Overrated

Lack of good storyline.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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

Lead singer of a tribute band (Marky Mark) becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.So, I see comments saying this is another movie Jennifer Aniston ruined. Well, that is half true. She definitely makes it worse and every scene she is in amounts to a steaming pile of doo. Even her voice is grating and it is hard to take her seriously.But the movie would have stunk either way. It has a good idea, sort of, especially since this really happened (to Journey). But it is not funny enough to be a comedy or serious enough to be a drama. It just sort of... is. It would have been significantly better if it had a little more humor in it and could have been passed off as a mockumentary. I mean, yeah, we already have "Spinal Tap", but it wouldn't have to be that silly.

This movie is about a guy who makes it big by being able to sing the songs of a big hard rock band, while in a "cover band". He is later found via video just like the real life band Journey found Arnel Pineda (except this was long before Arnel).The movie seems to be made up of a collection of real stories which give you a small taste of being in a rock and roll band. At times the movie seems to be disorienting and flat, but it could be deliberate by the director to give the sense of the "sex, drugs and rock and roll" lifestyle (the highs and lows).Several mini-stories exist within the movie that seem to be pulled from real life (such as blood transfusions for The Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith Richards).There are groupies, drugs, televisions out windows and more. They even took the real life incident of nailing all the furniture in the hotel room to the ceiling (Keith Moon of The Who).The songs are a mix of the 80's and 90's which sort of goes along with the storyline but I think they were limited by licensing. It could have been better given the time period.Over all it was a good movie and the ending was realistic to me. I thought that the main character was played well by Mark Wahlberg.There are some original songs from Dio, Hagar and Blackmore in the sound track. These songs are represented as real songs for Steeldragon, the fictional band in the movie.This isn't a kid movie and it isn't completely family safe, unless you are watching it on regular television. Mild topless scenes with occasional profanity.Soundtrack 1 Reality 1 Directing .5 Continuity 0 Acting 1 Script .54 of 6

"Rock Star," for a movie that is about the excesses of rock and roll, is a pretty dull show all the way through. Not to mention this may be one of the most downright predictable movies you will EVER see.Inspired by the story of Judas Priest tribute-band singer Ripper Owens who actually ends up in Priest, there was a lot of potential for a good movie here. But really, this movie is crap. You can easily guess the entire plot before the film starts. You can even guess how each individual scene is going to go. And every scene is so strained, it actually makes "the wild life of rock and roll" look pretty boring and dull.Just goes to show what bad film making can do - turn a decent story with good movie potential into crap.The acting isn't so bad, except maybe in Jennifer Aniston's case, as she can't act her way out of a paper bag. Who casted her anyway? She plays Walberg's metalhead "hot" girlfriend, except she just isn't hot, on top of that she can't act. Out of all the hot actresses, and even those that can act, they get Aniston? Anyway, if you really must sit through this movie, by all means do so, but believe me, you already know every single moment of the movie.