High School Musical (October 3, 2007)

Ask your parents if they saw Grease when they were young and they will probably tell you they loved John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in that movie.  When you grow up and have kids, you will probably tell them that you loved Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in HSM. 

Zac and Vanessa play the roles of Troy and Gabriella.  Troy is a basketball star in school and Gabriella is a math genius.  They meet and fall in love.  Don’t worry, they don’t kiss in HSM 1.  Tweens hate kissing.  Troy and Gabriella have one thing in common: they like to sing.  However, Troy doesn’t want his basketball teammates to know that he’s a singer while Gabriella hates singing in front of people.  They secretly audition for their school’s musical production and the whole school finds out. 

The movie is about students who want to do things they love even if their friends don’t approve.  Eventually, their friends support their dreams because friends should be supportive all the time.

Do you know what is a tween?  A tween is a kid who is between 10 years old and 14 years old.  Are you a tween?  It is tough being a tween because you are old enough to make your own decisions but there are still things you want to do but can’t.  HSM is really popular among tweens.

HSM1 was a Disney Channel movie.  It was made in 2006.  It was so popular that Disney decided to make HSM2.  This summer, HSM2 was the most popular TV movie in America.  Kids are learning the songs and dance moves.  Disney's HSM3 came out in 2008 as feature length film. Disney will make HSM4 in the near future so look out for it.