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Bandslam (2009)

August. 06,2009
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6.3
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PG
| Drama Comedy Music Romance
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A high school social outcast and the popular girl bond through a shared love of music.

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Senteur
2009/08/06

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

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PiraBit
2009/08/07

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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Abbigail Bush
2009/08/08

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Suman Roberson
2009/08/09

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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Gluepack
2009/08/10

Nothing on Bulgarian TV so I checked out Film4 on filmon.com, as there was nothing else on the UK channels worth watching. I've avoided Film4 a lot lately as the titles/writeups haven't been that inspiring.What a surprise! I started it as the popcorn was popping, half expecting to give it 15 mins max. However, it was an excellent little movie with excellent direction and acting that kept me enthralled to the end.The main characters were all excellent, particularly Sa5m (Survive'em), but many of the minor characters were very good too which, to a great extent, was down to quite a pleasantly-surprising well-written script.

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CrystalRain7
2009/08/11

OK, first off, I'm 13. I don't really watch PG movies. I haven't for years because they are often boring, cheesy, and unrealistic and like to watch without tearing my head off in frustration. But this movie was absolutely fantastic.I made an account just to review it. I know, it probably doesn't look like it. It has Aly Michalka and Vanessa Hudgens. That should be reason enough NOT to watch. The trailer also makes it look incredibly dumb and childish. IT IS NOT. The only reason I gave this movie a chance is because I was ridiculously bored and had nothing to do whatsoever. And I am so unbelievably glad that I did. This movie had a lot of substance and meaning, but was also funny and sweet. i would recommend this movie to anyone but mostly teens. It addresses issues and voices thoughts that we are afraid to ourselves. Like being told to partner up in class. Who hasn't thought sat there hoping against hope that you would be picked? Not only is the movie good in general, it has great music choice. None of that new pop rock trash that they show on Disney Channel. Basically, my point is: Give this movie a chance.

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chocokitty11
2009/08/12

Oh god, where do I even start. I was reading about this movie somewhere online and thought it sounded like a really good idea. The thought of a bunch of misfits who are into music and want to start a band sounded like a great idea. The first half an hour in I really enjoyed the movie. It was really funny. However, after a while it got so annoying it was hard to take. First of all, as a teenager myself, I don't think this movie is relate-able to older or younger teens. It's much too witty and classic rock savvy for tweens to understand, and too corny and hokey for older teens to like.The movie obviously lacked a target age demographic. I also found that the characters where not very likable. Will didn't have any negative character traits (unless you count awkward,) which made him seem like he couldn't be a real person. I also found the whole reason that he was made teased in his previous school INCREDIBLEY unrealistic. As for Charlotte, it seemed odd that she would start a band to try to be nice to people. Her whole motive made no sense to me. However, I do think that Aly Michalka playing Charlotte was the best performance in the film. I liked Sa5m a lot. She was angsty, sarcastic and whimsical. Unfortunately I started to REALLY dislike her the second half of the movie because she completely changed characters and started smiling, which got on my nerves. Finally, I think that this movie got mixed up with what the term "indie" means. Indie means a band that is apart of an independent record label. Most of the bands in this movie where Classic Rock or Classic Alternative. The only indie bands mentioned where The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, and Peter Bjorn and John. In conclusion, I tried to like this movie. It was such a good idea, I REALLY REALLY wanted to. But in the end, this movie just ended up sounding poserish and unhip. The movie was a lot of fun, but definitely not something I would watch again.

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me-ga-sa
2009/08/13

I was expecting something stupid but in fact that was good. As there was Vanessa Hudgens in this movie I was expecting some crap like High School musical. I hated it and Vanessa's character. I thought she can't act but just smile and show her pretty face. But in here I loved her character, that was something different and lovable! And it was at last some comedy I could actually laugh at because lately I was watching movies tagged as comedies and they are were seriously not funny you can cry. I enjoyed watching it, it wasn't cheap. The bad side was music. It wasn't that good. I was expecting that group to make some hit but the song they used for the contest was bad, it hurt my ears. It could be better if it was played differently and Vanessa's voice was out of topic, it was too weak for the song.

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