It’s SOOOO On…
OMCR2!
I was excited to see the trailer for Camp Rock 2 when it premiered on Sunday, May 1, a mere Four (!) Months before the air date of the movie, which is September 3. And may I say, it did not disappoint. Not only did it cause me to resurrect Coolmom’s Cringe-O-Meter, a device I created to quantify the level of embarrassment caused by cheesy entertainment (see Sidebar for complete guide), but it exceeded even my wildest hopes in terms of potential Badness So Bad as to Be Great. Going out on a limb, I’m going to rank Camp Rock 2 as a solid 5 on the meter, based simply on what I saw in the trailer. But really, given how Bad the first Camp Rock was, the sky’s the limit here.
You’ll see what I mean after the jump…
As best as I can piece together from the frenzied jump cuts, there are not one but two music camps this go around, Camp Rock ,the one attended by Our Friends the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, et al and a new camp, Camp Star. Camp Rock is the “good” camp and Camp Star is the “mean, soulless” camp, as clearly evidenced by all the black leather its attendees were wearing. There seems to be some kind of skullduggery being practiced (natch), there is a competition (I’m going to take a shot in the dark and say it’s the Final Jam…) wherein said skullduggery will be perpetrated, and there seems to be some kind of conflict between Joe Jonas’ and Demi Lovato’s characters. They were emoting together (again, I’m going to take a wild guess and prophesy that they will break up and reunite over the course of the movie).
But what really got me excited was the moments which I had not even anticipated. To wit:
There were lots of scenes with kids dancing while wearing expressions of “srs bsns.” Kind of like a hip-hop Riverdance in terms of high-steppin’ footwork meets high-falutin’ purpose that’s so much more meaningful than mere choreography. Dude, the *intensity* gave me heart palpitations. Or maybe it was the burrito I had for dinner…
At 1:09 Demi Lovato says with all the plucky courage of which she is capable, obviously exhorting her camp-mates to gather their plucky courage and not let the evil minions of Camp Star win: “This is our summer.” Oh the deliciousness of how close that is to Gabriella Montez saying in High School Musical 2: “But you’re messing with my friends and my summer and that’s not ok with me.” This is absolutely High School Musical Goes to Summer Camp. Right down to the dialogue!
We’ve heard rumors of a Romeo & Juliet-esque relationship between Nick Jonas and actress Chloe Bridges (who plays a new character this go-around, some relation to Camp Star). At 1:38 we see evidence of this, because look out: Nick is A-C-T-I-N-G. With a capital ACT. Oh yeah, we are in for some scenery chewing from Nick J. here. Can. Not. Wait.
Actually, given all this and other bits of tawdry wonderfulness with which Disney is sure to bombard us over the next Four(!) Months, I may have been too conservative in my assessment of the cringe potential.
When all’s said and done, I may have to come up with a whole new scale!
[via: Youtube/MsBestofJonas (video), fancypix/wordpress.com (photo)
