Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour (2008)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Director:

Bruce Hendricks

Release Date:

1 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

A 3-D concert film of the 2007 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus tour. |

Plot Keywords:

Concert Film | Concert | Singer | Slash In Title | Hannah Montana

Cast

Candice Accola	...	Background singer
Jamie Arentzen	...	Guitar
Paul Becker	...	Himself
Jaco Caraco	...	Guitar / Himself
Billy Ray Cyrus	...	Himself
Miley Cyrus	...	Herself / Hannah Montana
Teresa Espinosa	...	Dancer
Greg Garbowsky	...	Bass
Kay Hanley	...	Background singer
Mandy Jiroux	...	Dancer
Vashon Johnson	...	Bass
Joe Jonas	...	Himself
Kevin Jonas	...	Himself
Nick Jonas	...	Himself
Stacy Jones	...	MD / Drums
Marshall Lake	...	Dancer
Jack Lawless	...	Drums
Ashlee Nino	...	Dancer
Kenny Ortega	...	Himself
Jason Pettigrew	...	Dancer
Jennifer Talarico	...	Dancer

Runtime:

USA:74 min | USA:82 min (DVD extended cut) | Argentina:82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:G | UK:U | USA:G (certificate #44097) | Australia:G | Hong Kong:I | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | USA:G (extended edition) | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:G | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim - 2695 E. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

PACE

Trivia:

Had the best-ever box-office premiere for a concert film (topping The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)).

Goofs:

Continuity: During most of the concert footage Miley/Hannah is wearing a watch that appears and disappears on and off during the movie.

Quotes:

Interviewed father: You know, I didn't - I didn't expect, uh, so much screaming.
[samples of girl fans screaming]
Interviewed father: It's like standing behind a jet when it revs up. Actually worse.

Movie Connections:

References Pulp Fiction (1994)

A Nutshell Review: Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour 3D

Alright, I have to confess that I have no clue as to who Hannah Montana is, except that she is some "it"girl with some links to Disney, and was spoofed in Superhero Movie. She's a character played by Miley Cyus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus, who has to don a long and silky blonde wig to play her alter ego, and perhaps the only time I've seen Miley perform, was lending her non singing voice in Bolt.

So I was precisely the proverbial fish out of water who knew zilch about the influence of Miley's reach, and know nothing too about the songs in both Montana and Cyrus' discography. But of course that didn't persuade me otherwise not to go for this concert movie to find out a lot more in under 90 minutes, and being a 3D movie provided extra reason to do so as well.

Being what would be my first 3D concert movie, the depth of field here worked wonders in tricking your senses that you were there at the performance, and every hand that shot up to wave about, or a pop of a head because of enthusiastic fans jumping up and down, would have you either want to reach out and slap them, or like the kids in the audience, they too were lured to mimic such typical enjoyment as if they were there, swaying, dancing, running around, doing cartwheels even (!) just in front of the screen. These kids provided an additional D with their honest, devil-may-care participation.

One too would expect just performance of a number after performance, and the only truly 3D-ish moments was the drummer who executed tossing his drumstick into the air, and with Miley herself throwing one right toward the camera, which made you cringe. Other than that, there's nothing unusual, and the documentary aspect of preparing for her concert turned out to be rather plain as well, beginning with designing the stage and the moves on a mock location, before wrapping everything after a full dress rehearsal for the actual performing location.

Expect a number of talking heads from parents to co-performers peppering this concert movie, though there's absolutely nothing scandalous being said, more like plenty of pats on the back. Of the "two" performers here, personally I preferred Miley Cyrus' turn rather than Hannah Montana, which I felt was a little bit fake to begin with, and of the songs performed, I had preferred Cyrus' selection over Montana's. Then again, what would I know, since they're essentially the same person, and the age group this is targeted at, would have more discerning opinions.

I'm just there to soak up the atmosphere, really. Give us U23D!