Generally speaking, we are all pretty much used to movies being a hit or miss affair. In fact, there
are very few movie making "Names You Can Trust" out there (whatever your
tastes).
Even the ones you can trust often turn up the occasional
dud...
Which,
when you think about it, is a situation we don't really accept from any
other kind of consumer good. After all, would you really buy a brand of
potato chip if every third pack contained ashes or pieces of human
skin?
Would
you buy a newspaper if every third day the contents were just slabs of
text taken from the side of a fire extinguisher?
And yet
at least every third blockbuster that makes it to cinemas just doesn't
work as it should:
The characters are unrealistic, the story doesn't
hold together, the dialogue is laughable - unless it is a comedy, in
which case it is painfully serious - and so on.
We accept
this because we have been told that it is the price you pay for creativity
- and yet all you have to do is wander over to a cinema showing a
Disney film to see that there is another way.
Hannah Montana - The Movie does
exactly what it is supposed to do:
There are a bunch of songs (some ok,
some not), some PG young love, a wacky young heroine the target
audience will happily go on a journey with, some mildly amusing comedy,
plenty of moralising about the importance of family and being yourself.
Best of all - the whole thing is over before anyone can get too fidgety!
Sure, it is kind of bland and pretty forgettable - but that is what they are aiming for.
But
just imagine if someone figured out how to harness the Disney
assembly-line approach to making films that were actually
entertaining... DVD Special Features
Heaps of stuff on offer here to keep the kiddies entertained.
Audio Commentary, Deleted Scenes With Optional Intros, Music Video: "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus.
There's
also a bunch of featurettes which include "Find Your Way Back Home", "I
Should Have Gone To Film School" with Jason Earles, and "Fun With
Hannah And The Gang".
Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: N/A
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