Release Date:
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Long before Rock Star hit theaters, we heard that the studio changed the title from the much cooler sounding Metal God and were disappointed. However, in retrospect, Metal God was too cool a title for the final product. Rock Star is an eh title for an eh movie. It was Heavy Metal Parking Lot without genuine mullets, Boogie Nights without Heathers unfettered Grahams. Unfortunately, the same can be said of the DVD.
While not bad, its not all that mind-blowing either. The behind-the-scenes documentary amounts to nothing more than E! channel filler, and never should an Everclear music video be considered a special feature. Art Alexakis has gotten away with writing the same song for the past five years, and the tune Rock Star is no different. Salvaging the disc, however, is the solo commentary by director Stephen Herek. Informative (the creative uses of digital effectsfrom covering the Santa Monica mountains with Pittsburgh smokestacks to changing Tim Olyphants unauthorized Harley Davidson T-shirt into Hard Head Beerare amazing) and funny (the challenge of shooting around Marky Marks tats and aversion to make-up), Herek doles out tales in quick bites, rather than droning on in boring tangents like other directors left to their own devices. Oh, OKwe might have banged our heads a little to Stand Up and Shout. Were only human.
While not bad, its not all that mind-blowing either. The behind-the-scenes documentary amounts to nothing more than E! channel filler, and never should an Everclear music video be considered a special feature. Art Alexakis has gotten away with writing the same song for the past five years, and the tune Rock Star is no different. Salvaging the disc, however, is the solo commentary by director Stephen Herek. Informative (the creative uses of digital effectsfrom covering the Santa Monica mountains with Pittsburgh smokestacks to changing Tim Olyphants unauthorized Harley Davidson T-shirt into Hard Head Beerare amazing) and funny (the challenge of shooting around Marky Marks tats and aversion to make-up), Herek doles out tales in quick bites, rather than droning on in boring tangents like other directors left to their own devices. Oh, OKwe might have banged our heads a little to Stand Up and Shout. Were only human.