History Film / RockofAges

It features the acting talents of TomCruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, RussellBrand, Alec Baldwin, MaryJBlige, amongst many others, and its soundtrack includes the music of JonBonJovi, DefLeppard, Foreigner, {{Journey}}, Poison, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, Scorpions, David Lee Roth, GunsNRoses, Extreme, Quiet Riot, Skid Row, Starship, Quarterflash, Night Ranger, Twisted Sister, Warrant, REO Speedwagon, it goes on and on and on and on.

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** [[spoiler: On the other hand, he has very noticeably distraught when it is revealed on live television that his wife had formerly made out with Stacee Jaxx at a concert, so if anything, they're even in that regard, but it still doesn't change the fact that he's a major hypocrite who is never exposed for it, unlike Patricia.]]

* MissingTrailerScene: Depending which trailer you watch, there is quite a prominent scene of a blonde fan running into Stacee Jaxx's backstage dressing room, ripping her top open and declaring how much she loves him as he autographs her cleavage whilst the Rolling Stone reporter who is trying to interview him watches in shocked silence. Needless to say this scene never happens in the film.

-->'''Patricia Whitmore''': "This man spews out three things: sex, hateful music...and...({{Beat}})...sex!"

It features the acting talents of TomCruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, RussellBrand, Alec Baldwin, MaryJBlige, amongst many others, and its soundtrack includes the music of JonBonJovi, DefLeppard, Foreigner, {{Journey}}, Poison, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, Scorpions, David Lee Roth, GunsNRoses, Extreme, Quiet Riot, kid Row, Starship, Quarterflash, Night Ranger, Twisted Sister, Warrant, REO Speedwagon, it goes on and on and on and on.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Or maybe DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment
-->'''Patricia Whitmore''': "This man spews out three things: sex, hateful music...and...{{Beat}}...sex!"

-->'''Patricia Whitmore''': "This man spews out three things: sex, hateful music...and...''(beat)''...sex!"

-->'''Patricia Whitmore''': "This man spews out three things: sex, hateful music...and...*beat*...sex!"

-->'''Patricia Whitmore''': "This man spews out three things: sex, hateful music...and...[[Beat]]...sex!"

It features the acting talents of TomCruise, Catheirne Zeta-Jones, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, RussellBrand, Alec Baldwin, MaryJBlige, amongst many others, and its soundtrack includes the music of JonBonJovi, DefLeppard, Foreigner, {{Journey}}, Poison, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, Scorpions, David Lee Roth, GunsNRoses, Extreme, Quiet Riot, kid Row, Starship, Quarterflash, Night Ranger, Twisted Sister, Warrant, REO Speedwagon, it goes on and on and on and on.

The film differs from the original musical in that the main antagonists, a greedy developer and his son hoping to develop the area where the Bourbon bar is located, are replaced by a mayor and his wife campaigning against rock music as part of their attempt to clean up the town as well as for petty personal reasons. The character of Stacee Jaxx is a more sympathetic character in the film and Sherrie and Drew get a happier ending.

* TheAlcoholic: Stacee Jaxx spends most of his scenes staggering about in a drunken stupor with a bottle of scotch in his hand. Implied to be a case of drowning his sorrows. The reporter from Rolling Stone magazine calls him on his behaviour during the interview.
* BrickJoke: Early in the movie, Lonny refers to the women protesting as Twisted Sisters. Laterm they sing We're not Gonna Take It.
* ClicheStorm
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stacee Jaxx acts this way. His best friend is a monkey and when he first arrives at the Bourbon bar both Dennis and the audience are left unsure whether he intends to burn the place to the ground metaphorically with his music or literally burn it to the ground in order to release some mythical fire phoenix. Could also count as truth in television as wealthy famous booze addled rock stars often tend to loose touch with reality. The reporter even points this out to Stacee, accusing his manager of giving him girls and drugs to keep him controllable. She also blames the drugs on why his career's gone stale. Considering that the manager can barely control him, this plan doesn't seem to be working out.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The most notable being the song ‘Any Way You Want It’, which is about strippers doing anything the client wants. Also, several songs are used differently and/or at different times in the movie than they were in the musical (We Built This City and Hit Me With Your Best Shot are at almost totally opposite ends of their positions in the musical), leading to some fun surprises for people who thought they knew what to expect or when to expect it.

* HumiliationConga: while not in public, Stacee's Manager. See Crowning Moment of Awesome for how Stacee gets back at him.
* JukeboxMusical: Basically this film in a nutshell.

** Very much ''not'' Stacee's manager. Formerly high Rock Stars give fun [[HumiliationConga revenge]].
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the original broadway musical which ends with [[spoiler: Stacee Jaxx being charged with statutory rape and fleeing the country whilst Sherrie and Drew give up on their dreams of fortune and fame to live ordinary lives.]] The film has a more cheerful and optimistic ending.
* MissingTrailerScene: Depending which trailer you watch there is quite a prominent scene of a blonde fan running into Stacee Jaxx backstage dressing room, ripping her top open and declaring how much she loves him as he autographs her cleavage whilst the rolling stone reporter who is trying to interview him watches in shocked silence. Needless to say this scene never happens in the film.

* ThePowerOfRock: Drew and Sherrie with ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ at the end of the film. [[spoiler: It gets them a place on Arsenal's new tour and Stacee Jaxx himself sings it, having been re-inspired by their music and his romance with the Rolling Stone reporter.]]
* TheRockStar: Sherrie and Drew both have hopes of using their singing talents to find fortune and fame in the rock music industry whilst Stacee Jaxx is already its biggest star.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Stacee Jaxx, and the greedy manager who keeps him constantly on tour and in a booze-addled state to make money off him, definitely represent the darker side of rock and roll.

** The mayor and his wife never actually do anything illegal or underhand in their crusade against rock music and their goal is not that unreasonable (they want to shut down a badly-run nightclub in order to clean up a sleazy neighbourhood) but they're both such blatant hypocrites that it's very hard to sympathise with them.
** Averted with Stacee's manager when we find out [[spoiler: Stacee really was doing the Bourbon Room gig pro bono and the man took their money anyway]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stacee Jaxx acts this way. His best friend is a monkey and when he first arrives at the Bourbon bar both Dennis and the audience are left unsure whether he intends to burn the place to the ground metaphorically with his music or literally burn it to the ground in order to release some mythical fire phoenix. Could also count as truth in television as wealthy famous booze addled rock stars often tend to loose touch with reality.
** The reporter even points this out to Stacee, accusing his manager of giving him girls and drugs to keep him controllable. She also blames the drugs on why his career's gone stale. Considering that the manager can barely control him, this plan doesn't seem to be working out.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The most notable being the song ‘Any Way You Want It’, which is about strippers doing anything the client wants.
** Also, several songs are used differently and/or at different times in the movie than they were in the musical (We Built This City and Hit Me With Your Best Shot are at almost totally opposite ends of their positions in the musical), leading to some fun surprises for people who thought they knew what to expect or when to expect it.
* EthicalSlut: More like Ethical Strip Club Owner--Justice lets Sherrie just be a waitress and only nudges her into being a dancer by pointing out that it's the higher-ranked job in the club. Sherrie makes the decision herself because the strippers/dancers make ''a lot'' more money than her.
** Justice even tries to talk Sherrie out of working at her club at first. She knows it's not exactly a good job.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Mayor Whitmore carries on an extramarital affair (at one point in a ''church''!) and never gets caught, much less punished.]]

* ThePowerOfRock: Drew and Sherrie with ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ at the end of the film. [[spoiler: It gets them a place on Arsenals new tour and Stacee jaxx himselfs sings it having been re-inspired by their music and his romance with the Rolling Stone reporter.]]

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Stacee Jaxx and the greedy manager who keeps him constantly on tour and in a booze addled state to make money off him definitely represent the darker side of rock and roll.
* VillainyFreeVillain: The mayor and his wife never actually do anything illegal or underhand in their crusade against rock music and their goal is not that unreasonable (they want to shut down a badly run nightclub in order to clean up a sleazy neighbourhood) but their both such blatant hypocrites its very hard to sympathise with them.

* EthicalSlut: More like Ethical Strip Club Owner--Justice lets Sherrie just be a waitress and only nudges her into being a dancer by pointing out that's he higher ranked job in the club. Sherrie makes the decision herself because the strippers/dancers make ''a lot'' more money than her.

** The reporter even points this out to Stacee, accusing his manager of giving him girls and drugs to keep him controllable. She also blames the drugs on why his career's gone stale.

It features the acting talents of Tom Cruise, Catheirne Zeta-Jones, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Mary J Blige amongst many others and its soundtrack includes the music of Jon Bon Jovi, Def Leapard, Foreigner, Journey, Poison, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, Scorpions, David Lee Roth, Guns’N’Roses, Extreme, Quiet Riot, kid Row, Starship, Quarterflash, Night Ranger, Twisted Sister, Warrant, REO Speedwagon, it goes on and on and on and on.

* Cloucuckoolander: Stacee Jaxx acts this way. His best friend is a monkey and when he first arrives at the Bourbon bar both Dennis and the audience are left unsure whether he intends to burn the place to the ground metaphorically with his music or literally burn it to the ground in order to release some mythical fire phoenix. Could also count as truth in television as wealthy famous booze addled rock stars often tend to loose touch with reality.

* TheAlcoholic: Stacee Jaxx spends most of his scenes staggering about in a drunken stupor with a bottle of scotch in his hand. Implied to be a case of drowning his sorrows. The reporter from Rolling Stone magazine calls him on his behaviour during the interview.

* HoYay: Between Lonnie and Dennis.

* SellOut: Ymmv but both Drew and Sherie to certain extents. Sherrie starts off as quite the innocent even after wising up a bit and gaining a cynical edge she remains the pure hearted girl next door type of character but eventually ends up [[spoiler: working in a strip club to make ends meet. Drew dreams of being a rock star but in his pursuit of fortune and fame winds up being part of a boy band singing bad pop songs]]

* UnfortunateImplications: The only non-white character character runs a strip club. She’s quite a cool character in this tropers opinion but at the same time am sure that’s not an accurate reflection of how strip clubs work and the implications are unfortunate.

* BuryYourGays: Very much averted with [[spoiler: Lonnie and Dennis confessing their love for one another through a duet of ‘I cant fight this feeling anymore’.]]

* VillainyFreeWillain: The mayor and his wife never actually do anything illegal or underhand in their crusade against rock music and their goal is not that unreasonable (they want to shut down a badly run nightclub in order to clean up a sleazy neighbourhood) but their both such blatant hypocrites its very hard to sympathise with them.