Haphazard Records

Yeah I watched Spectacular! cause movies with music in it always interest me. It INTERESTS me. Doesn't equate to me LIKING it. Like I'm interested in High School Musical but I'm not a fan of it. Point set?
Don't tell me I should be studying cause I know and I feel damn guilty.

Anyway. Review of the movie: [Lots of contrast to HSM cause that's the closest movie that Spectacular can link to]
What I Liked:
THERE IS TALENT. There is raw talent of the cast in the movie in comparison to HSM. I'm betting that many of the backup cast are already in professional jobs. Like Caspian is most probably already in some musical theatre group cause a voice like that is not easy to find off the street. The credentials of the main cast overshadow those of HSM. At least 2 of them were actually theatre performers so you can expect better quality singing and performing than HSM. You should listen to one of Nolan Gerard Funk's song and immediately contrast it to Zac Efron's. Mega OUCH.

The songs are done extremely well too. The songs which were sang by more than 2 people are very very well harmonized. Listen to "Something to Believe in" and contrast it to "We're All in This Together". The former has a nice balance and mix of male/female voices which blends nicely together, while the latter just sounds like the whole stadium just singing together.

The dances? They look more professionally cheorographed. Especially the one's done by Ta-Da. (Of course this is in comparison to HSM). Also, Spectacular seemed to have gone an extra mile in finding talent. Like the performance part, there's this section where you can see a guy doing ballet. Sharon was commenting that "his form is perfect".

What I didn't Like:
Okay yeah, the story did not have that much developement cause it seemed rushed. It was just a revelation one after another in a quick sequence to the audience that it doesn't leave you fulfilled. The build up to the main conflict wasn't that significant. It came and went too fast. Also, the problems were solved far too easily. There were no consequence to a character's bad decision or a problem. It just passes and everyone forgets it so simply. That just didn't leave any lasting impressions on me. HSM beats Spectacular here cause there's this cliched build up that the audience can absorb slowly before the main conflict of the movie. But then again, Disney's movies never go out of this cliched romance guideline for most of their shows. Whilst on the other hand, Nickelodeon doesn't seem to want to conform to that.
I guess Disney's better at reaching out to audiences and relating to the child in everyone which makes HSM a more appealing movie to the masses.

Over all?
If you're very critical about movie productions and music, Spectacular seems to win.
Appeal/Storywise: HSM wins hands down.

posted by Cineja @ 10:56 PM