Bandslam -- new movie about a high school rock/ska band

skadanny · **Posted:** Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:25 pm

I'm really not sure how I feel about this ... :scratch:

Movie summary wrote:

"Will Burton has never really fit in at school. At best he gets ignored, at worst, beat to a pulp. So when blonde cheerleader-type Charlotte Barnes asks for Will's help in putting together a rock/ska group for a massive band competition, he isn't quite sure what to do with himself. As he works with Charlotte, he begins to develop the confidence that comes from being really good at what he does, and a fellow outsider of the female persuasion begins to look at him in a whole new light."

Official movie trailer for Bandslam.

Movie details wrote:

Genres: Comedy, Drama and Teen
Running Time: 1 hr. 51 min.
Release Date: August 14th, 2009 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG for some thematic elements and mild language.
Distributors: Summit Entertainment, LLC
Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Alyson Michalka, Gaelan Connell, David Bowie, Lisa Kudrow
Directed by: Todd Graff
Produced by: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Jared Mass

jlosowski · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 7:14 pm **Posts:** 301

ugh.

this movie can either help or hurt the genre, or both at once...

the genre will probably gain a little more recognition, and more people will take a listen. the main problem is, the ones taking a listen will probably be 11 yr old girls who love hsm...this does not sound good to me.

skadanny · **Posted:** Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:04 pm

jlosowski wrote:

the genre will probably gain a little more recognition, and more people will take a listen. the main problem is, the ones taking a listen will probably be 11 yr old girls who love hsm...this does not sound good to me.

Well, if nothing else, it might make Mike Mason happy.

catsarenice · **Joined:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:03 pm **Posts:** 52

I feel slightly uncomfortable with this.

Comrade Rurik · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:48 pm

The story behind this, portrayed as actual events, was in a scholastic magazine that some "Dr." at my school handed me. I read the story and thought "wow, this sounds like a really shitty movie fit into 3 pages of magazine."

Apparently I was right.

Donnywiggin · **Joined:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:26 pm **Posts:** 26

I'll watch it

edit no no I won't holy jesus this is bad

AKSnowmen · **Posted:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:16 pm

this makes me sad in pants :cry:

9sam1 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:54 pm

Listening to shitty ska often leads to listening to good ska.

Some good could come of this.

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