Well, let's start from the beginning, I'm a huge Hannah Montana fan, I loved the show since it came out, and I'm been able to watch everything again now with Disney+ through my 23-year-old eyes. And well, I still think the show it's pretty good and fun, with the little bit of nostalgy that only the ones that grew up watching the show would have, but still, pretty good. This movie tho, they could have gone in so many different ways, either with the execution or the story, and it would have been so much better.
I get the premise, I get trying to do something different from the show, and most of all, I get exploring the whole "how is Miley becoming Hannah" thing, it's a fair story bit, that was a natural ending since the first episode of the show. But I have a couple of things to add about the execution.
First, I know, it's just a kids show/movie, but how hard would have been to just make a movie, that could fit well into the show's timeline? Or at least... just don't ignore it? I've seeing the info that the movie was supposed to wrap the series up but 1) if that had happened... what would this ending even mean? That we didn't have a finale and she would go on to have a double life as a popstar forever? 2) C'mon Disney, if that was the plan, how in the world do you release the movie while the show was still running? (Season 3 would end almost a year after the movie's release).
Yeah, I know that season 4 came along and all that changed, but still, it wasn't that hard to just think of a story that wouldn't be ruined by the fact that the show continued. But then again, I know that's somewhat of a nitpick.
But my main complaint tho, is just that... the movie ignores most of the stuff that made the TV show so good, and without those things, it becomes not that different from every single bad rom-com that was ever made before. Yeah, Miley Cyrus is insanely talent, and the music is great, we still have that, but half of the movie completely throws away the humor, and becomes a melodramatic rom-com, which could have been a great idea, but it's just so far from what Hannah Montana was about. Oliver and Rico been there for like 5 minutes, and Jackson spending the movie fighting with Alligators and stuff is just a waste of some of our most beloved characters (with Lily basically being there to help Miley changes clothes too). Those characters were truly important to the show as well, and it would have been really easy to just have a story about "how is Miley becoming Hannah" with them involved (which would consequentially be more effective, and somewhat of a payoff for the fans of the show). Also, let's be honest here, Billy Ray is the worst actor of the bunch, so having him has the "co-protagonist" was not the smartest idea.
And well the ending where she tells hundreds of people her secret, and then... "let's all forget what just happened" is, a bit dumb (and I know most of the stuff surrounding Miley's secret in the show made no sense, but still, this crosses the "level of dumb" for me lol), and again, coming back to the whole "the movie was supposed to wrap the show", how is that a good ending to the show? Either she reveals the secret or not, chose one, Disney, c'mon.
Still tho, I don't think the movie is horrible. Of course, if you don't like the show (and if you don't... I have no idea why are you reading this rn, but... thanks? lol) you won't like the movie, most of the stuff you can "let it pass" in here, it's going to be cause you love the show and care about the characters.
Well, with all that been said I like most of the first half, I love the beginning, and I think is pretty fun to see another side (got it?) of Hannah we don't see in the show (mostly due to budgetary reasons) I think the humor in the first half is the closest the movie gets from the humor in the show, and well, through the first 15-20 minutes we have most of the main characters from the show as well, which imo, only makes it better.
I love the soundtrack, the songs are great, and most of them fit well in the story (some of the ones that are truly soundtracks during the film - and not performances - sometimes don't fit the well, but the "performances" ones are great). And again, I think the idea of exploring Hannah and Miley's "relationship" was good, but they sort of missed the landing, between the weird finale, the cartoon villain, and the spinning for 3 minutes on a revolving door in order to... be dramatic? The movie lost itself a bit, and threw away the opportunity of been great, or at least giving the show's characters the treatment they deserved, like other Disney Channel movies did (aka Wizards of Waverly Place).
To sum up, Hannah Montana: The Movie isn't horrible, but, for a fan of the show, I can't help but think it could have been way better, if they hadn't simply forgot most of the things that made the TV show so beloved. But then again, I'm a 23-year-old dude writing an almost 2-page long review of the Hannah Montana movie on IMDb so... what do I know.
Obs: It's just dumb and sad the backlash this, and the show got from older... dudes? Back in the day, I mean, c'mon people, can't we just accept when we aren't the target audience to something? I will always respect someone that watches something, doesn't like it, and then makes it a fair and honest explanation of why he/she thought the movie/series sucked, that's fine, but hating for the sake of hating (if you haven't even watched the movie) is just stupid.
I get the premise, I get trying to do something different from the show, and most of all, I get exploring the whole "how is Miley becoming Hannah" thing, it's a fair story bit, that was a natural ending since the first episode of the show. But I have a couple of things to add about the execution.
First, I know, it's just a kids show/movie, but how hard would have been to just make a movie, that could fit well into the show's timeline? Or at least... just don't ignore it? I've seeing the info that the movie was supposed to wrap the series up but 1) if that had happened... what would this ending even mean? That we didn't have a finale and she would go on to have a double life as a popstar forever? 2) C'mon Disney, if that was the plan, how in the world do you release the movie while the show was still running? (Season 3 would end almost a year after the movie's release).
Yeah, I know that season 4 came along and all that changed, but still, it wasn't that hard to just think of a story that wouldn't be ruined by the fact that the show continued. But then again, I know that's somewhat of a nitpick.
But my main complaint tho, is just that... the movie ignores most of the stuff that made the TV show so good, and without those things, it becomes not that different from every single bad rom-com that was ever made before. Yeah, Miley Cyrus is insanely talent, and the music is great, we still have that, but half of the movie completely throws away the humor, and becomes a melodramatic rom-com, which could have been a great idea, but it's just so far from what Hannah Montana was about. Oliver and Rico been there for like 5 minutes, and Jackson spending the movie fighting with Alligators and stuff is just a waste of some of our most beloved characters (with Lily basically being there to help Miley changes clothes too). Those characters were truly important to the show as well, and it would have been really easy to just have a story about "how is Miley becoming Hannah" with them involved (which would consequentially be more effective, and somewhat of a payoff for the fans of the show). Also, let's be honest here, Billy Ray is the worst actor of the bunch, so having him has the "co-protagonist" was not the smartest idea.
And well the ending where she tells hundreds of people her secret, and then... "let's all forget what just happened" is, a bit dumb (and I know most of the stuff surrounding Miley's secret in the show made no sense, but still, this crosses the "level of dumb" for me lol), and again, coming back to the whole "the movie was supposed to wrap the show", how is that a good ending to the show? Either she reveals the secret or not, chose one, Disney, c'mon.
Still tho, I don't think the movie is horrible. Of course, if you don't like the show (and if you don't... I have no idea why are you reading this rn, but... thanks? lol) you won't like the movie, most of the stuff you can "let it pass" in here, it's going to be cause you love the show and care about the characters.
Well, with all that been said I like most of the first half, I love the beginning, and I think is pretty fun to see another side (got it?) of Hannah we don't see in the show (mostly due to budgetary reasons) I think the humor in the first half is the closest the movie gets from the humor in the show, and well, through the first 15-20 minutes we have most of the main characters from the show as well, which imo, only makes it better.
I love the soundtrack, the songs are great, and most of them fit well in the story (some of the ones that are truly soundtracks during the film - and not performances - sometimes don't fit the well, but the "performances" ones are great). And again, I think the idea of exploring Hannah and Miley's "relationship" was good, but they sort of missed the landing, between the weird finale, the cartoon villain, and the spinning for 3 minutes on a revolving door in order to... be dramatic? The movie lost itself a bit, and threw away the opportunity of been great, or at least giving the show's characters the treatment they deserved, like other Disney Channel movies did (aka Wizards of Waverly Place).
To sum up, Hannah Montana: The Movie isn't horrible, but, for a fan of the show, I can't help but think it could have been way better, if they hadn't simply forgot most of the things that made the TV show so beloved. But then again, I'm a 23-year-old dude writing an almost 2-page long review of the Hannah Montana movie on IMDb so... what do I know.
Obs: It's just dumb and sad the backlash this, and the show got from older... dudes? Back in the day, I mean, c'mon people, can't we just accept when we aren't the target audience to something? I will always respect someone that watches something, doesn't like it, and then makes it a fair and honest explanation of why he/she thought the movie/series sucked, that's fine, but hating for the sake of hating (if you haven't even watched the movie) is just stupid.