[What is the Last Film You Watched? - Part II]

The Rock is the only Michael Bay film I actually enjoyed. And that's hardly a classic, just decent entertainment.

[What is the Last Film You Watched? - Part II]

You're not a fan of Orson Welles' swan song, then?

I watched Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. Enjoyed it. A bit too much of (nearly) everyone singing Kubrick's praises, but still interesting.

- Rob, who will watch the original Sleuth for the first time tonight

[What is the Last Film You Watched? - Part II]

So did I. He's nearly always very good - though sadly the same can't be said for the films he's in. How do you go from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to Critters 4 and Spontaneous Combustion?

[What is the Last Film You Watched? - Part II]

Oooohhh.... I'll have to get to see that. I guess I'd even make a trip out to London if necessary.

I watched The Exorcist III yesterday. I enjoyed it. It suffers from the studio-imposed cuts and re-shoots (Jason Miller and Nicol Williamson weren't even in the original cut!), but in general it's so well done that it almost made me forget that it's a totally unnecessary sequel. I did notice one glaring mistake: Kinderman claims that Karras was his "best friend" - didn't they only meet once in the first movie?

[What is the Last Film You Watched? - Part II]

How was the "final cut"? Doesn't look like it will be released to UK cinemas, I'll have to wait for the DVD.

[What is your favorite Indiana Jones action cue?]

"Desert Chase", probably, but "Slalom on Mt. Humol" is a very close second.

[Rank your top 10 film composers and top 10 film scores]

Composers:

1=. John Williams

1=. Jerry Goldsmith

1=. Bernard Herrmann

4. Ennio Morricone

5. Alex North

6. Miklos Rozsa

7. Elliot Goldenthal

8. Basil Poledouris

9. John Barry

10. Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Honourable mentions to Franz Waxman, Elmer Bernstein and Danny Elfman.

Scores:

No way I can pick out and rank ten. I'll pick one each of my top 10 composers.

John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Alex North - Spartacus

Miklos Rozsa - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Elliot Goldenthal - Batman Forever

Basil Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian

John Barry - You Only Live Twice

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - The Adventures of Robin Hood

And the honourable mentions go to Sunset Boulevard for Waxman, The Great Escape for Bernstein, and Batman for Elfman.

[Top 5: Director Series]

1. Taxi Driver

2. Raging Bull

3. The King of Comedy

4. Mean Streets

5. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

[Top 5: Director Series]

Is this films or scores?

[The Big Bad Star Trek XI Thread]

I thought they already cast Spock.

I've only heard Urban rumoured to play McCoy... which sounds equally unlikely, to be honest.

[Most popular film/TV music to the general public]

Jaws, and the James Bond theme.

[Intrada's next release]

What about downloading bootlegs?

[Intrada's next release]

Daddy-O does not fit into the "since 1977" catergory.

But no, I don't think it was.

[The Big Bad Star Trek XI Thread]

Simon Pegg as Scotty?

[ST:TMP Love Theme?]

A vocal version of the love theme from The Omen.

[ST:TMP Love Theme?]

Never...ever listened to The Piper Dreams also.

Good for you, really.

Indeed. I've just about managed to get those awful lyrics out of my head, I kept thinking of them every single time I heard that (beautiful) theme in the score.

[How many scores can you listen to the entire thing?]

So you never (or rarely) just listen to a CD from beginning to end?

[Top 5: Composer Series]

1. You Only Live Twice

2. Raise the Titanic

3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

4. Body Heat

5. King Kong

[My Star Wars arrangement is finished]

Wow! Very well done.

[Most patriotic sounding piece of film music?]

What is the most patriotic sounding piece of film music you have heard? (sorry non-Americans)

Why, is patriotism always about America?

Indeed...

I'll go for Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible.

[R.I.P Lois Maxwell]

R.I.P. Very sad news.

There are so many classic Moneypenny moments with her, my favourite is probably Goldfinger's.

[Top 5: Composer Series]

1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

2. Alien

3. Chinatown

4. Under Fire

5. The Blue Max

- Rob, who doesn't "get" the First Contact score

[What is the Last Film You Watched? - Part II]

The Ladykillers (1955). Always a fun movie. Cleverly written, well acted and just really entertaining. No remake was required.

1408 (2007). I enjoyed it. Not even close to being great, but entertaining and never boring, despite most of the "twists" being quite predictable.

[What's your least favorite score you own?]

I forgot one, far worse than Patriot Games: the free promo of Dumb and Dumberer and Run Ronnie Run, that came with an FSM order.

[What's your least favorite score you own?]

The Day the Earth Stood Still by Bernard Herrmann

Of the ones I still own (that I haven't sold) I'll say Patriot Games. I had some others that are worse, but I got rid of them. I've tried selling this one, but no-one seems to want it...