Which Summer 2017 blockbuster film and score are you most looking forward to?

[Gnome in Plaid 219]

6 hours ago, Jay said:

Because it opens in March? 

Wait, really?  Oh... cool.

[Jay 37,351]

It opens Friday March 31, 2017, yes.

[mstrox 6,651]

Preview looks real bad.

[Jay 37,351]

For what, Ghost in the Shell?  Have you seen the original movie?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I hate cyberpunk.

[Jay 37,351]

The hotness of ScarJo isn't enough to overcome your hatred of that?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Just now, Jay said:

The hotness of ScarJo isn't enough to overcome your hatred of that?

 

Nah.  Maybe I'll watch it if it hits HBO next year or something.  The original just isn't the kind of anime I like.

[crocodile 8,006]

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets on both fronts. Not sure why I picked the film... probably because it is an unknown commodity and I always had a soft spot for overcooked, over-enthusiastic and ridiculous The Fifth Element. If it can't be good at least here's hoping it will entertain me. And it also seems like a perfect type big project for Desplat who might thrive away from Hollywood system that tends to dilute too much.

 

Karol

[mstrox 6,651]

On ‎1‎/‎31‎/‎2017 at 4:25 PM, Jay said:

For what, Ghost in the Shell?  Have you seen the original movie?

 

Yes, and no.

On ‎1‎/‎31‎/‎2017 at 4:33 PM, Jay said:

The hotness of ScarJo isn't enough to overcome your hatred of that?

 

I'm sure I could find much shorter, freer, more private movies if I want to spend my time leering at somebody.

[Jay 37,351]

Leering?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

6 minutes ago, Jay said:

Leering?

 

Why dont you Google it instead of asking people what it means?

 

leer¹

lɪə/

verb

gerund or present participle: leering

1. look or gaze in a lascivious or unpleasant way.

   "bystanders were leering at the nude painting"

   synonyms:

   ogle, look lasciviously, look suggestively, give sly looks to, eye, watch, stare, goggle; More

[Jay 37,351]

Oh I know what it means, I just found it odd that he assumed the reason to see an attractive person lead an action film is to leer at them.  His words, not mine!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

He's a pervert, obviously! 

Keep him away from the children!

[mstrox 6,651]

I meant it as a response to the statement that one would watch and enjoy a bad movie solely due to the "hotness" of an actor.

[crocodile 8,006]

So you'd be staring at them instead offering some paracetamol for their fever? That's not very nice of you.

 

Karol

[Jay 37,351]

8 minutes ago, crocodile said:

paracetamol

 

Now there's a word I've never seen before!

 

After looking it up to see what it is, I see we call it acetaminophen here.

[crocodile 8,006]

So we both managed to learn something today then. JWFan entertains and educates!

 

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Seriously? Do you Ibuprofen there, Jason?

[Jay 37,351]

1 minute ago, Stefancos said:

Do you Ibuprofen there, Jason?

 

Try that sentence again.

[mstrox 6,651]

"Paracetamol" isn't on either our generic or brand-name Ibuprofen bottles over here.

 

I buprofen all the time, do you?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Oh yeah!

[Pieter Boelen 740]

I really like adventure movies, so for all intents and purposes I should be excited about there being so many new ones.

But they seem to be all kid's films or very much plagued by "modern movie syndrome", which really dampens my interest.

 

In the end, I picked "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" for the film.

I've found something to enjoy in all the previous films, even though all sequels have been MASSIVELY flawed.

I sincerely hope that this will be a step UP, though I am not at all expecting that.

The teaser trailer did an incredible job at completely and utterly dis-interesting me.

 

For the score, I am most curious about "The Mummy by Brian Tyler".

The film looks like "modern and gloomy dreck" and I haven't got a clue what is the point of it at all.

But Brian Tyler can, occasionally, come up with some fun music.

If he allows some upbeat adventure and/or exotic Egyptian/Middle-Eastern flavour to slip in there, it might actually end up somewhat enjoyable.

 

In the end, though, I honestly have no clue what films to look forward to this year.

Apart from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is there ANY upcoming film that even remotely approaches "somewhat old-fashioned upbeat adventure"?

Or is that something that now only applies to some extent to Marvel Superhero movies?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Why do you give each sentence its own line?

[mstrox 6,651]

It's a poem.

[Jay 37,351]

35 minutes ago, Pieter_Boelen said:

Apart from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is there ANY upcoming film that even remotely approaches "somewhat old-fashioned upbeat adventure"?

 

Kong: Skull Island ?

 

The Book of Henry ?

 

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ?

 

Jumanji ?

[Pieter Boelen 740]

Kong seems to be dripping with "modern movie syndrome".

I liked the Peter Jackson version; not sure how they intend to make this one better.

It does look different though, so they've got that going for them.

 

Book of Henry is apparently a drama. Could that be fun?

 

Valerian is barely on my RADAR. Might be worth investigating though.

 

Jumanji definitely counts though!

Not sure what approach they'll end up taking, but at least they hired a good composer.

That might be an indication that they've got their intentions in the right place. Sure hope so!

[Jay 37,351]

9 minutes ago, Pieter_Boelen said:

Valerian is barely on my RADAR. Might be worth investigating though.

 

 

[Pieter Boelen 740]

Doesn't look half bad, actually!

But WHAT was up with the music in that trailer?!?

Not as bad as Star Trek Beyond, I suppose, but still....

[BloodBoal 7,538]

I think the music works fine, to be honest.

 

But anyway, who cares? Desplat's score is going to be awesome!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Eric Serra would have been better!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Rubbish!

[A24 4,331]

On 24-1-2017 at 10:28 PM, Richard said:

At least one more after AC, to link it directly to the original.

 

Hey, those are my initials! Does that mean Alien Covenant is not going to suck?!

 

 

Films:

 

Blade Runner 2049 (why is it not in the poll? Who authorized this?!)

 

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2

 

 

Film Scores:

 

Meh

 

 

 

 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Baywatch.

[Jay 37,351]

6 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

Blade Runner 2049 (why is it not in the poll?

 

Because it opens in October?

[Mephariel 451]

Film is probably Dunkirk or War for the Planet of the Apes.

 

Score is probably Dunkirk or Valerian. 

[Jay 37,351]

@Drax's pick in the poll has a new trailer

 

 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

We need a Golden Age of TV quality remake of that show!

 

 

[Thor 7,495]

So I just came back from THE MUMMY. Massive disappointment.

[Jay 37,351]

Better or worse than Wonder Woman, Fast and Furious 8, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2?

[Thor 7,495]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

Better or worse than Wonder Woman, Fast and Furious 8, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2?

 

Haven't seen any of those yet. WONDER WOMAN premieres here in Norway next week, F&F I missed the press screening of and GUARDIANS I deliberately avoided because I hated the first movie.

 

Thankfully, there are still several titles to be seen, from the list of the first post, so that ALIEN: COVENANT hopefully doesn't stand all alone as the only great summer blockbuster this year.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

It's a shame there hasn't been one score for a big Summer blockbuster yet that I'd want to listen to more than once.  The samples for The Mummy sound boring as hell, but I'll give it one full listen.  GOTG2 and Baby Driver at least have great songtracks (can't wait to see Baby Driver).

[Thor 7,495]

The score was indeed boring as hell.

 

I'm not usually one to reminisce about the golden days of yesteryear, but in this case, I found myself constantly thinking of the brilliant 90s/early 2000s scores by Goldsmith and Silvestri for the two (wonderful) MUMMY films by Sommers. I was hoping Tyler would at least rise up to the occasion in a few moments, but he didn't. Anonymous, boring wallpaper.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

I really want to hear a Besson/Desplat collaboration, so I voted for VALERIAN...

I'm also looking forward the David Holmes' LOGAN LUCKY.

[Jay 37,351]

I like Holmes' Ocean's 11 score a lot!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I guess I'm looking forward to Justice League and Star Wars this summer, but once January rolls around there's nothing really on.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

That's right!  You live in The Upside Down.

[DominicCobb 194]

7 hours ago, Jay said:

Better or worse than Wonder Woman, Fast and Furious 8, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2?

 

I saw The Mummy too, a bit back. Considerably worse than all three of those as a film (I quite liked all of those, didn't care much at all for Mummy), score-wise probably the least too, though not too much so as they're all kinda on the generic side (WW had its moments though).

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

On 06/06/2017 at 5:37 PM, Jay said:

I like Holmes' Ocean's 11 score a lot!

 

I think that the OCEAN'S scores get better, as the films diminish. Having said that, I really, really like 12, as a film.

[Jay 37,351]

I actually have never listened to the albums for 12 or 13; I should rectify that!

The 11 album bugs me with all the dialogue over it.  I'd love a specialty label to do a box set of all three scores

[Koray Savas 2,251]

As a fan of the films and their soundtracks, that is completely unnecessary.