Sunday, February 10, 2008

Movie Review: 'Hannah Montana' in 3-D


Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour: Aidin Vaziri I had never heard a song by either Montana or Cyrus until it came crashing down on my head in digital 3-D. Take a little bit of Avril, Ashlee and Gwen with wholesale swipes of melodies from '80s hits like Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" and Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night," and you get the general idea. Predictably, most of the lyrics seem to be about leading a double life along the lines of, "I'm just an ordinary girl living in an extraordinary world." The only bit of real drama comes when she nearly slips off the shoulders of her backup dancers as they attempt to lift her up for one number. Spoiler alert - she survives; and if road life is difficult, she never lets on - Cyrus is shown as all-smiles throughout. The film also ignores the trail of angry parents and nightly news reports that seemed to follow the tour. If it wasn't for the stellar 3-D effects, there wouldn't be much to stop this hastily produced film from heading straight to DVD. But the scene at the end where all the confetti comes flying out and the pyrotechnics go off? Even I was willing to let out a little scream for that.. Continue reading.