Okay, so we're not saying we'd want to see a movie this way every week, but we gotta say our weekend viewing of High School Musical 3: Senior Year was worth it if only for the glorious spectacle of it all. The Disney Channel's third HSM installment took in nearly 82 million dollars worldwide -- the biggest global success since The Dark Knight. Disney has to be thanking their lucky stars these zany singing, dancing kids are so likable.
Here's some highlights from our experience...
First
of all, it goes without saying that we were in the big theater (the one
with the balcony), the line to get in was so long that it was in four
sections, and woe betide anyone who should accidentally step into the
wrong part of the labyrinth. Everytime we thought we found the end,
some mother of three was waving angrily at us from another part of the
hallway and yelling, "Hey, the line end's back HERE!" One kid spilled
his popcorn in excitement before we actually got into the theater, and
the sing-a-long began long before the doors opened. At one point, a
twenty-something girl in front of us turned around and said, "Do you
think these kids are going to be singing during the movie?" which kind
of made us wonder if she knew what she was getting herself into...
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