Tallguy

I've been seeing that headline a lot lately. I don't get how a movie that came out last year is "set to blow its budget" now. Is the movie somehow doing worse than it did a year ago when it was a bomb?

Agreed. I just feel like someone "important" wants him to. We watched The Breakfast Club last night. It was remarkable to think that every one of those five kids seemed to be on the cusp of superstardom and none of them really made it.

I always thought the same thing until I got the 1997 set and I realized that it isn't another droid motif, it's actually a variation on Jabba's theme.

Hmmm. The director is Josh Cooley, a Pixar guy. Specifically "Worked on a lot of MG scored Pixar films" guy.

What time do they usually announce?

I'm using "star" in the most superficial leading man kind of sense. I didn't want to make the Cruise comparison just because of Powell's Top Gun connection. No, I don't think Philip Seymour Hoffman was ever a star in this sense. An astonishing actor, but not a leading man star. I remember a friend of mine pointing out that in the 70's Walter Matthau of all people was this kind of star. As was Dustin Hoffman. But Powell seems to be in his "Risky Business" phase. Or maybe even before. He hasn't had his Top Gun. (See why I was avoiding the Cruise comparison?) Top Gun was more like his Taps or The Outsiders. Is he going to be Tom Cruise or is he going to be Rob Lowe? I'm trying to think of someone who was going to be The Next Big Deal that then totally fell off the map. For a minute that was probably going to be Robert Downey Jr. To me the last Big Star that we've had (and yes, I know I'm picking guys) was Matt Damon. We don't have many (any?) traditional Leading Men anymore. Henry Cavil might be getting there. But he's kind of a weird case. None of the Chrises (Pratt, Pine, Evans) seem to be able to open a movie. Mel Gibson is good example. He became known because of Road Warrior but when did he become a reliable Star? It seems he was there by the time they made Thunderdome. If not then shortly after. Alien probably put Sigourney Weaver on the map, but by the time she returned for Aliens she was as more of the draw on her own than as being the returning star (survivor) of Alien. Depends on how many and for how long.

Don't know if this should go here or in a score thread in the John Williams section proper. But I put on the complete(ish) Return of the Jedi today. (Some sort of mish-mash of sources. I think it's probably one of the ABC editions.) I don't know that there is another score, not even a Star Wars score, that takes me to THE first time that I saw a film the way Jedi does. I hear that intro of the Star Destroyer and Vader's approach as JW teases the Imperial March through the first minutes and I can feel the air conditioning and I can smell the popcorn. I can feel the summer heat when the doors open at the end. I can remember the cheers at the Fox and Lucasfilm logos, the hush during "A long time ago" and the cheers again at Star Wars. The Jabba music in particular can make me "hear" the ambiance of a cinema. We're film music nerds, and for many of us part of the appeal is re-experiencing a beloved film. But this isn't just the film, this is that exact DAY. I wonder why this one?

No. There was a lot of "peak TV" drama that just wasn't my cup of tea. I'm on the fence about Fallout. I hear it's great. And it's Jonathan Nolan. But I'm afraid it might be a bit too much for me. My dad loved Justified.

I really do need to get that.

He's been around a minute, hasn't he? I had no idea. I knew him from Ant-Man and the Wasp and Community.

Update: She was suitably dismayed. The "It's a peaceful life" meme was icing. So thank you, all!

Man there are people that LOVE that score. I don't get it. Maybe I should give it the ol'... You know.

Ahhh that delicate moment where Powell becomes an actual star or not. Or maybe he moves completely sideways and he's the next Alec Baldwin? Who knows?

What if Pixar made a Transformers movie? I'm not sure what I think of this. If nothing else it looks fun. But it's kind of got Lightyear vibes.

My daughter is going to throw something at me when I show her this!