High School Musical (Review)

           Recently, I came to dwell on my past as I was playing basketball during Sportsday time. A friend of mine was singing the lyrics of a song from High School Musical. The lyrics sprung my childhood memories of the great movie series.

           Among all 3 movies of the series, the first and original High School Musical is the one that strongly lasts in my mind. The story was inspiring to have a high school life depicted in movies. Although I was not a high school kid, I was able to agree on some universal apsects of school life the movie showed. Probably that is why many students around the globe was on a frenzy whenever High School Musical was on air.

        Let's review some of the key sources that lies beneath the teen success of High School Musical.

1. Story

          High School Musical deals with the story of  East High School. Troy Bolton (played by Zac Effron) is the captain of the school's basketball team Wildcats. He usually leads the school team in rasing the numbers on the scoreboard. Meanwhile, Gabriella Montez (played by Vanessa Hudgens) transfers to East High School. She becomes they key member of the school's academic team. Both Troy and Gabriella is not known for musical singing or auditions. Instead in school, Sharpay Evans (played by Ashley Tisdale) and Ryan Evans (played by Lucas Grabeel) is known as the musical types. As Troy and Gabriella reach for their real dreams, students of East High School learns something valuable.

          With a story that might be conventional, the movie fascinated the minds of many teens around the world. The story was able to gain sympahty of students, who frequently feel the same way like Troy and Gabriella. The movie gives space for teenagers to portray themselves in the characters of High School Musical, thus gaining hope and excitement as Troy and Gabriella reach their dream. The movie focuses on the teenager's point of view. Probably to viewers not of teens age, the story might be childish and sentimental.

2. Songs

           Personally, I liked the songs from the movie. The movie consists of about 13 tracks, which I basically liked. Each song has its own story and mood, reminding each scenes from the movie.

Get'cha Head in the Game

           This is the song which  reminded me of High School Musical few days ago. I like the intro part where the dribbling of the basketball and squeaking of sneakers make up the beat for the song itself. The strong beat and the rythm go well with the scene where Troy is trying to focus on his basketball practice. In the film, the song matches with the powerful basketball moves and dances the actors show. As a student who likes basketball, I personally liked the song and the moves.

Coach said to

Fake right and Break left

Watch out for the pick

And keep an eye on defense

Gotta run the give and go

And take the ball to the hole

But don't be afraid

To shoot the outside "J"

Let's make sure

That we get the rebound

'Cause when we get it

Then the crowd will go wild

A second chance

Stick to the Status Quo

        This is another song from "The Highschool Muscial." The song deals about how students prevent each other from doing what they truly like to do, because the students have their own places. I thought that it was interesting, since it showed how students are always aware of others, that they lose their chance of doing what their heart tells them to do.

No, no, no, nooooooooooo
No, no, no
Stick to the stuff you know
If you wanna be cool
Follow one simple rule
Don't mess with the flow, no no
Stick to the status quo

3. Actors

 

      Actors who fit well with the characters are also a another key of success. Each actors actually played well with their characters. The actors seemed comfortable with working each other. Especially, Venessa Hudgens and Zac Effron once were couples, being natural. Probably, the likeliness of each characters had helped young teens to be pulled into the series.

<RANKING> : Four and a half-eaten cookie