Yes. I went to High School Musical 3.
The following contains a spoiler of HSM3, but if you glanced at this weekend's Target ad and saw the HSM3 dolls in their college sweatshirts then you were already spoiled (like I was) on what college Troy selects.
Okay, so it's a cheesy musical involving a high school. Yes. It's High School Musical.
And yes. I'm 30 years old.
And yes, again. I enjoyed it. A lot.
(As did my 59 year old mother who plans on going again tomorrow!)
What I want to know is where was a movie like this when I was 17/18 and trying to decide what to do with my life? Heck, where was this movie when I was picking a grad school and picked a sports driven masters instead of getting an entertainment driven masters at...wait for it...Berkeley. Yup. Berkeley. I was looking at two schools. The one I went to, and Berkeley. (and how large will the student population at Berkeley become now that Troy Bolton is going to school there?! hehe)
Loved the movie to pieces, and had to hold back tears in a few scenes, because I hate to say how true some of them rang with me. Ah, to go back to high school knowing what I know now! To tell my parents (even today) how I wish I'd done something else and how I hope to someday change my career so that I'll be happy. And dang, why is a teeny bopper high school musical movie making me think about all the regrets in my life?! Good grief!
My mom is planning on going to the movie a couple more times :) She's a sucker for musicals. I wonder though if while she was sitting there watching it if she even realized that Troy's struggle with telling his dad what he wanted to do with his life is the same struggle I faced as a teenager, a college grad and now as a "grown-up" in the "real world"? My dad was my best friend and I was worried about disappointing him. I say he "was" my best friend because I have had difficulties since my college decision, since turning my back on myself, in taking joy in the things we used to do together...mostly playing and watching basketball with him. The sad thing? Even picking what he would have wanted I still disappointed him because I didn't, and haven't, given it my full effort.
Okay, enough of me diving into the past.
I think they are going to screw the HSM franchise up BIG TIME with the 3 new cast members that are supposedly going to star in HSM4. I'm so disappointed that they are even thinking of continuing without the original 6 cast members. I mean, they can't top 3.
I can't wait for this to come out on DVD because otherwise I'm going to spend a fortune at the movie theater! This movie makes me sad because of how I relate to the story, but I still think it's amazing.
Okay, so it's a cheesy musical involving a high school. Yes. It's High School Musical.
And yes. I'm 30 years old.
And yes, again. I enjoyed it. A lot.
(As did my 59 year old mother who plans on going again tomorrow!)
What I want to know is where was a movie like this when I was 17/18 and trying to decide what to do with my life? Heck, where was this movie when I was picking a grad school and picked a sports driven masters instead of getting an entertainment driven masters at...wait for it...Berkeley. Yup. Berkeley. I was looking at two schools. The one I went to, and Berkeley. (and how large will the student population at Berkeley become now that Troy Bolton is going to school there?! hehe)
Loved the movie to pieces, and had to hold back tears in a few scenes, because I hate to say how true some of them rang with me. Ah, to go back to high school knowing what I know now! To tell my parents (even today) how I wish I'd done something else and how I hope to someday change my career so that I'll be happy. And dang, why is a teeny bopper high school musical movie making me think about all the regrets in my life?! Good grief!
My mom is planning on going to the movie a couple more times :) She's a sucker for musicals. I wonder though if while she was sitting there watching it if she even realized that Troy's struggle with telling his dad what he wanted to do with his life is the same struggle I faced as a teenager, a college grad and now as a "grown-up" in the "real world"? My dad was my best friend and I was worried about disappointing him. I say he "was" my best friend because I have had difficulties since my college decision, since turning my back on myself, in taking joy in the things we used to do together...mostly playing and watching basketball with him. The sad thing? Even picking what he would have wanted I still disappointed him because I didn't, and haven't, given it my full effort.
Okay, enough of me diving into the past.
I think they are going to screw the HSM franchise up BIG TIME with the 3 new cast members that are supposedly going to star in HSM4. I'm so disappointed that they are even thinking of continuing without the original 6 cast members. I mean, they can't top 3.
I can't wait for this to come out on DVD because otherwise I'm going to spend a fortune at the movie theater! This movie makes me sad because of how I relate to the story, but I still think it's amazing.