woops, I definitely just bumped another HSM2 thread! lol, anyway, I might as well just copy and paste my review from the other thread (WARNING: extremely long and rambly)
...I actually enjoyed it *hides*
granted of course it's completely teenybopper, all but two of the voices (Lucas's and Zac's) sounded completely computerized, and the acting was a bit laughable at times (with the exception of Lucas again and Ashley Tisdale, who surprisingly made me really feel bad for her in the end). But it was still really fun! And hullo, Bet On It. Most hysterical thing I have ever seen. EVER. It's a good thing Zac's gorgeous or else it would have been painful instead of really funny :P
But seriously, the choreography was actually MUCH improved I thought. And.. dare I say... with some big exceptions, it was even verging on GOOD choreography! Some of it was ridiculous (again, Bet On It, and also the wave thingy in What Time Is It), but those kids actually really CAN dance. I thought Work This Out was very cool, and I Don't Dance was awesome (except Corbin's voice annoys the heck out of me. But the dancing's great).
Most improved thing about the movie though? Zac's voice. kldjfsklaj it is SO refreshing because it actually sounds REAL instead of Drew Seeley's (who did the dubbing in HSM1)! Granted Drew has quite a good voice, but it seemed so FAKE when paired with Zac's deeper speaking voice and made it seem like Troy was going "oh no I don't sing.. *starts singing in a very effected, popstar voice*". It was just ridiculous. Plus, Zac's voice is just prettier and purer anyway. It may not be technically as good, but he has gorgeous tone and great pitch! It felt so natural and gave much more legitimacy to the music.
So yeah, unlike the first movie which was only fun because it was SO campy and fake, this one actually had moments where I thought "if there were some changes in casting (*cough*Vanessa who's not a great actress OR singer*cough*), choreography, and the acting was better, this might ACTUALLY be a legitimately decent movie musical!"
And.. I really do like the music. A lot. I've kind of been listening to it almost all day. And don't even get me started on how much I cannot get Sharpay's version of You Are the Music In Me out of my head. It's too damn catchy!!
ok, I'm done rambling now. But really, it was cute. It was (and Zac has gotten full on legit GORGEOUS. Those EYES and that BODY omg)
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
