Pole dancers in rock of ages movie
#Pole dancers in rock of ages movie movie
Featured covered bands include Def Leppard (Lead singer Joe Elliott gave a bunch of interviews about the movie this week-I like the Vanity Fair one), Bon Jovi, Journey, Poison, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake and for some reason, too much Foreigner. Tom Cruise plays the fictional Stacey Jaxx, an aging rocker reminiscent of a blend between several big hair band 80s lead singers, but possibly the most similar in appearance to Axl Rose of Guns N Roses. Sorry for that.Īnd that’s what Rock of Ages is all about. When he sang the line “I’m hot, sticky sweet/From my head, to my feet” I actually (this is probably too much information) had moist panties. In an Atlantic City casino, more than 20 years after the song came out, I still had a physical reaction to hearing this song live. It’s blurry because I was nearly fainting that he was that close to me singing “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” Above is a photo I took two years ago of Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott (yes, that’s the band’s infamous one-armed drummer Rick Allen in the background). Having terrible taste in music is the perfect segue into this movie review. (Hipsters, please note: in the 80s, it was completely acceptable to have terrible taste in music.) I cannot describe accurately to you how much of a fan of Def Leppard and Bon Jovi I was, am, and always will be. This means I am going to be hypercritical of hair, makeup, costumes, pop culture, and pretty much anything 80s. Rock of Ages takes place in 1987, which happens to be the year I graduated from high school. Fortunately for the new film Rock of Ages, directed by Adam Shankman ( Glee, Hairspray) I have not yet seen its stage version (though seeing the movie has definitely made me want to see the musical).Ģ. I am a huge Broadway junkie: the kind of girl who, if “Wicked” (God help us) becomes a movie, would need several versions of thesauruses (thesauri!) in order to describe how awful it was compared to the magic of the stage version. So pipe down, douche.īefore I begin this movie review, it’s only fair to tell you my two main massive hang-ups and preconceived notions going in.ġ. It should be noted, however, that the plot could have been written by a fourth grader, and is not why you’d go to see this movie anyway. Spoiler alert : If you’re the kind of person who gets cranky when movie reviewers talk about plot points, you might want to skip this review.