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Jun. 14th, 2012
So... "Rock of Ages" is coming out in theaters tomorrow. It's a movie, based on a musical, based on 80s music. And it's starring (among others) Tom Cruise. Frankly, I cannot see how this can possibly make back all the money spent on it. I mean, and I know I toss this line around a bit, who greenlighted this shit?
There have to be dozens, if not hundreds, of better movie ideas moldering in Hollywood closets as we speak. I mean, okay, we're coming into the summer movie season, which is typically action/adventure heavy... and let's put a musical on the big screen? I mean, it's obvious that they're hoping for another "Mama Mia!" here, but still...
The sad thing is, it's got a good chance of being the #1 movie for the weekend, because (a) there's fuck-all else coming out this weekend, and there's only "Prometheus" and "Madagascar 3" from last weekend standing in it's way. (I will find it funny as shit if both those movies stomp "Rock of Ages" into the ground.) It's still got to contend with the fact that you have to convince people to go see a movie where (allegedly) Tom Cruise actually sings several of the songs. (No. I am not going to see this. You could not pay me enough to sit through Cruise belting out "Wanted Dead or Alive". I will, however laugh my ass off when someone dubs "You Spin Me Round" over his footage.)
There have to be dozens, if not hundreds, of better movie ideas moldering in Hollywood closets as we speak. I mean, okay, we're coming into the summer movie season, which is typically action/adventure heavy... and let's put a musical on the big screen? I mean, it's obvious that they're hoping for another "Mama Mia!" here, but still...
The sad thing is, it's got a good chance of being the #1 movie for the weekend, because (a) there's fuck-all else coming out this weekend, and there's only "Prometheus" and "Madagascar 3" from last weekend standing in it's way. (I will find it funny as shit if both those movies stomp "Rock of Ages" into the ground.) It's still got to contend with the fact that you have to convince people to go see a movie where (allegedly) Tom Cruise actually sings several of the songs. (No. I am not going to see this. You could not pay me enough to sit through Cruise belting out "Wanted Dead or Alive". I will, however laugh my ass off when someone dubs "You Spin Me Round" over his footage.)