Bandslam



A 2009 teen musical dramedy, music nerd and David Bowie fan Will Burton (Gaelan Connell) moves to New Jersey, eager to start fresh since he was bullied back at his old school in Ohio. Once there, he meets Sa5m (Vanessa Hudgens), and Charlotte (Alyson Michalka), a former cheerleader who, impressed by Will's knowledge of music, takes him on as the manager of her band (later called "I Can't Go On, I Will Go On") as she tries to defeat her ex-boyfriend, Ben Wheatley, in a music competition known as Bandslam.

It is a good movie, despite a questionable marketing strategy on the part of Summit Entertaiment, its distributor.

Bandslam provides examples of:

 * Decoy Protagonist:
 * Fake Band: Enforced by I Can't Go On, I Will Go On and Ben Wheatley and the Glory Dogs, but averted with bands The Daze, ZEALE Rapz and Phranchyze, and The Burning Hotels.
 * High School
 * Old Shame: Will was called "Dewey" back in Ohio because
 * Sa5m used to stutter.
 * Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: I Can't Go On, I Will Go On.
 * Serious Business: Bandslam is "Texas high school football big" in New Jersey
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: Sa5m is a Type 2 of this.
 * Talent Contest: Bandslam