The summer before I started my senior year of college, I'd just gotten back from a study abroad and was taking summer classes to pick up an extra few credits and have the excuse to live in Wilmington for the summer. I lived in one of the freshman dorms, in a double room by myself, and every morning I got up way too early and went to an English class and the required PED 101 that I'd been putting off as long as possible, hoping they'd change the requirements. No dice. PED 101 is where Hither and I, previously acquainted freshman year by mutual friends, started hanging out and it was the "start of a very beautiful friendship". Or something. One thing she and I had in common (and I guess still do) is our love for cheesy Disney channel shows. My days consisted of class, going to the beach, cooking dinner, and watching Disney channel/Nickelodeon ("Drake and Josh" was on Nick). "Hannah Montana" and "The Suite Life" were my jam. So when they made Hannah Montana: The Movie (Chelsom, Peter 2009) (real clever title there, Disney), I knew that eventually I would see it.
And so I did. Finally. On Netflix Instant View.
I watched Miley sing the Hoedown Throwdown and go on a Mrs. Doubtfire-esque date with skinny-tie wearing cutie. I watched her tell everyone the truth and sing "The Climb" before donning that wig again as Hannah. I gotta say, I always like her as Miley better than as Hannah. Hannah's a bit ridiculous, and her songs are incredibly cheesy. (I know, the whole premise is cheesy, but bear with me. I'm 9, remember?). Whereas when she's Miley, I actually like her stuff. I don't know if that's the point, or if I'm "too old" to "get it" and go crazy for the Hannah crap. 10 years ago I probably would have. I did like that Dream Street song, after all. And can I just say, Billy Ray, I liked your song "Achy Breaky Heart". It was my first CD and I made my music teacher/mom's boyfriend play it every week in music class during the free dancing part, but come on. It's kinda creepy and pathetic, you piggybacking on your daughter here. The two of you give off this incestuous vibe, please stop.
So, a rundown for those who don't want to sink 2 hours of your life away. Warning: SPOILERS!!! It's classic Disney. Miley/Hannah is being a brat and Hannah is taking over, so Robby Ray (read: Billy Ray) tricks her and takes her back to Tennessee for her Grandmother's birthday instead of some award show in New York. Miley is pissed, but sees her old horse (Blue Jeans, really?) and the cute farmboy that liked her when she was like 8. So she stays. And lets it slip she "knows" Hannah, so there's this big corporate threat to take over the farmland for a mall, and cute farmboy mentions she knows Hannah, and can Hannah play a benefit show. Oh, snap! Robby Ray is mad because Hannah was supposed to stay out of this trip while Miley got her act together. So Hannah comes, with Lilly (who has way too little screen time) and that Mrs. Doubtfire dinner ensues, where she runs from a dinner with the mayor as Hannah to a date with cute farmboy as Miley. It must be exhausting. So then farmboy finds out and is mad that she lied. And Hannah takes the stage and breaks down in the middle of a song and confesses that she's really Miley. She sings "The Climb," probably my favorite Miley song, and then a little girl tells her they'll keep her secret and to go back to being Hannah. Because Miley can't sing Hannah's songs without the wig? It's the same damn person. Just pretend Hannah dyed her hair brown, and it's pretty much the same. Oh, and there was some reporter trying to find out Hannah's secret the whole movie, but in the end he quits his job to protect her secret, because of the "magic" of Hannah (he has 2 obsessed daughters).
What is it with Disney movies where it's the same person, but with a simple, basic disguise, people don't recognize them? Hannah, for one, but the wig makes it a bit more believable... but what about Model Behavior? That made-for-tv movie with Justin Timberlake that came out a decade ago? Where there are two girls, and the addition of a ponytail and glasses makes the model look like a nerd, and vise versa. Really?
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