I got WRECK 'N HURL instead of ROCK 'N ROLL.

Rocks in shallow water hurts. 
Rock of Ages hurt - from my toes up to my brain.

I have always been a fan of musicals. I personally see them as uplifting, as their songs always have been. Then again, maybe it's just my choices of musicals: the high-spirited and passionate ones. Masterful choreography makes me smile, as synchronization is one of the perks of being a perfectionist. There's so much life in a musical. You sometimes need to sing and dance, not forgetting to keep in character however your hands and feet move about, to express a certain feeling, a certain cause. That's why High School Musical was a phenomenon! I personally believe it gave new life (but of course Cry-Baby and Grease gave birth to it) - I dare say, resurrected - to musical movies for the younger generation, the most demanding as it is most profitable. Hence, the Glee outbreak.

Rock of Ages took musical movies rock bottom.

Just because a film has all these 1980's hit songs, and I do admit were great songs, that you have to rule out a solid plot. I feel like they cut out parts from the original Broadway production that made the film just plain filthy and unremarkable.

Tom Cruise was undesirable and truly performed a role that had grimace wiped off my face a mission impossible. A minority report to his many outstanding roles. A husband to a beguile wife, a father to a beautiful daughter, Cruise should've been more conscious of his movie roles. Known for his role as Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible sagas, a rock star role was a role most ambitious. And it did look ambitious to the point of annoyance mixed with pity.

Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx

To the rest of the cast of Rock of Ages, it was a school play that won first prize; a prize that has little or no value to your career.