Rock of Ages
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- Kooky
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Rock of Ages
Look, I only went because I was invited by our new corporate travel agent and I wanted to establish contact with the Account Manager and consultants I'll be dealing with - well that and the promise of Gold Class, food and lots of bubbly.
It was very traumatic. I never ever ever again want to see Tom Cruise in a bejewelled cod piece.
Honestly, it was so shit my jaw aches from gritting my teeth. Why did Russell Brand have a Brummie accent? Isn't his own annoying enough? Actually he slipped so much it was more Essex than Birmingham anyway. And seriously, his love scene was just...ack.
Don't. Just don't.
It was very traumatic. I never ever ever again want to see Tom Cruise in a bejewelled cod piece.
Honestly, it was so shit my jaw aches from gritting my teeth. Why did Russell Brand have a Brummie accent? Isn't his own annoying enough? Actually he slipped so much it was more Essex than Birmingham anyway. And seriously, his love scene was just...ack.
Don't. Just don't.
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...and you expected it to be any better? I think you did well to suffer all the way through it. Well done!
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Kooky wrote:Look, I only went because I was invited by our new corporate travel agent and I wanted to establish contact with the Account Manager and consultants I'll be dealing with - well that and the promise of Gold Class, food and lots of bubbly.
It was very traumatic. I never ever ever again want to see Tom Cruise in a bejewelled cod piece.
Honestly, it was so shit my jaw aches from gritting my teeth. Why did Russell Brand have a Brummie accent? Isn't his own annoying enough? Actually he slipped so much it was more Essex than Birmingham anyway. And seriously, his love scene was just...ack.
Don't. Just don't.
Bet you loved it really.
- Lili Von Shtupp
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I saw it last night and loved it. For the people here who saw it and hated it, the only way can explain is ... think of it this way. You know that crappy hair band Def Leppard? Pour Some Sugar on Me? They kicked out rock anthems that made pimply American boys' private parts tingle, but in their native Great Britain Def Leppard was a national joke.
Well, IMHO Rock of Ages was for all those pimply boys and the girls who loved them to look back at a very ridiculous era and laugh at themselves. Every single element of the plot and characters were purposefully, perfectly cliche. Even the stupid parts were brilliantly stupid - about as stupid as the entire genre itself. There were a LOT of laughs in this for me, and big ones too.
It was just a giant send-up of a genre. And I guess for people who weren't really part of that genre, or who hadn't paid attention to it, it won't be that much fun. But trust me, for people who were part of it, that shit was funny.
Oh, one caveat: they got one thing wrong. The female lead sang all wrong - her singing style should have been rock 80s, like Ann Wilson or Pat Benatar, but it was auto-tune 90s a la Britney and Christina. Totally out of place, because girls just were not singing like that in the 80s. That did bug me.
Oh, and Kooky's comment about Russel Brand's accent, I wouldn't be surprised if he did that on purpose because American's don't know shit about English accents or what they mean, but after Spinal Tap everybody from England just sounds so much more ROCK.
So, if you're in the mood for a giant, ridiculously testosterone-fuelled piss fest, I highly recommend this movie.
Well, IMHO Rock of Ages was for all those pimply boys and the girls who loved them to look back at a very ridiculous era and laugh at themselves. Every single element of the plot and characters were purposefully, perfectly cliche. Even the stupid parts were brilliantly stupid - about as stupid as the entire genre itself. There were a LOT of laughs in this for me, and big ones too.
It was just a giant send-up of a genre. And I guess for people who weren't really part of that genre, or who hadn't paid attention to it, it won't be that much fun. But trust me, for people who were part of it, that shit was funny.
Oh, one caveat: they got one thing wrong. The female lead sang all wrong - her singing style should have been rock 80s, like Ann Wilson or Pat Benatar, but it was auto-tune 90s a la Britney and Christina. Totally out of place, because girls just were not singing like that in the 80s. That did bug me.
Oh, and Kooky's comment about Russel Brand's accent, I wouldn't be surprised if he did that on purpose because American's don't know shit about English accents or what they mean, but after Spinal Tap everybody from England just sounds so much more ROCK.
So, if you're in the mood for a giant, ridiculously testosterone-fuelled piss fest, I highly recommend this movie.
A woman walked into a pub and asked the barman for a double entendre. So he gave it to her.
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You're kidding me.
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I'd probably like it haha.
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hahahahaha!Kooky wrote:You're kidding me.
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Based on that review and particularly this line: "So, if you're in the mood for a giant, ridiculously testosterone-fuelled piss fest, I highly recommend this movie" I just might have to download it one of these days
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Slinks, I think that you and Mr S will laugh yourselves silly. You just can't take a single second of it seriously and you'll have a blast.
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Horses for courses but, honestly, I thought it really missed the mark. I didn't find it funny in a spoofy kind of way - I was just embarrassed for them.
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Def Leppard... ZOMG.
i'm ashamed to admit the existence of one Leppard album in my collection... even Cheap Trick was better.
i'm ashamed to admit the existence of one Leppard album in my collection... even Cheap Trick was better.
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[quote="Morrolan"]
i'm ashamed to admit the existence of one Leppard album in my collection...quote]
Oh dear
i'm ashamed to admit the existence of one Leppard album in my collection...quote]
Oh dear
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I had a Def Leopard CD in the car while driving around France in July. It is damn good driving around in the sun music
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Saw them in concert in Singapore once too.. Must have been 1996 ish!
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What's "Def Leopard"?
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Yeah BoD what's Def Leopard? Are you telling porkies just to appear cool?
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They opened for Lead Zeppelin.Morrolan wrote:What's "Def Leopard"?
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Kooky wrote:Are you telling porkies just to appear cool?
A woman walked into a pub and asked the barman for a double entendre. So he gave it to her.
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questionable?Morrolan wrote:What's "Def Leopard"?
it could have been a cougar
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Lili Von Shtupp wrote:They opened for Lead Zeppelin.Morrolan wrote:What's "Def Leopard"?
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Lili Von Shtupp wrote:They opened for Lead Zeppelin.Morrolan wrote:What's "Def Leopard"?
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Is that a tribute band to Led Zeppelin?Lili Von Shtupp wrote:They opened for Lead Zeppelin.
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Oh Spike, this is a tribute band to Led Zeppelin:
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Umm...can only see a white space. If you like rock/blues guitar heroes, go and see Joe Bonamasa at the Esplanade on Monday.Lili Von Shtupp wrote:Oh Spike, this is a tribute band to Led Zeppelin:
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