The Horror Returns

Anyone who doesn't live in a house with a pre-teen girl or with access to the Disney channel probably doesn't know that High School Musical 2 premired tonight. I wan't to start this article by saying that I've never watched either movie in it's entirety, I have seen bits and pieces but to be fair, I've seen stock footage of the Holocaust and that was enough for me to realize it's one of the most horrorifying monstrosities in the history of Earth. For those who know nothing about High School Musical I'll explain what it's about, but to prove my point I shall give myself no more than 20 words to describe the plot: promising athlete faces choice between basketball or singing and dancing. Wow! I did it in 10 and accomplished to make it sound straighter than it really is.

What really bothers me about this series of travesties is that they have become so popular for really no reason. I've seen this plot in over 20 dozen crappy movies before and the acting in these is so mind numbingly bad that I actually longed to watch "House of the Dead" or "Alone in the Dark" instead of the 90 seconds that I sat through of High School Musical. People are calling this the next Grease! Seriously? Grease was at least entertaining. It reached a demographic that wasn't in training bra's.

Now, if High School Musical is the new Grease then that would make Zac Efron the next John Trovalta. Now here, here is where you really lose me. Now, sure, every actor is going to make a bad movie. I mean, Travolta made Battlefield Earth, but atleast he wasn't stupid enough to return for a Battlefield Earth 2. Zac Efron not only returned for a second High School Musical, he acted in Hairspray. Now, don't get me wrong, Hairspray was an enjoyable movie but Efron was far from being the best thing about it. Efron needs to show his range as an actor but right now I really can't imagine this kid doing anything other than singing show tunes. I mean, could you imagine Efron as Vincent Vega? I shudder just thinking about what kind of a hell that world would be.

I know that I'm being pretty hard on lil HSM and most people will probably just say "Grow up. It's just a Disney movie, it's not meant to be intelligent". But that is exactly my point. I'm so sick of this crap happening and it only proves how dumb the genreal public has become. I mean You Got Served, Stomp The Yard, Wild Hogs, Norbit, Epic Movie, Madea's Family Reunion, When A Stranger Calls, Big Momma's House 2, Bringing Down the House, and freaking Kangaroo Jack all opened #1 at the box office. Isn't it time America stood up and said "Hey, maybe I'd like to see some wit and intelligence in my movies. Not just some story you ripped off of a Hitchcock movie and retitled Disturbia". So I say to you America, rise up and fight. Fight not for just good movies but TV as well. Or else one day you'll turn on the TV to find You Got Served the series and go to the multiplex to find Hana Montana: The Movie.

God Help Us.