{"id":7387,"date":"2014-04-20T20:19:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T03:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=7387"},"modified":"2021-12-31T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T22:42:16","slug":"review-rockstar-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/04\/review-rockstar-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Star Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In Rock Star<\/em><\/strong>, I can respect Mark Wahlberg\u2019s performance, and some of those in the supporting cast like Timothy Olymphant and Jason Flemyng, but it\u2019s a clich\u00e9d drama that never quite hit the, ahem, right high notes to make for an engaging drama.<\/p>\n

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Rock Star<\/span>
\n(2001)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Music
\nWarner Bros. | R \u2013 106 min. \u2013 $14.98 | April 15, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nDirected by: <\/strong>Stephen Herek
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>John Stockwell (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Olymphant, Timothy Spall, Dominic WestDISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurette, Music Video, Theatrical Trailer
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>19.8 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By day Chris Cole (MARK WAHLBERG) repairs photocopiers. By night he takes the stage as frontman for a tribute band emulating Steel Dragon, the world\u2019s hottest heavy metal band. Then, suddenly, opportunity rocks: Chris is tapped to become Steel Dragon\u2019s new lead singer. Just like that, he goes from small-town nobody to megastar. And just like that, he and his manager\/girlfriend Emily (JENNIFER ANISTON) enter a world crazier than either imagined.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Audio Commentary<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Director Stephen Herek offers a free-flowing and somewhat interesting track providing some behind-the-scenes information on the actors, filming certain scenes and locations.<\/p>\n

Rock Star<\/em><\/strong>: A Backstage Look at a Legend (4:04; SD)<\/strong><\/span> is an EPK-like featurette that only offers the very basic info with behind-the-scenes footage.<\/p>\n

Also includes a Music Video (3:45; SD)<\/strong><\/span> by Everclear and the Theatrical Trailer (2:24; SD)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rock Star<\/em><\/strong> takes stage on Blu-ray presented in its original 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio and a decent 1080p high-definition transfer. The video might not look fantastic where detail levels on distant objects and people isn\u2019t the best, but close-ups aren\u2019t bad and the colors appear to be vibrant enough. Darker scenes show no major signs of pixilation and\/or compression. The big downside is the noise is apparent and makes some scenes appear to be semi-splotchy.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track gets full usage thanks to the numerous concert and music scenes, providing nice depth and clarity while dialogue levels sound crisp and clear coming from the center channel. It might not be reference quality, but it\u2019s certainly a good lossless track that fans of the movie will appreciate.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, in Rock Star<\/em><\/strong>, I can respect Mark Wahlberg\u2019s performance, and some of those in the supporting cast like Timothy Olymphant and Jason Flemyng, but it\u2019s a clich\u00e9d drama that never quite hit the, ahem, right high notes to make for an engaging drama. The Blu-ray released by Warner has some thin special features while the video\/audio transfers are at least sufficient.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>04\/20\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Rock Star, I can respect Mark Wahlberg\u2019s performance, and some of those in the supporting cast like Timothy Olymphant and Jason Flemyng, but it\u2019s a clich\u00e9d drama that never quite hit the, ahem, right high notes to make for an engaging drama.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[2682,2941,345,159,318,1281],"class_list":["post-7387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-dominic-west","tag-jason-flemyng","tag-jennifer-aniston","tag-mark-wahlberg","tag-timothy-olymphant","tag-timothy-spall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27718,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7387\/revisions\/27718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}