We're All In This Together

A new addition to my list of Holy Trilogies?



Haha, nah. I wouldn't go that far (would I?). But I did make a point to see High School Musical 3: Senior Year earlier this evening with Sara and Edwin. (That's right; a boy. He can say we dragged him all he wants, but it didn't take too much convincing.)

I first made my running leap onto the HSM bandwagon awhile after the first film had been "released" on the Disney Channel. I'd been reading in Entertainment Weekly and elsewhere about this sensation that was sweeping the middle schools of the nation but knew little about it. I rented it at Vision Video ("just to see what all the fuss was about, of course"), probably sandwiched between a pair of classic or indie movies to keep up my street film cred. I sneaked it into my apartment in my purse and watched it alone in my bedroom so as to not alert my roommates to the fact that I'd apparently developed the movie tastes of an 11-year-old girl. But whatever, now I boldly hoist my HSM-flag high.

This, the third film in the franchise (and the first to grace the big screen), didn't quite live up to the sheer exuberance of the first. But if you're the type of person to like High School Musical, you'll probably like any iteration of High School Musical you can get. The songs are still catchy and it still made me leave the theater longing to go to a high school where we all knew the same dance moves (à la HSM's East High or even the school from She's All That, where Usher implored, "Now come on and do that dance I taught ya"). Score one more for the Mouse House.

A real exchange of voicemails between me and Ashleigh after I saw the movie:

ASHLEIGH: "Hey, you're probably seeing High School Musical right now, so call me later so we can talk about it!"

ME: "Hey, it's Amy, call me back so we can talk about Troy Bolton! Bye!"

ASHLEIGH: "Isn't Troy Bolton dreeeamy? Call me back!"

And really, are we right or what?