A great movie. I was fortunate enough to watch the advance screening in Bellevue, and it was worth the travel and the day off.
First of all, the trailers and how Summit is promoting this to the public is misleading. Vanessa Hudgens isn't the main character of this movie. Gaelan and Aly are.
The story is told in Gaelan, aka 'Will's point of view. He meets Aly, a popular girl who takes him under her wing and turns him into her band's manager. He also meets Vanessa aka Sa5m (the 5 is silent) and becomes her partner in the class project.
The whole cast are wonderful, and they mesh well together. There were a lot of funny scenes that made me almost pee on myself. (so be careful when drinking soda) And the cast performance were all spot on.
The screening that I was in was mostly of people in their late 20s-60s. And when we came out of the theater, there were definitely a lot of smiles. In fact, one of them was even in the bus and couldn't stop gushing about it.
I definitely think that Summit should have marketed this to older folks as well because coming out from that theater, it was the older audience that enjoyed it the most. I'm in my 20s and the film was very enjoyable. I can't wait to watch it again.
First of all, the trailers and how Summit is promoting this to the public is misleading. Vanessa Hudgens isn't the main character of this movie. Gaelan and Aly are.
The story is told in Gaelan, aka 'Will's point of view. He meets Aly, a popular girl who takes him under her wing and turns him into her band's manager. He also meets Vanessa aka Sa5m (the 5 is silent) and becomes her partner in the class project.
The whole cast are wonderful, and they mesh well together. There were a lot of funny scenes that made me almost pee on myself. (so be careful when drinking soda) And the cast performance were all spot on.
The screening that I was in was mostly of people in their late 20s-60s. And when we came out of the theater, there were definitely a lot of smiles. In fact, one of them was even in the bus and couldn't stop gushing about it.
I definitely think that Summit should have marketed this to older folks as well because coming out from that theater, it was the older audience that enjoyed it the most. I'm in my 20s and the film was very enjoyable. I can't wait to watch it again.