If you remember back in November, I had done an album review on the Nickelodeon band, Big Time Rush's new album, "Elevate." I told you how much I loved the album and could not stop blasting every song as I drove around with my friends. Well, four months later, and I am glad to report that absolutely none of that has changed. In fact, I'm pretty sure we blasted a few tracks last night!
Well, since that moment my admiration for the popular boy band has grown tenfold, which is something we don't really need to get into. Anyway, their new TV movie, aptly titled, "Big Time Movie," premiered on March 10th, and yes, I did watch it. So now, I am here to tell you how ridiculously cute this movie was!
Starring James Maslow, Kendall Schmidt, Logan Henderson and Carlos Pena Jr., this movie is one of those adorable movies that you want to watch everyday! LA Times said, "And the leads -- Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson and Carlos Pena, roughly the Smart One, Cute One, Clever One and Wacky One, in their early 20s now but typically meant to read younger, which is to say, suitable for tweens to dream upon -- are quite charming."
(From left to right: Carlos Pena, James Maslow, Kendall Schmidt, and Logan Henderson)
A good looking crew, no?
Basically the band, Big Time Rush, are going on their first world tour. They get sent to England first and have very strict instructions to do nothing and get into no trouble. This being a Nick movie you can bet that didn't last long. The boys soon find themselves thrust into a spy movie with only a few hours to not only save the world and a "princess", but to save their first world tour from getting cancelled! The guys described the movie as a mix between James Bond and Austin Powers; and it definitely had those elements in there!
The movie is filled with some great action scenes and some legitimate laughs. There's even a little love interest in there! And, as I have so kindly pointed out about five times in this post already, this movie does not lack those, "Aww," moments. The boys acting was so good in this one, too. Their comedic timing is perfect, their chemistry is flawless and their expressions are priceless.
Carlos pretty much plays the adorable and kind of gullible one; he is the one who is initially convinced they are in a spy movie. James is the dumb, yet lovable ladies man, who admittedly, in real life, would be the kind of guy I want to punch in the face repeatedly. Lucky for him, in real life he's charming and his character is too funny to hate. Kendall is the leader and the most solid of the group; his adorable scene with his little sister, Katie, made me melt like nothing else. And finally, Logan is the smart one...oh and he's cute too.
In my opinion, the best part of this movie was the music. Two words...THE BEATLES! Yep. They covered a whole bunch of songs by the fab four, and did a fantastic job. Even my mother the eternal Beatles lover said they did the songs justice. Some of the popular tunes they covered included, "Can't Buy Me Love", "We Can Work It Out", and "Help." They didn't try to overdo it with the vocals, and they really let the original songs shine through. They kept the integrity of the music and didn't try to make it their own too much. I think that's where people mess up. It's a BEATLES song...no one can top them...so don't try. I totally have these songs on my iPod, and I regret nothing.
So remember my admission to a undeniable love for boy bands? Yeah, well, this is where that comes in. I loved this movie, and so did my friends. It reminded us of "Spice World" from the 90s, and that is not a bad thing. That movie may have made no sense, but to hell if I don't know every word and watch it whenever it comes on cable!
Anyway, this movie gets two adorable and effervescent thumbs up from me! It rocked...BIG TIME! Too much?
