Mr. Brown

Williams talks 'Fiddler' before the film's screening on Sunday, with casting director Lynn Stalmaster and director Norman Jewison:

That's fine. You can apply reality to a half-assed action film (based on a stunning novel) and two pieces of sh*t all you want.
However, seeing what's been done with the series since 1993, and thinking in terms of a decent plot, it really doesn't work. For instance, Wu--a grounded, intelligent and underused character--is coming back to the new film. Do you think he'd really give it another go, after what happened the first time around and knowing about the events in the sequels? We're talking about a logical man. A scientist. A few of his colleagues and a tourist were killed in the first film, along with the deaths of x amount of people in the second and third films. A dinosaur was shipped to San Diego and got loose, resulting in deaths, too. Now there's a new park, with the same dinosaurs, and the same thing is going to happen again? Talk about lazy and desperately milking this franchise for a few more bucks. Sounds like they're using the formula from the DEATH WISH films, which includes recycling the plot over and over and over until you can't make any more money from it.
This should be a reboot. Something tells me that it very well could be, but they're just not revealing it yet. I'm hoping it is. I'd be much more interested in this film, especially since it's not directed by a guy who's known to produce blockbuster action flicks. A reboot would be promising.

That's fine. You can apply reality to a half-assed action film (based on a stunning novel) and two pieces of sh*t all you want.
However, seeing what's been done with the series since 1993, and thinking in terms of a decent plot, it really doesn't work. For instance, Wu--a grounded, intelligent and underused character--is coming back to the new film. Do you think he'd really give it another go, after what happened the first time around and knowing about the events in the sequels? We're talking about a logical man. A scientist. A few of his colleagues and a tourist were killed in the first film, along with the deaths of x amount of people in the second and third films. A dinosaur was shipped to San Diego and got loose, resulting in deaths, too. Now there's a new park, with the same dinosaurs, and the same thing is going to happen again? Talk about lazy and desperately milking this franchise for a few more bucks. Sounds like they're using the formula from the DEATH WISH films, which includes recycling the plot over and over and over until you can't make any more money from it.
This should be a reboot. Something tells me that it very well could be, but they're just not revealing it yet. I'm hoping it is. I'd be much more interested in this film, especially since it's not directed by a guy who's known to produce blockbuster action flicks. A reboot would be promising.

Starting to seem that way. Outside of film and music circles, I doubt you'd hear much of Herrmann. At my school, I'd guess that, of the entire film program, 3-5 people know of him. Two, if you're lucky, could name more than one of his works. Granted, most of the people studying film here are f**kwits, I wouldn't be surprised if this is common at other universities.
I've never understood why film students aren't given a mandatory film music class. It'd be invaluable. You need to know film music in order to utilize it properly in a film. Half of the independent films I see have shit music. Nearly every student film I've seen has shit music.
True shame...

Starting to seem that way. Outside of film and music circles, I doubt you'd hear much of Herrmann. At my school, I'd guess that, of the entire film program, 3-5 people know of him. Two, if you're lucky, could name more than one of his works. Granted, most of the people studying film here are f**kwits, I wouldn't be surprised if this is common at other universities.
I've never understood why film students aren't given a mandatory film music class. It'd be invaluable. You need to know film music in order to utilize it properly in a film. Half of the independent films I see have shit music. Nearly every student film I've seen has shit music.
True shame...

Hailed as a great composer, ranking up there with Herrmann, Steiner, Newman, Korngold, and the other masters.

KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951)
THE LADYKILLERS (1955)
A little Guinness marathon for his centenary.

It seems like a lot of critiques are written this way on the Internet. I guess you need to figure that 75% of the people reading the site are looking for the latest Paris Holton and Kim Kevorkian news, or they're hair-brained hipsters looking for a quick fix on cultural news so they can brag to their friends at the nearby Starbucks. To those people, an article like this, using bullets and big words, is a critical analysis. To anyone else with half of a brain, it's shit. Reads like a goddamn IMDB review for THE DARK KNIGHT.
Some other examples from the article:

It's an outstanding score. Perhaps it's better listening to it in the context of the film, rather than without the film. Certain scenes resonate in either case, though, such as the cue around 5:20 in "The Necklace, The Return and Finale". It's a beautiful, haunting piece of music especially when paired with the line "You shouldn't have been that sentimental."
Like Sharky, and many others, I prefer Herrmann's OBSESSION over VERTIGO. Wish we'd get a f**king full release on CD.
Now, tell me what's so special about James Horner's score for ALIENS. Nothing? Oh, alright.
Edit: 69th post. heh heh heh.

Ugh. Talent could not be wasted on worse films!

Williams is a reptilian shapeshifter working for Obama's communist regime.

I'm the forum's residence science expert. Dinosaurs didn't exist and the earth is only 300 years old. Thanks for asking!

Hey! Not all of us!

Thanks! I've always thought that paleontologists were con men working for the illuminati.

THE LONG GOODBYE
Maybe not Williams's greatest achievement, but it's damn fun and fitting for the film.

It's also strange how people actually enjoy his movies.

Looks hilariously bad.

S7WARS

S CLUB 7 WARS

Just go to the last score thread.

You should have that as your epitaph.

I think it's cool.

I don't think the animation segment was made to exclude or push away religious viewers. It wasn't a direct attack on religion. It laid out facts and historical events, with the moral being that viewers should learn to think for themselves and be more open-minded. That's how they portrayed Bruno, too. I think that's all that Tyson and the producers can ask for, and perhaps that's the essence of COSMOS.
I liked the part of the ending, too, where Tyson said his encounter with Sagan didn't just confirm that he wanted to be a scientist, but also showed him what type of person he wanted to be like. The context being that Sagan bothered to take the time of out his schedule to meet up with some kid from Harlem and to make sure that he had a safe ride home. That said a lot about Sagan, as a person.
I bet you'd be hard-pressed to find any celebrity in the film industry, for example, who would take the time to do that.

I don't think the animation segment was made to exclude or push away religious viewers. It wasn't a direct attack on religion. It laid out facts and historical events, with the moral being that viewers should learn to think for themselves and be more open-minded. That's how they portrayed Bruno, too. I think that's all that Tyson and the producers can ask for, and perhaps that's the essence of COSMOS.
I liked the part of the ending, too, where Tyson said his encounter with Sagan didn't just confirm that he wanted to be a scientist, but also showed him what type of person he wanted to be like. The context being that Sagan bothered to take the time of out his schedule to meet up with some kid from Harlem and to make sure that he had a safe ride home. That said a lot about Sagan, as a person.
I bet you'd be hard-pressed to find any celebrity in the film industry, for example, who would take the time to do that.

I'm hoping for DRACULA. Heard him play parts of it live in 2009. Great score, in my opinion.
What other Williams scores haven't been released? Or, at least, released properly? THE REIVERS? Haven't heard much of that score.