The core of Camp Rock is the relationship of Shane and Mitchie, who threatens budding love (and her BFF-ships) by turning into something of a monster as she plans the final jam.
Tthe issue comes to a head when Axel proposes a battle-of-the-camps show that comes to be called "Camp Wars, the ultimate summer showdown." That's the final jam of the title, which coyly and no doubt incorrectly suggests you'd better tune in to Camp Rock 2 because it could be the last Camp Rock movie (given the boffo ratings, a third movie is no doubt in the planning stages, perhaps even-a la High School Musical-for the big screen). Embodied by slickster star-in-the-making Luke (Matthew "Mdot" Finley), the flashy Camp Star has begun to siphon business from Camp Rock. Unfortunately, Brown's former bandmate Axel Turner (Daniel Kash) has opened a rival camp across the lake: Camp Star. Shane (Joe Jonas), Nate (Nick Jonas) and Jason (Kevin Jonas)-known collectively as popular boy band "Connect 3"-are happy to break from touring and return to Camp Rock because it's run by their uncle Brown Cesario (Daniel Fathers), but Shane is particularly excited, as he'll be able to spend more time with the girl who won his heart last summer: Mitchie (Demi Lovato).
Of course Camp Rock is also, in part, about rock stardom as embodied by the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, but you can't have everything.Ĭamp Rock 2: The Final Jam resumes the franchise's epic narrative one year later, as the original movie's cast of characters excitedly make their way back to their favorite "learn to rock" summer camp.
And for an era in which public school arts education is endangered by deep budget cuts, movies that are all about the joy of individual and communal performing arts (songcraft, choreography, musicianship,and such) can't be all bad. They're wholesome and optimistic, with lots of singing and dancing and puppy loving, the latter providing vicarious training wheels for kids who will themselves be dating in a few years. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy refers to the Earth as "Mostly harmless." That's pretty much the way I feel about Disney's hit Camp Rock TV movies.
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