So I finally caught up with the last installment of the Efron-era Wildcats. I found it to be the hardest to watch, by far. Why? Well, it is the most overwrought, overly sentimental, the longest, and it is just altogether bigger in multiple ways that are painful - and sadly rarely in painfully-funny ways. I think people fail to give Zac Efron enough credit, because without him this franchise would be awful beyond imagining. He saves it when he can. As usual the Evans twins provide the true highlights, but they are not in enough of the film to save it on their own - though I was delighted to see a lot more of Lucas Grabeel's Ryan in this one. Actually I would say Grabeel was the best thing in this movie. He has really developed through this series and I hope he gets a lot more work.
But unless he is on screen, or Sharpay is vamping it up, or Efron is dancing and successfully distracting us from the charisma black hole that is Vanessa Hudgens, there is not much reason to look at this product from the Sinister Manipulative Mouse. Now if they make a Ryan and Sharpay movie, that'll be something worth seeing.
Oh, and the best line, by far - "you are easier to dance with than she is."
Posted by armand at March 16, 2009 05:08 PM | TrackBack | Posted to MoviesI completely agree. This was the worst film. There were WAY too many Zac and Vanessa love duets and not nearly enough Sharpay and Ryan (they should SO have their own movie). If fact, their one big number was definitely the highlight of the whole thing, although I also thought the Prom song was pretty good and that the Troy and Chad bromance number was cute. Everything else was pretty awful.
Posted by: ryan at March 16, 2009 05:58 PM | PERMALINKI realize that I watch fewer movies these days because I don't seem to be as movie-inclined as I used to be; and as a corollary (and thanks to DVR), I certainly watch more TV than I used to. But I really have no idea how you get to so many movies. I'm jealous, albeit not of things like HSM3. I trust folks like you to tell me the things I need to hear to know I ain't missin' much. :-)
Posted by: moon at March 16, 2009 06:38 PM | PERMALINKHaha - well, you are missing Sharpay and Ryan. I think a basic point is that I don't have to spend as much time in the office as you do, so my schedule is more flexible, and, in addition, I read a lot less than you do.
And yes, per the norm (it's true of every one of these movies), the best thing is Ryan and Sharpay's number - which sadly comes in the first half hour of a movie that is around 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Posted by: Armand at March 16, 2009 07:32 PM | PERMALINK