Originally Posted By eww4 My wife and I were browsing in Best Buy the other day and after seeing the DVD for sale, she asked me if High School Musical was any good. I honestly don't know. I didn't watch it on TV, I try to stay away from DCA when their stage show is going on, all I remember seeing from the Disney Channel previews was a bunch of kids dribbling to music and the actors extolling director Kenny Ortega (we ended our cable subscription right about the time the show premiered) I'll admit, I am a big fan of Newsies, but I didn't see anything to get too excited about when HSM was first released. Are we really missing out on a fun couple of hours?
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x YES!! HSM is, IMO, better than the HSM2, but we just bought the HSM2 soundtrack (DD's birthday $$!) and I'm longing to download HSM soundtrack onto iTunes. I have HSM and HSM2 on my DVR that we watch a lot. Awesome!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo We love HSM and HSM2 in our house. Is it shakespeare? No, but it sure is good clean fun with some great tracks. I prefer the story in HSM but the choreography in HSM2.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I didn't watch this when it first came out because I just wasn't interested, but with all the hype about it I've become curious to see it (and I really enjoyed Zac Ephron in Hairspray). After these positive reviews I'll definitely have to make a point to see it!
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP It's squeaky clean, has the most predictable plot you can imagine, and they break into random songs. However, I loved it. If you are the kind of person who likes, say, Elvis movies, or perhaps the big 40s musicals I predict you'll like it, if not love it. If, on the other hand, Elvis movies make you gag and you fast foward throught the songs when you watch Marilyn in Gentleman Prefer Blonds, you should avoid HSM it will be a waste of your time.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun We loved HSM. I liked it better than HSM2, as did my boys (12 and 8). we own it and have HSM2 on DVR. I think it is worth the price. It's not rocket science, but a movie you cam let kids without wondering what they are seeing. IMHO there are not enough of those!!
