Jump to content

Leaderboard

Popular Content

Showing content with the highest reputation on 16/12/12 in all areas

  1. Yeah. I think this is one of the reasons I can't get into Dune. Even if I know that Herbert might actually even be critical of some of the stuff in it that makes me reject it. The amount of ideological misery in it is too much to handle. Of course a writer or a filmmaker might recreate a world as full of crap as our world is, but sometimes it can work too well for its own good, causing genuine gut rejection instead of intelectual observation. Specially if I'm not sure about the creator's opinion on the matter.
    1 point
  2. The thing is that movies in general do an awful lot to transport us to worlds we left behind for good (and for the better of millions of people) - only on the screen we seemingly cannot get enough of chosen ones, throne heirs, princesses, emperors, knieves etc. It begs the question if fantasy is really that stupid or the imaginative ones just don't catch up. Interestingly, as abysmal as the STAR WARS prequels are, Lucas addressed this very question and i found it quite interesting - it makes the formal and directorial inadequacies all the more painful.
    1 point
  3. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Admin note: Go here for Stefan's full review.
    1 point
  4. Great choice, Alice. The Constant Nymph contains perhaps my favourite piece of music by Korngold, the tone poem Tomorrow. Listening to it always cheers me up if I've had a rough day. I saw it performed in a concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra a few years ago at the Royal Festival Hall and it was so lovely.
    1 point
  5. It gets really tiring on the ears to hear the same theme, in the same progression, in the same freaking presentation about 15 times in the movie! Its not fanboyism as it has nothing to do with the fact that Shore's original music wasn't heard. The fact is that the aforementioned passage became incredibly redundant to the point where it seemed like a cheap tactic to enforce emotions that were not necessarily there. Basically, that cue had special significance in the LotR films with its big finales and long emotional speeches. To harken back to that is great, but to repeat it ad nauseum for every little moral and lesson along the way is just a cheap way to rile up LotR nostalgia. On the other hand, I wonder if Shore will give us the same kind of powerful emotional conclusion with Bilbo's Theme. KK - whose listening to the score and really liking Bilbo's Theme(s) as well
    1 point
  6. Listened to this again last night. Well, now I can spot at least 10 new themes and motifs, probably even more. And that doesn't even include the old material. Karol - really liking Bilbo's theme
    1 point
  7. Still not getting why some people need to think of a book adaptation in terms of its chapters, the number of which is completely irrelevant as far as translating them into working film language goes.
    1 point
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Guidelines.