High School Musical 2

⭐ 5.0/10

(Originally written by Tim)

The glaring hole in my HSMEU (High School Musical Extended Universe) watch list, we heard a song from this in the car, Jess sang along, and we went home and watched it. While I think these movies are garbage, I am pretty fascinated in the stranglehold these movies had for a couple years, and the lives of its stars afterwards.

This is clearly a Disney channel movie, so the acting is bad, it looks pretty low budget, but boy does it have some catchy songs. I won't get in to the plot, since its ridiculous and the characters are all pretty dumb and overly emotional. Zac is not good at basketball, and it's laughable that college athletes would want him to come to their pickup games. Vanessa has a grating voice and a flimsy personality.

What I will say is that Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay really steals the show. Everyone sucks at acting here, except her, and for an over the top character that could easily get annoying or forced, I thought she did a great job. Character motivations aside, she is easily the best character here. I like the part when she walks out to the drum beat.

This movie also made me laugh harder than I have in months several times. It wasn't intentional, but some of the reactions are so silly I could barely breathe.

My favourite part was when the boys come in from shooting hoops and then instantly take out the jug of milk from the fridge and toss it onto the counter for some post-balling cream consumption. #relatable.