Unlimitedia
Sick Product of a Sick System
Maidexpl
Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
Kamila Bell
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Platypuschow
Rock Star tells the story of the lead singer of a tribute band who get's to live out his dreams on a much grander stage. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Spall and Timthy Olyphant it certainly doesn't lack star power.As you'd imagine being a movie about classic/glam rock the soundtrack is fantastic, right up there among the best of them though shatter any illusions you may have that it was Wahlberg singing.It's big, it's stylish and to my knowledge it's pretty damn accurate so why am I not rating this higher? I like the cast, I'm an old school rocker myself and on paper this should be a guaranteed tick in the win column from me.The construction of a movie is simple, you need a beginning a middle and an end and Rock Star has that but in a rather disjointed way. The films construction is my biggest grip, it comes across more like a Behind the Music episode than an actual movie. The protagonist walks away having learned several life lessons but the viewer (Or rather in this viewers case) it felt more empty than it should have.Rock Star is an interesting enough look at a subject rarely touched upon by the mainstream Hollywood movie industry but perhaps needed an additional 30+ minute to really flesh it out.The Good:Great castAwesome soundtrackSome brilliant visualsFirst movie ever to make Timothy Spall a successful "Good guy"The Bad:Olyphant feels wastedOddly builtI struggled to feel for our leadsThings I Learnt From This Movie:Jennifer Aniston holds the secret of eternal youthThey could/should have found Wahlberg a better wigBallet is where rock stars go to die
tbills2
Unlike Mark's leather-skin pants, not the greatest material, but there's 100% nothing not to love about Rock Star. It rocks and it's really sweet! Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston's sexy chemistry and good looks are delicious for the viewing. Jennifer is so yummy. So yummy. Mark's tasty too. This is a great love story set in a romanticized rock n' roll world that's not all drugs, sex, and rock and roll. This is a really beautiful, lovely movie. Rock Star is a little hokey-dokey, like a lapel jacket, but it makes up for it with its true heartfelt passion for the art, and its ripping rock tunes and wailing rock chords, and for the ultra-beautiful and the ultra-desirable and the ultra-attractive and the ultra-I-love-you Jennifer with sexy Mark. Rock Star's a real nice film to enjoy with your romantic other. Jenny is soo hot in Rock Star, holy rocking balls! She's the hottest rock babe of all-time! She makes me want to stand up and shouuuuuuuuuuuuuut! That see-through fishnet dress Aniston wears with her glittery makeup and her hair down up in a high ponytail with her glistening bangs and starry eyes during the concert and the afterparty where I can see barely Jennifer is wearing a thong but not wearing a bra when Mark's making out with her and that one lusty babe/man dancing in the nightclub is awesomely erotic and cool and almost makes me want to be a rock star as much as it makes me want to be a movie star. It reminds me of a little tamer yet hotter version of that nightclub scene straight out of Basic Instinct with Sharon Stone, what a hot scene this is, thanks for it, Jennifer. You, are, so, sweet.'it makes my stomach tuuuurn..aaand it tears my flesh from boone..hoooow we turn a dream to stone and we aall diiiie yoooooooooooooooung!'
SnoopyStyle
It's Pittsburg in the 80s. Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg) idolizes the band Steel Dragon and works tirelessly to emulate them in a tribute band. His girlfriend Emily Poule (Jennifer Aniston) is his biggest fan. He repairs copying machines and still lives at home. His cop brother dismisses his dream. After an on stage fight with his guitarist Rob (Timothy Olyphant), he is kicked out of the band as they want to start playing their own music. Then a surprise call from Steel Dragon guitarist Kirk Cuddy (Dominic West) for Chris to audition for the band as he fires the lead singer Bobby Beers.Mark Wahlberg has good likability as the dreamer and does a good rock star imitation. Jennifer Aniston is pretty good. She isn't doing anything out of her comfort zone. There are some rocking music even if Marky Mark doesn't do the singing. It's an earnest recreation like a tribute band. What this movie needs is a lot more jokes. Falling off the stairs could have been funny but it's played very seriously. The story is just too filled with clichés for me to take seriously. It feels very superficial and not gritty enough. In the end, I enjoyed Wahlberg's commitment to his character.
Wendalore
I watched this for the second time last night. Turns out I didn't remember much about the clever parts (history repeating itself) ... maybe I gained some critical viewing skills in the last 3 years (I'm 71 now) or maybe it just wasn't that memorable. However, I just love this movie!! I came to the conclusion just now, after hop-scotching through these numerous reviews, that in order to love this move, you have to love 80's RocknRoll! Which I do and always have!! How many people are left who will see this movie and are ALSO old enough to really have that kind of rock in their blood? Not many, I'd wager... but here's one of them!!
