Jason KingHigh School Musical 3 ($14-)
December 4th 2008 11:01
High School Musical 3 ($14-)
High School Musical is the skyrocket star maker for Mr Zac Efron who has basicaly been elevated to god status amongst teenagers and others worldwide since playing Troy Bolton.
It is the highest selling Disney franchise on pay TV ever made and the colorful musical film is going to go ballistic in cinemas with this third and final instalment. If it only makes $200000000- at the box office you can pretty much triple that in DVD sales, merchandise, computer games and now the musical.
This latest sequel follows high school seniors Troy and Gabriella, who are faced with the ultimate prospect of being separated from one another as they go off in different directions after graduating from East High. Joined by the rest of their Wildcat friends, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes, and fears about the future.
In its first 3 days, High School Musical 3: Senior Year grossed $42 million in North America and an additional $40 million overseas, breaking the record for the largest opening weekend for a musical film. As of yesterday's world figures the film has so far grossed $219,000000.
I am firstly going to complain because I think I need to see a doctor as my ear drums may have burst thanks to a squilion teenagers breaking decibel levels in the cinema every time something great and colorful happened - which was pretty much for the entire film. And OMG - when Troy and Gabriella kissed I think the bessa bricks holding up the cinema may have cracked. But, I have to say, deservedly so - this film kicks ass. It craps all over the first sequel and thanks to the release in cinema with a much bigger budget they got close to being as good as the first film. Everything is bigger, more colorful, superbly choreographed and all HSM! I just loved it, it's the modern day Grease and so camp, colorful and totally theatrical. The theatrical musical releases of these film can be brilliant, but I think the one thing that will be lacking from the musicals will be the amazing cast and god Zac Efron.
Zac is so sweet, cute and downright gorgeous he needs his own ice cream flavour! God, I am a marketing genius - I should copyright this idea tomorrow! But seriously - everyone in the film is outstanding but nearly everyone in the audience is there for Zac, it won't be long and we will get to see Zac in two new films - 17 Again where he is playing the young Matthew Perry who is transported back in time - very Disney, then the big budget remake of Footloose, I am pretty confident his toe tapping will match and go beyond Mr Bacon.
When I was in high school I danced the male lead in the annual Rock Eistedford and I gave up a career as a dancer for numerous reasons. Bullying, being called a fag (who'd have thought
) and general life direction changes. Watching this is a school spectacular and Rock Eistedford wet dream - the sets and colors are out of this world - it's nearly cartoon like and the dancing is just brilliant. My fave is totally the car yard dance. AWESOME!!
The soundtrack:
01. Now Or Never
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
02. Right Here Right Now
Performed by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
03. I Want It All
Performed by Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel
04. Can I Have This Dance
Performed by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
05. A Night To Remember
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
06. Just Wanna Be With You
Performed by Lucas Grabeel, Olesya Rulin, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
07. The Boys Are Back
Performed by Zac Efron and Corbin Bleu
08. Walk Away
Performed by Vanessa Hudgens
09. Scream
Performed by Zac Efron
10. Senior Year Spring Musical Medley
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
11. We're All In This Together
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
12. High School Musical
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
13. Just Getting Started
Performed by ABC Reality Winner
14. Last Chance
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
Trivia: - courtesy of IMDB
Film plot was originally slated to be "Haunted" and follow the plot of a Halloween movie.
The first film in the "High School Musical" series to go movie theaters.
The first film series to start out on TV, then move to a theatrical release.
The soundtrack is fifty-one minutes long, making it the longest album of the film series. The original length for each of the first two soundtracks was thirty eight minutes.
Gabriella has a photo of her and Troy from the second movie on her nightstand (from their lunch at the golf field). Troy has a photo of Gabriella from the first movie on his.
Over 1,000 extras were used for the Graduation scene.
With $42 million, holds the record the best opening ever for a movie musical. The former record holder was Mamma Mia! (2008).
The outfit Troy wears in the final number of the school play is the same outfit he wears in the "What Time Is It" number in the second movie.
Sharpay's ringtone is "Fabulous" from the second movie.
Gabriella's ringtone is "You Are The Music In Me" from the second movie.
Unlike the first two movies, Sharpay's locker has two doors instead of one.
This is the only movie in the film series in which Chad's father appears.
It took 41 days to shoot this movie, which is longer than the first two films.
Stan Carrizosa, the winner of ABC's summer reality show, "High School Musical: Get in the Picture" (2008), appears in a music video that is shown over the end credits of the theatrical release of the film. The show's other 11 finalists were featured in the music video as well.
High School Musical 3 is not the first film series to start out on TV, then move to a theatrical release. _A Christmas Story (1983)_ had a theatrical realse but it was a sequel to 3 TV movies: "The Phantom of the Open Hearth" (1976), "The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters" (1982), and "The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski" (1983).
This will not be for all but it's like going to really upbeat theatre and thanks to Zac and the crew you may want to burst into dance in the aisles, not something I suggest when in your mid 30's and surrounded by hordes of teenage girls and the only other males are dad's with their young charges. I shudder to think people thought I could be creepy. Well worth the ticket price - worth $14-
High School Musical is the skyrocket star maker for Mr Zac Efron who has basicaly been elevated to god status amongst teenagers and others worldwide since playing Troy Bolton.
It is the highest selling Disney franchise on pay TV ever made and the colorful musical film is going to go ballistic in cinemas with this third and final instalment. If it only makes $200000000- at the box office you can pretty much triple that in DVD sales, merchandise, computer games and now the musical.
This latest sequel follows high school seniors Troy and Gabriella, who are faced with the ultimate prospect of being separated from one another as they go off in different directions after graduating from East High. Joined by the rest of their Wildcat friends, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes, and fears about the future.
In its first 3 days, High School Musical 3: Senior Year grossed $42 million in North America and an additional $40 million overseas, breaking the record for the largest opening weekend for a musical film. As of yesterday's world figures the film has so far grossed $219,000000.
I am firstly going to complain because I think I need to see a doctor as my ear drums may have burst thanks to a squilion teenagers breaking decibel levels in the cinema every time something great and colorful happened - which was pretty much for the entire film. And OMG - when Troy and Gabriella kissed I think the bessa bricks holding up the cinema may have cracked. But, I have to say, deservedly so - this film kicks ass. It craps all over the first sequel and thanks to the release in cinema with a much bigger budget they got close to being as good as the first film. Everything is bigger, more colorful, superbly choreographed and all HSM! I just loved it, it's the modern day Grease and so camp, colorful and totally theatrical. The theatrical musical releases of these film can be brilliant, but I think the one thing that will be lacking from the musicals will be the amazing cast and god Zac Efron.
Zac is so sweet, cute and downright gorgeous he needs his own ice cream flavour! God, I am a marketing genius - I should copyright this idea tomorrow! But seriously - everyone in the film is outstanding but nearly everyone in the audience is there for Zac, it won't be long and we will get to see Zac in two new films - 17 Again where he is playing the young Matthew Perry who is transported back in time - very Disney, then the big budget remake of Footloose, I am pretty confident his toe tapping will match and go beyond Mr Bacon.
When I was in high school I danced the male lead in the annual Rock Eistedford and I gave up a career as a dancer for numerous reasons. Bullying, being called a fag (who'd have thought
) and general life direction changes. Watching this is a school spectacular and Rock Eistedford wet dream - the sets and colors are out of this world - it's nearly cartoon like and the dancing is just brilliant. My fave is totally the car yard dance. AWESOME!!
The soundtrack:
01. Now Or Never
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
02. Right Here Right Now
Performed by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
03. I Want It All
Performed by Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel
04. Can I Have This Dance
Performed by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
05. A Night To Remember
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
06. Just Wanna Be With You
Performed by Lucas Grabeel, Olesya Rulin, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
07. The Boys Are Back
Performed by Zac Efron and Corbin Bleu
08. Walk Away
Performed by Vanessa Hudgens
09. Scream
Performed by Zac Efron
10. Senior Year Spring Musical Medley
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
11. We're All In This Together
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
12. High School Musical
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
13. Just Getting Started
Performed by ABC Reality Winner
14. Last Chance
Performed by The High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
Trivia: - courtesy of IMDB
Film plot was originally slated to be "Haunted" and follow the plot of a Halloween movie.
The first film in the "High School Musical" series to go movie theaters.
The first film series to start out on TV, then move to a theatrical release.
The soundtrack is fifty-one minutes long, making it the longest album of the film series. The original length for each of the first two soundtracks was thirty eight minutes.
Gabriella has a photo of her and Troy from the second movie on her nightstand (from their lunch at the golf field). Troy has a photo of Gabriella from the first movie on his.
Over 1,000 extras were used for the Graduation scene.
With $42 million, holds the record the best opening ever for a movie musical. The former record holder was Mamma Mia! (2008).
The outfit Troy wears in the final number of the school play is the same outfit he wears in the "What Time Is It" number in the second movie.
Sharpay's ringtone is "Fabulous" from the second movie.
Gabriella's ringtone is "You Are The Music In Me" from the second movie.
Unlike the first two movies, Sharpay's locker has two doors instead of one.
This is the only movie in the film series in which Chad's father appears.
It took 41 days to shoot this movie, which is longer than the first two films.
Stan Carrizosa, the winner of ABC's summer reality show, "High School Musical: Get in the Picture" (2008), appears in a music video that is shown over the end credits of the theatrical release of the film. The show's other 11 finalists were featured in the music video as well.
High School Musical 3 is not the first film series to start out on TV, then move to a theatrical release. _A Christmas Story (1983)_ had a theatrical realse but it was a sequel to 3 TV movies: "The Phantom of the Open Hearth" (1976), "The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters" (1982), and "The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski" (1983).
This will not be for all but it's like going to really upbeat theatre and thanks to Zac and the crew you may want to burst into dance in the aisles, not something I suggest when in your mid 30's and surrounded by hordes of teenage girls and the only other males are dad's with their young charges. I shudder to think people thought I could be creepy. Well worth the ticket price - worth $14-
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Or perhaps I'm showing my age?
Mind you - everyone from Miss 12 who loves the music to Miss 14 and Miss 16 - who just love Zac think its great.