i have finally find out the reason why the high school musical phenomenon be such a success . why the first movie soundtrack be the top selling cd of last year . why there be ice show and stage production ( amateur and pro ) and karaoke cd and and karaoke dvd to boot . it all trace back to the 90 . you see and the 1990s give birth to nsync and backstreet boy and the spice girl and britney and christina and jessica and what have you . but their time wasn not mean for the 90 . they have come too early . music honestly wasn not ready to cycle back to the confectionery and syrupy and velveeta meet cotton candy of the late 50 or early 60 . but now be the time . the reason that high school musical and and now part 2 and be such a success be because 1990s pop music be back with a vengeance . high school musical be the reset button and if you will and set kidz bop pop back in it rightful place . adult have their music and their innuendo and their profane angry paranoid hurtfully honest song . why not give the kid a break . a place to be a kid . the sequel do a great job of avoid the urge to fix what unbroken and but instead to polish it . this film isn not darker and but it be spunkier . more attitude and and even more confidence ( if that hard to imagine ) . this film be strictly for a ) kid and and b ) people who not only remember but enjoy be kid . high school musical 2 be a burst of joyful exuberance . wink towards adult audience have their place and but so do production where a kid isn not talk down to or expect to grow up too fast . the straight up theater pop of the first have be replace with more of a hip hop or arena pop edge . less broadway and more billboard . plus and the mythological task of defeat high school clique have be replace with simply earn a check for the summer . the movie want to feel big than the last and but it actually more intimate . that an unintended plus . the cast go through some drama this time around and and some change be make and character wise . this be the big surprise . disney channel could have simply do a rehash of the first film and but everyone involve truly do a great job . i forget that and as corny a the premise the whole franchise be and these guy can really act . and sing . and dance . no wonder disney gon na make a fortune . and no wonder musical theater be so rough . every single participant have to be a triple threat . but that part of the fantasy of the first film represent make the audition and give it your all and and gain the applause and support of your peer . what great about this second movie be and really it about the reverse of that . lose the support of your peer . lose yourself in search of something you do not really need and not yet anyway . it a good message represent the future will come soon enough . enjoy be a kid and be with the one who love you while you still can . still and if this second movie doesn not match up to the first and it because of move it away from the dream of triple talent status . no longer a musical about a musical and it instead become a musical about a country club . instead of risk social status to be yourself and to find yourself and it be now about the danger of lose yourself and by give into social status . more dramatic and sure . a stroke of genius and i would say and except for the fact that it still a freakin high school musical movie and not a country club musical movie . by move into more complex territory and it grow up . but by default and it be less fun and just a smidgen less and than the original . to it credit and it isn not stale ( the new set keep it fresh ) and but disney channel and ortega and and all company involve will be hard press to create a three quel that just a fun and lively and chock full of 90 pop a the original . a return to the theater would be welcome . a for the song themselves and let just say i have be fair enough to comment that i enjoy the movie for what it be . disney be great at soundtrack but they will have to do a lot well for part 3. aside from the opener and a baseball game or swing number and there not much to enjoy this time around and once again due in part to the removal of the high school locale . the kid will love it and the parent will tolerate it and disney channel will collect money hand over fist and and everyone else will have no idea what be go on because they have fail to realize ( a ) what it mean to be a kid and ( b ) that 90 pop music be back with a vengeance and and ( c ) everybody want to sing and dance and even if they do not want to admit it .