Just Make Us Look Cool...

Front and center, thousands starring while holding a mic and a guitar. Adrenaline running through numerous veins to only hope to rock as hard as anyone has ever before. Almost Famous represents music and the people who need and follow the adrenaline of music. William Miller (played by Patrick Fugit) dreams to become a good writer. Be able to write about things that matter to him, music. As, William sends his underground paper to Lester Bangs he is directed to follow his outstanding writing abilities and to not fall shallowly into misleading and unwanted writing by the evil honkey dory Rolling Stones. Through the film William follows the band Stillwater in 1973 to critic the concert for Creem magazine. William ignited their attention by knowing the band members by their first names and why he personally was reached out by the music. When William finds out that he gets to write a full front cover issue of Rolling Stones for Stillwater they utterly repeat to William, "just make us look cool," William learning to write through his experiences faces turbulent swings as to write what he knows and see then what Rolling Stones just wants to hear. William frequently called Lester Bangs for advice in communicating with band members and Rolling Stones. As being put on the tight rope William tries to balance what the band will approve of and what he is actually reviewing, the music. As, relationships built William found himself having a harder time being critical. When the band didn't confirm that the story was true for Rolling Stones they had a tuff time knowing if William was telling the truth. The criticizing that William had to portray shows the constant struggle that writers and journalist have to go through to get things straight.