DVD
REVIEW:
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3
(EXTENDED EDITION)
02/15/09
SYNOPSIS:
America’s favorite Wildcats (Zac
Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Lucas
Grabeel, and Monique Coleman) are back for their exciting
final year at East High. Director Kenny Ortega pulls out all
the stops with incredible new music and exhilarating dance
numbers that will blow away devoted franchise fans and
newcomers alike.
REVIEW: After the
big success of "High School Musical" and “High School
Musical 2“, which many people call the new Grease
phenomenon, Disney didn't wait long to take this popular
series to the big screen in High School Musical 3: Senior
Year. The prequel to “Senior Year“, High School Musical 2
was watched by 17.2 millions viewers, making it the most
watched cable telecast of all time. Opening the doors for a
promising big screen success that will set new records for a
musical at the box office .
The film begins very
similar to its predecessor with an energetic and
extraordinary choreography, performed by the majority of the
cast. Setting up the tone for one hour and forty minutes of
music and dance, but it is when the popular Sharpay Evans
(Ashley Tisdale) appears that the story begins.
In general, the story is
simple, but effective for its target audience. The last year
of high school in which the friends and non friends of East
Senior High School will have to decide what‘s next in their
lives. Once again the Wild Cats have to prepare a new show,
but this time is the last show of their High School life. ,
which becomes like before, a combination of contagious music
and good choreography that will pay big dividends for this
movie. The music is as good as the last two almost with the
same type of cuts.
Just like in previous
installments of the franchise, there is not much room to
think that the success for this movie can be attributed to
Zac Efron, who is basically the heart of the movie. It is
not to take anything away from the rest of the cast, but
taking into consideration the popularity he gained from the
first 2 movies. He definitely developed a strong fan base
among teen girls.
One point that has to be
mentioned was the fact that Kenny Ortega and Peter
Barsocchini just decided to not deviate from the formula
created in the first 2 films. “If is not broken don’t fix
it” and that’s why probably the film will be a big winner at
the box office this fall.
Definitely Ortega left the
door open for future generations of High School Musicals, by
introducing a couple of new sophomores funny characters that
will have teens talking about.
The big screen gave Kenny
Ortega more room to present outstanding choreographies that
can only be appreciated in a movie theater and the result
was a couple of energetic and innovative moves that have to
be mentioned. The first one is the choreography for the song
“A Night To Remember”, which is part of a rehearsal for the
final show, performed by the entire cast. However the
performance of the song “The Boys Are Back” where Ortega
just get lose and creates the most energetic and contagious
dances is really the most outstanding choreography of the
series performed by Troy (Zac Efron) and Chad (Corbin Bleu).
Overall the film meets its
goal. Continuing with the success of the franchise and
setting a strong ground for future installments either on TV
or in the big screen. What's next for the big stars of this
mega series? Both Zac Efron and Kenny Ortega will reunite in
the remake of the musical classic Footloose in 2010.
Like it was expected The "High
School Musical 3 Extended Edition" contains the bonus
features specially targeted to its fans. For example,
bloopers, backstage Disney featuring a behind the scenes of
the Prom scene, as well as the cast goodbyes. It also a "Sing Along" compiling all the songs
played in the movie.
VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.85:1)
AUDIO:
Dolby
Digital 5.1 Surround - English Spanish French,
Subtitles - English, Spanish,
French
BONUS FEATURES:
Cast Goodbyes:
In this features the cast of High School Musical give an
emotional farewell to East High.
Deleted Scenes: A total of 8 deleted
scenes with introduction by Director Kenny Ortega. Fans will
enjoy these scenes. (6:32)
It’s All in the
Dress: The Ladies of East High talk about Prom
dresses
Night of Nights:
This is a behind the scenes in which the cast talk about the
Prom scene.
DisneyFile digital
copy of the extended movie
Sing Along with High School Musical 3
– On screen lyrics for all the songs from the movie let
viewers join in with their favorite stars
HSM 3 Bloopers – Nobody’s perfect and
that’s half the fun! Watch as the movie’s stars try to cover
their hilarious missteps. (2:46)
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