This ain't THAT bad. It often does not get fair judgment since it's a film aimed at preteens and it's being reviewed by an adult. Popstar is just a feature-length piece of entertainment. The plot may be on the banal side, but what often seems to be glossed over is the film's *appeal* of its subject matter. Its subject matter is teen pop idols - just like the way the subject matter of the Fast and Furious franchise is cars, which'll appeal to people who are into cars.
I am under no illusion that this film ain't Shakespeare. But it's only a direct-to-video-movie, and had only the scale of such. I think it's solid entertainment, especially for the target market. The two scenes where JD performs on stage bookending the movie are highlights; not necessarily the audiovisual feast, but the small satisfying meal or treat at the very least. The opening one more so, as it's not ruined by characters concluding their plots with lines of dialogue thrown over the top of the music.
A few niggling criticisms I found didn't spoil the movie for me. Specifically my incredulity over the character Whitney; the revealing clothes she wears to school, looking older than the rest of the students, and her motives for being so bitchy to JD when she wants him to take her to prom.
One thing Popstar wasn't for me, was dull. I probably won't be going back to it again and again and again, but I certainly felt satisfied by the end of the movie.
I am under no illusion that this film ain't Shakespeare. But it's only a direct-to-video-movie, and had only the scale of such. I think it's solid entertainment, especially for the target market. The two scenes where JD performs on stage bookending the movie are highlights; not necessarily the audiovisual feast, but the small satisfying meal or treat at the very least. The opening one more so, as it's not ruined by characters concluding their plots with lines of dialogue thrown over the top of the music.
A few niggling criticisms I found didn't spoil the movie for me. Specifically my incredulity over the character Whitney; the revealing clothes she wears to school, looking older than the rest of the students, and her motives for being so bitchy to JD when she wants him to take her to prom.
One thing Popstar wasn't for me, was dull. I probably won't be going back to it again and again and again, but I certainly felt satisfied by the end of the movie.