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They have seen Chris' tapes and want him to replace the recently fired lead singer. This devastates Chris, as well as his supportive parents and faithful girlfriend, Emily (Jennifer Aniston from TV's 'Friends'). His group becomes irritated with Chris' obsessions and gives him the boot. Although Chris already sings for his own tribute rock group called Blood Pollution, instead of writing his own songs, he insists on performing only those by Steel Dragon, and only in the exact way they perform them. 'Rock Star,' originally titled 'Metal God,' stars Mark Wahlberg as Chris 'Izzy' Cole, a Pittsburgh office supplies salesperson who dreams of becoming Bobby Beers, the fiery lead singer for the heavy metal rock group, Steel Dragon. The script, by 'Crazy/Beautiful' director John Stockwell, portrays the hard-core universe with memorable images-it doesn't explain what it is about, it shows us. It garners a recommendation because of its visualization of the atmosphere.

We have seen all this before (in better movies), but this human story does capture the world of rock and roll with a brutally honest and insightful edge. ROCK STAR / (2001) *** (out of four) By Blake French: 'Rock Star' is the story of a nobody who becomes propelled into fame, only to realize living his dream is not the way he imagined it.

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The Good: Great cast Awesome soundtrack Some brilliant visuals First movie ever to make Timothy Spall a successful 'Good guy' The Bad: Olyphant feels wasted Oddly built I struggled to feel for our leads Things I Learnt From This Movie: Jennifer Aniston holds the secret of eternal youth They could/should have found Wahlberg a better wig Ballet is where rock stars go to die 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 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. The films construction is my biggest grip, it comes across more like a Behind the Music episode than an actual movie. 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. 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. 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. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Spall and Timthy Olyphant it certainly doesn't lack star power. 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. Not a perfect film, but it provides enough entertainment for your money. Rock Star is an average movie, with an above average soundtrack. And like I said before, the concert scenes are awesome.So for people who love great 80s Rock, this movie will be a lot of fun. It's not often that you can hear bands like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Kiss, and Motley Crue used in a movie. Both the original songs written for the film (Steel Dragon), and the background songs used. The music is what really holds it together. Although some of the movie didn't work, I still had a blast watching it. But I don't want to give the impression that Rock Star was no good.

There were very few moments that actually were used to progress the story. The second half is held together by some predictable sequences, all telling the story of a guy indulging in the rock star life, which we've all heard and seen a thousand times. I say that the second half of the script needed work, but what I should say is the second half of the movie actually could've used a script, period. The second half of this movie could've really used a lot of work on the script. But at about the halfway point, I was lost. And by the time Wahlberg's character was in his first concert with the band, I really thought Rock Star could be one of the coolest movies of the year. The underdog portion of the story may not be original, but it still works none the less. If I didn't know better, I could've been fooled into thinking Steel Dragon was a real band, and all their songs actually were made in the mid 80s. One major compliment I give this movie is that they made the songs from the fictional band STEEL DRAGON sound realistic for the time period the movie is in. The concert scenes made me feel like I was actually there. A lot of the early scenes were funny and entertaining. As the movie started I was more than satisfied. As a huge fan of 80s Hard Rock, I was really looking forward to seeing Rock Star.

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