The majority of the reviews for The Rocker were not kind, and were just as wrong. There seems to be an annoying misnomer that in order to give the public a well written and popular review, it has to be negative. Lighten up all of you movie goers--bloggers and paid reviewers alike. Again, I say, lighten up. I am genuinely tired of each review being full of pompus words, and arrogant "holier than thou" language--just because you don't like a movie doesn't make you better than anyone else. "There’s not one moment in the film that’s unpredictable or unexpected," says Mariana McConnell wrote a review for Cinema Blend. I think that it is quite arguable that having a naked hair metal drummer plasted all over youtube by a twelve year old little girl is seriously unexpected. However, I think it is also arguable that a movie does not have to be unexpected to deserve a higher rating than two measly, arrogant, know-it-all stars.
McConnell also said The Rocker was, "Three parts School of Rock," as if that was a bad thing. Well, if McConnel means that there was a man who wanted to be in a band, and then became a band member with people younger than him, than she is right--but the comparison stops there. The Rocker can however be compared to some very funny movies that have made their debut lately. The main comparision: tighty whities. I don't think that a movie has to have an intellectual literary quality in order to be enjoyable. Sometimes all a movie needs to do is make the viewer escape reality, and have a chuckle or two. Lately, there have been several movies that do just that, with short quips and slapstick. One of the signature moves of the new comedies is showing the star, co-star, or both in tighty whities.
No one can forget the infamous button down shirt, and tighty whities scene of Risky Business. Since then, tighty whities have become much more prevalent. They have also been given a much more comedic quality, and they are somehow, always very baggy, and very dirty. Will Ferrell always seems to find a way to prance around in tighty whities in his recent movies. I suspect that in his upcoming movie, Land of the Lost he will do the same. The tighty whitey also makes an appearance in Napoleon Dynamite (a top grossing film). Slapstick tighty whities are everywhere.
Audiences enjoy meaningless humor and slapstick. Otherwise classics like Lucy, the Three Stooges, and the Marx brothers, wouldn't be classic anymore. I think that movie reviewers as a whole should spend a little extra and get the biggie sized popcorn, wear slightly more comfortable shoes, and actually try to enjoy the movie they are criticizing. No one will think less of you because you like movies.
McConnell also said The Rocker was, "Three parts School of Rock," as if that was a bad thing. Well, if McConnel means that there was a man who wanted to be in a band, and then became a band member with people younger than him, than she is right--but the comparison stops there. The Rocker can however be compared to some very funny movies that have made their debut lately. The main comparision: tighty whities. I don't think that a movie has to have an intellectual literary quality in order to be enjoyable. Sometimes all a movie needs to do is make the viewer escape reality, and have a chuckle or two. Lately, there have been several movies that do just that, with short quips and slapstick. One of the signature moves of the new comedies is showing the star, co-star, or both in tighty whities.
No one can forget the infamous button down shirt, and tighty whities scene of Risky Business. Since then, tighty whities have become much more prevalent. They have also been given a much more comedic quality, and they are somehow, always very baggy, and very dirty. Will Ferrell always seems to find a way to prance around in tighty whities in his recent movies. I suspect that in his upcoming movie, Land of the Lost he will do the same. The tighty whitey also makes an appearance in Napoleon Dynamite (a top grossing film). Slapstick tighty whities are everywhere.
Audiences enjoy meaningless humor and slapstick. Otherwise classics like Lucy, the Three Stooges, and the Marx brothers, wouldn't be classic anymore. I think that movie reviewers as a whole should spend a little extra and get the biggie sized popcorn, wear slightly more comfortable shoes, and actually try to enjoy the movie they are criticizing. No one will think less of you because you like movies.
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