Rock Star (2001)

Rock Star: Directed by Stephen Herek. With Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Jason Bonham. Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.

“Rock Star tells the story of the lead singer of a tribute band who getu0026#39;s to live out his dreams on a much grander stage. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Spall and Timthy Olyphant it certainly doesnu0026#39;t lack star power.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs youu0026#39;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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s big, itu0026#39;s stylish and to my knowledge itu0026#39;s pretty damn accurate so why am I not rating this higher? I like the cast, Iu0026#39;m an old school rocker myself and on paper this should be a guaranteed tick in the win column from me.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRock 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Good:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGreat castu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAwesome soundtracku003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome brilliant visualsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst movie ever to make Timothy Spall a successful u0026quot;Good guyu0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Bad:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOlyphant feels wastedu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOddly builtu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI struggled to feel for our leadsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThings I Learnt From This Movie:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJennifer Aniston holds the secret of eternal youthu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThey could/should have found Wahlberg a better wigu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBallet is where rock stars go to die”