High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year was the first of the HSM movies to be released in theaters, and I believe just that fact alone helped keep the franchise fresh and engaging.As usual, the choreographed songs/dances are very entertaining, with my personal favorites being "I Want It All" and "A Night To Remember" (the most hilarious and pretty much truthful description of the Prom ever!).Where this film surpasses its predecessors, though, is in its much more engaging, dramatic plot. Likely to suit a movie-going audience whose standards may be a bit higher than just watching the Disney Channel, HSM 3 puts all the characters in situations that stretch their acting chops more than ever before. Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) agonizes over the prospect of his future already being decided for him, Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) struggles with the thought of being so far away from Troy, and Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) begins to understand that she cannot be the reigning "school princess" forever. Though simplified to a grade-school level of understanding, those are some of the same issues that many high school seniors ponder before graduation day.Thus, as your favorite characters walk the stage in cap and gown to receive their diplomas, I can almost guarantee that, no matter what your age, you will feel at least a twinge of emotion at the thought of the HSM franchise coming to an end.Though I don't know what the future will bring for HSM, I am confident in saying that the stars present in all three films may have left on the highest possible note.

This is the last part of High School Musical series. This is the most my favorite part in the series. Graduate is a theme of this movie. Characters grow up through past movies. I can see their bonds in the movie. I love High School Musical which plays in this season. It is one of the best song of High School Musical series. It is very theme song of the series. The best scene in this season is characters' dance scene at last. I think that this movie is masterpiece of live-action film of Disney. Story, songs, dances and casts are the best. This series makes me happy. I think that it also can be an opportunity for student to study English.

I don't care that it is cheesy as hell, this is still a pretty good movie. I know that is all cheesy and kind of clichéd, but it does something that very few high school movies do: actually talk about what the characters are going to do in the future. Troy's conflict, while innocent and kind of naïve, is a very real conflict. The whole series has good messages about identity and it's lost to people who find it annoying because it's a high school Disney musical. If anything, that makes it better: Disney is doing a high school movie about actual high school conflicts. "Senior Year" is not perfect, there are definitely flaws, but it is still a good film. The songs are pretty good and all of them were considered for a Best Song nomination at the Oscars, the acting is pretty good, but, most importantly, the conflicts are real. Not knowing what you to do after high school, going somewhere to do what you want to do, not letting others determine your life for you. Like I said, High School Musical was always about identity and that's a lesson that needs to be taught in high school. In a society obsessed with labels, we need at least one high school movie other than "The Breakfast Club" to teach viewers about identity. So, go ahead and make fun of it. Regardless, this movie was a phenomenon and it deserves to be that.

This third episode is about the last year in high school and the graduation. I have only seen few images before watch the movies and i've thought it will start with the graduation, but the graduation only appears at the end. The big problem with this film is the duration, it's 2 hours long and i think it was too long. Some scenes bored me, when Troy meet Gabriella at her balcony for example. Otherwise, and like in the second movie, the songs were nice. The final was great but this episode will be the worst of the trilogy for me because of the boring scenes. There was an idea of a fourth episode which take place in college, it could be good but it has been canceled.