OK, so I will admit, I'm not a die-hard HSM fan. Heck I'm too old to be. But I have younger siblings, so I have been following the High School Musical series since the very beginning.
Unfortunately the HSM franchise seems to be suffering from what I like to call "sequel disease", i.e. the typical Hollywood cliché of film series starting off really well, followed by the release of an OK sequel, and subsequently the release of one final sequel which is just plain terrible. I assume you know where I'm going with this.
I gave this a 2/10 simply because that's how terrible it was. It's not one of those "so bad it's good" type things - that is so HSM1. No, HSM3 is just bad. It may potentially be the worst film I've ever seen apart from Mr & Mrs Smith, which is just a dreadful movie, period.
Perhaps the only praise I have is for Ashley Tisdale, who seems to be one of those very few people who seem to be born for the entertainment industry. I see a bright future ahead of her.
Apart from that, HSM3 is just awful. I can't even describe it. The only thing I can say, though, is that I think that Kenny Ortega is the reason why the HSM franchise has been suffering from "sequel disease". His existence is probably the reason why HSM2 was nowhere near as good as HSM1. They should have kept the first guy, whoever he was...
Unfortunately the HSM franchise seems to be suffering from what I like to call "sequel disease", i.e. the typical Hollywood cliché of film series starting off really well, followed by the release of an OK sequel, and subsequently the release of one final sequel which is just plain terrible. I assume you know where I'm going with this.
I gave this a 2/10 simply because that's how terrible it was. It's not one of those "so bad it's good" type things - that is so HSM1. No, HSM3 is just bad. It may potentially be the worst film I've ever seen apart from Mr & Mrs Smith, which is just a dreadful movie, period.
Perhaps the only praise I have is for Ashley Tisdale, who seems to be one of those very few people who seem to be born for the entertainment industry. I see a bright future ahead of her.
Apart from that, HSM3 is just awful. I can't even describe it. The only thing I can say, though, is that I think that Kenny Ortega is the reason why the HSM franchise has been suffering from "sequel disease". His existence is probably the reason why HSM2 was nowhere near as good as HSM1. They should have kept the first guy, whoever he was...