Hannah Montana: The Movie Thread

[flipgal_4life]

I think that since some people are actually beginning to see the movie before the actual release date, we should have a thread for peoples' thoughts for the people who have seen it/will be seeing it.

P.S. I think that some people would be asking for spoilers in the thread, so keep that in mind if you don't want to be spoiled.
Also, try to keep the spoilers to yourself. I know it's hard, but there are some people who don't want to be spoiled and it would be respectful of the people waiting till Friday and the people who worked so hard on the movie.

I saw it today. Surprisingly, there was a lot of teenagers (and guys, haha). But ofcourse, there was a gaggle of little girls and their moms.

Before the movie, a group of dancers did the "Hoedown Throwdown" even getting some of the people in the audience to dance with them. They showed the music video, then the YouTube instructional, then the music video again. It was quite amuzing actually, especially watching this one dad try to dance.

The movie was amazing. Great production, amazing musical productions - as usual. Overall, it was really amazing. Miley's acting has definitely changed in the movie. I'm quite proud of her. The chemistry that she and Lucas had in the movie really added to the effect. I admit, I cried.

At the very end, make sure you stay during the credits to see a montage of people from the cast and production team doing the "Hoedown Throwdown". I guess some of them were bloopers.

One of my new favourite quotes is:
"Life's a climb, but the view is great."

If you have any questions, feel free to ask =]

[Button]

Lucky! Btw, who said, "Life's a climb, but the view is great."? Miley?

[love123]

I'm glad that everyone is give a good review about the movie.
I'm sooooo exited.
the movie come out on friday and i dont have school on fridayyy YIPPIEE

[flutesinger262]

yeah Miley says that.

[Yero34]

I'm so glad that Miley is proving to be amazing in the movie. What was more engaging? The comedy or the drama?

[Button]

Oh okay, thanks Flute.

And thanks for the warning at the end of the credits. My friends always bust outta the theatre right away.

[love123]

Oh okay, thanks Flute.

And thanks for the warning at the end of the credits. My friends always bust outta the theatre right away.

lol mine too..
but i dont think my friends going this time.. lol they probably hate her.. well.. they basically hate anything that involves Disney celeb.
lol
anywayy.....
Did miley cry ?>???????????????????????

[flipgal_4life]

Lucky! Btw, who said, "Life's a climb, but the view is great."? Miley?
Umm, Lucas said it to Miley first, then Miley repeats it.

lol mine too..
but i dont think my friends going this time.. lol they probably hate her.. well.. they basically hate anything that involves Disney celeb.
lol
anywayy.....
Did miley cry ?>???????????????????????
Haha, I'm dragging my friends on Friday whether they like it or not ... I bribed them by going bowling after it, but whatever. I'm also taking my lil sis to see it again with her friends on Sunday.
Yeupp, she cried.

[flutesinger262]

is Miley crying heart breaking :(? lol

[Yero34]

We've all ready seen Miley crying. lol. The KCAs. If it's like an extended version of that, I will be in tears.

[flipgal_4life]

is Miley crying heart breaking :(? lol
The reason why she cries is heart breaking. But seeing her cry just adds to the effect and shatters your heart, I guess. That scene is heart wrenching cause many people are affected.

But the part that really got me is when she asks for a second chance.

[flutesinger262]

I knwo this is probably a spoiler but why is everyone saying the movie made them cry? you can PM me if you don't want to post it here.

[flipgal_4life]

I knwo this is probably a spoiler but why is everyone saying the movie made them cry? you can PM me if you don't want to post it here.
I don't really know what the reason was. It may be cause of the acting, or the whole plot line.
But for me, I think the reason why the part where she asks for a second chance got me was because of how she delivered it. She just sounded so broken that it was perfect for the scene.

[Yero34]

This movie sounds kick a..butt.8-) I'm so excited. Was the comedy good? Did they tone it down so it wasn't so cheezy?

Was her crying intense? I need warnings. My buddy will never let me live it down if I cry.

[flutesinger262]

i mean whats happening, like why is it heart breaking? like what is happening . I know the overall ending already, I just dont' know some of the other stuff so I wanna know. can you pm me?

[love123]

I don't really know what the reason was. It may be cause of the acting, or the whole plot line.
But for me, I think the reason why the part where she asks for a second chance got me was because of how she delivered it. She just sounded so broken that it was perfect for the scene.

AAAAh soo exciteeedd :P

[swe3t23]

was it packed?? Since it is easter weekend... it is gonna be great family movie.

[love123]

was there aloot of ppl crying ?? [at the sad part ]

[swe3t23]

off topic did the E! channel special on Miley air yet?

[abbyx]

im thinking im might fly to america watch the movie then fly back lol.
i don't want to wait until june 25th.

[SaintSaturn]

im thinking im might fly to america watch the movie then fly back lol.
i don't want to wait until june 25th.

That would probabaly be the most expensive movie ticket ever.

[love123]

That would probabaly be the most expensive movie ticket ever.
no kidding..

Abby, you can come with me haha XD

[abbyx]

no kidding..

Abby, you can come with me haha XD

haha i will then what time are you going lol.

well im coming to america 3 times in a year why cant i go now instead of next april :(

[love123]

haha i will then what time are you going lol.

well im coming to america 3 times in a year why cant i go now instead of next april :(

uh.. i have no idea what time lol i havent got the ticket yet...

oh that suck.
tell your parents to change the schedule.lol

[abbyx]

uh.. i have no idea what time lol i havent got the ticket yet...

oh that suck.
tell your parents to change the schedule.lol


hah i don't think that will happen seeing that we leave april 4th next year lol and it's past that lol.
maybe i should like pay for my trip lol.

[hotncleverchik]

yayy can't wait for it to come out here!!

[PeKa_96]

i will have to download it , because i don't think it will be showing here . And if it will be showing that would be , like for 4-5 month ...

[love123]

hah i don't think that will happen seeing that we leave april 4th next year lol and it's past that lol.
maybe i should like pay for my trip lol.

lol be like "mom, do you love me or not ? if yes, give me money so i can fly to CA to watch a movie, and then money to fly back"
please :lol:

[tanningbry]

I'm so excited for this movie!! I think I'm gonna ask my mom if we can go on Saturday, since my parents won't be home on Friday.

[C_City*]

Interview with Miley from the press conference...

We've seen some quotes before, some not.

She talks about You Know Who...


Q: Does it hurt when people like Perez Hilton writes nasty stuff about you?
MC: It can be. The thing about that is, that's just a mean person, and is not just a nice person in genera. I don't think it's cool. I mean, I don't know how old he is, but taking it out on me is a little strange. It's kind of like going back to high school, and it's just kind of dumb in general, but it does hurt and I think you've got to pick it up, because next week I'm going to London and Paris and Italy and all these places that I've never gotten to go before. I get to do that, while someone sits in front of the computer and writes mean things about me. So I'd much rather be the one traveling and getting to go to all these wonderful places than be the person that I'm sure it's hard for people to say things like that and not care at all, because I'm sure at some point it will bother him acting that way.


Girl speaks the truth.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/07/miley_cyrus_qaamp_a_on_hannah_montana_th

[apogeum]

She might be underestimating Perez a bit there though; he only cares about things he can write about and he wants scandal. Or he must have an epiphany on his death bed.

Though at least she isn't one of the celebrities that suck up to him. Guess that's where her honestly thing comes in.

[flutesinger262]

HMTM review:
http://newsblaze.com/story/20090407074731mill.nb/topstory.html

[Nelliephant]

...
Is that the first negative review? Well I guess we should expect it, some people just aren't going to like it, but the writer should do their research.

[apogeum]

Good lord that is a horrible review. The review should be about the movie not Miley's personal life (which in this case is only tabloid trash). I hope that person doesn't write reviews for a living.

[Nelliephant]

^^Agreed.
Ugh, that review really irritated me. First off, most of the 'scandals' came about after the script for the movie would have been written so no, there was no influence on the storyline from them. And secondly, since when has there ever been a sex scandal involving Miley. Pictures of a girl kissing another girl on the cheek doesn't equal sex. Gah.
-takes deep breath- Thank god this is the first negative review I've read, hopefully there won't be too many others, and if there are any more, they'll at least be fair and make it about the movie, not what goes on in Miley's personal life.

[Yero34]

Lol. WTF?:lol: I laughed. That's just ridiculous. Conspiracy much. Talk about not separating fact from fiction. It's not even negative. It's just bizzare. lol.

I can't wait until they come pouring in.

[swe3t23]

not even from a respectable news site. weak. next

[Julia--Miley]

ughh, i'm so sick of waiting for this movie. is friday here yet?

[Yero34]

Is anyone else just ridiculously excited for this? I can't wait. I can't wait for the reviews. I can't wait to see it. I wasn't even this excited for Bolt, and I was really excited for Bolt. lol.

[apogeum]

It would have been odd if you had been more excited about Bolt; there isn't any visual Miley in that.

[<3Niley<3]

Has any big name media reporters reviewed this movie yet? I've seen a few great reviews- one even said it was the best movie of the year.

[gina1123]

i already bought my cotton candy for the movie! my mom doesn't think i'll be able to hold off it till friday but i know i can do it!!! lol!
...i dont' know how i'm going to get it in though
its in a huge container

[skatergator777]

was Miley's interview with Tony Toscado already posted?

[C_City*]

Not sure.

[skatergator777]

Oh it was pretty funny lol.

[MileyLaLa]

oh wow you're lucky to see it so early awesome i cant wait for friday just a couple more days gah.

[flipgal_4life]

Film Review: Hannah Montana: The Movie
By Michael Rechtshaffen, April 07, 2009 01:47 ET


Bottom Line: Miley's return to her Tennessee roots goes a little heavy on the country corn.
Hannah Montana goes more than a little bit country for her first (nonconcert) big-screen outing, and the resulting Nashville/bubble gum fusion doesn't necessarily represent the best of both worlds.

Not that the tweens will mind the twang. "Hannah Montana: The Movie" is a can't-miss proposition for Disney, which is smartly striking while the iron is still reasonably hot.

It likely won't match last year's $31.1 million opening registered by Miley's all-singing "Best of Both Worlds," but Cyrus' enthusiastic fan base should ensure brisk spring break business.

The setup finds Miley Stewart (Cyrus) becoming a little too attached her pop-star alter ego, much to the concern of her daddy (Billy Ray Cyrus), who orchestrates an intervention by taking a surprise trip back to her old Crowley Corners, Tennessee home.

Despite her initial protests, Miley gets into the swing of things, swapping glitter for gingham and striking up a potential romance with an aw-shucks cowboy (Lucas Till).

But just when she's prepared to leave Hannah behind, along comes a greedy developer (Barry Bostwick) with plans to turn Main Street into a mall, and only one person comes to mind for a big benefit concert that will keep Crowley Corners' corners intact.

When you get right down to it, Miley's trek to Tennessee brings to mind the one taken by the Ricardos and the Mertzes when they met up with Cousin Ernie.

While that was over half a century ago, director Peter Chelsom ("Hear My Song," "Shall We Dance") and screenwriter Dan Berendsen ("Cheetah Girls: One World"), pretty much serve up the same brand of cornpone.

That's still preferable to misguided attempts at marrying Hannah's contemporary pop/hip-hop sound with the Grand Ole Opry, as with the squirm-inducing "Hoedown Throwdown" (don't ask), or extended scenes of deep introspection that bring things down to a snail's crawl.

Still, there are sufficient pratfalls and Miley/Hannah quick-changes to satisfy the fans, while Cyrus retains that natural, unforced likability that made her a star in the first place.

In addition to series regulars papa Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso and Jason Earles, there's Vanessa Williams as Hannah's overzealous publicist (doing a variation on her "Ugly Betty" character), British actor Peter Gunn as a relentless tabloid reporter and a solid-as-usual Margo Martindale as Miley's salt-of-the-earth Grandma Ruby.

Rounding out the obligatory Cyrus songs, including the tender Glen Ballard/Alan Silvestri ballad "Butterfly Fly Away," a duet with her dad, are "live" performances by Rascal Flatts and teen country crossover sensation Taylor Swift, who -- see ya, Hannah -- apparently is the person Miley Cyrus really wants to be when she grows up.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/film-review-hannah-montana-the-movie-1003959904.story

[Yero34]

That's somewhat positive. I'd say a mixed bag.

Taylor Swift, who -- see ya, Hannah -- apparently is the person Miley Cyrus really wants to be when she grows up.


Lol.

[smiley-miley-fan]

I'm way to exited for this lol.
I have to wait until Sat. to see it though :(

[C_City*]

Emily & Lucas promoting the movie.

http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/emily-osment-and-lucas-till-hit-planet-hollywood-212576/

Advanced screening of HM Movie tonight, where Miley will join E & L.

[C_City*]

Miley's favourite things...(from 2nd press day)

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/04/72546/

[Nelliephant]

Haha fun lil interview there. Is there never a time where she's not chewing gum?
Wow, that was weird, I'm watching an episode of House right now and he literally just mentioned Miley. Some guy came to his door and said 'have you heard the good news?' and he replies' Is Miley Cyrus playing a third night at the spectrum?!' or something along those lines haha

[gina1123]

ugggg. i was just watching an interview of miley and she told a major spoiler!!! uggg i am really upset now!!! well here's the interview if you guys want to join in on my pain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq2rrNMQ0DA

[Father Time]

We’re set for the first showing on Friday.

There was talk at the start of the thread about this movie making you cry. Since I know the story-line of the movie, I can tell you that if you are a reader of this forum it is highly likely that you will tear up during some scenes. I told the wife last weekend that I already know I’m going to get choked up at the end (she doesn’t know what happens). I admit it - and I ain’t turning in my man card over it either!

It’s still going to be interesting to see how the screenplay and the music actually interact on-screen. Can’t wait ...

http://images46.fotki.com/v1452/fileKKci/0daa5/4/632894/7273103/Greener_grass.jpg
"I’ve loved being Hannah. But I don’t think I can do it any more ...”

[Yero34]

Oh Miley. She really can't keep a secret.:lol: I all ready knew what happened. It won't detract from my enjoyment of the film.

You know what would be awesome? If as people saw it, they posted their own(lengthy) reviews. That would be amazing.

[flutesinger262]

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940025.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Hannah Montana: The Movie



By LAEL LOEWENSTEIN (http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1252)


A Walt Disney Pictures release and presentation of a Millar/Gough Ink production. Produced by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar. Executive producers, David Blocker, Michael Poryes, Steve Peterman. Co-producer, Billy Ray Cyrus. Directed by Peter Chelsom. Screenplay, Dan Berendsen, based on characters created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, Barry O'Brien.

Hannah/Miley - Miley Cyrus
Robby Ray - Billy Ray Cyrus
Lilly - Emily Osment
Jackson - Jason Earles
Oliver - Mitchel Musso
Travis Brody - Lucas Till
Vita - Vanessa Williams
Ruby - Margo Martindale
Oswald Granger - Peter Gunn
Lorelai - Melora Hardin
Mr. Bradley - Barry Bostwick

Even if you live in a cave or loathe little girls, you've probably heard of Hannah Montana. The pop-star alter ego of regular gal Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) and the title character of the wildly popular Disney Channel series sashays back to the bigscreen without missing a beat in "Hannah Montana: The Movie." Widely accessible even to neophytes, the G-rated pic is innocuous fare that should score big with tween girls, as well as those parents seeking age-appropriate role models for their daughters.
The pic's theatrical release -- sandwiched between Cyrus' sold-out 2008 tour and 3-D concert film, and the upcoming publication of her memoirs (at age 16) -- seems poised to maximize existing Miley-mania. (Her stardom has long since eclipsed that of her dad, country star Billy Ray Cyrus). Propelled by the younger Cyrus' charisma and undeniable talent, the Peter Chelsom-helmed film looks to be another smart move in a career thoughtfully shepherded by her father.
A kind of meta-commentary, at least in part, on the "Hannah" phenomenon, the pic kicks off with Miley trying to get into a concert -- her own --with best pal Lilly (Emily Osment), while Miley's dad Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus, of course) fumes backstage over her late arrival. Hijacking a golf cart, the girls zoom past clueless security guards (unaware, like everyone else, that Miley and Hannah are the same girl), greet Dad and transform mild-mannered Miley into Hannah (with the help of blonde wig, false lashes, sequins and heels) in time for her show.
Busy moonlighting in Hannah Montana musicvideos and jetting off to awards shows, Miley barely has time for friends or family anymore; the Hannah character and celebrity obligations have overtaken her life. After Miley/Hannah nearly ruins Lilly's sweet-16 bash and is a no-show at her brother Jackson's (Jason Earles) college sendoff, Robby Ray hauls her off to Tennessee for a dose of reality, promising to turn the pampered Malibu starlet back into a country girl.
Despite Miley's strenuous objections, Dad insists she'll have to spend two weeks in rural Crowley's Corners, helping on the farm owned by her no-nonsense grandma (Margo Martindale). After much initial grousing, Miley begins to warm to the task. It doesn't hurt that there's a cute (but entirely nonthreatening) ranch hand named Travis (Lucas Till) around, or that widower Robby Ray has caught the eye of the lovely Lorelai (Melora Hardin).
But of course, villains of the G-rated variety lurk nearby: an aggressive tabloid journalist (Peter Gunn), grasping for dirt on Hannah; and a greedy developer (Barry Bostwick) who plans to turn Crowley's Corners into a shopping destination. ("Will there be a Bloomingdale's?" Miley asks hopefully, before realizing a mall would extinguish Crowley's small-town charm.)
Mayhem and pratfalls ensue at the expense of these two baddies, including the old hot/mild sauce switcheroo and a couple of nips by a hungry alligator; all the hijinks are played for laughs and, while bordering on tedious, will appeal especially to younger audiences. Several pleasing musical numbers act to both advance the story and help bridge gaps, including a rousing, toe-tapping, line-dancing hoedown led by Miley in an effort to raise funds to stave off the developer. But apparently, only a concert by Hannah Montana herself -- engineered by Miley, her publicist (Vanessa Williams) and Lilly -- can command the kind of audience that might save the town.
An 11th-hour identity crisis has Miley/Hannah trying to figure out who she really wants to be, and settling on a compromise that should ultimately satisfy her fans. The same is certainly true of the pic, a goofily endearing romp that might even lasso a few new fans. Tech values are fine; lensing by David Hennings complements colorful production design credited to Caroline Hanania.

Camera (Deluxe color), David Hennings; editor, David Moritz; music, John Debney; production designer, Caroline Hanania; art director, Elliott Glick; set decorator, Marthe Pineau; costume designer, Christopher Lawrence; sound (Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS), Glen Trew; supervising sound editor, Todd Toon; visual effects supervisor, John Fragomeni; visual effects, Asylum Visual Effects; stunt coordinator, Steve Hart; assistant director, James Alan Hensz; casting, Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman. Reviewed at El Capitan Theater, Los Angeles, April 6, 2009. MPAA Rating: G. Running time: 102 MIN.

[NancyDrew]

Lol. Oh yeah. Caveman have been drawing Hannah wall art. :P

[C_City*]

Yay! A good one. I'm glad it's "goofy".

[mileyrulz]

I can't wait for this. I'm going see it Friday with some friends.

[apogeum]

Reading that review I just realized something about a fantasy script that I once wrote. When it happened the first time when an awfully similar episode came out I called it coincidence but now there is something in the movie........ suspicious.

That review doesn't really give a clear opinion though. Still waiting for what the likes of Rogert Ebert have to say about it.

[joecyrusfan]

She might be underestimating Perez a bit there though; he only cares about things he can write about and he wants scandal. Or he must have an epiphany on his death bed.

Though at least she isn't one of the celebrities that suck up to him. Guess that's where her honestly thing comes in.

Though at least she isn't one of the celebrities that suck up to him.
Miley is to down earth & humble for that and that infuriates the hell out of Perez.

[flutesinger262]

good thing is the one unversal thing that is happening is everyone seems to think Miley did a great job.

[joecyrusfan]

Well during GMA they showed the clips the we have been seeing all ready and it had 5 grate revues for it.

[Father Time]

ugggg. i was just watching an interview of miley and she told a major spoiler!!! uggg i am really upset now!!! well here's the interview if you guys want to join in on my pain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq2rrNMQ0DA

Uh, yeah ... well there you go. If you don’t want to know anything about what happens, don’t watch. But trust me Gina - what was said does not tell the whole story of what happens and why. You will still enjoy the movie ...

http://images49.fotki.com/v1459/photos/4/632894/7273103/Brat-vi.jpg
"Stop the truck! I'm not going to do it. I want to go home."

[swe3t23]

question to you guys what time are you guys going to see the movie on friday

[C_City*]

I think it's gonna get crazy at midnight on thursday lol.

[mileyrulz]

I'm probably going in the evening.

[Father Time]

good thing is the one unversal thing that is happening is everyone seems to think Miley did a great job.

Yes.

I really never expected this film to get great reviews. The critics hate most everything that is not dark. The Green Mile got big props reviews, and I think it’s one of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever seen.

The HM movie will pull a good gate, and the vast majority of people who see it will feel they got their money’s worth. Can’t ask for much more ...

http://images44.fotki.com/v1469/photos/4/632894/7273103/friday_choice-vi.jpg
Can't you see? Both of them are really me ...

[Father Time]

question to you guys what time are you guys going to see the movie on friday

Ten A.M. show ...

http://images47.fotki.com/v1477/photos/4/632894/7273103/hm_tickets-vi.jpg

[NancyDrew]

I don't know. I want to see it but I don't know if I can drag my family. :(

[gina1123]

Uh, yeah ... well there you go. If you don’t want to know anything about what happens, don’t watch. But trust me Gina - what was said does not tell the whole story of what happens and why. You will still enjoy the movie ...

http://images49.fotki.com/v1459/photos/4/632894/7273103/Brat-vi.jpg

"Stop the truck! I'm not going to do it. I want to go home."

oh thank you so much for telling me that.
i was worried that was like the climax and now i knew the point of the movie

[Father Time]

... i was worried that was like the climax and now i knew the point of the movie

Essentially, you do. The whole premise that has been portrayed right from the first trailer from Disney is that she has to choose one of two “worlds.” She doesn’t actually have to - but she decides she needs to, and she does choose. What Miley says in the interview does not reveal what happens to lead up to that, or all the circumstances of what happens after. You will still enjoy the movie, even though you know some of the key parts of the plot

http://images47.fotki.com/v1472/photos/4/632894/7273103/Miley_4-vi.jpg

[gina1123]

Essentially, you do. The whole premise that has been portrayed right from the first trailer from Disney is that she has to choose one of two “worlds.” She doesn’t actually have to - but she decides she needs to, and she does choose. What Miley says in the interview does not reveal what happens to lead up to that, or all the circumstances of what happens after. You will still enjoy the movie, even though you know some of the key parts of the plot


http://images47.fotki.com/v1472/photos/4/632894/7273103/Miley_4-vi.jpg

oh well i already knew that she was going to choose and i've seen her take the wig off in the previews and everything. what bothered me was when she told how it was still going to work out with the show and everything. you know the part she said that was not very realistic.
is that a major part or no??

[Father Time]

oh well i already knew that she was going to choose and i've seen her take the wig off in the previews and everything. what bothered me was when she told how it was still going to work out with the show and everything. you know the part she said that was not very realistic. is that a major part or no??

The first thing I thought after seeing the storyline was that the part you are referring to was not realistic in the real world. But how realistic is the whole concept of Hannah Montana? Throughout the series, characters have interacted with Miley as Miley and as Hannah and have not even recognized her voice?

It was learned months ago that Disney designed the ending of the movie with a door to the future, which they apparently walked through today, if USA Today is to be believed (see link below to the thread on this). Be assured that everyone who reads this forum will love this movie, whether they know the ending now or not. The TV episodes are fun to watch over and over, even though you know what happens. This movie will be just the same - you won’t get tired of it quickly ...

http://www.mymostwanted.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2694112#post2694112

[swe3t23]

theater invasion miley cyrus
wonder what theaters she is going to

[flutesinger262]

more people who really liked Miley:
http://www.examiner.com/a-1949457~Review___Hannah_Montana__fans_will_love_ne w_movie.html
LOS ANGELES (Map (http://www.examiner.com/map.cfm?latlong=33.9733 -118.2487&dateline=LOS ANGELES), News (http://www.examiner.com/Dateline-LOS%20ANGELES.html)) - "Hannah Montana (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Hannah_Montana.html): The Movie" just shouldn't be analyzed from an adult perspective - which, frankly, is irrelevant.

The big-screen version of the Disney (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-The_Walt_Disney_Company.html) TV series is not made for us - it's made for girls aged 6-14 and no one else - and so we must consider how they're going to respond to it.
Now, this will come as no surprise at all: They're gonna love it. And it makes sense, really.
If you were a 10-year-old girl, you would of course want to be small-town sweetheart Miley Stewart (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Miley_Stewart.html) and/or her secret pop-star alter ego, Hannah Montana. Singer/songwriter/dancer/trendsetter Miley Cyrus (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Miley_Cyrus.html) makes both characters so likably harmless, so attractively accessible, it's hard not to be charmed.

Just you try to resist her endless supply of energy and moxie!
Even when she gets a little petulant and carried away with her celebrity lifestyle in Los Angeles (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Los_Angeles.html) - which prompts a return to Tennessee (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Tennessee.html) for some hometown reprogramming - she still has a magnetism about her.
Nevertheless, "Hannah Montana: The Movie" drags us all back to the fictional Crowley Corners to bang us over the head with the message that big cities are bad and small towns are good. And there's plenty of down-home singin' and cuttin' up to emphasize that point. (Amazingly, Taylor Swift (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Taylor_Swift.html) and Rascal Flatts (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Rascal_Flatts.html) just happen to live there, too. What are the odds?!)
The predictable (though beautifully photographed) film from director Peter Chelsom (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Peter_Chelsom.html) ("Serendipity," "Shall We Dance?") finds Miley's dad, Robby Ray (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Robby_Ray.html) (Cyrus' real-life father, Billy Ray (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Billy_Ray.html)), taking her home against her will to reconnect with her roots. As in the "Hannah Montana" 3-D concert film from last year, Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Billy_Ray_Cyrus.html) have an obvious, comfortable bond on camera; the moments they share seem sincere and provide some much-needed substance amid the perkiness and pratfalls.
Back home, Miley bonds with Grandma Ruby (longtime character actress Margo Martindale (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Margo_Martindale.html), who's done far more interesting work) and finds her first boyfriend, Travis (Lucas Till (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Lucas_Till.html)), a non-threatening farmhand she's known since childhood. Hoedowns and horseback riding ensue.
But the idyll can't last forever: A British tabloid reporter (Peter Gunn (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Peter_Gunn.html)) has followed her there, trying to dig up some dirt on Hannah. (For some strange reason, neither he nor anyone else can figure out that Hannah is just Miley in a blond wig; the Clark Kent (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Clark_Kent.html) routine even fools the sensitive Travis, who seemed to have such insight into Miley's true nature.)
But the reporter's portly presence also brings an unwelcome tone of sitcommy physical humor. Miley gets hit in the head a lot (with a coconut, a volleyball, etc.), and the second she places some fresh eggs in the back pocket of her denim overalls, you know she's going to fall on her butt and smash them. But Gunn's obnoxious Oswald Granger (http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Oswald_Granger.html) bears the brunt of the pain, skidding on a scattered pile of walnuts or tumbling face-first into a puddle of mud.
"Hannah Montana" didn't need all that, given the warmhearted family tone - the one element that may appeal to audiences beyond the tweens - and the catchiness of the pop tunes. Not only will you have "Hoedown Throwdown" stuck in your head as you leave the theater, you may end up trying to master the elaborate choreography right alongside your 10-year-old.
Resistance is futile.
"Hannah Montana: The Movie," a Walt Disney Pictures release, is rated G. Running time: 106 minutes. Two stars out of four.

[flutesinger262]

btw the above review is actually from the AP so I guess thats a major review?

[apogeum]

AP is a press agency so I wouldn't quite consider that a major review. The major reviews are the ones done for big newspapers and magazines; the ones done by well respected reviewers. So basically the ones where the reviewer himself becomes a bit of a celebrity.

[flutesinger262]

OUCH, thats all I can say. where are people getting this the HM movie is manipulative crap from? and anyone who argues Miley has no chrisma or presence pretty much has no idea what the hell they're talking about. if that child has anything, its that.
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=43940

[apogeum]

How can reviews for the same movie be so different? You seem to have the group which is prejudiced against Miley and a group which isn't. Shouldn't it be job #1 for the reviewer to review the movie and ignore everything around it?

The charisma and screen presence is pretty much what made Miley's career.

[flutesinger262]

thats pretty much it. some people made up there mind before going in there and some people went in there with an open mind.
and yep. if Miley is anything its charasmatic with a huge presence, its made her what she is. the second you try and aruge she lacks that you've lost all credibility

[Yero34]

I really hope reviews like that are going to be the exception, and not the rule. Any time a review contains conspiracy theories, I tune out. It's a flippin kid's movie. It's not Triumph of the Will. Jebus.

[flutesinger262]

well to be fair look at all the social comentary in the classic disney animated movies, its amazing. but seriosuly, people take it for what it is. stop with this manipulative crap. thats rediculous.

[Yero34]

If Miley Cyrus is planning for world domination, I say bring it on. Heck she's 3/4 of the way there.8-)

[apogeum]

Well, I'm still hoping that someone like Roger Ebert will review it. His reviews usually seem to be honest and open minded; guess that's why he's pretty much the #1 reviewer out there.

I just googled the person who wrote that review though, seems like he's a freelance reviewer who writes for all sorts of things. I would think that he'd be open minded enough to give it a chance I guess not.

Though let me point out that I wouldn't have a problem with a bad review; not at all. If something is a bad movie then it's a bad movie and there is also a factor of personal taste involved in reviewing. This guy just seems to have gone into a theater with the idea that's a kids movie anyway and that Miley is a nobody. I don't know how he would know what Miley's acting range is seeing she's never really been challenged to use her acting range.

[flutesinger262]

i don't mind negative reviews etiher but these conspiracy theories and saying that miley lacks the very things shes made a career off of is just being rediculous and can't be taken seriously

[CASSXIES]

I really hope reviews like that are going to be the exception, and not the rule. Any time a review contains conspiracy theories, I tune out. It's a flippin kid's movie. It's not Triumph of the Will. Jebus.

....hahahahaaaa.
Have you seen he's just not that into you?
o.o
...The whole exception and Rule thing made me laugh, though i guess its not funny if you haven't seen that movie.
hahahaha.

[flutesinger262]

I guess this an ouch for just about everyone but Miley,lol. one thing, this article hes basically saiyng you can't go into this movie expecting it to be anything but a tween movie. It seems like he did do that and thats very unfair. I don't get why people can't go into this with an open mind:
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2009/04/09/20090409hannah0410.html
"..She just has that star presence, that nearly indefinable something that draws people to her, most of them preadolescents who are screaming. They'll get their money's worth here, I suppose, but everyone else will have to work for it."
"...It's all predictable, most of it's poorly acted, and the back-and-forth between serious scenes and absurdist slapstick as bizarre as anything this side of a "Green Acres" episode is dizzying. But when Hannah - or Miley - steps up to the mike, it's a different story. It doesn't matter whether you like her songs. She commands the screen when she's singing."

[apogeum]

I guess there will be no end to the contradicting reviews. Though that one is the extreme opposite of that other one as far as Miley is concerned.

[flutesinger262]

i know. lol, how can people being going in there and literally getting polar opposite opinions.

[apogeum]

Contradicting opinions isn't that strange usually, though I don't get what these people think when going into a movie. It seems that people who don't expect it to be anything come out pleasantly surprised and the people that expect too much are disappointed.

In this case the person from azcentral is more likely to be right regarding looking at her success.

[flutesinger262]

but the way that article reads it totally reads as if they made there mind up before even going in there. I don't think you can trust anyone who did that.

[nailzee]

Well, it would have surprised me, if this movie wasn't polarizing like everything that surrounds Miley.

[apogeum]

but the way that article reads it totally reads as if they made there mind up before even going in there. I don't think you can trust anyone who did that.

I didn't mean the review was right, I only meant the part about Miley having presence.

[flutesinger262]

well everyone knows that. the kid has made a career out of that. Thats what makes miley who she is, anyone who says she lacks it is clueless

[apogeum]

So not everyone knows it then ;).

I already checked Roger Ebert's site several times today but still no review. Really curious on what that is going to be. If he does one anyway, he didn't do one for Bolt.

[flutesinger262]

I imagine they'll do one for the HM movie, I mean its the only big movie coming out this week.

[Amandinha]

I imagine they'll do one for the HM movie, I mean its the only big movie coming out this week.
I wonder if Dragon Ball Z will be a competition?
I mean I haven't seen anything about it really to see if its any good but I've seen some posters and stuff and it looks kind of a big movie.

[apogeum]

The thing with the three big movies coming out this week is that they are so different. There is the HM movie obviously, there is Dragonball Z for the anime fans and there is Observe and Report which is R-rated.

Dragonball Z is getting bad reviews though. Then again, so did Fast and Furious and that had a huge box office opening. If anything will compete with HMTM this week it will actually be that and not one of the new movies.

[flutesinger262]

I think her biggest concern might be fast and furious. Dragon Ball Z came out today, instead of friday. IDK why but I assume that had something to do with not wanting to open the same day as Miley.

[flutesinger262]

Is EW going to review HMTM or Dragon Ball? cuz they have their reviews up for this week already and they didn't review either one. that would just be stupid

[apogeum]

Maybe they're Seth Rogen fans and figured they don't need to review Miley. Though I always find it odd how several studios come up with similar movies shortly after another.

[flutesinger262]

EW reviewed the 3d movie, but they're not going to review this? thats rediculous. This sucks, I really want to see legit, professional reviews. We didn't get them for the soundtrack, we better get them for the movie.

and when did this become a lets critize Miley's family and real life free for all? seriosuly people just review the damn movie:
http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2009/04/hannah-montana-the-movie.php

[apogeum]

That actually is also a horrible review for another reason; a good reviewer doesn't spoil the ending.

I don't know what's up with this bash her family thing either; just shows that they haven't done any research. Besides the "now 17 year old" thing there are too many assumptions based on tabloid trash yet again.

[flutesinger262]

This is why i want to see reviews from places like EW because at least I know they'll give a legit review. Half of the reviewers for this movie are using this as chance to simply attack Miley and her family, they're barely even reviewing the actual movie.

[apogeum]

Well it doesn't have a rating on the BFCA website, which means that none of the reviewers who vote for the Critics Choice Awards have published a review yet.

[flutesinger262]

it has a 17 % on rotten tomatoes, which used two of the articles that are basically an attack against Miley the person and her family and not really about the movie.

[SeSaSe]

I agree with the last few posts. They don't care about the movie, just using it as an opportunity to bash.

[apogeum]

You had the same idea there, I also just checked Rotten Tomatoes but that rating isn't really representative yet. They haven't really included all ratings in that 17% yet.

[flutesinger262]

seee, this is a good review, though I really think its time for reviews to stop looking for some underlying message in this kind of disney movie:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30094908/
If there’s a fan of the Disney Channel’s smash musical sitcom “Hannah Montana” in your household, then you’ve probably already made plans to see “Hannah Montana: The Movie” when it hits the big screen. And it’s a movie that will very much appeal to fans of the show, as it doesn’t skimp on the singing, the slapstick and the life lessons.
But in the same way that, say, Paul Verhoeven’s “Starship Troopers” can be viewed either as straightforward action-sci-fi adventure or as a blistering satire on Fascist propaganda, “Hannah Montana: The Movie” lends itself to two completely different interpretations, one of which is as disturbing as it was probably unintentional to the filmmakers.
Let’s first talk about the movie as it’s being sold and as it will no doubt be understood by the bulk of its young audience: “Hannah Montana: The Movie” brings the TV series to the big screen with lots of energy. To those unfamiliar with the setup, Hannah is one of the world’s most successful pop stars. She’s also the secret identity of teenager Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus), who wants to be able to grow up as a normal kid. Miley goes to school, has friends, and seems utterly typical, but when she throws on a blonde wig and slathers on the makeup, she becomes superstar Hannah.

As the film begins, we see that the strain of her two identities is starting to show: Miley needs to be at the Sweet 16 party of her BFF Lilly (Emily Osment), but Hannah is busy trying to ditch a persistent British paparazzo (Peter Gunn). Hannah’s publicist Vita (Vanessa Williams) wants Hannah in New York City to sing at a big awards show, but Miley’s dad Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) wants his daughter to come back with him to Tennessee to celebrate the birthday of Miley’s maternal grandmother Ruby (the great Margo Martindale.)
(Miley’s mother, played in a photograph by Brooke Shields, is long dead, because it’s not a Disney movie unless the protagonist is missing at least one parent.)
Miley starts wanting to be Hannah all the time, so Robby Ray diverts her private jet to Tennessee so that she can get back in touch with her roots. And while she objects at first, she winds up rekindling an old friendship with Travis (Lucas Till, dreamy in a focus group–friendly way) and helping grandma to save the town from an evil developer (Barry Bostwick) who wants to put up a giant mall.

Kids will be entertained throughout by both the broad physical comedy (a bad guy slips on rolling walnuts and later falls into a giant mud puddle, a flaming dessert goes awry—all the bases are covered) and the catchy-in-a-Radio-Disney-way tuneful interludes, while parents can enjoy the presence of terrific performers like Williams, Martindale and “The Office’s” Melora Hardin, cast as a potential love interest for Ricky Ray.
“Hannah Montana: The Movie,” alas, punishes Miley so much that you’d think she was a Fassbinder heroine. There’s a recurring motif from something that Robby Ray used to tell his little girl about a caterpillar not being able to move much but still being able to dream about what she’d be. But if Miley is the caterpillar and Hannah is the butterfly, the movie repeatedly knocks Miley down a peg and humiliates her whenever she expresses an interest in blooming into international sensation Hannah full-time, reminding her that family and friends and home and hearth are more important.
Two things wrong with that: First, yes, those things do matter, but it always sounds hypocritical in a Hollywood movie, since they’re generally directed, produced, written by and starring people who couldn’t wait to get out of their small town so that they could pursue their show business ambitions. American movies and TV shows play this the-simple-life-is-better card with some regularity, and it always seems phony coming from entertainment types. (Or like a way to keep the competition from moving to L.A.)

Second, why is it so either/or? The TV show focuses on the fact that Hannah may be a big star, but Miley is still expected to get her homework done and to do the dishes. Hannah may sing “Best of Both Worlds” at the beginning of “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” but the film clearly wants her to choose just one.
But that’s until we get to the climax — as well as the alternate reading of the movie — and if you don’t want to know any spoilers, stop reading now. At the big benefit concert at the end, Miley has decided that Hannah is ruining her relationships with everyone, so she pulls her wig off, reveals her identity and says she’ll be Hannah no more. But after Miley sings one song as herself, the crowd begs her to become Hannah again, promising to keep her secret.
So after 90 or so minutes of excoriating Miley for wanting to be Hannah, her loved ones join the mob in yelling, “Put the wig back on!” (It’s like something out of “Vertigo.”)
The whole final sequence left me kind of queasy with its implication that the Miley character can’t be allowed to break out on her own and have her own career; no, she’s got to put that wig back on and keep on being Hannah, because the fans demand it. This is the alternate reading that may disturb some adult viewers — the notion that artists can’t progress into a new identity because their followers won’t allow it.
Wasn’t that the plot of “Misery”?

[apogeum]

Well, with the last part he does sort of have a point. At least he looks at it as a movie showing by his comparisons to other movies.

I find it funny that he compares it to Starship Troopers though, a movie which got horrible burned by critics for the wrong reasons. It's a vastly underrated movie.

[flutesinger262]

oh hes completely dead on with the last part, thats why I bolded it. Hes right and thats totally true. but still I don't think people should be looking at this movie so deeply. I do think the MSN guy wrote the decent review.

[SmileyMileyRay]

I can't say I really agree with the last part lol, it's just a movie. Don't take it so seriously.

[flutesinger262]

UM, that last part seriously doesn't remind you of whats happening with Miley? or what happened to Hilary? thats why its ironic. because reality is thats exactly what happens to tween stars. They can't really grow up both as artists and as people because their fans and their fans parents don't want them to and when they ultimately do(because they will grow up whether people like it or not) they lose there fans because they won't accept them anymore.

look at how hard disney is fighting Miley about changing the sound of her miley music, because they dont' think her fans will accept anything but tweeny bopper music.

[SmileyMileyRay]

No, it's not really happening with Miley...or it hasn't yet.

[<3Niley<3]

It is just two more days away from being released in America. I am very excited. I've already gathered up a group of friends to see the movie.

[flutesinger262]

yes it is, Miley doesn't want to do pop, shes made that clear but disney and Miley's people know that her fans will not allow her to be anything but pop. the HM soundtrack didn't do well and what does disney blame it on? the country music on the album because they feel that that was a sign that Miley's fans will not allow her to do country or rock like she wants to. and while the country songs on the album actually sold better then any of the pop stuff, what disney was arguing is pretty accurate about tween fan bases. Miley lost a lot of fans in the last year because people felt she changed, when in reality shes simply grown up. People don't want to see these kids grow up, as people or as artists

[miley_is_the_best]

i really like that Miley is growing up in everyway possible......

[~Love4Miley~]

Cant wait to see it

[Rockin_Miley]

My mom may get me out early on friday to take me to see the movie. She cool like that. lol But really, i think she should get me out early... i wanna go asap. She probably will.

[Mr.Smiley]

Demi lovato went to see miley's movie hannah montana the movie Demi Lovato at premire hm the movie but i will get game hm the movie cool :)

[SmileyMileyRay]

yes it is, Miley doesn't want to do pop, shes made that clear but disney and Miley's people know that her fans will not allow her to be anything but pop. the HM soundtrack didn't do well and what does disney blame it on? the country music on the album because they feel that that was a sign that Miley's fans will not allow her to do country or rock like she wants to. and while the country songs on the album actually sold better then any of the pop stuff, what disney was arguing is pretty accurate about tween fan bases. Miley lost a lot of fans in the last year because people felt she changed, when in reality shes simply grown up. People don't want to see these kids grow up, as people or as artists

When did Disney say that?

[flutesinger262]

Disney didn't say that about her losing fans. Dinsey said that the HMTM soundtrack didn't do well because her fans don't want her to have country sound(which is false), they then assured everyone that mIley's pure pop and always will be(which Miley contridicted at the Movie premiere) . Basically disney's trying to argue that Miley's fans didn't by the CD because they didn't want her to change her sound. That 'they didn't want her to change' part of their arguement is accurate.

thaht Miley has lost a lot of fans in the last year who think she changed is a fact, you cna look all over the net and you see that, reality is that she just grew up and peopple didn't like it. they want her to remain that little girl. so the arguement that some artist do not or can't change their image or sound because there fans will not allow them to is a valid

[SmileyMileyRay]

Disney didn't say that about her losing fans. Dinsey said that the HMTM soundtrack didn't do well because her fans don't want her to have country sound(which is false), they then assured everyone that mIley's pure pop and always will be(which Miley contridicted at the Movie premiere) . Basically disney's trying to argue that Miley's fans didn't by the CD because they didn't want her to change her sound. That 'they didn't want her to change' part of their arguement is accurate.

thaht Miley has lost a lot of fans in the last year who think she changed is a fact, you cna look all over the net and you see that, reality is that she just grew up and peopple didn't like it. they want her to remain that little girl. so the arguement that some artist do not or can't change their image or sound because there fans will not allow them to is a valid

About the first thing, Disney is just stupid. Don't listen to them.
Number two, Miley has lost some fans, I woudn't say that much though. Those people weren't even real fans in the first place. I think Miley has the chance to agre gracefully, she's probably the widest appealing star that Disney has ever had.

[MileyIsAnAngel]

oh dear lord i can't read through 13 pages of reviews lol

can someone give me a summary? mostly good? mostly bad? in the middle?

[joecyrusfan]

Disney didn't say that about her losing fans. Dinsey said that the HMTM soundtrack didn't do well because her fans don't want her to have country sound(which is false), they then assured everyone that mIley's pure pop and always will be(which Miley contridicted at the Movie premiere) . Basically disney's trying to argue that Miley's fans didn't by the CD because they didn't want her to change her sound. That 'they didn't want her to change' part of their arguement is accurate.

thaht Miley has lost a lot of fans in the last year who think she changed is a fact, you cna look all over the net and you see that, reality is that she just grew up and peopple didn't like it. they want her to remain that little girl. so the arguement that some artist do not or can't change their image or sound because there fans will not allow them to is a valid

So the ? is then did she gain older fans .:33:

[SmileyMileyRay]

oh dear lord i can't read through 13 pages of reviews lol

can someone give me a summary? mostly good? mostly bad? in the middle?

In the middle.

[Yero34]

All of the above. Some love it, some think review means bash the Cyrus family.

[MileyIsAnAngel]

so basically..people went in with preconceived notions and took the opportunity to vent their personal frustrations in what's supposed to be a movie review?

[SmileyMileyRay]

so basically..people went in with preconceived notions and took the opportunity to vent their personal frustrations in what's supposed to be a movie review?

Yes.

[Yero34]

Pretty much yeah.

There are only two fresh reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. But the rotten ones are basically Cyrus family=evil. As opposed to, this movie was...

[flutesinger262]

yep. people basically bashed the cyrus family like crazy. they used movie reviews to bash her personal life.
the rest of the reviews are mixed about the movie but the one thing being said accross the board is Miley did a good job. so basically the movie is getting killed in lots of cases or people are indifferent to it but even if they hated the movie they still had good things to say about the work Miley did in the movie. so I guess yay Miley, but that sucks for the rest of the cast

[SmileyMileyRay]

Here's a couple reviews:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040800008.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-movie-review-hannah-montana-the-movie,0,7683038.story

[flutesinger262]

they've both been posted.

[SmileyMileyRay]

Has this one been posted?

Ouch, it was harsh:

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2009/04/09/20090409hannah0410.html

[Amandinha]

yeah it was.

[tanningbry]

My dad told me that I might be going with my mom and sister on the day it comes out!! I'm soo excited!

[skatergator777]

I wish they had midnight showings. I would definetly go if they did.

[SaintSaturn]

Has this one been posted?

Ouch, it was harsh:

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2009/04/09/20090409hannah0410.html

azcentral has horrible reviews. The guy who reviewed the concert I just went to was retarded I think.

[tanningbry]

I wish they had midnight showings. I would definetly go if they did.
I've never been to midnight showings. Is it fun? I would go if I had some friends to go with that have parents that would not mind taking me back to my house.:P

[SaintSaturn]

I've never been to midnight showings. Is it fun? I would go if I had some friends to go with that have parents that would not mind taking me back to my house.:P

I was going to go to the midnight showing but the closest one to my house is like 45 minutes away and my cousins are sick so it's not gonna happen :'(.

[skatergator777]

I've never been to midnight showings. Is it fun? I would go if I had some friends to go with that have parents that would not mind taking me back to my house.:P
Well i went to them for harry potter and star was and the people there were all dressed up. It was .... special, but i don't think people would dress up as miley or hannah unless they are under age 6 or have issues.

[nooney]

Did you guys catch this? Lucas Till turned into Justin! :lol:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/04/video-miley-cyrus-on-hannah-montana.html

Miley Cyrus talks about "Hannah Montana: The Movie" is like a fantasy -- "Superman for girls" -- and how the role is a lot like her life, her real-life relationship with her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, and getting back to her roots.

Her romantic costar Lucas Till reveals that he couldn't eat for a whole week before he auditioned with the superstar. He was very nervous and expected pop star 'tude and then some. He was shocked when Miley "turned out to be such a nice person."

And kissing Miley? "No big deal," says Justin. "We had a bunch of takes," he says. "Her fault."

Sounds like Miley's sense of humor has already rubbed off on him.

[C_City*]

Hahaaa.

[Amandinha]

Lucas is very sweet.
He did an interview for Star94 radio and he was talking about how he dated Miley and stuff & the interviewer said to Lucas "Justin is a tool." and Lucas immediately was like: "Wow wow wow, hold on he's a nice guy." and the interviewer was like "Have you met him?" and Lucas said "yeah I've met him a couple times". Haha he defended him and he didn't even have to...

[gina1123]

Lucas is very sweet.
He did an interview for Star94 radio and he was talking about how he dated Miley and stuff & the interviewer said to Lucas "Justin is a tool." and Lucas immediately was like: "Wow wow wow, hold on he's a nice guy." and the interviewer was like "Have you met him?" and Lucas said "yeah I've met him a couple times". Haha he defended him and he didn't even have to...
aww thats sweet.
i really do believe he is a nice guy too

[swe3t23]

Taylor Swift is back in Nashville, do you think she swing by to the Hannah Montana Premiere in Nashville??

[Yero34]

Oh lord I hope so.:D

[Eviie]

I originally had planned a 12am showing, but checking online the closest one is 30 minutes away, and I would still want to go. But my mom works at night, so it'd be impossible.

I'm going on Friday at 12pm with my mom and 11 year old cousin who are both big fans, and my little cousin thinks he'll marry her. :lol:

And then on Friday night I'm going again, and Saturday night, and Sunday night, and of course if any other opportunities comes up where I can go, I will drag my friends into the theater to watch it with me, even though a couple of my friends probably don't need to be dragged because I think everyone and their grandma is somewhat stoked about that movie - I just happen to be one of the overly excited ones. :57:

[SaintSaturn]

Man I'm so glad I go to movies for free. I might need to see this several times.

[love123]

YYAYY it tommoroow
1 more day

[Amandinha]

Ahhh oh my God a guy already posted some clips on youtube.
The kissing scene, the climb, the ending, YAFYWBH, BFA... AMAZING oh my God Miley and Lucas are just too cute.
Sooo excited and everyone in the theater was screaming at the end lol.

[LittleStar]

Ahhh oh my God a guy already posted some clips on youtube.
The kissing scene, the climb, the ending, YAFYWBH, BFA... AMAZING oh my God Miley and Lucas are just too cute.
Sooo excited and everyone in the theater was screaming at the end lol.
Can you give the link?!

[tanningbry]

Cool!! There's a kissing scene!! How did some people get to see it already?

[Amandinha]

Can you give the link?!
Well it contains SPOILERS so people that don't want to see it DO NOT CLICK HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPY_vpFr6ks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq4vVfpnRQk&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxNGhriQPCY&feature=channel

Some people went to the midnight showing.

[blink182]

omg Amanda please post the kissing scene! :lol:

[C_City*]

The screamsssssss.

[Amandinha]

The screams were so random hahaha so aweeeesome.
The kissing scene was so cute.. "Please jump." Awww but you couldn't really see much lol.
Lucas is smokin' though and such a great actor... he is going to be big.

[MileyLaLa]

haha yeah manderz XD

[Yero34]

Dang it. 18% on Rotten Tomatoes. Boo.:mad:

Awww. I'm so excited to see this. Is the kissing scnee the same as the end?

[C_City*]

The kissing scene was kinda covered up.

[Amandinha]

haha yeah manderz XD
thanks to you. :P

the kissing scene was covered up... but yes it was towards the end if that's what you meant.

[blink182]

The kissing scene was kinda covered up.

yeah sucks, why would they cover it up? cmon

[mileyrulz]

Dude you totally couldn't see anything during the kissing scene lol.

[skatergator777]

Dude you totally couldn't see anything during the kissing scene lol.
I know right?

[flutesinger262]

review. basically the movie sucks, except for Miley, shes awesome!:
http://www.moviecitynews.com/columnists/wilmington/2009/090409.html
Hannah Montana: The Movie (Two Stars)
U.S.; Peter Chelsom, 2009

Hannah Montana: the Movie isn’t a very good movie, but that isn’t the fault of Disney Channel superstar Hannah, aka Miley Cyrus. Despite being hamstrung by a ludicrous, cliché-clogged script packed with cornball sentimentality, dubious “real life“ parallels and clumsily telegraphed so-called comedy, the show can’t sink the bouncy, razz-ma-tazz 16-year-old. She manages to bust loose from the movie-malarkey, tear through her musical numbers and -- playing both a surrogate, country gal Miley Stewart as well as her blonde bombshell songstress alter-ego Hannah -- bring down the house.

Unfortunately, there’s a lot of movie in between those rock numbers, and, despite strenuous efforts by director Peter Chelsom (Funny Bones, Town and Country) and the supporting cast, most if it is bad.

Here’s a hint for the incredibly talented young Ms. Cyrus and her savvy executive producer/costar dad Billy Ray (“Achy Breaky Heart”) Cyrus -- a nearly foolproof formula from director Andrei Konchalovsky (maker of the great Russian epic Siberiade and the heart-stopping thriller Runaway Train) to determine whether a movie, or movie script, is bad. According to Konchalovsky, “Good movies are unpredictable but logical. Mediocre movies are predictable but logical. And bad movies are predictable but illogical.” Of course, there are some exceptions to this rule. But this movie -- about as painfully predictable and outrageously illogical as you can get -- isn’t one of them

In the movie, Miley Cyrus-- energetically playing those two versions of herself “Miley” and “Hannah“ -- is joined by papa Cyrus, playing the movie Miley’s dad Bobby Ray. Disappointed by his daughter’s L. A. -drenched teen values, her mistreatment/sabotage of best friend Lilly’s (Emily Osment) birthday, and her scandalous fashionista fight with Tyra Banks on Rodeo Drive, Bobby Ray decides to circumvent pushy publicist Vita (Vanessa Williams, wasted) and take her back to Crowley’s Corners Tennessee, for some Hannah detox and syrupy good times time with the folksy Stewart family, headed by Elvis-loving Grandma Ruby (Margo Martindale).

Miley initially turns up her cute little button nose at this world without Bloomingdales, but pretty soon she discovers that Crowley’s Corner‘s has everything a good ol’ Disney gal, and even a superstar like Hannah, could want. There’s wise old, benevolent but stern Grandma Ruby, who doesn’t cotton to hoity-toity citified ways, and there are lots of down-homey birthday parties, plus relatives and friends, most of whom don’t seem to have the slightest notion about the Hannah masquerade. There’s the dreamy hunk farmhand with the automatic smile, Travis Brody (Lucas Till) who’s had a crush on Miley since the first grade, and who wants to start up a Brody Bunch. And there’s the villainous developer Bradley (played by Barry Bostwick, Brad of The Rocky Horror Picture Show) who’s hell-bent to turn the whole charming smile-fest of a town into one big glitzy Brad-and-Janet-style shopping mall. (Boo! Hiss!).

It's inevitable -- or at least predictable-illogical. Falling back in love with Crowley‘s Corners and incidentally with winsome chicken coop-specialist Travis, Miley decides to help out with some local benefits to block Bradley, engineered by Bobby Ray’s Reba-ish heartthrob, the oddly spelled heartbreaker Lorelai (Melora Hardin), and this crusade eventually mushrooms into an appearance by her hidden secret identity Hannah -- despite the fact that the snoopy scooper-upper, mugging Brit scandal writer/pooparazzi Oswald Granger (the appositely named Peter Gunn), is on Hannah’s trail (alone on the planet, it seems) and eager to sneak around and fall into every mud hole in sight.

Land o’ goshen, what a plot! Every bit of rustic tomfoolery you -- or writer Dan Berenson (Cinderella 3 and Twitches Too) -- could imagine is dredged up, running the gamut from Petticoat Junction meets Melrose Place to Sweet Home Alabama filtered through The Country Bears. Finally, after Oswald has fallen on his last pratt, and Travis has practically gotten a winsome hernia, Berendsen and Chelsom lead us shamelessly to a dual performance (two worlds) by Miley and Hannah at a mammoth outdoor rock festival, whipped up in a trice, that suggests a Crowley’s Corners version of Woodstock, with a huge backup rock band, but without the hippies.

This movie, not counting the musical numbers (of which there are too few) keeps getting strangled by its own comedy (of which there’s far too much). Almost every time Miley sings, it’s a triumph. Almost every time she and the rest of the cast start pratfalling and yucking it up, it’s a country cow-pie. And I’m not speaking as some citified cynic. I‘m a small town boy myself and I’ve spent time in many a hay-barn and country kitchen, mooning over my first grade (or at least third grade) crush. But this is the kind of small-town humor you find scribbled on Malibu restaurant cocktail napkins.

Credibility is thoroughly mugged and mangled in the first few minutes, when Miley and Emily try to get in Hannah’s own concert (once again, nobody knows the double identity), and wind up whizzing around on a golf-cart toward a fuming Bobby Ray. The mysterious Miley, whose Hannah masquerade hasn’t even been cracked by even the National Enquirer, and is now being pursued only by the mud-prone but persistent Oswald, then ducks a New York gig, is transplanted to C. C., Tennessee, and ends up trying to juggle her desire to save the town (couldn’t she just have bought the land herself?) and live up to the first-grade fantasies of the cowboy hatted charmer Travis.

The lowlight of all this alleged romantic comedy -- much of which might make even a tweener cynical -- is reached when Miley tries to fool everybody at once, running back and forth between a town benefit dinner (as Hannah) and a date with Travis (as Miley), while popping in and out of her Miley and Hannah getups, and crawling around under the banquet table -- all of this climaxing in a lobster fight and a steamed Travis. It’s a good thing the movie ends with Miley/Hannah’s concert and not that lobster farce, or the audience might really think they’d been plunged into Hee Haw Hell.

Whenever the ebullient and high-spirited, sometimes hip-hop-hearted Hannah gets on stage and sings (occasionally a song she wrote) this rib-nudging movie shucks off its country clowning, straightens up and flies right. But remember, tween or teen idol movies don’t have to be dopey -- or predictable-illogical. Back in 1964, teen pop kings The Beatles made the unpredictable and surreal, but beautifully logical A Hard Day’s Night -- a musical comedy movie where they “played themselves” to ultimate rock and cinematic glory. Exec producer/pop Billy Ray (whose favorite movies include Bonnie and Clyde, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Blue Velvet -- surely must realize on some level, that -- box-office smash or not -- this movie is a country crock, and that Miley and Hannah deserve better than this predictable but illogical fiasco.

[flutesinger262]

damn the videos were taken down :(

[Amandinha]

you didn't see them on time flute?
yeah the boy only left it for a few minutes and took them down to not get in trouble or something.

[Yero34]

Lol. The ending's awesome. "One more step and I hit send." I love evil British paparazzi.:lol:

[flutesinger262]

did anyone ripp it :(

[skatergator777]

oh i downloaded the vids because i knew that would happen. Want me to upload them?

[flutesinger262]

yes!!

[skatergator777]

Oh man he didnt even get the full climb, its amazing i saw the full climb and it just wow. Also i got the new teen vogue in the mail today and it has more then what was online should i post the scans?

[skatergator777]

yes!!
Do you have an FLV player or do i need to convert them to WMV?

[flutesinger262]

I have the FLV player and yeah please post scans.

[skatergator777]

I have the FLV player and yeah please post scans.
Ok so the magazine is the same except for one page, but ill post it all anyway and here's BFA

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BZUMCDQ4

[SmileyMileyRay]

Could you post it in WMV too, please? My computer won't play FLV videos.

[skatergator777]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2SOVHCQ1

not sure what scene but a scene.

[Yero34]

31% on Rotten Tomatoes. Hopefully it just keeps climbing, pardon the pun. I want it to have a fresh rating. A respectable 60-70% would be nice. I'm probably being naive though.

Miley's pretty much gotten positive reviews so far. So I guess that's good.

[skatergator777]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JN8Y3EWF
another random scene.

[flutesinger262]

thanks so much

[destinydreamer]

Ooh, this scene is really good :D
thanks sooo much Erica. I want to see it again tomorrow, but I'm sick :(
So probably not for a few weeks.

Sorry i haven't been on, streph and such.

[flutesinger262]

was that all the scenes?

[destinydreamer]

that isn't a full scene. It was with another one, kinda hard to explain.

[flutesinger262]

no i mean did erica post everything that was on youtube?

[destinydreamer]

ohhXD. I'm not sure...I have to go now, but I'll be back soon :) as in a few days.

[skatergator777]

yup that was everything on youtube.

[Amandinha]

yes there were 3 videos on youtube so probably yes.

BFA, The Climb, YAFYWBH, the kissing scene, the ending. if its all there then yes.

[flutesinger262]

miley's got quiet a dilemma, the critics have hated the movie but at the same time they all thought she did a great job and was the one bright spot in the movie. should she be happy because they thought she did a great jobor upset because they didn't like the movie? lol

[SmileyMileyRay]

Well, alot of people still liked it. Not everyone's going to like it, but we have to wait until tomorrow until are the reviews are in. That's when we'll know for sure. I wish Ebert and Roeper would review it, I haven't seen any professional reviewers review it yet, really. Any more positive reviews?

[flutesinger262]

I mean critics, the fans are gonna love it I'm sure, the critics really haven't which is pathetic because half of them seem to have gone into this already knowning whta they're gonna say

[SmileyMileyRay]

I meant critics, I didn't mean the fans.

[flutesinger262]

most of them are killing the movie.

[SmileyMileyRay]

I never said they weren't.... but I still know alot of people are liking it. Most reviewers don't like it just because of Miley, they're not really talking about the movie, they are just bashing her family.

[apogeum]

Ebert didn't review any of the three major releases this week, extremely weird.

[SmileyMileyRay]

I wish he would, he's one of the most respected reviewers.

[flutesinger262]

which is another thing shes gonna be upset about. like i'm trying to say, she should be happy that critics thought she was good but shes not going to be because they're trashing her family and the movie.

[flutesinger262]

another review:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/family/42747307.html

Hannah Montana has gone country.

Her daddy hijacked her private jet headed to some New York music awards and redirected it to Grandma's Tennessee farm so Little Miss Beverly Hills could get back to her horseback-riding roots as Smiley Miley.

To help ensure that the pop star gets the full yee-haw treatment, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts and a cowboy with a crush on Miley are on board in "Hannah Montana: The Movie."

After becoming a Disney Channel and in-concert sensation, Hannah Montana is making the jump to the multiplex with a movie that isn't about making Miley Cyrus into a serious actress. Nope, "HMTM" is really just another Disney Channel flick with a bigger budget and the same old girl-meets-boy-and-kisses-him plot. (Oops, sorry, I gave that away.)

This movie is really for the 16-year-old Queen of Tween to (a) try to reposition herself musically as a pop/country act for all ages and -- spoiler alert! -- (b) test the waters for letting go of Hannah Montana by having Miley admit in public that, as every 8-year-old girl and her mother knows, she is Hannah Montana.
Here is how Hannah -- sorry, Miley -- reaches the breaking point. Grandma is trying to prevent the building of a shopping mall in Crowley Corners, Tenn., so Miley offers to have her famous friend Hannah Montana come to do a benefit concert to help the town buy the land.

Meanwhile, Miley has fallen for Gram's farmhand, an old pal from first grade, and Miley's dad (Billy Ray Cyrus, her real-life father) has fallen for Gram's "foreman," a handy single woman. These parallel love stories play out as a stressed-out Miley/Hannah goes through a revolving door -- figuratively and literally -- trying to keep her secret. In the end, her heart forces her to confess onstage at the concert and kill off Hannah, but -- remember this is Disney -- the crowd convinces her to put the wig back on.

To add a little tension and a lot of silly humor to the story, a bumbling British tabloid reporter (Peter Gunn) is stalking the star to dig up some dirt. Hannah's aggressive, tightly wound publicist (Vanessa Williams) tries to keep him at bay. Tyra Banks does a laughable cameo as herself, cat-fighting with Hannah over a pair of high heels in a Beverly Hills boutique.

Ultimately, the fan-pleasing "HMTM" and its bestselling soundtrack album (which debuted at No. 2 last week) are about building new bridges -- crossing Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts over to the Miley crowd and Miley to the country audience, especially with her "Hoedown Throwdown," a catchy line dance that Disney hopes will do for Miley Cyrus what "Achy Breaky Heart" did for Billy Ray What's-His-Name.

[SmileyMileyRay]

Billy Ray what's his name, lol

[skatergator777]

Has anyone seen the bonus video that comes with the soundtrack. Miley mixes up her dads song in the video. She calls it find your way back to Tennessee.

[flutesinger262]

kinda OT but is there anyone hear from Georgia? cuz thats where last song is gonna be filmed. people from here should so try to be extras

[skatergator777]

Ha my aunt lives there and im only one state away. Hmmm i really dont feel like going to vermont. Maybe i could convince my cousin to be an extra.

[flutesinger262]

now this is what we should be seeing:
http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Hannah-Montana-The-Movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie

A film review by Sean O'Connell - Copyright © 2009 Filmcritic.com
Hannah Montana: The Movie acted as my official introduction to the identity crisis that is Miley Cyrus and her pop-music-powered alter ego. I have two boys, after all. The farthest we've ventured down Disney's empowered-female food chain is Kim Possible (which, for the record, deserves its own live-action film adaptation in the vein of Tomb Raider (http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Lara-Croft-Tomb-Raider), yet better). But now, at least, I understand the hoopla surrounding this spunky, cool, and charismatic young performer. Her overly produced musical anthems aren't my cup of tea, but I get why so many people line up to drink what she's serving.

Chances are those reading this review won't have to be told how aspiring singer Miley Stewart (Cyrus) created Hannah Montana so she could live a normal life off the stage. Or how her down-home, country-boy of a father (Billy Ray Cyrus) worries that his daughter is spending too much time in the self-centered, shallow celebrity pool and losing touch with her Tennessee roots.

That's where the Montana movie takes us: back home to Crowley Corners, where Miley attends her grandmother's birthday, falls in love with a handsome cowboy (Lucas Till), and agrees to stage a concert that should raise enough money to prevent a developer (Barry Bostwick) from bulldozing her authentic, Southern, childhood town.

Exclusive access to both Miley and Hannah's worlds seems to be the lure of the Montana series, and director Peter Chelsom divides the film's time equally. Rabid fans craving Hollywood glitz will enjoy Hannah concert footage, a beachfront birthday party on the Santa Monica Pier, and Tyra Banks wrestling Miley for the perfect pair of shoes. I appreciated the wholesome atmosphere of the film's second half, where practical (but not less valuable) life lessons are imparted, and country stars like Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts cameo. The silly slapstick crammed throughout both sections could be removed, though to be honest, my young preview audience responded in kind as a ferret disrupted a dinner party and a dishonest tabloid journalist (Oswald Granger) took a bath in a puddle of mud.

Cyrus, of course, is the bridge connecting these seemingly different existences, and it's impressive how comfortable the gifted 16-year-old appears either in a barn or on a stage. She shows a wide range of emotions, plays bubbly without being annoying, and appeals to her fan base without ever pandering. There's no doubt that when the actress chooses to retire Hannah Montana, Cyrus herself will survive and thrive.

[SmileyMileyRay]

Yay, finally another good review

[flutesinger262]

E!'s review:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/movie_reviews/b117982_hannah_montana_movie_hick_hick_hooray.html


Review in a Hurry: Wooee, dogies! Hang up your disbelief right next to your cowboy hat or else the ridiculous pretense of this wholesome, Hollywood-meets-hayseeds flick just might make you spit on your whittlin'.

The Bigger Picture: For years, nobody has managed to figure out that teen supersinger Hannah Montana is really just a normal country girl named Miley Stewart—disguised in a blond Hedwig hairpiece and some go-go boots. Sure, both girls have voices like a Reno barfly, and they share the exact same overlapping squirrel teeth—similarities that you'd think an obsessed tween would notice in the time it takes to upload side-by-side photos on Flickr. But the wig—the wig! It's the hairpiece that fools the planet, a device that allows the fictional Miley to have the "best of both worlds," a booming career and a normal life.
Or not so normal. In this big-screen musical adaptation of the hit Disney TV show, Stewart (Miley Cyrus (http://www.eonline.com/search/index.jsp?searchString=Miley Cyrus)) has gone a bit too Hollywood for her daddy's liking. After Miley gets into a fight with an overacting Tyra Banks (http://www.eonline.com/search/index.jsp?searchString=Tyra Banks) over a pair of shoes, the girl is tricked by daddy Robby Ray (real-life dad Billy Ray Cyrus) into cooling her heels back home in Tennessee for a few weeks. There, Miley will accompany her mee-maw to the farmers market, gaze wistfully as the local folks pick their guitars on the front porch and flirt with a clean-cut local cowyouth. No one is ever seen watching TV or fiddling with the Intertubes. That would be not wholesome.
The whole thing comes to a climax when Stewart's double life seems finally doomed to unravel forever, thanks in part to a stock gossip-reporter character who catches wind of Hannah's big secret. Parents will find their suspension of disbelief stretched thinner than a beanpole at the movie's climax, though the kiddie target audience will likely walk away enchanted by the overall message of hometown goodwill.

The 180—a Second Opinion: Cyrus does not skimp on quality, delivering well-produced original songs and a knockout dance number, while director Peter Chelsom's on-location shooting is gorgeous.

[SmileyMileyRay]

The link won't work for me for some reason, could you post it?

[Yero34]

I can't see it either Flute. Is it positive?

[flutesinger262]

fixed it, yeah it was a B-. not bad

[aprilrainer]

dang I can't see the movie clips that were posted earlier. My computer doesn't play that type of file.

[flutesinger262]

YES!!! La Times Review. Loved Miley, thought the movie was good but boring, wanted more Emily and Jason:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hannah10-2009apr10,0,995728.story
Hannah Montana: The Movie" is not so much a movie as it is a trial balloon to see if Miley Cyrus, with her big blue eyes, exceptionally white teeth and increasingly long limbs, can hold the big screen as effectively as she has the small screen. The answer is yes.

Even almost completely stripped of the zinger-driven physical comedy that marks "Hannah Montana" the television show and saddled with what may be the most ridiculous climactic situation in teen-movie history, the film allows Cyrus to deliver a solid ingénue performance, shimmering where she needs to shimmer, sassing where she needs to sass and, most important, continuing to offer audiences the image of a lovely but still recognizable real girl onto whom they can project their own dreams.

Oh, and she sings at least two songs that will no doubt become big, big hits.

It isn't easy to take a slapstick sitcom shot on a soundstage and turn it into a dramatic feature film. The show's formula -- the banter-heavy high jinks of Miley Stewart (Cyrus), brother Jackson (Jason Earles), best friends Lilly (Emily Osment) and Oliver (Mitchel Musso) and lovable nemesis Rico (Moises Arias), inevitably tempered with a life lesson provided by dad Robby Ray Stewart ( Billy Ray Cyrus) -- works well in a half-hour laugh-track-heavy format. In a full-length feature film? Well, as Miley would say, not so much.

So screenwriter Daniel Berendsen (the "Twitches" movies and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch") and director Peter Chelsom (2004's "Shall We Dance?") quickly put a great deal of literal and figurative distance between the film and the show. We meet Miley and company in Los Angeles, where the show takes place, through a peppy dance number set to the theme song "Best of Both Worlds."

But there is trouble in paradise. Hannah now has a publicist played by Vanessa Williams in only a slightly dialed-down version of "Ugly Betty's" Wilhelmina. There's also a sleazy tabloid journalist (Peter Gunn) prowling around (British, presumably to avoid offending the local entertainment press).

But that's not really the problem; the problem is that you can't really have the best of both worlds. As Hannah, Miley is in danger of becoming such a little diva -- she engages in a public shoe fight with Tyra Banks! She upstages Lilly's 16th birthday party! -- that Robby Ray yanks her home to the rolling green hills of Tennessee to visit her grandmother, remind her of her roots and straighten her the heck up.

Why anyone would want to leave Crowley Meadows is indeed a mystery. For one thing, Miley's grandmother, Ruby, is played by Margo Martindale, who raises the performance bar with a simple knowing nod. Her farm foreman, Lorelei (Melora Hardin), and farmhand Travis (Lucas Till) provide age-appropriate love interests for both father and daughter. The members of Rascal Flatts regularly hang out in Ruby's big yellow farmhouse, and Taylor Swift drops in for the local fundraiser. All that and a horse named Blue Jeans.

But there is tension here too, in the form of a mildly annoying developer (Barry Bostwick) who wants to build a mall in Crowley Meadows, and there's that nasty journalist and then the whole Hannah/Miley conflict. Caught in the middle of the last is poor Travis, handsome and shockingly credible in a cowboy hat but still able to look Hannah right in the face and not recognize Miley, the girl on whom he has had a crush since first grade.

If only the actual threats of stardom were so benign, if only the solutions so simple and sylvan. But "Hannah Montana: The Movie" and, indeed, Hannah Montana the brand are not about stardom or the music business or even the pitfalls of ambition; they are about empowering kids to follow their dreams while reminding them that family and friends must remain the firm foundation.

Never before has anything remotely connected with the music industry been so resolutely G-rated: When Miley visits a local swimming hole with Travis, she jumps in fully clothed (though clearly wearing a swimsuit underneath).

There's nothing wrong with the message, and heaven knows a G rating is appreciated, but the twin yoke of the Disney brand and the Cryus image (no more ill-advised Vanity Fair sexuality!) does limit what Berendsen can do in terms of dramatic tension.

Hannah can't behave like an actual troubled pop star and retain her audience identification, so her sins are supremely mild and mostly of omission, which must then be ridiculously blown up to allow her the necessary epiphany: Honesty is more important than fame.


At least, I think that's what it was; the climactic moment, though including what will no doubt be the new Disney anthem, was a bit confusing in its message and seemed mostly to involve the Hannah wig.

It also would have been nice to see more of the supporting players who have made the show such a big hit. Osment and Earles especially are both fine comedians, and Earles' Jackson is the main reason most boys watch "Hannah Montana," so limiting their roles -- poor Jackson has to play second fiddle to an ostrich and a ferret -- seems not only unnecessary but potentially risky at the box office.

In the end, "Hannah Montana: The Movie" is big, beautiful, a little boring and utterly safe. There are flashes of inspiration -- the "Hoedown Throwdown" dance, the scenes between Martindale and the Cyruses -- but it also is what it is: Miley Cyrus' next big step.

[tanningbry]

**Random** It's offcial. I'm seeing the movie tomorrow with my mom and sister at 2:00pm. I'm really excited. Yahoo! users rated it a 'C'. ):

[flutesinger262]

lol, poor billy ray :( :
The film's dopey slapstick moments are almost as painful for audiences as they are for the characters. The more low-key moments aren't excruciating, though.

(And interestingly, the country-flavored songs — such as the Cyrus family duet "Butterfly Fly Away" — are better than the poppier ones. The noxious "Hoedown Throwdown" notwithstanding, of course.)

Also, it can be said that, at this point in her career, Miley is better at acting than her father. He still can't emote convincingly, and he really struggles in a romance subplot. (Robby Ray is being wooed by a farm forewoman, played by "The Office's" Melora Hardin.)

[Father Time]

Crowley Meadows

?!? OK, you watched the movie, but did you actually pay attention? Fail.:mad:
(Reason # 1012 why I don't pay attention to the media)

The movies that have gotten the worst reviews in the past are the ones we have liked the absolute most. This one won't be any different. Can't Wait ...

ARE YOU READY?

http://images39.fotki.com/v1227/photos/4/632894/7273103/hannah_eve-vi.jpg

[tanningbry]

Also, it can be said that, at this point in her career, Miley is better at acting than her father. He still can't emote convincingly, and he really struggles in a romance subplot. (Robby Ray is being wooed by a farm forewoman, played by "The Office's" Melora Hardin.)
It's true. Miley is better, but her co-stars are even better.

[flutesinger262]

to be fair, the LA times may have gotten the name of the town wrong but they're one of the review that gave a well written, unbias review. ie the one of the few that seemed ot go in with an open mind..

[flutesinger262]

It's true. Miley is better, but her co-stars are even better.
says who? lol. The only one getting good reviews accross the board for their acting is Miley.....

[Yero34]

Says no one. LA Times liked all three it seems. Didn't say one was better than the other.

[Father Time]

It's true. Miley is better, but her co-stars are even better.

Make no mistake, Hannah Montana isn't just about Miley. The writing is somewhat better than most Disney shows, but it takes a great cast to make a hit, and this show has a great cast. A lot of the movie reviewers seem to be stuck on the fact that the story line is lame/silly. It’s supposed to be - it’s a comedy.

This cast does an excellent job of comedic timing and making the transition from slapstick to serious moments, all while injecting their own unique personalities into the characters. They even do their own stunts, many of which look painful.:02:

This is just one small reason the Disney will never, ever top Hannah Montana. Never.

http://images38.fotki.com/v1281/photos/4/632894/7273103/back_2_tennessee-vi.jpg

[Father Time]

says who? lol. The only one getting good reviews accross the board for their acting is Miley.....

Sez Me! See my rant ^^

[Yero34]

I think they're all equally good. Don't see why it has to be competition. It's the work of the ensemble that makes the show so enjoyable.

[Father Time]

Yero gets it ...^^

[Yero34]

http://www.themovieboy.com/reviews/h/09_hannahmontana.htm

It's filed under Rotten, but Miley is praised. He calls her winning.

[Father Time]

to be fair, the LA times may have gotten the name of the town wrong but they're one of the review that gave a well written, unbias review. ie the one of the few that seemed ot go in with an open mind..

I just went back and re-read it, and yes, you are correct. My apoligies to the LA Times reviewer. So many of the reviews have just wanted to pick at the film, that I just wana' to throw them all under the bus. Can ya' tell I'm a little edgy with the media ?!?!:S


I need a vacation - in Tennessee
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[joecyrusfan]

I think they're all equally good. Don't see why it has to be competition. It's the work of the ensemble that makes the show so enjoyable.

You got it & it's all the cast's they just have this great chemistry together that why the show & the move what it is . why it's #1 show on TV and will be #1 at the move , which looks like it will be.

[joecyrusfan]

Father Time nice Sigg pic .

[smiley-miley-fan]

ugh stupid reviews bashing her family more than actually talking about the movie.
oh well, we will all love it lol.

[SmileyMileyRay]

Another review. I highlighted some of the parts for obvious reasons:






Resourceful parents think tactically about which movies they agree to chaperone. Find a way to persuade some other mom or dad to take the kids to the new "Cheaper by the Dozen" picture, so it's your turn when the Pixar film comes to town. The new "Garfield" movie? That's what grandparents are for.
"Hannah Montana: The Movie" isn't an abomination. The characters are wholesome, the plot is easy to follow and the songs all sound the same, so you can really only get one stuck in your head at a time. But even as adults give their blessing for prepubescent moviegoers to see the film, they should be plotting to stay as far away from the theater as possible. If you're no longer old enough to carry a Hannah Montana lunch box, this movie will feel like punishment.
It didn't have to be this way. Miley Cyrus is arguably more talented that the teen acting-singing phenom than you used to follow, and there have been plenty of decent tween-aimed movies in recent years to serve as a model. Movies such as "Bridge to Terabithia," "Nim's Island" and "Enchanted" were enjoyable for middle school-age girls and their parents.
The makers of "Hannah Montana: The Movie," by contrast, attempt absolutely nothing creative or unpredictable. The plot is "Sweet Home Alabama," with a slapstick "Home Alone" villain thrown in, high jinks ripped off scene for scene from "The Brady Bunch" and not-one-but-two fundraising benefit concerts to keep the developers from paving over the town square. (If we just write the check now, could the filmmakers include a plot that hasn't already been covered 17 times on "The Dukes of Hazzard"?)
The movie starts where the hit Disney Channel television show left off. Cyrus is Miley Stewart, who is trying to retain her secret identity while traveling the world as the super-famous Hannah Montana. Miley starts to lose track of her roots and her father Robby Ray Stewart, played by real-life dad Billy Ray Cyrus (yes, that Billy Ray Cyrus), forces her to spend two weeks in her small-town Tennessee home. Cue the spunky grandmother, cute farm boy love interest and bumbling English paparazzo who is about to unveil the truth about Miley's alter ego.
"Hannah Montana: The Movie" is 102 minutes, with about 40 minutes of plot. The rest of the time is filled with musical interludes, including half a dozen songs by Cyrus, two by her father and enjoyable cameos by Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift. The latter choice was actually a mistake, because Swift is so talented that she makes Cyrus seem bland by comparison. Swift's performance is followed by Cyrus' hip-hop country number, which is just as annoying as it sounds.
Is there anything to recommend? Once the story lands in the country, the "Little House on the Prairie" vibe is kind of nice. Director Peter Chelsom doesn't do much with his actors, but he makes Tennessee - credit the filmmakers for shooting on location - look really beautiful. And the hair and makeup team have done a great job making Billy Ray Cyrus look grown-up and responsible, even with his shirt unbuttoned to his navel.
It's like that whole "Achy Breaky Heart" nightmare never happened.
-- Advisory: This movie contains comic violence and scenes of hip-hop country dancing. Members of all of the world's religions need to immediately set aside their differences, and collectively pray that this doesn't become a trend.

[joecyrusfan]

why do they send 40 year old man that act like there 80 year olds & who avesly have no fun in there life. and are grumpy about the job, this is a family film.

[flutesinger262]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/hannah-montana-the-movie,1156054.html
Editorial Review

The first moment of applause came early during a recent screening of "Hannah Montana The Movie." So early, in fact, the house lights had just begun to dim.

The source of the clapping was a pair of excitable girls who looked to be about 7 years old. Which is pretty much the target demographic of this innocuous feature-length adaptation of the popular Disney Channel series about Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus), an ordinary teenage girl who secretly moonlights as Hannah Montana.

Who's Hannah Montana? For those living under a rock, she's only a world-famous stage persona of a singer known for her infectious bubble-gum-infused dance music favored (mostly) by female tweens and their little sisters.

If you're Cyrus's age (16), you're probably already too old for the TV show, and your musical tastes have likely evolved to embrace something a little more grown-up. Like, say, the Jonas Brothers.

When Miley/Hannah gets too caught up in the celebrity swirl of Los Angeles, she's relegated to her family's home in Tennessee by her widowed father (Billy Ray Cyrus, the star's real-life dad). While there, she must cope with country life; evade a tabloid reporter seeking to expose her double life; save the community from a developer; and meet hunky Travis.

"Hannah Montana The Movie" may be, at heart, every Disney princess movie you've ever seen -- only with a stretch limo instead of a pumpkin-turned-coach and a prince who wears a cowboy hat.

The movie looks and sounds like a real film, not an extended version of the TV show. The acting and the cinematography is bumped up a notch.

While I'm no great fan of Hannah Montana's sugary power pop, Miley Cyrus mixes it up here with something that sounds like real country.

The singer-actress has screen presence to spare and a nice, rich voice. By the time her young fans outgrow her -- or she them -- she should have an excellent chance at a second career. Making, you know, real movies and real music.

-- Michael O'Sullivan (April 10, 2009)

[Eviie]

Grrr! 2 of my friends went at midnight.. they are there right now, if I would've known I would've gone with them. :'(

Oh well I'm going tomorrow, I'm going to bed now cause I'm going daytime, then again at night, and then again on saturday and YES! Fun Hannah Montana/Miley filled week! :lol:

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MOVIE REVIEW

Miley delivers feel-good message in 'Hannah Montana: The Movie'


By Jane Clifford (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/jane-clifford/) (Contact (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/jane-clifford/contact/)) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. April 10, 2009

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“Hannah Montana: The Movie”
Rating: G
When: Opens today
Running time: 1 hr., 42 min.
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The lights went down in the movie theater and the crowd screamed. The Disney logo flashed on the screen and they screamed more loudly. And when Miley Cyrus appeared in the opening scene, the audience of hundreds, average age about 9, went nuts.

“Hannah Montana: The Movie” will be a hit with its target demographic. And why not? The “Hannah Montana” series on The Disney Channel is huge. Miley Cyrus, its star singer/songwriter/actor, is huge.

So, what kind of movie is it? Well, above all, it's a film to extend the Hannah/Miley franchise – about a young girl (Miley Stewart) who lives a normal life by day and is a rock star (Hannah Montana) at night and tries to keep that double life a secret.

In the film, Miley is close to losing her identity, as Hannah takes over more and more of her life. The action opens in L.A., where Miley is almost late for her own concert. She and her BFF, Lilly (Emily Osment), are careening down the halls at the concert venue in a golf cart they grabbed. We watch as Miley adds makeup and more to emerge as Hannah onstage before thousands of adoring fans. Then it's off to say a quick goodbye to brother Jackson (Jason Earles), who's bound for college, and then on to Lilly's 16th birthday party at Santa Monica Pier.

But Miley/Hannah, accompanied by her agent, Vita, played perfectly by Vanessa Williams, is detoured at a shoe store, where she spies a present for Lilly. Enter Tyra Banks, one of many cameo performers in the film, who does a hilarious bit with Hannah, fighting over a pair of shoes.

It's the first of several slapstick scenes that show Cyrus to be a natural at physical comedy, possibly making grandparents in the theater think of Lucille Ball.
After the disastrous birthday party where Hannah is supposed to show up as Miley, but doesn't have time to change and draws all attention away from Lilly, Miley misses the meeting with her brother and is going to bail on her grandmother's birthday because Vita's gotten her a gig in New York. That's when dad steps in. Played in the film and on the TV show by Miley's real-life dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, Robby Ray Stewart has had it. He accompanies her on the small jet for the gig, but it lands in Crowley Corners, Tenn.
That's when the film turns heartwarming. She's home (her real home is Nashville, where much of the filming took place, including a farm not far from the one where Miley grew up). She is surrounded by loving family, especially her grandmother, Ruby, the talented Southern actress Margo Martindale. And she meets Lucas, played sweetly by hunky Southern newcomer Travis Brody.

The audience at the screening “ooh-ed” at the romance building between Miley and Lucas, and the one Ruby encourages between Robby Ray and the farm foreman, Lorelai (Melora Hardin).

To complicate matters, there's a tabloid reporter, ably played by Peter Gunn, who follows Miley to Tennessee, trying to figure out her secret. And there are comedic turns by Barry Bostwick as the bad guy who wants to change the town by adding a mall, and the mayor, played by Beau Billingslea, who wants things to stay the same.

There's a ton of good, down-home music – some provided on-screen by Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift – and one great dance number that every young kid in the country will be attempting to learn after they see it. (Billy Ray Cyrus gets into the act, too, singing a song from his brand-new album, “Back to Tennessee,” released by – surprise! – Disney.)
The cinematography nicely showcases the bucolic Tennessee countryside, and able direction by Peter Chelsom (“Serendipity”) holds things together.

In the end, this is a feel-good film that feeds what seems to be an insatiable appetite for all things Miley. But it also explores the importance of family, the relationship between a father and daughter, and remembering where you came from no matter how far you go. Let's hope that works for one talented 16-year-old.

Jane Clifford is the Union-Tribune family editor.
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Cyrus' star outshines poor plot
Complaining that the plot in "Hannah Montana: The Movie" is a ridiculous trope used to string together concert singing sequences isn't going to convince millions of young girls not to see it this weekend.
They don't see this film to challenge themselves emotionally or intellectually.
People, parents included, see it because somewhere along the line they have to acknowledge that Miley Cyrus really is a star.

"Hannah Montana: The Movie" is basically a two-hour, very special episode of "Hannah Montana," the Disney Channel television show that launched Miley Cyrus.

Miley Stewart (Cyrus) is a good ol' girl from Tennessee who has made it big as a teen singer. But, so that she might grow up normally, she and her father, Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus, her real life dad), dress her in a blond wig and call her Hannah Montana.

But things aren't so normal, and Robby sends Miley off to mellow out back home, where she falls in love, falls on her backside a few times and finds numerous opportunities to sing.
No one but family knows Miley's secret. Her town needs a big infusion of cash. If only someone knew a big rock star for a fundraiser. ...

It's all predictable and mostly poorly acted, but it doesn't matter. Cyrus commands the screen when she is singing. For the core audience, that's easily more than enough.
Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic
Additional Facts Hannah Montana: The Movie

Grade: C

Rated G. Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Vanessa Williams. Directed by Peter Chelsom.

102 minutes

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Posted on April 10, 2009 4:53 AM
College fans excited to see 'Hannah' film


By Erin Rowley

Collegian Staff Writer

Amanda King has Hannah Montana posters, keychains and T-shirts featuring the Disney star.

King (junior-civil engineering) has given out Hannah Montana valentines and birthday cards to her friends. She saw Miley Cyrus live and attended last year's concert film on opening night. Along with other fans of Hannah Montana, she plans to see Cyrus' new film, Hannah Montana: The Movie, tonight with her younger sister.

The 21-year-old King said she has been a fan of Cyrus' TV show since it began airing on the Disney Channel in 2006.

"I like her show because out of all the TV shows on Disney her show is probably one of the best," she said. "It's entertaining and it makes me feel good."

Brittany Johnson (sophomore-psychology) said she will drag her boyfriend to see the film with her tonight.

"He thinks it's absolutely ridiculous, but we have a plan that if I go see Observe and Report with him, he'll go see Hannah Montana with me," Johnson said, referring to the Seth Rogen comedy that also premieres today.

Like King, Johnson also has a collection of Hannah Montana memorabilia that includes T-shirts, a blanket and a calendar.

"I feel like I'm a kid at heart," Johnson said. "I work at a daycare, so I'm around children all the time. I just kind of flock to things younger people are interested in."

Premiere Theatre 12's assistant manager Santina Gates said the theater is expecting a large crowd this weekend, and though she said the movie's target audience is teen and preteen girls, she expects to see older viewers as well.

"I'm going to be 25 and I want to watch it, and we have a lot of employees in their teens that want to watch it," she said.
Gates said Cyrus' well-rounded career, which includes music, television, movies and more, is responsible for her widespread appeal.
"She has a lot going on. It'll draw in more people now that she has more going on in her life," Gates said.

Though Bridgett Coombs (graduate-communication sciences and disorders) isn't a gung-ho fan like King and Johnson, she has watched the show while babysitting and said she thought it was all right, but she wouldn't see the movie with her college friends.

"I wouldn't mind seeing it," she said, "but I don't think I would go if I wasn't with younger kids."

King said many of her friends don't understand why she likes the fictional Disney character.

"A lot of people do think it's weird that I like Hannah Montana," she said.
King said she thinks there are more Cyrus' fans out there than people realize, but many of them aren't open about it.

"People listen to Hannah Montana on their own or on their iPod when they're working out," she said.

In the film, Cyrus will is forced to choose between continuing to live as her alter ego Hannah or living her own life.

"It's kind of sad," King said about the plot. "I like the Hannah Montana side of Miley. I'm really interested to see which side she ends up picking."
King said she will continue to follow Cyrus' career, Hannah or no Hannah.
Johnson agreed, but said she doesn't think Cyrus will ever be free of the character completely.

"I don't think I'll ever be able to see her not as Hannah," she said.

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April 10, 2009
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Hannah Montana:
The Movie
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Starring Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lucas Till and Vanessa Williams. Directed by Peter Chelsom. 102 minutes. At major theatres. G


Hannah Montana: The Movie could well be Miley Cyrus's The Last Schmaltz.
The best of both worlds may well be coming to a close for the rapidly maturing, 16-year-old tween idol Cyrus and she's dropping hints in her first nonsinging movie that she's considering hanging up that blonde hank o' Hannah Montana hair for good.

But first, a bunch of songs, some down-home cracker-barrel advice, a few gallons of lemonade, pratfalls and cornball humour and her first onscreen kiss – which begins barely half in camera range and moves out of sight before real lip lockage commences.

The coolest thing going with the pint-sized set thanks to the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, the premise is unchanged in the big-screen version of the TV show – average brunette high school student Miley Stewart (Cyrus) dons a blonde wig, makeup and sparkly outfits and becomes her singing superstar alter ego Hannah Montana, enabling her to live in two worlds.

But when she starts getting too big for her spandex britches – culminating in a shoe-store cat fight with supermodel Tyra Banks – her dad Robby (real-life pop Billy Ray Cyrus) hauls Miley off to her rural roots for some down-home simplifyin' in Crowley Corners, Tenn.
"You may be Hannah Montana, but here we're britches and boots," her no-nonsense grandma Ruby (Margo Martindale) reminds the penitent pop star.

The plot doesn't matter much – you can see this storyline barrelling down the track from two counties yonder. Miley/Hannah meets a cute cowboy, learns some vital life lessons about helping and humility, pitches in to save the town from a mean land developer and sings her heart out along the way.

The big surprise is how well Cyrus handles her onscreen duties. True, it's not Lady Macbeth, but there's something very natural and guileless about her. She does physical comedy well and has an easy charm.

Whether she can handle anything beyond Hannah Montana is yet to be seen. Luckily she hasn't inherited any of her dad's moribund acting skills – Billy Ray has all the range of a piece of lawn furniture.

Some amusing stunt casting ups the ante. Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) chews the scenery as Hannah's flaky agent; Barry Bostwick is the evil developer and Melora Hardin, psycho Jan Levinson from The Office, plays dad Robby's love interest.

The movie even has its own dance-song craze, the mind-numbing "Hoedown Throwdown" – shades of her daddy's "Achy Breaky Heart."

But who cares if it gives anyone over the age of 12 a headache? The state of Hannah Montana is little-girl paradise.

Let them enjoy their brief stay here before the craziness of teenhood yanks them into another world.

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Hokey, but wholesome

It's easy to see why parents like the Hannah Montana phenomenon | Megan Basham

As with High School Musical and The Jonas Brothers, it may be hard for adults without kids in the 7- to 14-year-old age bracket to understand the hype surrounding Disney's Hannah Montana. From its debut on the Disney Channel in March 2006, the show about average teenager Miley Stewart who has a secret identity as international pop star Hannah Montana has been a juggernaut of ratings, publicity, and product branding. Not only has the show's international popularity resulted in the requisite line of dolls and video games, just this week my local paper featured coupons for Hannah Montana nail polish, Hannah Montana facial wash, and even Hannah Montana deodorant.

The show has also been a mega-marketing vehicle for its star, Miley Cyrus, daughter of one-time mullet-wearing, "Achy Breaky Heart" singing country star, Billy Ray Cyrus. At only 16, Cyrus has been ranked as one of Time magazine's most influential people and was No. 35 on Forbes' 2008 list of highest celebrity earners. Her two pop albums have both debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and tickets to her sold-out concerts have been known to fetch prices in the thousands.

It's easy to sniff at such an excessive display of teeny-bopper success, but talk to parents and you'll find a group grateful for the alternative Hannah offers. Dawn Campbell, a Phoenix-area mother of 7- and 11-year-old girls, recently shared with me how difficult it is to shield her children from the popular but inappropriate programming targeted at kids on the ABC Family Channel. With Hannah Montana, she says, she gets something she really can feel comfortable with. "I've watched the show with my girls and while, yes, it's a little dorky, it's also really positive. The Hannah/Miley character doesn't dress provocatively, she doesn't act seductive or try to attract the attention of boys. . . . As a Christian parent, I've seen nothing there that conflicts with my values. The image is of someone who cares about doing the right things and being close to her family."

Billy Ray Cyrus, who stars in the show and the new movie hitting theaters on April 10 as Hannah/Miley's father and manager, says that's the same image he wants his daughter to project for her fans off-screen as well. "As a family, we still go to church, we read the Bible together, and we try to practice our faith in our industry. The Bible says faith without works is dead, so my wife and I encourage Miley and her brothers to show their faith in their work. And Miley will be the first to tell you she's proud of her Lord and where she comes from. . . . Of course I worry about how it will be when they get older," he admits. "But I think our kids have good heads on their shoulders, and I have to believe that they'll keep the way they were raised in their minds and hearts."

Cyrus says he and Miley also look for opportunities to let fans see them giving credit where credit is due. A particular scene in the movie where Cyrus points his hand skyward while watching his daughter sing captured for him what his and Miley's success represents. "My buddy Johnny Cash wrote me a letter in 1992 when things were really starting to heat up for me and reminded me always give thanks to Almighty God from whom all good things come. So that's what that moment was," says Cyrus. "It's like when a guy hits a home run in a baseball game and he'll give a hat tip upward in a gesture of thanks for his blessings. I just did it spontaneously in filming, and the first time I saw it before the final cut, I thought 'Man, I hope they leave that in there,' and sure enough it made it to the screen."
As to questioning from fellow believers on whether Hollywood is any place for the faithful, Cyrus says he left first his own and now his daughter's career path up to God. "After I did my first film I prayed that if God wanted me to be an actor, he would send me the kind of work he would want me to do, and the next week the script for Doc showed up. And Doc [a show about a Christian doctor that aired from 2001 to 2004 on the Pax network] was about hope, faith, and love, something the whole family could comfortably watch. And now with Hannah, we have the chance to offer kids something where they can come in and laugh and sing and enjoy a good time with their families. If they do that, then we've accomplished our mission."


Hannah on the big screen

The film is like the show, only with much better music | Megan Basham

Let's be honest, there's little to excite anyone over the age of 14 in Hannah Montana's transition to the big screen. Everything that has made the show about average girl Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) and her alter ego, pop-star Hannah Montana, a hit on Disney makes its way into the movie. The plot lines are hokey, the pratfalls are plentiful, and the acting is, well, to be charitable, the same as it is on television. But these elements are exactly what will have the show's rabid preteen fans turning out by the busloads on opening weekend, not to mention have parents breathing a sigh of relief.

For once, Miley has gotten a bit too big for her britches and become enamored with her life as Hannah. As corrective medicine, her father (Billy Ray Cyrus) trundles her off to her home town of Crowley Corner, Tenn., where she learns what's really important in life. Naturally, along the way a good-looking country boy gets involved, but true to form, the relationship that blossoms between the two is decidedly G-rated.

There is one bright spot for grownups besides the clean content: The original songs are light years better than those featured on the show. Scenes of Miley's Tennessee family jamming on the porch make for a genuinely good time, and when Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus sing a duet called "Butterfly Fly Away," more than one father in the audience will likely look at his daughter and feel a tug at his own heartstrings.


Copyright © 2009 WORLD Magazine
April 25, 2009, Vol. 24, No. 8

[CASSXIES]

EEEPPPPP.
I'm leaving right now to go see the movie!
SOOO EXCITED
FRIDAY IS FINALLY HERE!!!

[Bucky Kentucky]

The site Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 41%. I read a review this morning which tore the movie to pieces. Many of the negative reviews are from critics who don't get the concept of what it's about and haven't seen the series.

[nailzee]

What happened to all the press people who saw the movie weeks ago and were so surprised how good this movie is? Man, and I really thought after that the critics would love the movie, too.

[Julia--Miley]

i have no doubt this movie is going to be amazing. eff the critics.

[flutesinger262]

the critics are attacking exactly what everyone loves about hm

[skatergator777]

Movie wow just wow. Going to see it again now.

[flutesinger262]

you saw it at midnight?

[skatergator777]

you saw it at midnight?
Nope i saw it at 7 my time.

[SmileyMileyRay]

Nope i saw it at 7 my time.

Can you do your own sort of review? What you liked and didn't like?

[skatergator777]

Well actually im leaving now to see it again, because i saw it with a friend earlier so now im seein it with another friend. If you want i could write it afterward. Or i could twitter it while im in the car.

[SmileyMileyRay]

Well actually im leaving now to see it again, because i saw it with a friend earlier so now im seein it with another friend. If you want i could write it afterward. Or i could twitter it while im in the car.

Okay, whatever works for you, but just incase, what's your twitter?

[skatergator777]

twitter.com/skatergator777 thats the twitter.

[SmileyMileyRay]

Thanks I'll check there later

[Mr.Smiley]

I beat the game joke around miley make me laugh and i love her house in tennese almost like movie i love song hoedown throwdown same excatly way but i want see real movie hannah montana the movie

[VAHfan4]

can't wait! it premieres on the 1 may here in sweden :)