Musicals are usually always on my to watch list when a new one comes out, and Rock Of Ages was certainly up there, I love the cast and I love the songs so I was definitely looking forward to seeing this, and I was so happy when it turned out to be excellent, Rock Of Ages is good enough to stand next to some of the great musicals of recent years such as Chicago and Hairspray, obviously very different types but still just as good as each other.
Lots of people are talking about Mr Cruise, and yes he's good, as he always usually is, but for me the standout is Julianne Hough, I have to say I'd only seen her in Footloose and her role in that didn't make me like her at all but she totally won me over in this movie, basically the entire cast is excellent, some are a bit annoying and bad actors such as Mr Brand and Mr Boneta, but everyone else is so good that it doesn't really matter, also Malin Akerman is really good, I like her a lot and she is hilarious and a great singer and her scenes with Tom Cruise are some of the best.
The music is top notch, a bevy of catchy classic songs will have you wanting to jump out of your seat and start dancing, and the entire cast are great singers, the only cast member I'd ever seen singing before is Catherine Zeta Jones, so it's surprising that a bunch of non singing actors could pull it off so well. You'd have to be a pretty grumpy person not to enjoy Rock Of Ages, it's just a bunch of fun, the only thing wrong I thought was it was a tad too long and Malin Akerman's character was a little underused, but generally this is a hilarious comedy, a rocking musical and a big fun film.
Love it. :)
Lots of people are talking about Mr Cruise, and yes he's good, as he always usually is, but for me the standout is Julianne Hough, I have to say I'd only seen her in Footloose and her role in that didn't make me like her at all but she totally won me over in this movie, basically the entire cast is excellent, some are a bit annoying and bad actors such as Mr Brand and Mr Boneta, but everyone else is so good that it doesn't really matter, also Malin Akerman is really good, I like her a lot and she is hilarious and a great singer and her scenes with Tom Cruise are some of the best.
The music is top notch, a bevy of catchy classic songs will have you wanting to jump out of your seat and start dancing, and the entire cast are great singers, the only cast member I'd ever seen singing before is Catherine Zeta Jones, so it's surprising that a bunch of non singing actors could pull it off so well. You'd have to be a pretty grumpy person not to enjoy Rock Of Ages, it's just a bunch of fun, the only thing wrong I thought was it was a tad too long and Malin Akerman's character was a little underused, but generally this is a hilarious comedy, a rocking musical and a big fun film.
Love it. :)