{"id":579,"date":"2008-10-24T23:28:05","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T07:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/test\/2008\/10\/24\/hsm3\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T23:05:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T06:05:16","slug":"hsm3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/24\/hsm3\/","title":{"rendered":"hsm3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m around. Just been tired lately so I haven&#8217;t felt much like blogging.<\/p>\n<p>BUT. Something has brought me out of my blogging funk and that is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<b>HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR<\/b><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Oh, yes. I just came back from watching it. \ud83d\ude00 In the theatre. On opening day. With Rob. Look how much fun he had!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/robhsm3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tn_robhsm3.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The picture is super blurry&#8230; I was rushing because Rob was yelling at me to hurry up. Oh well. You can still tell that he&#8217;s standing with the huge HSM3 cut-out in the lobby of the movie theatre. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Anyway. Back to the movie. I LOVED it. It was SO much fun. The musical numbers were huge productions &#8212; they were bigger and brighter with dazzling choreography and lots of props and costumes to tease the eye.<\/p>\n<p>Spoilery thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nMy biggest criticism of the movie is the plot. It was a TOTAL rehash of the first movie (Sharpay&#8217;s scheming, Troy&#8217;s conflict between theatre and basketball). I didn&#8217;t really expect any mind-blowing storylines but they could have at least <i>tried<\/i> for some originality. OH! The 3 new characters that were introduced were all terrible. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s been officially announced yet but I am SO not watching <i>High School Musical 4<\/i> if these newbies are in it. Not that I&#8217;m in the target demographic anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Random stuff:<br \/>\n&#8212; I was totally scared that Gabriella&#8217;s dress would fly up during &#8220;Can I Have This Dance?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Little Chad and Troy were OMGSOCUTE.<br \/>\n&#8212; I am so jealous of Gabriella&#8217;s dress wardrobe. I adored them all.<br \/>\n&#8212; OMG. Chad (Corbin Bleu) looks SO MUCH older in this movie. No more baby face.<br \/>\n&#8212; Only Ryan can pull off hot pink pants.<br \/>\n&#8212; Zac Efron is a cutie.<\/p>\n<p>What I LOVED!<br \/>\n&#8212; Lots of Troy and Gabriella. I know they&#8217;re almost sickeningly sweet but I love them so.<br \/>\n&#8212; Troy choosing UC Berkeley! I&#8217;m totally taking that as a shout-out to ME. Heh. Although the distance between Cal and Stanford (Gabriella&#8217;s chosen college) is a little more than 32.7 miles. It&#8217;s about 40 miles. Come on &#8212; couldn&#8217;t they have gotten some production assistant to look this up on Google Maps or something?<br \/>\n&#8212; Kelsi AND Ryan getting Juilliard scholarships. Ryan is THE BEST.<br \/>\n&#8212; All the huge production numbers, particularly &#8220;Now or Never,&#8221; &#8220;Can I Have This Dance?,&#8221; &#8220;Boys Are Back,&#8221; &#8220;Just Wanna Be With You,&#8221; and &#8220;A Night To Remember.&#8221; SO FUN.<br \/>\n&#8212; But my absolute favorite moment was the ending where each of the 6 main characters got their close-ups before the curtain closed on them. Taylor and Sharpay totally looked like they were going to cry. This was so sweet.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, my favorite HSM movie is still the first. The third movie is a very close second. Argh, I can&#8217;t wait until this comes out on DVD! For now, I&#8217;m downloading the soundtrack from iTunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m around. Just been tired lately so I haven&#8217;t felt much like blogging. BUT. Something has brought me out of my blogging funk and that is&#8230; HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR Oh, yes. 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