Camp Rock (TV Movie 2008)

Camp Rock: Directed by Matthew Diamond. With Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Meaghan Martin, Maria Canals-Barrera. At a music camp for gifted teens, a popular teen idol overhears a girl singing and sets out to find who the talented voice belongs to. What he doesn’t know is that the girl is actually a camp kitchen worker with a fear of being heard.

“Insert sadface here. This rockinu0026#39; was supposed to be so much more than it lead on, but it really failed to deliver. Iu0026#39;m quite sad to say that Camp Rock may not be a failure to Jonas Brothers fans and teenage girls, though compared to other Disney Channel Movies, it just does not deliver.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story starts off with Michie Torres, a girl that desperately wants to attend a Rock and Roll camp, and subplots Joe Jonas being throw back into his old stomping grounds before he became the hotshot that he is in Connect 3.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRight in, they establish the characters of Michie as the shy girl, and the rather rude Shane Gray. It seems that cliché character development only kicks in after a few scenes, for little to no reason at all. The work done by the actors was relatively decent, with a few small exceptions. However, having to deal with a horrible script like Camp Rock, is a task in itu0026#39;s on. The film tries to create conflict with an enemy that nobody really cares about, or has any ill feelings for. The mark of good character development is to love your enemy. Perhaps Meaghan Jette Martin had a scene or two that was cut that really showed us that she had such feelings for her family.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCamp Rock has all your normal stereotypical Disney children in it. Your hero(in), the herou0026#39;s sidekick, other friends introduced for comedic value, the herou0026#39;s enemy, and the enemies cronies. Disney does not fail to deliver an overdone plot of being ashamed of your family and how lying is bad. Blah blah blah… Girl lies, gets out casted, expresses remorse and sticks up for herself. Havenu0026#39;t seen this stuff in a Disney movie before! Nope, not me! Lastly, the music. Though it is somewhat strange that a rock star would be a hip hop teacher at a rock and roll camp, I found that it worked for the most part. Most of the songs are forgettable at best until the finale, as many musicals are. Though, these select songs make this movie re watchable and marketable for Disney. It will probably launch *a* career…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m quite sure itu0026#39;s got to be just a big Jonas Brothers promotional video. Iu0026#39;m sure the funds raked in for this film will also be astronomical much like its musical counterpart, High School Musical.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, the story is boring and forgettable, but some of the songs youu0026#39;ll be singing to your self after seeing the film once or twice (or perhaps 20 or so, if you know Disney Channel). Watch this once, definitely, to see if itu0026#39;s your cup of tea. But it didnu0026#39;t quite do it for me the way HSM did it for the rest of the world.”