what to say about a movie like rock star . a lot actually . this be the type of movie that be almost tailer make for the critic to slam . it be also a movie i and a a major hard rock fan enjoy no love actually while all the while be very consciously aware of it many flaw and that the movie and while a decent effort in some respect miss the chance it have to escape into greatness and become a rock movie classic . oh well . i love this movie and would see it again and again but i know that purely base on my own personal taste rock star be a movie that will appeal to anyone who have experience element of the rock or hard rock lifestyle and want to go down the road to nostalgia . it be a great time for metal head . and it nice to have a movie that effectively capture that ( long forget by many non rock fan . ) time effectively and a i think that rock star have do . that be one of the film strength and the concert footage . you will feel like your right there with them and how could any hard rock fan not love that . as far a set the atmosphere rock star get a positive . it also get a positive for pure entertainment . if you want a movie to just let yourself go and free flow into some great memory of good time past and then this be the movie for you . it be also the reason why i love this movie so . but it isn not a great movie . i understand that and be it my actual job to review movie professionally and i would probably have to be a bit hard on this one . the problem with rock star be the character development . what be wrong with the character development be this and there isn not any . none . the movie have certain scene few and far between but they be there that do touch on greatness representwarning brief scene spoiler represent 3 example 1 ) when izzy make his debut on stage ( include the fall he take ) 2 ) the first after show party with emily ( anniston and izzy . ) 3 ) backtrack a little in the beginning when the original lead singer be casually dismiss ( fire ) the whole business a usual tone set the stage for what to come . it play very effectively . but the problem be and nothing ever do come . there be little to no character development of anyone in this movie and people persona be merely touch on and but never fully explore . i do not think that the fault of the actor or actress and particularly anniston who try hard and they just be not give much to work with . it just that the script be weak and lack the ability to go beyond the formula feel into true movie depth . rock star be so sugarcoat at time ( include towards the end ) it be almost ridiculous . and and though and those scene i mention be outstanding and very believable and sadly much else in the movie wasn not . another reviewer mention the lack of buildup towards the end and i agree but there be actually a lack of buildup about anything . why do izzy leave at the end . because he miss his girlfriend and the band would not let him write song . it test the limit of believability . and and frankly the end be just corny . make no sense and have no reality to it at all . watch this and it almost like watch a movie where the maker of it say represent ok and this happen here and then this happen and then this etc etc etc . by the end it no longer a movie about a boy who dream come true and it just another thickly formulate love story . and you wonder why so much detail be leave out . i hope i be not be to hard on rock star because i truly love it but not for the right reason . i would have like to love this a a great movie about the high and low of rock fame . instead i love it for it 80 period feel and the clothes and the hair and the light and the life . although many others love it to and i suspect most be people who live the life of a rock fan and like i do or some who play . i would have like to see the movie cross over and just be respect for be a good and well told movie and instead of a cliché . i think and one of the problem be the length . i myself and hate over long film but this be one that really should have be long and if a movie be do really right and the length be not even felt there be just to much to the story for it to be as short a it be that one reason why there doesn not seem to be much development of either the story or the human being portray in the movie . so to wind down this be a movie you can greatly get into but not a great movie . see it for fun . see it for entertainment . see it to go back to that great and great space in time when metal wasn not just a part of life and it be life and for those non rock fan see it to get a little glimpse into a life that meant and still mean so much to so many of u .