Rock Of Ages

Rock of Ages is a Musical/Romance/Drama/Comedy film directed by Adam Shankman, the same person who brought you movies like Hairspray, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Bedtime Stories, Bringing Down the House, and The Wedding Planner. The film stars Alec Baldwin as Dennis Dupree, Julianne Hough as Sherrie Christian, Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx, Russell Brand as Lonny, and Diego Boneta as Drew Boley. Rock of Ages was released in theaters on June 15, 2012 and it was released to DVD and streaming on October 9, 2012. The screenplay is by Justin Theroux, Chris D'Arienzo, and Allan Loeb. The film has a PG-13 rating because of sexual content, suggestive dancing, some heavy drinking, and vulgar language. It is not suitable for young children without parental supervision. The film has a 120 minute runtime, and the production company for this film is New Line Cinema. The film starts off using an eye level angle to show that the bus driving past the camera and going down the highway and leaving the Oklahoma state border. The camera switches scenes to inside of the bus where the audience is introduced to a young woman named Sherrie. The camera uses a close up shot to focus on the records that are in Sherrie’s briefcase. Sherrie moves away from her home to Los Angeles in …show more content…
The only reason this movie kept my attention was because of the 80s rock music that was featured in it. I thought the acting in the movie was acceptable. The people who did the screenplay did a good job with transitioning from normal conversation into song, but I felt that a lot of the dialog in the movie was rushed and incomplete. Despite this also being a partial comedy I found very little instances where I actually chuckled or even cracked a smile. Tom Cruise’s role in the movie as Stacee Jaxx was very limited, and terrible overall. The relationships between the characters even felt forced and ungenuine. Overall I felt this movie was ok, but I would not personally recommend the