Schilkeman

I know that I, personally, have never said that I find the prequels a cinematically exuberant exploration of the hubristic downfall of a society, and the self-corrupting nature of blame-shifting. I’ve certainly never said, and still would not say, that one is a fool indeed who spends six hours watching those films and comes away thinking, “man, this series really needs another six films to explain itself.” Feels good to say. Because I’ve never said it.

I was about to say...The alarm clock has rather predictably sold out. Also, a false equivalency to compare it to a game console, and Nintendo never had a portable that failed, and they made tidy profits on even the least-selling of their consoles.

I don’t. He managed to turn his brand of Ross Geller fusion into a very successful enterprise. He is to classical what Kenny G is to jazz. They both seem like alright dudes, it’s just not what I come to music for.

Hahahalol… no. Answer your own question.

I don't know about gauze, but the bloom was some Unreal Engine 3 stuff. I kept expecting Marcus Fenix to show up. I understand the light was blown out to accommodate the 48fps shooting, which may or may not be accurate, but I don't think Andrew Lesnie forgot how to shoot movies, so there must have been a reason for it. Between that and the Orange and Tealtm, they look rough.

One writes art music, and the other writes (for his part) new-age soundscapes. As I've said before, I think Zimmer knows what he's doing, and does it well-enough, he just doesn't happen to know very much, and put up against the stupidly learned scores of John Williams, he sounds like a my-first-casio jam-band-accountant, the Yanni of film composers. If both their names did not appear in the credits of films, the comparison wouldn't even occur to us to make.

Indeed. My favorite movie of all time.

Bernstein's second Second, the one on DG, is my favorite. Rattle's is very nice, though some of his more pedantic qualities have begun to grate on me.

Ozawa Mahler 2. According to the honorable D. Hurwitz, this is the weakest of his Mahler cycle. I must be in for a treat, then, because this is a fantastic performance. The 80s BSO was made for the digital age, with its transparency, color, and tidy ensemble. Highly recommended.

And what do three wrongs make? It was a spelling error. My grammar was impeccable. Conversely, I did genuinely enjoy your response. I don't often agree with you, but I can see where you're coming from. I find it harder to handwave away the things you mentioned, which is why I posted in the first place. I agree with you that FotR is the best. Théoden's actions, in particular, drive me nuts in TTT and RotK. The whole Arwen being tied to the ring thing seems to come from nowhere, and again, seems to exist for the drama of it. Generally, the lack of competency from any character who isn't Aragorn or Gandalf is in stark contrast to the books, where characters have much more nuance, and, for lack of a better word, reason, to their actions. I give Jackson a lot of credit as a filmmaker, but nuance is not a word I would associate with him. I think King Kong was really more his speed. It's weird, I had a very similar reaction to the trilogy for a long time. Something has shifted in my thinking the past couple of years. That's why I've spent so much time watching and thinking about this series. At one point, it was as vitally important to me as Star Wars and Star Trek. The books still are, but the movies have left me.

The Olympics is trying its damnedest to be hip and cool, nothing that changing themselves completely wouldn’t fix, but I’m not sure an orchestral theme by a nonagenarian is really the look they’re going for. Class and intelligence should always be hip, but I don’t make the rules. I’d be surprised if he does anything.

If it’s just the music, which is what I landed on too, then it’s Hook and TLW against The Post and West Side Story. WSS, musically, is one of the most complex and intelligent scores in musical-dom. I wouldn’t dismiss it, and it holds up nicely to Hook on the other end. I go with option two. WSS and The Post are good movies, which is more than can be said for the other set.

That’s why I like about you. You take so much time and care with your posts. I can really tell you’ve thought something through, and are not, in fact, spewing the first wretched toxicant that oozes from the orifices of your pimpled mind.