I love Adam Shankman as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance so I blame Glee for Rock of Ages. I thought that before they started trotting out the Journey songs, which incidentally I normally like. There are too many stories, and each is wretched in its own way. The love story and singing between Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta dominated the movie and makes the movie soup to nuts crap: bad acting, bad singing. Best part of the film: Tom Cruise. Cruise always seems to enjoy playing bad boys more; thus making him more enjoyable to watch. What I found particularly hilarious is that Cruise was acting as if it was a drama. He played it totally straight, and I think that was the right move. It also helps that he was paired with the excellent Paul Giamatti and a solid actor, Malin Akerman, who looks a bit like a blond Olivia Wilde and is memorable for being in Watchmen. Funniest part of the film: creepy phone call between a guy answering the phone at Rolling Stone and Cruise. Catherine Zeta Jones wasn’t given much to do and only got to have fun staring with her scene with Cruise. Other than Cruise, the film was interesting when Mary J. Blige appeared even though she is not rock. Rock of Ages needed more real performers, ideally singers.