High School Musical

One thing that this school had over most schools, is school pride. The classic red and white colours remained that way for the rest of the franchise thanks to the powerful influence of the East High School Wildcats basketball team. During pep rallies and school games, almost the entire school would attend and show their team some love. Now, whether or not that is an accurate depiction of an actual high school… is debatable. But, with school pride like that, we can’t help but be a little jealous of that kind of community.

In this film, one of our main protagonists Troy Bolton is faced with a couple of difficult choices. First, he is faced with wanting to sing in his schools’ production, But, he is the captain of the school’s basketball team and basketball players don’t sing at this high school. Troy is then faced with the choice of winning the heart of the girl he loves or playing basketball. We quickly learn that his school basketball team is pretty territorial over their captain. Basketball or performing? Basketball or the girl of your dreams? Decisions… decisions!

Playing basketball means being part of a team. With a team comes friendships worthy enough to last a lifetime. When Bolton’s friendship with his best friend Chad gets challenged in the film, the rest of Bolton’s life seems to fall apart. He begins to have poor free throws, he doesn’t attend all of his rehearsals anymore, and he starts to distance himself from love interest, Gabriella. Later in the film, Chad lets Bolton know that he can do what feels right to him, and he will be there to support him. His game on the court then begins to improve.

This is definitely a film for the whole family with lessons that should be kept in your back pocket. Now not all of us can relate to being so talented at so many things that we are forced to choose between them. But we like to imagine that we are that amazing. A film like this is not everyone’s cup of tea, but this musical teaches lessons that should not be forgotten after childhood.