MOVIES: Bandslam (2009)

Info

Name: Bandslam (2009)

Rating:PG

Time: 111 Minutes

Studios: Walden Media Summit Entertainment

Quick overview: The Story is about a high schooler named Will Burton who loves music more than anything. When he moves to a new city he meets a group of misfits who together form a rock band and beat the odds to compete in Bandslam a music competition.

Who's in it?: Lisa Kudrow (Pheobe in Friends), Vanessa Hudgens, Aly Michalka, Gaelan Connell

My Opinion (slight spoiler alert): Overall I was a lot more impressed by the movie than I thought. Orginally it was one of those movies that I was never planning on watching since I'm not much of a Vanessa Hudgens/Aly's acting fan but I saw Lisa Kudrow on the cover so I knew that I had to watch it now (I'm a bit of a Friend's fanatic). I instantly knew I would like this movie from the moment the bit about David Bowie came on (its of Will Bowie is kinda my idol too). And as the movie progressed I liked it more and more. I thought that the whole bit with Will's dad and that part at the end with the stealing of the songs has been done in almost every music competition movie/show. Will's character kinda annoyed me how he let everyone walk all over him and was more of an empty shell that a true character. I was impressed though by Vanessa's acting I thought she made the character of Sa5m convincing (well for her). Aly did as expected and he character reminded me a lot of the little of Hellcats I ended up watching. Overall the movie was pretty good and I wouldn't mind watching it again.

OVERALL RATING: 7.5/10