High School Musical 3: Senior Year

2008 "The Biggest Year of Their Lives Begins"
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Released: 22 October 2008 Released
Producted By: Walt Disney Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/highschoolmusical3
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It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor — and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something they'll remember forever. Together with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical reflecting their hopes and fears about the future and their unforgettable experiences growing up together. Will their final show break them apart or bring them together for the greatest moment in Wildcat history?

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joshuadrake-39480 After HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2, it was announced that HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR, would be the final film in the High School Musical trilogy and it is really good amazing.The plot is very amazing and the idea of calling this film "Senior Year" was amazing because this is the end of an era and the ending to a great franchise that was created by Disney.I was really excited to see how it would turn and it was really amazing once I finally saw, but I didn't get to see it until it was released on DVD, but my sister LeeAnn saw in both the theaters and on DVD and it was really cool.The songs were really amazing and just fantastically amazing and a really darn good choreographer and director who was great and so amazingly good this time around. My favorite musical numbers is at the beginning, where the say "Now or Never, "Can I Have This Dance?", and the prom musical number, "A Night to Remember".The only song that I can't stand was "I Want It All", but the version without Sharpay in the musical show, sung only by Ryan was really cool.I love this film's story and that was a really great story to pull off because I already lost one HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL movie, and that was HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2, but I have to say, for me and anyone who is a fan of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, the first film and the third film are the only ones worth watching, so HSM 2 is worth skipping if you are a fan of the franchise, but I don't have an extremely amount of problems of this film as I had one major problem with the second film.The only problems with the second film that I had were Sharpay and way too many songs. The only problems I have is once again Sharpay, the idea of Gabriella trying to leave from Troy, again, the idea of creating a villain for Sharpay, which her name is Tiara Gold and the idea of Gold trying to take the theatre department from Sharpay Evans.Those problems were the reason why I put HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR on my list of the Top 10 Overrated Movies, but it really gives me a great and satisfying conclusion.The acting is once again top-notch and Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay, still gets on my nerves, but she does not fail to deliver and incredible and intense performance that really saves this movie from being too stupid for me.The music and dancing is once again also are really cool and they are just really amazing and is really fantastic this time around and they could have not done any better.Overall, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR is good, if not better than the first one. Sure, there are some major flaws, which are the ones I just mentioned that are the reasons why the movie appears on my Top 10 Overrated Movies list on IMDb, but Disney and the Disney Channel network could have done a heck of a lot worse, but I've also seen worse from Disney.I have also seen some very bad TV shows and movies from the Disney Channel network. This film is getting an 8 out of 10.After the success of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3, there was an original idea for another HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL film, but it would not have the original cast returning, instead it would feature a brand new cast and would be titled HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: EAST MEETS WEST, but that idea would eventually scrapped.A spin-off titled SHARPAY'S Fabulous ADVENTURE, starring Ashley Tisdale as the title character and the film was not good at all and I don't plan on doing a review of it because it is just plain stupid.To this day, they have been talking about another HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL movie and with the director and the original cast returning for the fourth film and it would be a challenge to get Zac Elfron, Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin and the rest of the crew back together for a fourth film and they have moved on to other and bigger things.I would love to see what HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4 would be and I think they are actually talking about having Troy and Gabriella get married.Man, would that be a blessing to see? On the big screen? Heck, yeah. Hopefully they put as many songs as they need to in this film, but not too much because we saw what happened with the second film and I hated that one.But back to the possibility of High School Musical 4. They should call the tagline under the words "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4", simply THE WEDDING because if Troy and Gabriella gets married, I would pay to buy it on DVD.Yet, they have said it's release date, start date of principal photography or when the film will be in development. My God, Disney better say something about HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4 soon because it's been a long time since the last one and I really want to see the Wildcats Team back on the big screen.Well, that's it for the HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL trilogy and film franchise overall. It's definitely had it's upside and downside, but I still love this trilogy.That's it for this franchise review and for right now. Thank you so much for reading and listening and I will see you next time.
valbrazon This third episode is about the last year in high school and the graduation. I have only seen few images before watch the movies and i've thought it will start with the graduation, but the graduation only appears at the end. The big problem with this film is the duration, it's 2 hours long and i think it was too long. Some scenes bored me, when Troy meet Gabriella at her balcony for example. Otherwise, and like in the second movie, the songs were nice. The final was great but this episode will be the worst of the trilogy for me because of the boring scenes. There was an idea of a fourth episode which take place in college, it could be good but it has been canceled.
Jackson Booth-Millard The last film in the Disney franchise was the only one that got a cinema release, that didn't really make much difference to proceedings, but it pleases the target audience, from director Kenny Ortega (Hocus Pocus). Basically Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), girlfriend Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) and the rest of the gang are spending their last year in East High School in senior year, facing graduation and parting ways. Coming to terms with all these changes, Troy wants a basketball scholarship attending at the University of New Mexico, but he has a good stage presence, and Gabrielle wants to go to do performing arts in Julliard School of Arts in New York. Spoiled, rich and shallow Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) wants recognition by becoming a leading singing star in the school's final musical show, but looks beaten by Gabrielle. Sharpay has a new sidekick to help her get what she wants in British exchange student Tiara Gold (Jemma McKenzie-Brown), and her twin brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel) is gaining a reputation as a great choreographer. Also, Troy's best friend, basketball teammate Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) and Gabrielle's best friend Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) look like they are going on different paths as well. After the usual down on hopes and dreams stuff, Troy and Gabrille come back together for the final musical show, all the students get their degrees for graduation, Troy says the final goodbyes, and everyone sings the final song, "High School Musical". Also starring Olesya Rulin as Kelsi Nielsen, Chris Warren Jr. as Zeke Baylor, Bart Johnson as Coach Jack Bolton and Alyson Reed as Ms. Darbus. The songs are catchy, the choreography is actually really good, and there are bright colours all over the place, a good way for the trilogy to end and a fun musical comedy drama. Worth watching!
Dazz Camponi I've seen High School Musical and High School Musical 2 so it made sense for me to see High School Musical 3: Senior Year but is it better than the last two? The story has definitely improved and it worked a lot better and made more sense as they prepared to say goodbye through one last show. I also noticed that there is a couple of funny scenes in it and the characters were better written this time round, the character development was actually visible from all of the characters and you got to see all the characters instead of seeing one more than the other. I noticed that Monique Coleman who plays Gabriella's best friend Taylor, doesn't seem to be in the movie as much as the other characters do and I don't know why considering she's supposed to be one of the main characters. The acting is a lot better and the actors and actresses did a good job of portraying their characters. The direction was good and the choreography was great. Also, the songs are a lot better than the first two.I was surprised to find that the last movie would be the best out of all of them. I can say it's definitely toned down on the chesse-o-meter, it's gone from "Super Ultimate Same Difference cheese!" to "Plain cheese" and you hardly cringe watching some of the scenes. The songs and dances were well done and quite enjoyable. It's improved a lot on everything from the last two movies and the difference from the first two and this one is adults may actually find themselves liking it. It's got charm, it's colourful and it's a nice way of escapism. Overall, I very much enjoyed this more than the other two as it's a lot more improved. I don't see why people hate it so much, sure it's not great but it isn't bad either, I've seen a lot worse and considering the target audience is mainly kids and pre-teens, it shouldn't be taken too seriously. After all, it's just a bit of Disney squeaky-clean fun.Read more reviews at: www.dudedazzmoviereviews.wordpress.com