for their kitchen to have expensive granite counter tops and a $7,000 fridge.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Pianos can float now. Go ahead, try it.</p></li>
<li><p>It's perfectly acceptable for a guy to wear girl's capris.</p></li>
<li><p>If you're upset, just run through a golf course, jumping and spinning, while singing 'Bet on it'...you won't fall at any point, and no one will stop and think 'what the heck?' .</p></li>
</ol>

<p>21.You can send telepathic messages to your mom to tell her to pick you up just as you're finishing your breakup song with your boyfriend.</p>

<ol>
<li>A resort can be highly successful when there are way more employees than guests.</li>
</ol>

<p>23.'And she stepped on the ball' is actually quite funny.
You just need to put it in to context.</p>

<p>24.One family can apparently control an entire city, including all educational institutions in the area.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>It's good manners to refer to your mother as a 'back stabber'</p></li>
<li><p>Turkey imported from Maine is much better than any other turkey. In fact, it's fabulous...</p></li>
<li><p>Apparently, it is now possible to hire an entire high school to be the staff at an upscale country club.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>28.Iced tea from England is blue.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Water Bug is a really cute, funny, and romantic pet name. (gag me)</p></li>
<li><p>Being a teenage paparazzi at school and taking multiple pictures of the same two people is not weird or creepy in any way</p></li>
</ol>

<p>31.It is okay to try to grope your girlfriend if she's leaving you, even though you guys have never kissed before.</p>

<p>32.When your girlfriend tells you that your shoes don't match your tie, you must do a stupid looking surfer move to see if she's right, you can't just look down</p>

<p>33.When you frolic with your girlfriend in the golf course, you get in trouble. When you frolic by yourself and sing, nothing happens.</p>

<ol>
<li>It IS possible to have any object in the world come in pink
& engraved with your initials.</li>
</ol>

<p>35.If you are the basketball star of your school, you can get yourself, as well as the rest of the school, summer jobs.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Lava Springs apparently had no employees, since they had to hire a whole new staff.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't change your friends, change your dreams.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>38.Corbin Bleu switched shampoos. Because his hair obviously did not have as much shine, bounce, or body as it did in HSM 1.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Even though Chad danced in 'Get your head in the game', 'Status Quo' and 'What time is it', he apparently does not dance, according to the song 'I don't dance'.</p></li>
<li><p>'What team?' 'Wildcats!' 'GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!' Can fix any problem.</p></li>
<li><p>Basketball scholarships at the University of Albuquerque depend completely on your musical performance skills</p></li>
<li><p>Guitars and speaker equipment can be placed near a pool safely</p></li>
</ol>

<p>43.Take two small saucepan lids and bang them together. You'll find they make the exact same sound as a large GONG. Go on, have a go.</p>

<p>^ lol.... </p>

<p>the songs are catchy, but the people are shallow, and even more amazing are the colleges they get into... :( I think Gabriella goes to Stanford...</p>

<p>Never seen it, but it looks horrible.</p>

<p>Someone tried to make me watch the second one but their terrible singing made me cry... really.</p>

<p>Yeah, Gabriella goes to Stanford (they even film some scenes there in the 3rd movie), Taylor goes to Yale, and Troy goes to Berkeley-after getting offers from other prestigious school such as Juliard (Juliard?), of course!</p>

<p>Gag me.</p>

<p>I saw it... and I thought that it was okay.</p>

<p>"10. A guy can never wear too much bronzer."</p>

<p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z7PFSXqH2Vo/SKurlqfj3LI/AAAAAAAAFjY/VJkcZT68pQ8/s320/Zac_Efron_2.0.0.0x0.276x276.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z7PFSXqH2Vo/SKurlqfj3LI/AAAAAAAAFjY/VJkcZT68pQ8/s320/Zac_Efron_2.0.0.0x0.276x276.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://images.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/10/30/mens_makeup/story.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://images.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/10/30/mens_makeup/story.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I think Zac has been stealing from Vanessa's makeup bag--she has none left for herself:
<a href="http://ms411.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/6fshz4j.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ms411.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/6fshz4j.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>These kids are taking the spots of students that actually deserve to go there.</p>

<p>Zac Efron is so ugly. Ugh. >_<</p>

<p>I actually liked it...pure fun and some great music. I really like musical theatre</p>

<p>I didn't like HSM 2, and had no desire to see HSM 3 in theatres.</p>

<p>Haha, I haven't seen all of HSM and any of the others. I just saw maybe the first 30 minutes of it while doing my homework and lost interest and closed the window.</p>

<p>Lulz @ dis thread. Any movie that implies "singing > basketball" is autofail.</p>

<p>^Yeah srsly</p>

<p><em>barks music in HSM with more skill than any of the HSM singers</em></p>

<p>I still don't get how Gabriella got into Stanford EA, and then actually left school early to go to Stanford..and half the movie is about Troy wanting her to come back to high school. Whut?</p>

<p>highschool musical is just so terrible, there just aren't enough words.
LOL*** Stanford and Yale?! I would looove to read those application essays.</p>

<p>LOLWUT?</p>

<p><a href="http://lolwut.eu/images/lolwut.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://lolwut.eu/images/lolwut.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The most accurate phrase to describe HSM.</p>

<p>Very poor movie in my opinion.</p>