Rock of Ages


So my friend Julie went to see this movie on her own and didn't really enjoy it so I was just going to save it for the red box. We got talking last night on what movie we should go see and realized we've seen pretty much everything that is out there right now. So we checked out the $3 theater to see what they had playing. It became a toss up between this and Battleship (which I still don't feel like seeing until Red Box) so we went with this one. She thought maybe she would like it more going to see it with someone else. I will have to admit I enjoyed it! It is a musical about 80's rock bands! 


It has an entertaining cast of actors as well. Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Julianne Hough, Catherine Zeta Jones, Paul Giamatta, Tom Cruise, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, and a new face Diego Boneta. I wasn't really sure what to expect when I heard that this group of people would be taking on singing but I wasn't disappointed. Tom Cruise didn't do a bad job as rocker Stacy Jaxx who is the epitome of the 80's drunk rocker who is difficult to work with. Julianne Hough is brought in as the young Sherrie from Oklahoma who hops a bus to L.A. to find her singing career when she falls in love with a young wannabe rocker named Drew who bar tends at the Bourbon Room. The Bourbon Room is the venue owned by Alec Baldwin and in which Russell Brand helps run with him and is also the place where Stacy Jaxx made his debut 20 some years earlier! There is a moment in the movie where Alec and Russell have a singing moment together that brought me to tears of laughter.I don't think I've laughed that hard in ages! Catherine Zeta Jones plays the mayors wife who wants to shut down the Bourbon Room because it promotes "sex, heavy music, and...sex".  This movie is about love, music, friendships, and finding yourself!  It's got it cheesy moments of course and Julianne Hough has good vocal moments and bad vocal moments but you'll still enjoy it! If anything I'd recommend the soundtrack for sure!!! :) I wouldn't recommend it to children but if you want to enjoy a good musical filled with Journey, Styx, Poison, Twisted Sister, and many more than you'll love his film.


Budget: 
$75,000,000 (Estimated)
Gross:
$37,966,459 (USA)