The list of anachronisms in Rock Star is kind of funny...
The film takes place in 1985, but several of the songs played were not released until later.
During band practice, Donny is seen wearing a Metallica shirt not made until the mid-'90s.
As Chris' limo is pulling up to Kirk Cuddy's house, one of the fans gathered outside is clearly seen playing an Ibanez Talman acoustic guitar, which wasn't introduced until around 2000.
Early in the movie, there is a montage surrounding the members of the Steel Dragon tribute band driving and singing. An intercut city scene is quickly flashed that shows cars taking off from a red light. The cars in this scene are clearly '90s era vehicles. One of them is a very modern looking, a blue Chevy S-10.
When Chris and Emily enter Kirk's mansion you see an image of Kirk Cuddy and Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), but that picture of Bruce wasn't taken until the early '90s.
As Izzy and Emily are walking off the plane and towards Tania, a United Airlines plane with a 1990s-era paint job can be seen in the background.
At 4:22 all vehicles shown are post 1990's. The most noticeable, the 1994 electric blue Chevy S-10 used in the montage for the cast traveling to the Steel Dragon concert.
The list of anachronisms in Rock Star is kind of funny...
The film takes place in 1985, but several of the songs played were not released until later.
During band practice, Donny is seen wearing a Metallica shirt not made until the mid-'90s.
As Chris' limo is pulling up to Kirk Cuddy's house, one of the fans gathered outside is clearly seen playing an Ibanez Talman acoustic guitar, which wasn't introduced until around 2000.
Early in the movie, there is a montage surrounding the members of the Steel Dragon tribute band driving and singing. An intercut city scene is quickly flashed that shows cars taking off from a red light. The cars in this scene are clearly '90s era vehicles. One of them is a very modern looking, a blue Chevy S-10.
When Chris and Emily enter Kirk's mansion you see an image of Kirk Cuddy and Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), but that picture of Bruce wasn't taken until the early '90s.
As Izzy and Emily are walking off the plane and towards Tania, a United Airlines plane with a 1990s-era paint job can be seen in the background.
At 4:22 all vehicles shown are post 1990's. The most noticeable, the 1994 electric blue Chevy S-10 used in the montage for the cast traveling to the Steel Dragon concert.
Like I said, cheap! (Badly made would probably be more accurate) I still enjoyed it in a trashy kind of a way. I didn't really associate it too closely with Priest otherwise I would have been pissed off about the way the Rob character was depicted.
Wonder if ppl get paid to look for these kinds of things in movies LOL!!!
Nah, it's easy to spot that stuff if you've been watching movies for almost 40 years.
I went and saw The Conjuring last weekend and the film takes place in 1971, however the audio cables hooked up to the ghost hunters equipment were not made until the 1980s.
The 80's was the decade that just did waaaaayyyy too much coke! This is reflected in just about everything about the decade.
I had a GREAT time in the 80's and never (and still haven't ever) even seen coke in real life.
Good for you! Wish i could say the same
But as someone with a little experience in the matter, I'll just say that it starts off as a lot of fun (the 70's) and then turns you into a raving egomaniac that thinks every empty headed idea that you ever have is a jewel of creative genius (the 80's)
Look. Has anyone here seen Almost Famous? THAT'S how you write a movie about rock 'n roll.
Indeed!! Fabulous movie, one of my favorite rock & roll flicks (along with Detroit Rock City and Rock N Roll High School)... and far more worthy than Rock Star on every level.
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I had a GREAT time in the 80's and never (and still haven't ever) even seen coke in real life.
You obviously didn't get invited to the right parties, son.
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Look. Has anyone here seen Almost Famous? THAT'S how you write a movie about rock 'n roll.
Indeed!! Fabulous movie, one of my favorite rock & roll flicks (along with Detroit Rock City and Rock N Roll High School)... and far more worthy than Rock Star on every level.
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I had a GREAT time in the 80's and never (and still haven't ever) even seen coke in real life.
You obviously didn't get invited to the right parties, son.
O well - no big loss...... the only stuff I ever saw at any party was green, not white....
You know very little of Priest, then. They were just as amoral as Crue. Halford had a lover who did coke with him on a regular basis and later killed himself. It's a moving story that's worth reading. Halford also OD'd on a couple occasions. Alcohol and coke was in their veins. The whole deal with Dave Holland is still an enigma and so controversial the band refuses to talk about it. All this may not be as bloated as Crue's comic strip of laid waste, but they lived the life and saw it just as much as Crue did.
57 million is a moderate budget and a waste of money. If a filmmaker (and crew, OR the studio) fails because they did a poor job of crafting a decent to great movie, of course they get what they deserve. Besides, Herek got his paycheck, and so did Wahlberg, and it was about what I make in ten years. There's no one to feel sorry for.
Almost Famous is character-driven and Cameron Crowe is known for writing scripts that flush out truly realistic and relative three-dimensional characters. Rock Star is full of caricatures, lazy one-dimensional stock.
Book over Halford = The Dirt over Halford's word. You seem to praise the book, but Halford's opinion is taken with a grain of salt.
I was an English major for several years with a love of Tudor theater, where the morality play took shape. I described the formula earlier and don't like to repeat myself. The structure and characteristics of Rock Star meet the criteria for classification of morality play. I'm calling it what it is. Now, morality plays aren't bad things. I happen to love them...if they are constructed well. Rock Star is not. It just isn't. On a technical level, according to not only Ebert but hundreds of other critics, on an academic level, it is not well made. And it does misrepresent the industry.
I'm...I'm done here.
I just watch a movie, if I look too deep into things, I won't enjoy it too much.
I doubt you ever look or think too deeply into anything
You know very little of Priest, then. They were just as amoral as Crue. Halford had a lover who did coke with him on a regular basis and later killed himself. It's a moving story that's worth reading. Halford also OD'd on a couple occasions. Alcohol and coke was in their veins. The whole deal with Dave Holland is still an enigma and so controversial the band refuses to talk about it. All this may not be as bloated as Crue's comic strip of laid waste, but they lived the life and saw it just as much as Crue did.
57 million is a moderate budget and a waste of money. If a filmmaker (and crew, OR the studio) fails because they did a poor job of crafting a decent to great movie, of course they get what they deserve. Besides, Herek got his paycheck, and so did Wahlberg, and it was about what I make in ten years. There's no one to feel sorry for.
Almost Famous is character-driven and Cameron Crowe is known for writing scripts that flush out truly realistic and relative three-dimensional characters. Rock Star is full of caricatures, lazy one-dimensional stock.
Book over Halford = The Dirt over Halford's word. You seem to praise the book, but Halford's opinion is taken with a grain of salt.
I was an English major for several years with a love of Tudor theater, where the morality play took shape. I described the formula earlier and don't like to repeat myself. The structure and characteristics of Rock Star meet the criteria for classification of morality play. I'm calling it what it is. Now, morality plays aren't bad things. I happen to love them...if they are constructed well. Rock Star is not. It just isn't. On a technical level, according to not only Ebert but hundreds of other critics, on an academic level, it is not well made. And it does misrepresent the industry.
I'm...I'm done here.
I just watch a movie, if I look too deep into things, I won't enjoy it too much.
I doubt you ever look or think too deeply into anything
That causes stress and stress is not good for you.. I'm actually a very deep person and look deeply into a lot of things especially my music... Manny you rock
Hey, remember when this was a thread about a movie soundtrack? Good times.
So anyway, I think the Steel Dragon songs are very good and I managed to track down two songs that weren't on the cd. The first is the song Mark Wahlberg "raps." Reckless:
The other is Crown of Falsehood:
I think my favorite track from the movie was Blood Pollution:
Also, what most people conveniently forget about this movie was it was released on friday 09/07/2001. The following Tuesday the world had changed and this movie slipped into obscurity. It didn't help that the movie wasn't very good and it insulted Metal fans with that crap ending. Also, they made no effort to make Jennifer Anniston look like it was the 80s.
I didnt mind the ending and considering myself a BIG metal fan, when I write music I write ballads or acoustic pop songs.. I think it's all about what you're feeling. I'm an overly emotional dude so I love my ballads...
I didnt mind the ending and considering myself a BIG metal fan, when I write music I write ballads or acoustic pop songs.. I think it's all about what you're feeling. I'm an overly emotional dude so I love my ballads...
I was really referring to how Wahlberg's character found redemption by turning to grunge and playing acoustic sets in coffee houses. That was garbage. Anyway, the original soundtrack songs are very good.
Also, what most people conveniently forget about this movie was it was released on friday 09/07/2001. The following Tuesday the world had changed and this movie slipped into obscurity.
Definitely a good point.
Based on the weak opening weekend ($6.89 million) I still doubt it would have broken even.
A better ending would have been if Steel Dragons replaced Wahlberg with Todd La Torre and everyone on the internet called Wahlberg a douche!
corplhicks Metal is Forever
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Subject: Re: Rockstar Movie Soundtrack!! Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:49 am
Just to let everyone know, I PM'd my apologies to Vexer. I realize I was pretty condescending in my posts, and insulting as well. Hope I didn't offend anyone too strongly.
And Mark Wahlberg happens to be one of my favorites as well.
MetalRob331 Dinky Do
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Subject: Re: Rockstar Movie Soundtrack!! Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:02 am
corplhicks wrote:
Just to let everyone know, I PM'd my apologies to Vexer. I realize I was pretty condescending in my posts, and insulting as well. Hope I didn't offend anyone too strongly.
And Mark Wahlberg happens to be one of my favorites as well.
I never get offended by someones opinion. Most ppl are strong about their own opinion and get very stubborn. Me included.
Citanul Metal master
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Subject: Re: Rockstar Movie Soundtrack!! Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:08 am
Boris2008 wrote:
A better ending would have been if Steel Dragons replaced Wahlberg with Todd La Torre and everyone on the internet called Wahlberg a douche!
They did kind of replace him with Myles Kennedy - he played the fan who got pulled onto the stage towards the end of the movie.
Thrasher73 Much Cooler than the other 72
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Subject: Re: Rockstar Movie Soundtrack!! Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:03 am
Love the song We All Die Young. heres another one of my favorite songs from the movie.
Boris2008 Metal is Forever
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Subject: Re: Rockstar Movie Soundtrack!! Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:41 am
The soundtrack isn't really my cup of tea, I do think that We all Die Young and Colourful are decent songs though.
This movie has perhaps one of the greatest soundtracks I know.. Having Soto and Matijevic singing with Zakk, Pilson, and John Bonham is a pretty impressive lineup...
Really impressive considering John Bonham died 21 years before the movie was made.
HAHAHA!! Thx! I guess being John is rly the only Bonham worth mentioning, I just used his name instead of Jason's..HAHAHHA!!!
Don't be a smart ass S.D. He meant Jason Bonham. "Stole some whiskey, stole wine, stole my best friends girl for a line."
I tend to avoid anything with that douchebag Mark "Marky Wankoff Waltwat" whatever he calls himself. I had misfortune of being assigned to Mr Walwank in 2011 for a series of interviews Mr Walwank was doing.
You can ban me here if you like if you like, I'm going to tell it straight. He's an obnoxious piece of shit. One lovely moment, to my disgrace (my disgrace, not pulling his head off for the stunt he pulled), a young girl (its coming out of the Berkly) asks the guy for his sig - he basically tells her to f**k off - there are a few lads with her, brothers, friends, I dunno, 17, 18 plus hard cases, hoodie scum - they take mean on the cun,t. He's all "Let me at them" - they'd have ripped his balls off and fed them to him, believe me. I hold him back, tell him to shut it, then he gets it, its not a movie, this is not Southie, u r about to be killed, and I took a few digs from the onslaught in the process - I had to shield this idiot - he gets all freaked basically, and runs back inside the hotel - not so hard "Different outcome shit, plane, blah ,blah." anymore. Basically, I get a decent kicking holding these guys back while Marky Walwank is cowering in reception. I can get receipts of my security detail to prove that day this is the honest truth. The guy is an utter coward feltch. I haven't done security in a long while - when I did, I don't mind taking the bruises, its safer than some jobs I've done - but to have people, you are assigned to protect, cause a fight then run, it sticks in the craw. The kicker is: my insurance was nearly taken away from me over that as my nose got broken in that mele over something Marky Walwank could have avoided by being nice.
PS: You will hate this: Everybody thinks Tom Cruise is a douche, yeah? I did consultant for him earlier this year in Dublin; he treated the entire crew to dinner. He was an absolute gent -talked to all the lads, signed shit, laughed with the boys, totally down to earth. If he's a celeb, I'm Bonn Scott. Guy has no interest in that shit.
Subject: Re: Rockstar Movie Soundtrack!! 
Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:52 pm
especially my music... Manny you rock 
