My wife found this on the shelf at Best Buy and expressed a lot of interest in it. I told her to hold off on it until I could find a review. Thanks Ron, for the heads up on this one. It will be one of my rare rentals if I can find it at the Evil Empire (Blockbuster).
OSL: Swedish Title: The Seventh Seal I love this film because: The theme of the film is thought provoking, the performances are excellent, the story is dramatic with moments of levity. The plot - A man returning from the Crusades is questioning the existance of God. He is searching for the...
I was really unimpressed with Speed the first time I saw it. For some reason, I can believe that aliens use humans as living hosts and burst from their chests, but cannot, for the life of me, believe for a second that a *bus* can jump a huge gap in a bridge, no matter how fast it is going.
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Thank you Peter!
Ok, based upon my understanding thus far, here is my theory of the evolution of the word "score"...:)
It sounds like all of them are technically soundtracks and the term "score" is used as a sub-category. Or is "score", akin to the term "vegan", which is an extreme form of...
I agree with your sentiments about how much Lucas was "inspired by" The Hidden Fortress. I think he was inspired by the two bumbling idiots and turned them into C-3PO and R2-D2. The princess idea seemed like an potential influence, but I honestly couldn't see a many other similarities between SW...
Seven Samurai is in my top 3 favorite films of all time. The characters are well drawn out, the emotionally moving story is engaging with humor, drama, action, and even a small love story in there. In short, it has it all. What blows me away, is that the arrows that you see people shot with...
Vangelis' "Themes" CD contains two tracks from "The Bounty", which only whet my appetite for the whole thing. I would snap it up in a heartbeat. I thought I knew what the difference between a soundtrack and a score is, but apparently I am wrong. I always thought that the score was the...
Agee,
Thank you for posting a verifiable link to an established critic. That was what I was looking for.
Randy,
The proof I wanted was in response to your claim that "most musicians and critics" think Williams is a hack, because you know what you think, but how do you know what most other...
Randy, Thank you for clearing that up for me. I will try to pay more attention to musical plagiarism in my assessment of who is a great composer. I guess it doesn't mean that I can't enjoy the music, nonetheless. That being said, Williams certainly knows which pieces to borrow to fit the...
Randy, Since you are so outspoken and appear to be an authority on what constitutes a "hack", maybe you could educate me beyond the fact that Williams borrows music for his themes. Hans Zimmer borrowed heavily from Holst when he wrote the score for Gladiator, does this mean he is a hack also...
Randy, No, I don't read any periodicals or watch TV shows associated with classical music or film scores. So, again, please site specific magazine titles and/or TV programs so that I may see what you are talking about. I will try to find the thread you are talking about, but it is too easy to...
The number 2 at the bottom means it is the second DVD in the Criterion Collection. Go to Criterion Collection to see the current list in release order.
I know this is slightly off-topic, but my 9 yr. old son could probably come up with a better list than this. It wasn't until I was a teenager before I really started paying attention to film scores. Thankfully, my son has picked up on it at an early age. He always comments on the music in any...
I enjoy the LOTR:FOTR score, but it is nowhere near my favorite. I wish at least one of the following would have appeared somewhere in that list: 1.) Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith) 2.) Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris) 3.) The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
I recently watched the films in my Definitive Collection Box with no problems whatsoever. If they haven't begun to rot by now, then I don't think I have to worry about it...I hope, since this set is the only reason I own an LD player.
This one is also on my "wish list". I would buy it day and date if it is ever released. Let's just hope that it is released in widscreen (if ever) unlike two others I was excited about: The Villian and Return of the Killer Tomatoes (George Clooney's best movie ever). I was seriously dismayed...
Patrick,
You misunderstand me, I have several of the titles you mentioned being in snapper cases, it's just that, if when given limited resources and equal love for the film, I choose the title in the keep case. I wouldn't buy a bad movie such as glitter, as you suggested, in favor of...