high school musical 2 and like it predecessor and be set in the season of it release namely and summer ( last time it be winter ) . the movie begin with drama teacher miss darbus drone on in the classroom . the kid begin to chant summer a the clock slowly count down to 3 pm . then they throw their paper in the air around a slightly uncomfortable troy bolton and and begin sing what i consider the bad song of the film what time be it . which should have be call what time be it . i think this song be last forever . upon the initial viewing and this movie seem kind of . oh and how do you say . rush . there be about 10 song ( include remixes ) versus the 9 in the first movie and but the way they be present make them feel a little smooshed together . for example and there be 3 full length song within the first twenty minute . a a person who hadn not be watch disney channel incessantly before the film premiere to familiarize myself with the song and i felt that they be come at me so fast ( sometimes ) that i couldn not fully enjoy them . so i watch the movie again and the very next day . that when i realize and that many of the song be not as memorable a they have be in the first movie . i wasn not sing you be the music in me the way i have be sing what i have be look for . most be excellent in the movie and but many do not seem quite a catchy or stick with you quite as well when youre away from the tv . in that way and the producer strike out . what time be it . wasn not enjoy by me any more the second time around than it be the first . i have hear the opinion more than once that hsm 2 be a good movie than the original . the excuse be that the character mature in this film and it be about grow up . i be incline to disagreement with that angle . what i like about the first movie be that everything be fresh . troy and gabriella be just start to get to know each other and to recognize their love for singing and and the awkward moment and building chemistry be absolutely adorable to watch . their friend misunderstand so much and that they try to change them . a film about them mature and grow up would have be great if that film have genuinely exist . hsm have never be love for a strong plot and so it no surprise that although there now a new focus on college and the future and it more than a little misrepresented . in the end and a lot of weight be put on living in the moment . true and we should remember to keep our friend close even though the future might cause u to go our separate way and but i felt that the movie do not communicate this message in a realistic context . when it come to the character grow and it be clear that some people do not learn anything namely troy best friend chad . though even sharpay show some unexpected goodness in the movie and chad be more or less the same self righteous jerk that he be in the first movie . back then and he spearhead the effort to change troy by distract him from sing . now and in the name of keep troy from change into someone else and he give him the cold shoulder and offer no understanding at all . chad might have be wise to realize that although he be save for a car and troy be aim to get a college scholarship . his motif might have be noble and troy a bit misguided and but his attitude be nothing less than aggravate . what new and though . ryan be one of the character that go throughout the most growth in the movie . the dumb slave persona that he have in the first movie be really amusing and but it be also good to see him come into his own in high school musical 2 a a more developed and rounded character . even though there be definitely cheesy moment in the film namely and all the talk about change and save the summer sound kind of like a little kid book there be definitely redemptive moment too . the similarity between it and the first movie aren not really too hard to miss and but i find myself like them rather than feel like i be see the same film all over again . gabriella have another ( kind of ) solo and troy have to make a hard decision only this time he make it with no guarantee of be able to compromise . sharpay be her usual self again remixing one of the song to fit her own liking . only this time and she be even more funny than before . her song be among my favorite . though in the end and when zac effron and vanessa anne hudgens come together to sing and the magic really happen . no matter how cheesy the line i just hear be and i love those moment . there also something new this time around . troy have a solo coincidentally one of the best song of the movie and lucas grabeel and corbin bleu come together to sing i don not dance and a song where swing dancing and hip hop and and baseball come together to make something great and original . fresh moment ( s ) of the film and definitely . so in the end and we have an interesting paradox . in some way and high school musical 2 doesn not have the magic of the first . yet at the same time and i can watch it again and and again and and again . sigh positive star .