Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

If you have seen the movie Rock n' Roll High School and are looking for a similar experience with this movie you will be disappointed, however, standing on its own I found this to be an excellent movie. Although it is a comedy, it is still a completely different genre than the first. This is more like one of those teen movies of the 80s (not the serious Breakfast Club type but the absurd Better Off Dead type). So if you like that style of movie you should also enjoy this. I believe this movie would have received better reviews if it had not made its loose connections to the first movie. It is actually best to see this movie having not seen the first at all. The characters are fun although not well developed so watching this movie does not take a great deal of thought. The plot is nothing new either, high school kids rebel against administration. If you are looking for an entertaining movie that you don't expect to have a lasting impact on you this is a great movie. Throw it on in the background at a party and look up to catch Corey being the adorable kid we all love.

Rock N' Roll High School Forever is what describes high school in real life, rock n' roll. When I first saw this movie which was then that I don't remember, I loved it. I loved the part at the end when Jesse makes Doctor Vadar chase him inside the school in her car and even goes after Jesse's sweetheart teacher, Rita, and then she drives her car somewhere (I haven't seen the movie in a while so it's hard to remember) and it blows up. Well, the school's smoking while everyone gets out. Soon, the whole school blows up. I especially like the part when Mag, Jones, and Namrok have to take a drug test and they have little bottles of apple juice and they use that instead of urine and then they shout out loud "Hey, this is not my pee." They switch cups and keep on telling them it's not their urine until they sniff theirs and then drink it. Oh, man, I died laughing at the looks on the two guys faces who was passing out the cups. About my reason why this movie describes high school, well, if you go to one like mine, it ROCKS. Everyone knowing each other, everyone having a good time, a bunch of girls getting it on with their boyfriends, druggies, (I'm not saying that's a good thing, it's just that that's what the movie and my school have in common) and a whole lot of parties. The only difference is we don't have a mean enough principal like Doctor Vadar. Plus, watching this movie made me want to get into high school, and now I am and I want to thank the movie for telling me what high school is all about. The only bummer is that I don't have Comedy Central and that's the only channel these days that the movie comes on, darn it. I want to have that movie on tape and my brother and I will have a heck of a time watching it. If you haven't seen it, then get off your country and classical music butts and watch some rock n' roll.

From this film, you can see why Corey Feldman faded into oblivion. In this remake/sequel to Rock N Roll High School (1979), Corey and his band of people who look to old for high school attend Reagan High which is built on the grounds of the high school blown up in the previous movie. Each week they celebrate the blowing up of the school by being disruptive until a new principal comes to town, Dr. Vader. She tries to put an end to this, but not before Corey blows up the high school yet again. Easy to see why the cast of no-names stayed that way, lame script, poor writing, bad acting. Avoid this movie if you can, and see the original instead, its much, much better.

This is far from the best movie- but you can't help but like it way more then you should. A lot of aspects go nowhere (what's up with Tabitha?) and most of the gags have been done elsewhere, but the appliance worship kills me dead every time. Having been a lot like the heroes while I was in highschool probably helps too- unless you ever honestly wanted juvenile revenge on the homecoming queen, you're probably not going to care much for the movie. But hey, it's got an over enthusiastic Mojo Nixon. What more do you really need?

Not many people know that there was a sequel made to "Rock 'n' Roll High School", even with fans of the original movie. Seeing this sequel, it doesn't take long watching it to figure out why it isn't better known. To be fair, this looks a lot better than other Roger Corman movies of this period - it had something of a budget. And the movie is directed and acted with a great amount of enthusiasm. But I couldn't warm up to it in the end. It has a sloppy script, with the movie frequently abandoning telling the (thin) story to show us unrelated vignettes. And the music isn't very good, either doing third-rate versions of classic songs or unremarkable new songs (though the song that plays during the opening credits is okay.) Also, Corey Feldman simply can't sing that well. Still, it keeps your attention as to what new kind of craziness will happen next. If you watch it, I recommend you watch it when your expectations are low.