"Rock Age": the other side of professional actors

"Rock and Roll" is a well-regarded inspirational song and dance film. The film runs through three stories that are closely related to music and emotions. It starts from the heroine set foot on Hollywood to pursue the music dream, to the bar owner who hired her as a waiter and lead actor. After falling in love by chance, the rock star played by Brother Tom made his debut, and then the main characters in the film redeem themselves, resolve contradictions, and rejuvenate the heroes to continue to carry forward rock music. The plot advances all the way, interlocking and fascinating.

Although Hollywood song and dance genre films are clichéd, they have an unusual audience because the audience can get in touch with the versatile side of professional film actors and immerse themselves in the freshness of the sudden transformation of professional actors into professional singers. For example, in the last second, Tom was a murderous agent who climbed the Burj Khalifa in "Mission Impossible 4". At this moment, he became the lead singer of a rock band with a good voice and a little abnormal. The director of the film, Adam Shankman, invited John Travota to appear in a reversed appearance in his 2007 musical "Hairspray", starring as a fat mom to show off his dance skills. At that time, it also caused quite a sensation, and Uncle Wo, who was deteriorating, even returned to the public's vision with this role. I'm afraid that only musicals can dig out the actor's ability to sing and dance, and combine the two into one ingeniously.

The second is the relaxed and happy film context provided by musicals. In the song and dance film where the protagonists are frustrated, strenuous, inspired, chasing dreams, chasing love, until their dreams come true, and the ending is reunion, although the plot is fixed, the audience enjoys an unprecedented joyful experience. Musical and dance films are definitely the ultimate in obscenity and one of the most entertaining movie types. Here, the sparrow will definitely become a phoenix. The film music of "Rock and Roll Age" is nostalgic, allowing audiences to enjoy rock hits. When the "Don't Stop Believein'" chorus by the stars at the end of the film sounded, there must be a small wave in the hearts of every audience. This classic song originally sung by the Journey band is perfectly interpreted and has the power to reach people's hearts. It used to be and is now.

The biggest flaw of "Rock Age" is that the whole drama conflict is too weak. Even if there are two negative roles, an anti-rock official played by Catherine Zeta-Jones and a profit-seeking businessman who wants to defeat rock music with pop music, played by Paul Giamatti, they can be compared with too many positive roles. The momentum is bleak, which leads to insufficient conflicts between the two different camps, which is very flat. (Text/Angdi)

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