Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Rock of Ages (2012)
Worst fuckin’
episode of “Glee” I ever watched. And it lacks anyone half as
cool as Chris Colfer. Blockbuster wannabe “Rock of Ages” tosses Tom Cruise,
Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Paul
Giamatti, plus two shiny youths -- Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta –- in an
insipid mix-tape, mashed-up, lip-sync heavy rock story (sound familiar?) about
fame and love that leans slightly more dangerous than “Bye Bye Birdie.” If
“Birdie” were set in 1987. That’s the year “Ages,” based on a Broadway hit
likely snipped of its balls on its way to the screen, takes place, when Poison,
Def Leppard, and Jon Bon Jovi ruled MTV, radio, and record stores. Tone deaf
from frame one with a sing-along Night Ranger bus ride, “Ages” sock hops between celebrating rock n’ roll big hair hedonism and giving a mocking F.U. finger to anyone
who longs for vinyl records. Not that it matters. Our rock stars here drink,
but never get drunk. Flirt and strip, but never screw. Drugs? No. Never. This
is Wal-Mart rock, scrubbed clean for the kids who once listened to Quiet Riot,
but now vote Romney, and party in PG-13 style. D+
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