Teen Beach 2

This sequel to Teen Beach Movie by the Disney Studio strays more into fantasy than the original. The original film dealt with a pair of fans from today who think the original movie from the early Kennedy era Sixties is the greatest piece of cinema ever made. Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell step into the world of that movie and change things just by being there and then have to leave, but not before repairing all the damage they've done.

Teen Beach 2 is exactly the opposite. The lead characters from the film Garret Clayton and Grace Phipps step into the real world and their Sixties frame of mind gets quite a culture shock when they see the world of 2015. Pretty soon however the whole cast even the extras come over into the real world. Like characters from the Holodeck of the Enterprise. And those folks meet an inevitable end when they venture beyond their Holodeck world.

Now it's Clayton and Phipps who turn things upside down and have to get back to their world.

The film actually asks some intriguing questions but in the end you have to remember this is a Disney film and meant for juvenile audiences who don't think so terribly deep. The performers are scrubbed clean and fresh and are attractive as you would expect anything from the Magic Kingdom to be.

It's obvious that Disney Studios is going to stretch this out like they did with the High School Musical series. Here's an interesting thought though. In the movie if the real players who were Clayton and Phipps when they were younger, if they're not dead would now be even older than I am and on social security.

What if their 2015 selves met Clayton and Phipps? Turn that one over in your mind for a third Teen Beach movie.

The original Teen Beach movie was very good. When I heard that a sequel was in the works I thought that it would be difficult to match the original. However, Teen Beach 2 is even better than the first Teen Beach. The choreography is dazzling! Ross Lynch seems to defy gravity with his remarkable dancing skill. The cast again is fine with Mack (Maia Mitchell) in a perennial romantic tug-of-war with Brady (Ross Lynch). Teen Beach 2 is very entertaining!

Id have to say my girls loved the first one, constantly watched it over and over and i honestly have watched it a few times myself and i loved it ! And we were so excited to watch the second one as a family, and when we finally sat n watched it, i was completely confused at the story and sad that it didn't turn out as well as the first one. I was constantly asking what? And why? Like nothing really made sense, especially the ending.

My favorite parts out of the whole movie were every part Tanner was in and talking. He constantly had me laughing and was the only exciting part in the movie and the only reason why im giving this a 4 lol.

I've never seen teen beach 1, but I was thoroughly entertained by this movie. It was not what I was expecting at all. I thought it was smart and funny, and at times a little cheesy. I've had the last song stuck in my head all day. I was laughing out loud at the '60s scenes. Maia Mitchell is a babe, and Ross Lynch seems like a really likable, talented guy.

I was expecting a sappy love story, but i was pleasantly surprised by the story line. Tanner, in the commercials, had me rolling my eyes because I didn't know he was supposed to be from the 60s, but his character was actually really funny, I loved the obliviousness and the intentional overacting in the 60s scenes. I loved the last song and I could watch Maia Mitchell dance to it all day.

It's really not as bad as everybody thinks. It still has that same goofy sweet vibe that the original one was famous for but it starts to also turn the characters into multidimensional people with lives outside of surfing. Probably the weirdest thing though was when they return to their normal lives and it's so believable that you can't believe you didn't see how badly matched they were for each other from the beginning. But somehow those two crazy kids are made for each other.

There are a few songs in this one too and I still found myself taping along to the numbers even if they weren't as catchy. It may not have been as good as the first one but it wasn't a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.