My DD had an interesting take on CR2. She said the first movie wasn't really a "musical". Though it did have music, all the performances were performances onstage within the world of the movie. In the sequel, it was a Musical! Everyone sang about their feelings spontaneously! And on top of that, they were all in harmony and unison... complete with liberal solos from Mitchie!!!
(DD wanted to type out her own thoughts about the movie, so here they are....)
Also, Camp Rock was about Mitchie standing up for herself and her friends standing up for themselves. Camp Rock 2 was only the "Mitchie and Shane" show. Agreed!
And Mitchie's clothes were dumb for summer camp. Who wears a dress with a camp full of poison ivy? Especially when the "core of Camp Rock" (as opposed to Camp Star) was that it was, like, a real summer camp, with like, HIKING and stuff...Not only that, because they made the movie during our Ontario winter weather (brrr!), they wore fall/winter clothes, yet it was supposed to be summer camp. Vacation with Derek produced at the same time, yet they were made to wear summer clothes and suck on ice cubes in order to stop breath from showing as it was supposed to be August! Disney dropped the ball here for sure!
Also, still trying to figure out what the plotline was? Did Nate/Nick ever get together with that girl? Same with us...what was the plotline, besides a camp showdown?
Was there ever any question that Mitchie and Shane liked each other? It was inevitable that they would get together by the end? But were they really even dating? Or did they just like each other? He never actually asked her out, not really? There was that whole "moonlit picnic", but that was asked as someone who was already dating would ask it, not as someone who is going on a first date...This was beyond silly. You mean to tell me that in an entire year, they couldn't connect somehow for a date? Seriously! They definitely acted weird around each other as well, considering they had been communicating for an entire year. Not sure what the deal was with this?
And what about the whole "Only one camp will survive"? I mean, they lost? Why didn't they shut down the camp?I think it was because whichever camp lost, would lose campers, and thus couldn't stay open. They didn't actually mean someone was closing their doors - they are private camps, who rely on campers to stay afloat;therefore, whichever camp won, would draw in more campers the next year. Since the Camp Star campers asked to come over, and they said the phones were ringing with registrations for next summer, they would stay open, as finances wouldn't be a problem as they had campers.
And why doesn't Uncle Brown have enough money? He was able to kick out Axel Turner from the band... so wouldn't that have meant that he would have gotten more money because he was in the "hit band" longer??? Plus, if he was able to kick him out, that would probably mean that he was the main songwriter for the band, because they're the ones with the real power... AND if he was the main songwriter, he would have made MORE MONEY than Axel...Again, I think it was because without campers, he couldn't keep the camp afloat. He knew that Axel had unlimited funds, and knew he couldn't compete with that, and also knew that kids and parents would be suckered in to falling for that type of camp experience.
And also, wasn't Shane a counselor or instructor or WHATEVER in the first movie? So why is it a surprise that he would be one again in the second? He wasn't an actual counsellor - he was forced to be there because he was misbehaving, so going to spend time there was a punishment, as well as a finding himself experience. He did teach a dance class, but he wasn't an actual full time instructor, like in CR 2.
And Nate/Nick and Shane/Joe and Jason/Kevin weren't brothers in the first one... because Camp Rock was where "Connect 3 connected". How could that be where they met if they were already brothers?...This was the most ridiculous thing! My DD7 noticed right away that Brown said his, "...nephews." How can they be not related in CR1, but they are in CR2? You are misunderstood in terms of how the band met from CR1 though - they were bandmates already in a group called Connect 3, as you mentioned. They didn't meet at camp, they already knew each other before. Shane called them to camp to play the new song that he wrote for the band, while hanging out at camp.
The name "Axel Turner" was funny though. So funny!
(This is "agnes! again)
In my opinion Camp Rock was refreshing. And Camp Rock 2? To me it was just kind of High School Musical Rehashed. It basically turned into our house version of "Mystery Theatre 3000" last night. Totally HSM - did you recognize the glasses tinkling effect, like they did in HSM2 in the kitchen dance scene?
agnes!
