Thankfully -- NO SPANDEX !!

Rating: 6/10 (21 March 2002)

The movie "rock star" was much better then "Almost Famous" (which "almost" had an ending.) -- it is definitely a "period" (a la 80's) piece.
Plot was predictable, but not a nuisance. if you can stand marky mark acting (mark wahlberg) its not a bad piece.
Its about a wanna-be rock star that makes it to the big time --and all the trappings that go along with making it. In the end he finds himself -- but the journey is quite interesting.
If you loved the music of the 80's == this will certainly bring back some memories - for me it brought back memories of all the Christian wanna be bands I dealt with in the late 80's and early 90's -- some of the memories were down right funny, others painful and insightful.
the acting is not stellar, I've seen thicker plots in soup, but the movie had a certain naive' feeling to it, that Wahlberg portrayed well.
and it was p.c. too - it DID have a g@y rocker in it. (hehe)
This was not a spandex movie, but it had its share of make-up and long hair...thankfully it was more def leppardish in its musical style, rather then poison...
overall -- rated 3 reels out of 5 (was a good way to kill an evening with nothing on tv to watch, iow)
Wayno