School's out. Troy (Zac Efron) is offered a job at the country club due to the recently dethroned East High drama queen and daughter of club board members Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale)'s desire to seize control with Efron as her king. Troy must choose between his girlfriend from the last movie Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) and a life of fancy shoes, money and insider college admission. It's a summer journey that teaches the East High Wildcats about responsibility, friendship, commitment and solidarity.
Obviously it's a musical and the music is as good as you'd expect from Disney. At times the lyrics are a little silly, but that only adds to the overall giggly joy of the experience. It's also worth noting that the songs, choreography and overall production values have taken leaps and bounds from from the first movie, which of course we've all seen.
That leap in production value definitely comes through in the visuals. This is a very pretty movie. The dancing is great and the screen is always bright and colorful. The cast has also aged well since the first movie, with Tisdale's apparent nose job bumping her up about 2 points. Her and Hudgens are nice to look at even in their Disney-sanctioned midriff concealing bathing suits. And Efron has the most amazingly bright, soul-piercing eyes. It's like they're CG. They may be the reason the movie seems so colorful. I'd probably do anything he wanted if there was eye contact first. He also does all these great dramatic flourishes with his hands. I dare you to watch this without squealing:
I can't imagine anyone needing more convincing than that clip of Efron prancing around. This is an awesome movie. The plot is about what you'd expect, but it's really secondary to the sensory experience. Watching HSM2 is how I imagine a baby feels watching the Teletubbies. I just giggle and clap my hands and then start the movie over again. It's playing right now. HSM3 comes out October 24th and this time it's in theatres. Get excited.
You better believe I gave this a 5/5 on netflix (bet on it).
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zac efron is too pretty. he reminds me of jared leto's character in fight club. before he gets his face fucked up by ed norton.
Nobody panic, the prancey Efron video is back up
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