"Star Struck"

Disney Channel releases yet another let down! The newest Disney Channel original movie - "Star Struck" wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but it still wasn't great! Let's face it, Disney Channel will never be able to make movies like they use to. The film stars Sterling Knight from the Disney channel series "Sonny With a Chance"! I don't mind Disney using their TV show stars in their movies, but not if they're playing the same exact role they play on their TV show! In "Sonny With a Chance," Knight plays a famous teenager and in "Star Struck" he plays... a famous teenager! The movie's previews made it seem that his character, Christopher Wilde, would be a self-absorbed celebrity, but oddly enough, his character he plays on "Sonny" was much more self-absorbed. It never really focused on the fact that he was a vain pop-star, but instead, that he was a pop-star desperate to be left alone by the paparazzi! Also starring in the movie was fellow "Sonny With a Chance" star, Brandon Mychal Smith, and "JONAS" star, Chelsea Staub. Newcomer, Danielle Campbell, played Jessica Olsen, a normal teen who somehow winds up spending a day with Christopher Wilde while on her vacation in Hollywood. Most teenage girls would freak out if they could spend a day with the sensational star, but not Jessica! Her feelings toward Christopher could be compared to my feelings toward Miley Cyrus! Eventually though, a predictable storyline unfolds as she falls in love with the pop star. However, they simply can't be together because the paparazzi would destroy they're relationship. But the paparazzi can't stand in the way of love can it? Of course not! So you see where this is going... The movie wasn't as bad or as cheesy as some of Disney Channel's latest films, but for once I want Disney to do something that doesn't involve music and someone that is famous! Though "The Cheetah Girls" was not meant to start a line of music incorporated movies, Disney took the movie's success and turned into a collection of fan-fed films rather than quality movies like they used to make! The music featured in "Star Struck" wasn't exactly all that catchy, and I'm not actually sure that Sterling Knight can REALLY sing. The biggest let-down was that the two leads never kissed, but there were plenty of fake-outs! We all know what that means... a sequel! SKIP IT!