Special thanks to veteran voiceover talent Beau Weaver for granting us permission to share this brief yet clever and amusing review of the comedy musical film Rock of Ages which he posted to his personal Facebook profile:
Saw Rock of Ages. Loved it! No, really. Okay, it’s not a great film. But it was fun. My daughter Susannah is a total movie snob and she loved it. Sure, cheese is spread, scenery is eaten, but it reminds you how great Journey songs still are, so it’s actually kind of a public service like that. [Tom] Cruise kills, of course…especially the live concert scenes. Paul Giamatti is actually every record promo guy who ever called on me in my radio days. Dude. Ouch. The plot…evil people are trying to take over the club/theater, which is out of money, so the heroes have to put on a big show to save the day…um, isn’t that the plot of one of the Muppet Movies? Actually if you think about it, a great remake would be this exact script , unaltered, with the Muppets. Rock of Ages might have been better if Baz Luhrmann did it, but I have to say I enjoyed the crap out of it. Like.
