earth and 17 Again

While Disney's earth turned out to be a disappointing re-edit of the Planet Earth BBC documentary, leaving that did provide the opportunity to see a good chunk of 17 Again. Yeah, I admit, I would direct a tween hit if it got my foot in the door, especially since the highest paid woman director in Hollywood made Twilight, another tween movie that played directly to its MTV dependent audience and nothing more. She didn't have a clue what any of the scenes were about except for the bedroom scene. Anytime it was about to get interesting the camera panned away, but man did those girlies scream for the guy. This movie definitely capitalized on Zac Effron's hotness in similar ways. Although his character was a little off the wall in terms of sometimes getting the reality of how old he was supposed to be and sometimes not, I still found myself laughing at this made up world. It definitely stuck with its absurdest tone and used it to get laughs. Zac Effron having to court someone his mom's age was also hilarious. I think no matter what the genre, a good story, well told can reach just about anyone. I'm not saying this was either, but I don't think tween movies have to be limited to just that audience. Everyone went to high school and universalities can be found anywhere.