Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

This was one of those Lifetime movies Where I live we don't have
lifetime we have a similar thing called Slice which stands for a "Slice of life"
I believe we also have the W Network which of course the W stands for
Women but its all pretty much the same thing. Anyway... I am not a woman,
but I don't mind watching these movies from time to time some of them can
be very good.

Now apparently this is Based On A True Story where in a High school
in Texas a coach is hired to teach cheer leading and she get more then
want she bargained for when a few of the girls know as the "Fab Five"
seek to have her fired because she tried to being in some discipline and
didn't let the girls run wild like everyone else.
We start off with an excited and happy woman Emma Carr (played by
Jenna Dewan, who is quite attractive might I add) who gets what I guess
is her dream job but she soon runs a foul of Brooke (played by Ashley Benson)
who is a super bitch and the one who believes she is running the school along
with her pack of vicious friends who are also Spoiled little bitches who believe
they deserve special treatment and think they can do whatever they please.
Emma tried to bring in some discipline and actually help out the girls and
their squad but the "Fab Five" seem to not want any of that and set out
to ruin Emma's efforts and make her quit, there is even a scene where
Emma seems Talk some sense into Brooke and actually appears to be a
Moment of triumph in getting everyone on the same page
but it is a fleeting moment as the girls begin to take the term
"Mean Girls" to a whole new level with a racy internet video (if its on the
internet someone would have found it eventually) and beating up and
threatening the other cheerleaders who side with Emma while at the same
time making her life a living hell even the scene where they are wasted on
school property and get off scott free because there is no proof! to wich
I was No proof of drinking? couldn't smell it on them or their breath?
Emma tries to get the school administration to have with punishments but
the Principal (who is Brookes mom) is more concerned about being her daughters
friend and being popular with the girls then doing whats right not only that
but the Parents of the "Fab Five" are crazy saying that Emma is harassing their
children which it is in fact the other way around everyone tries to tear her
down and persecute her and tried to make her look mentally unstable and
she is eventually fired from her job.
But in the end the girls started a war and lost becasue the truth come out
through an independent investigator and Coach Emma is vindicated of any
wrong doing Principal is suspended and the girls removed from school and
the cheer squad goes on to greatness with out the rule of Brooke and her goons
and in the end Emma is reunited with the lives she truly touched.

With that the movie was pretty good, I thought it was nicely shot as well as
edited the music was overly noticeable and it did kept me interested. Not just
becasue of the whole cheerleader angle but of the story. I found it rather shocking
that they did nothing to help the Emma character when she was having a problem
with the girls they would rather turn a blind eye to it rather then fix it. I have heard
stories about stuff like this happening to Sports teams like football and basketball
"as long as their winning, who cares if their passing their classes" well they should
care because the school work is just as important as the "Big Game" or even more
so with out a proper education they are really doing a dis service to the students.
But all in all this was a pretty good movie I'd have to say I did enjoy it.

#1 Cheerleader Camp

This is another film from there ever groan worthy Asylum Pictures who seem to specialized in making poorly done low-rent versions other movie. Some that I have seen from them have looked like a project a couple of film students did for their classes. Rest assure if it has the Asylum Pictures name on it it should be a good laugh.
Now when they are not ripping off something like Terminator or Transformers and try to do something more in the way of this you actually get a rather nicely done film. Now I know this is most likely a rip off of the movie
"Fired Up!" which was good also and was quite funny.
Now this movie itself I would have to say had one of the best opening credits sequences I've ever seen.
and was filled with plenty of nice um..cinematography and plenty of beautiful scenes that were... well built! *lol* But over all it wasn't bad the the plot was kind of standard, but a bit predictable at times. It also had some nice gags/jokes in there that gave me a chuckle and the acting wasn't bad but the main focus was on the cinematography..the bouncing, jiggling cinematography lol.
but in the end this wasn't bad and was rather enjoyable, I think this was only the second Asylum Pictures that didn't make groan or roll my eyes while watching it so that is a good thing