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High School Musical 3: Senior Year - DVD/Blu-ray (Extended Edition)

Hurray for Disney for making HSM 3 available in the Blu-ray/DVD pack. The version includes the DVD, Blu-ray and digital copy of the movie, so fans can watch at home, in the car, or on the computer. Or, if you don't have a Blu-ray player yet but plan on buying one, this option is excellent as well.

Wildcat fans will enjoy the bonus features, and the extended version of the movie with never-before-seen footage.

Extended scenes and deleted scenes give viewers a chance to see more than they did in theaters, which makes paying the money for the DVD a little more worth it.

I was a bit disappointed by the bloopers reel, though. The feature is a bunch of bloopers tied together with music, but the clips are too quick to really be able to see each scene, the mistake, and the reaction. Many of the "bloopers" are just the cast members acting goofy. (A couple of the bloopers from the DVD as well as additional ones are explained by the cast members in a print account of High School Musical 3 bloopers, which is in some ways more fun than the DVD/Blu-ray reel.)

Bonus features:

• Cast Goodbyes
• Sing Along Feature
• Bloopers
• Deleted Scenes
• It's All in the Dress
• Night of Nights
• New Cast Profiles (Blu-ray exclusive)
• Senior Awards (Blu-ray exclusive)
• BD Live Experience (Blu-ray exclusive)

*The above listed features are contained on the Blu-ray disc. The 2-disc Extended Edition DVD includes all features that are not listed as Blu-ray exclusive.

The 1-disc DVD includes only the "Cast Goodbyes" special feature.