Rock of Ages (2012)

by **thebigham** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:09 pm

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/rock- ... 44249.html

Two out of Five stars
Running time: 123 mins

Rock of Ages is mildly entertaining throughout, thanks to a colourful cast, a constant stream of decent-ish musical numbers and a scene-stealing baboon, but the plot is paper-thin, the characters are underwritten, there's a painful lack of laughs and the whole thing just isn't as much fun as it could have been.

by **summer** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:33 pm

thebigham wrote: a scene-stealing baboon

Tom Cruise?

by **Blondini** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:13 pm

Damp squib at box office: #3 US, #4 UK.

Soundtrack is big, though - #2 UK comp. albums. Beaten only by Now 81.

by **Noahh** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:43 pm

I went to see this today... LOVE LOVE LOVEDDD it!! 8-)

It's such a great/cute musical-film!

by **king_oxymoron** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:53 pm

It's fun but has nothing on the stage show and no idea why they changed the storyline so much

by **thebigham** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:04 am

^For a PG-13 rating!

I loved it.

I love all those 80s songs.

I've never seen the show.

Tom Cruise was good. That kiss!

I didn't buy that Alec Baldwin/Russell Brand twist.

by **king_oxymoron** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:56 pm

thebigham wrote:^For a PG-13 rating!

No but in the stage show, Sherrie and Drew never get together to begin with, there isn't a main part for the journalist, loads of stuff now that I can't remember that was changed and would have had no effect on the rating!

by **thebigham** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:54 am

^That's what I read.

They cut a lap dance scene from the movie.