The marketing people at Summit in charge of promoting this should be fired. The TV spots, trailers and posters presented the movie as a cheesy, cornball piece of "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL" fluff aimed squarely at thirteen year old girls, when it's actually one of the best movies of the year. "BANDSLAM" is smart, real, amiable, warm-hearted and funny, following in the tradition of "SAY ANYTHING," "ALMOST FAMOUS"-mode Cameron Crowe and John Hughes. In fact, Gaelan Connell, the awkward, geeky male lead character, is straight from the Hughes universe, while the intelligent, musician chicks Vanessa Hudgens and Aly Michalka would be right at home in a Crowe's "SAY ANYTHING" or "ALMOST FAMOUS." Hopefully, this gem will be discovered on DVD and those responsible for tanking it will pay a hefty karmic price as they look for work elsewhere.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
"BANDSLAM"
The marketing people at Summit in charge of promoting this should be fired. The TV spots, trailers and posters presented the movie as a cheesy, cornball piece of "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL" fluff aimed squarely at thirteen year old girls, when it's actually one of the best movies of the year. "BANDSLAM" is smart, real, amiable, warm-hearted and funny, following in the tradition of "SAY ANYTHING," "ALMOST FAMOUS"-mode Cameron Crowe and John Hughes. In fact, Gaelan Connell, the awkward, geeky male lead character, is straight from the Hughes universe, while the intelligent, musician chicks Vanessa Hudgens and Aly Michalka would be right at home in a Crowe's "SAY ANYTHING" or "ALMOST FAMOUS." Hopefully, this gem will be discovered on DVD and those responsible for tanking it will pay a hefty karmic price as they look for work elsewhere.
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