ChuckM

For any type of big movie like this, you can just about guarantee there will be a sequel.

Alright, I just tracked down and watched the cartoon for the first time. I must say, I am not at all impressed. The graphics were cool, but that's about it. The voice acting was horribly corny. The soundtrack was disgusting. (about the only good thing in it was the Weird Al song, and it's not one of his best) And plot? Are you kidding me? That had hardly any plot. It was just big robots smashing the snot out of each other for an hour and a half. Now don't get me wrong. Despite all that, it was still relatively enjoyable to watch. But I could not possibly imagine this new movie not being better in all those areas (especially plot) than that cartoon.

So... watch the exact same story in different graphics? I'd prefer to just have a new story. Keep the main characters, and the basic idea, but don't just copy the original.

I've thoroughly enjoyed a lot of Bay films. Sure, they're not too plot heavy, but they're great action flicks. Plot heavy movies are cool too, but you need variety. Watching only the same type of movie all the time would get boring after a while. Sometimes you just want to sit down and watch stuff blow up.

I would. Then I'd see it again when it's legitimately released. Rats. Oh well. lol

BTW, how did you see it so soon? Are you like a film reviewer, or is it online already? (and if the latter, could you PM me the link? )

And.... the score? How was it?

Seconded. There are the bootlegs, but still no official release of the score. (unless you count the few poorly rerecorded tracks on the trilogy cd)

I know that a lot of film composers use MIDI mockups as they are writing the score. Do those original MIDI mockups ever get leaked? If so, does anyone know of a website or someplace to get a hold of some?

Unfortunately, they only really care about the American rating. Not a bad suggestion though.

I have no moral qualms about breaking their rules every now and then. I just have to be careful. It's easier though to just listen to mostly PG soundtracks. I've got some suggestions now for some soundtracks that sound really good. Thanks guys! Speakers. They're not as dumb as they may seem. If they allowed headphones, they would have no way of monitoring the music you listen to.

Best score to an old Disney cartoon is Zimmer's score to Lion King.

Here's my list. (although there are a few I need to update it with still) 2 Fast 2 Furious Airforce One Amistad An American Journey Artificial Intelligence Atlantis - the Lost Empire Back to the Future - The Score (bootleg) Back to the Future Original Score (other bootleg) Back to the Future Back to the Future II Back to the Future III Back to the Future Trilogy Band of Brothers Batman Returns Beautiful Mind Braveheart Blade Runner Blood Diamond Chronicles of Narnia Close Encounters of the Third Kind Crimson Tide Donnie Darko Edward Scissorhands Empire of the Sun ET ET 2002 Evolution Far and Away Fast and the Furious 3 Tokyo Drift Flyboys Gettysburg Hunt for Red October Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Hook Hook Ultimate Edition (bootleg) Incredibles Independence Day Indiana Jones And the Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones And the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones Trilogy James Bond soundtracks (all of them) Jurassic Park Jurassic Park II Lost World Jurassic Park III Kingdom of Heaven Lady in the Water Last Samurai Memoirs of a Geisha Men In Black The Score Minority Report Mission Impossible Mission Impossible 2 Mission Impossible 3 Munich National Treasure New World Pearl Harbor Perfect Storm Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest The Punisher Requiem for a Dream Robin Hood Prince of Thieves The Rock Shawshank Redemption Sinbad, Legend of the Seven Seas Sixth Sense Spacecamp Spiderman Star Wars Episode I two disc Star Wars Episode I Star Wars Episode II Star Wars Episode III Star Wars Episode IV Star Wars Episode V Star Wars Episode VI Steamboy Superman 20th Anniversary Superman Special Edition Superman Returns Troy

Read this thread. http://jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13249&hl=

Wow, this thread has gone way off topic. lol Mp3 players allowed, but not headphones. Movies are not generally taken on a case by case basis because there are tens of thousands of movies out there, and to make an entire database of good/bad movies would be an enormous undertaking. It is a fundamentalist Christian School which means yes, it is non-Catholic. The racial issues were removed several years ago.

Yes, being a PG movie, my college would not have a problem with listening to the score.

Not quite. It's Bob Jones University.

And you obviously would not be attending this college regardless.

Personally, I agree, but that's not how they see it. Yeah. http://jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12277 (Starting at post #14)

It's not too bad. A few annoying things here and there, but nothing intolerable. Now the food.... You guys don't still think that he and I are the same person, do you?

Well, just remember that everyone who goes there does so of their own will and agrees to have these rules imposed upon them. Also remember that it's only four years (three left for me, and of course vacations taken out of that).

Hard to say, but remember that Narnia doesn't even have a drop of blood in the entire movie. Plus rather than having hints of a Christian subtext, it IS a Christian allegory. But thankfully, it is PG, so I can listen to that beautiful score with no worries. (And believe me, I listened to that one A LOT last year.)

Nada on the LotR scores. Already tried that. Too much violence. I should clarify that it is VERY rare exceptions. Star Wars Ep III is only allowed because it is one part of an overall very acceptable series of movies. Plus the music is SOOOOOO good.

As I mentioned earlier, the idea behind the rule isn't the content of the soundtrack itself, but rather the supporting of the franchise of the movie that it's from

Don't know. Those might count as acceptable exceptions. I'd have to ask.