WOW! And to think that I would've believed that an over-hyped movie would live up to its...well..hype. But apparently, I was wrong. Disney Channel's latest 'Original' Movie "Camp Rock" was just a bunch of overplayed characters, over-used themes, and Demi Lovato over doing that song "this is me". We get it, we get that "this is me" and that "we rock" but why is it you, or why do you, indeed, rock?
Disney tried to capture that same HSM magic, but FAILED! Royally. The plot was very over- predictable.
1) Daughter is set on going to a notorious camp for the summer. But then cant b/c her parents can't afford it. BUT by some predictable twist of fate, she is able to go anyway 2) cookie cutter popstar is a 'bad -boy' b/c he wants to sing and write his own music, so he is sent to camp to try to change his ways, but magically changes them overnight. 3) Popular It-girl and her posse disregard mitchie until she tells a lie about her mom. then she is included until she is found out.
I could go on and on but I really don't want to waste my time. There are so many loose ends with this movie that I wanted to cry. Or SCREAM for Kenny Ortega (HSM, Newsies choreographer) to comeback and save this movie. But sadly he does not.
Demi Lovato does have a nice voice, But does she really need to sing the SAME SONG like 30 different times in the movie? is it THAT necessary?
Joe Jonas wasn't THAT bad of an actor, but he did need some assistance. And like it has been mentioned before, there was little to no connection between him and lovato.
Tess Tyler (what is her real name?) over did the rich snotty white girl role. And she was like that because she didn't get attention from her super pop star mom, so she had to get attention from everyone by anyway that she knew how. Then come to find out in the end, she didn't need to act that way and apologizes an in un-ironic way.
Allison Stoner could've definitely gotten more air-time.
The whole movie itself could've used come help in the creativity department. Like for example, they had different themed "jam"s like the Beach Jam, the Campfire Jam, or even Final Jam. COME ON Disney GET ORIGINAL!!! Come up with something different.
And as far as the music and dancing goes, well, this was no high school musical. The music was very original and very lip-synched. In one of the final jam songs, Hasta La Vista, the girl with the really long last name with the shiny top, yea that was definitely not her voice that was singing. The girl that played Peggy, cant play a guitar even if her life depended on it. When people performed their songs, there always sounded like there was a band playing behind them, but there never was. And who goes to camp in Heels, Leggings, Jewelry and too many accessories that even a celebrity would have (yes i did see this in another comment, but it does bring up a valid point) Ugh, even writing about this movie is making me frustrated. Over all, this movie needed a complete re-do, make over, or like i said before Kenny Ortega. There were characters that didn't need to be there, and there were some that were over looked or even cast wrong. But the cheesy writing, cheesy songs, cheesy acting jobs did score Disney with the highest selling soundtrack on iTunes right now and Its biggest audience for a DCOM to date. (second to camp rock was HSM 1)
Disney tried to capture that same HSM magic, but FAILED! Royally. The plot was very over- predictable.
1) Daughter is set on going to a notorious camp for the summer. But then cant b/c her parents can't afford it. BUT by some predictable twist of fate, she is able to go anyway 2) cookie cutter popstar is a 'bad -boy' b/c he wants to sing and write his own music, so he is sent to camp to try to change his ways, but magically changes them overnight. 3) Popular It-girl and her posse disregard mitchie until she tells a lie about her mom. then she is included until she is found out.
I could go on and on but I really don't want to waste my time. There are so many loose ends with this movie that I wanted to cry. Or SCREAM for Kenny Ortega (HSM, Newsies choreographer) to comeback and save this movie. But sadly he does not.
Demi Lovato does have a nice voice, But does she really need to sing the SAME SONG like 30 different times in the movie? is it THAT necessary?
Joe Jonas wasn't THAT bad of an actor, but he did need some assistance. And like it has been mentioned before, there was little to no connection between him and lovato.
Tess Tyler (what is her real name?) over did the rich snotty white girl role. And she was like that because she didn't get attention from her super pop star mom, so she had to get attention from everyone by anyway that she knew how. Then come to find out in the end, she didn't need to act that way and apologizes an in un-ironic way.
Allison Stoner could've definitely gotten more air-time.
The whole movie itself could've used come help in the creativity department. Like for example, they had different themed "jam"s like the Beach Jam, the Campfire Jam, or even Final Jam. COME ON Disney GET ORIGINAL!!! Come up with something different.
And as far as the music and dancing goes, well, this was no high school musical. The music was very original and very lip-synched. In one of the final jam songs, Hasta La Vista, the girl with the really long last name with the shiny top, yea that was definitely not her voice that was singing. The girl that played Peggy, cant play a guitar even if her life depended on it. When people performed their songs, there always sounded like there was a band playing behind them, but there never was. And who goes to camp in Heels, Leggings, Jewelry and too many accessories that even a celebrity would have (yes i did see this in another comment, but it does bring up a valid point) Ugh, even writing about this movie is making me frustrated. Over all, this movie needed a complete re-do, make over, or like i said before Kenny Ortega. There were characters that didn't need to be there, and there were some that were over looked or even cast wrong. But the cheesy writing, cheesy songs, cheesy acting jobs did score Disney with the highest selling soundtrack on iTunes right now and Its biggest audience for a DCOM to date. (second to camp rock was HSM 1)