Whenever people talk about Disney they usually talk about their theatrically released films with very few of them if anyone talking about their Disney Channel Original Movies. Well that's exactly what i'm going to as alot of them aren't really all that bad and deserve to be talked about just as much if not more so then whatever the latest theatrically released Disney film happens to with the film in question being called simply just "Camp Rock" enjoy.
The plot of the film is when teenager Mitchie Torres gets the chance to go a famous music camp she discovers what it really means to be a musician. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty just OK at best which is a shame because the idea alone is more then strong enough to support a film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is singer and actress Demi Lovato as Mitchie Torres , singer Joe Jonas as Shane Gray and Meaghan Martin as Tess Tyler. Also starring in this film is Alyson Stoner as Caitlyn Gellar , Wizards if Waverly Place star Maria Canals-Barrera as Connie Torres , Daniel Fathers as Brown Cessario , one of this films co-writers Julie Brown as Dee La Duke , Anna Maria Perez De Tagle as Ella Pador , Jasmine Richards as Margaret "Peggy" Dupree , Jordan Francis as Barron James , Roshon Fegan as Sander Loyer , Aaryn Doyle as Lola Scott , singer Kevin Jonas as Jason Gray and singer Nick Jonas as Nate Gray.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With the acting in this film being alot better then what it really had any right to be which is even more shocking given that alot of this films cast members aren't that well known and so it was shocking to see good acting in this film.
This film like many mid to late 2000's Disney Channel Original Movie is a film that's such a product of the times. With this film being really dated not only for using the popular girl is a bully trope but also for the technology that they use in the film all of which make this film feel alot more like a weird look back at a time that isn't even twenty years ago but at the same time that also makes the film oddly hilarious as well just because of how dated this film is which makes the film come across as being really enjoyable as well.
To me this film just comes across as a High School Musical knock off which is something that I thought back when this film was first airing. Except it doesn't have any thing that made High School Musical the mega franchise that it still is to this very day and as such it just comes across as Disney trying to cash in on something that they already own the rights to instead of coming up with a new concept which is a shame because if this film wasn't a High School Musical knock off or at least appearing to be then it really could have been a great ongoing franchise and not just a two film franchise that it ended up becoming.
Incase your wondering why the film looked as good as it was that's because of the fact that his film was shot by Dean Cundey who shot the original Halloween , all three Back To The Future movies and many more films. I was really shocked to see his name credited in this movies opening credits just because you don't really expect to see big well known names working on a TV movie let alone a Disney Channel Original Movie and I will admit that when I saw his name in this films opening credits that did get me excited to see some beautifully shot scenes in this movie.
For a comedy this film really isn't all that funny with this film just using jokes that make no sense when you think about it. Like for example why does Mitchie throw flower in her face as it's just flower it's not a mask yet that's the films biggest joke and it's one that doesn't work because logically it shouldn't work and the same thing is also true for alot of the films jokes as well all of which makes me wonder why the makers of this film thought that these jokes were funny because they really weren't which is a shame because the idea of someone trying to hide there face from someone else is a funny idea if you give it enough thought which makes me wonder if the writers of this film were under a very tight deadline as there's no way the jokes that we got in the final cut of this film would make it past the script stage if that wasn't the case and the writers weren't under a tight deadline.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty eight minuets and thirty six seconds. Which is so much longer then what this film really needs to be as this film only has more then enough story to cover at the very least one hour and fifteen to one hour and thirty minuets at a push which does mean that we get alot of scenes that don't advance the plot and that don't advance the characters but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then since this a musical that means that I have to talk about the actual songs that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual songs that are actually featured / presented to us in this very being really good. With this film having songs written by Kara DioGuardi , Greg Wells , Mitch Allan , Adam Watts , Andy Dodd , Matthew Gerrard , Robbie Nevil , Toby Gad , Pam Sheyne , Kovasciar Myvette , Jamie Houston , Antonina Armato , Tim James , Adam Anders and Nikki Hassman. With the best song in this film for me being "Here I Am" just because it is a good song that is rather wonderfully sung rather well by Renee Sandstrom in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a pretty good movie but at the same time it's one that I can't see myself coming back all that often which is weird because I owned the soundtrack to this movie but that just goes to show you just how boring and how overly long that this film could and can be at times in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the really wonderful Google Images as since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us up and the great and wonderful on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being all really fairly freaking high in definition.