We have here a musical film with an overproduced soundtrack, whose story is about *checks notes* Camp Rock's rivalry with an "overproduced ego factory" across the lake.
Ha. Irony. Again.
At least this time the story's better overall. Plenty of "why'd they do that?!" to go around still, in both the musical arrangements and story choices for various characters—especially the method by which Connect 3's bus wound up waterlogged… there were still two intact axles on that side!
Surely there were more musical nods than what I caught, but:
This being a Disney production, it's even odds whether they intentionally cloned popular tracks, and also even odds whether they licensed anything or banked on the Mouse's sheer size to deter litigation.
Shout by QuentinBlockedParent2024-05-24T03:21:36Z
This movie has great potential but unfortunately fell flat. Theres a couple of good songs - fire and rain is iconic, we cant back down goes hard, introducing me is classic - but a lot of the songs fall flat, especially as we get towards the end. The final competition songs were kinda boring, but i liked that camp rock lost, and i absolutely adore the reveal being through slow motion reaction shots with no dialogue. Genuinely great cinematic choice. I think unfortunately the ending with camp rock being saved kinda made the whole competition aspect feel pointless.