Desplat13

I'm with you 100% there. You tell 'em. Excellent post.

So, Olivier, are you saying that the SW movies would have been better longer? If so, I probably agree with you, but I think that most here would not.

I'll keep my right arm, thank you very much.

This is why I wonder why so many people here seem to think it doesn't deserve to win. Sure, it's not as good as some things JW has written. But I can't think of any real competition. this year.

Because Dario Marianelli had a funnier name. And the score to Ratatouille is booooooring. But think about it. We got both 'Giacchino' AND 'Ratatouille'. That oughta put it at least on an even playing ground with 'Dario' (boring) 'Marianelli' (much better) in terms of funny names. Maybe a funny composer name AND a funny film title cancels each other out, and Michael is the only thing left. Gus had a funny last name, but NOT a funny film title. Perhaps. OK, that works for me. You know, it sure is a good thing we have these awards to let us know what is worth our time and what is not.

Because Dario Marianelli had a funnier name. And the score to Ratatouille is booooooring. But think about it. We got both 'Giacchino' AND 'Ratatouille'. That oughta put it at least on an even playing ground with 'Dario' (boring) 'Marianelli' (much better) in terms of funny names.

In that case, it would be the best movie of more than a decade.

No, they look for artistically insightful aspects, such as typewriter clicks... I thought they just pick the dude with the funniest looking name? Either way... But why, oh why, didn't our beloved pixar rat movie get it? I guess the last name just couldn't make up for the uncreativity of 'Michael'.

No, they look for artistically insightful aspects, such as typewriter clicks...

Because.

I'm...confused.

Radical.

Count me in.

Some top ones for me: So Long Self - MercyMe Wunderkind - Alanis Morissette While You Were Sleeping - Casting Crowns Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John (his version) Dive - Steven Curtis Chapman Oh! Gravity - Switchfoot My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (and proud of it) Try - Bebo Norman All good songs, none of which will I try to defend musically...

Yes, of course. Thanks, Mark. I knew I could count on you.

Um....The new Coldplay single.

John Williams. Oh, were we talking about popular music? Actually, I heard the new coldplay song a while ago, and while it is a catchy tune, I DO NOT like the way it is mixed. But then, I don't like the way much of any popular music is mixed. Better than most stuff out there, that's for sure. John Williams isn't a great from the 00's, he's a great from another era, obviously you didn't understand the question, but yes I was talking popular music not film music. Sure...'Cause there is no way he could write anything like Violet Hill now-a-days. He was only writing great stuff like that back in the 80's. I would take John Williams output of the 00's over any other musical artist's (popular, film, or whatever), which means we have one of two options: 1. There are no greats of the 00's. 2. John Williams is a great of the 00's. Thus, my HILARIOUS joke of bringing him up in a popular music thread is still wonderfully effective.

Every one says that of the music of the generation that follows them. So true.

John Williams. Oh, were we talking about popular music? Actually, I heard the new coldplay song a while ago, and while it is a catchy tune, I DO NOT like the way it is mixed. But then, I don't like the way much of any popular music is mixed. Better than most stuff out there, that's for sure.

About the whole aimed at children thing... Beauty and the Beast blows both of them out of the water.

Agreed. The novel by J. R. R. Tolkien set to Revenge of the Sith music

I could probably put the date of release before each of the titels, and then list it alphabetically, or maybe backwards alphabetically, which would at least put it in some order, if that would help.

Music is for me BY FAR the leading factor in emotional impact, and the prequels do it WAY better than any of LOTR. The prequels, with their 'bad' acting and such, strike me as more of an emotional, over-acted in an almost broadway-ish fashion, epic, and I love it. I LOVE THE OVER-ACTING IN THE PREQUELS. Sure, there are bad moments, but what about Luke's "I care" from the 'perfect' original Star Wars? They were badly acted as well, and probably one of the only places in which they obliterate the prequels is in 'witty' dialogue. But, like I said, I view the prequels as more of an epic broadway-ish, emotional roller-coaster ride, and they work very well for me. I know, I know, I don't mean to turn this into an 'original vs. prequels' thread. But these are the reason I like the prequels and would choose them over LOTR. I liked the more serious approach Williams took in the score, and I like the over-all more serious tone. You can say 'bad editing'. You can say 'bad dialogue'. You can say 'bad acting'. But what makes it bad? Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is EXTREMELY slow moving. Yet it is considered a great classic. Famous operatic masterpieces are much more 'over-acted' than anything in prequels. I think it is safe to say that many folks movie-making sensibilities can tend to be a little narrow-minded. Is there such a thing as 'bad dialogue'? Doesn't this, in a way, add to the realism? Not saying that that is what it is doing in the prequels, but trying to get you to think outside of your box. You want storylines to be realistic, but not dialogue. Why? Because people have decided that that is the way movies should be made, therefore we end up with terms like 'bad acting' which mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Terms like 'over-acting' mean something, at least, but do not necessarily mean 'bad acting'. The prequels do not conform to the modern movie critic's definition of 'good movie-making', but that doesn't really mean anything. In fact, I think it is a good thing. You can say that it doesn't move you emotionally, and that is just fine. You are the one missing out, after all. But probably the reason it doesn't have impact for you is that you are watching it with a modern movie critic's mind-set, and history has proven that critics usually are a few steps behind the artists in moving the world forward in art.

As much as the industry might annoy us, doesn't it seem like just a tiny bit of perspective is in order? I believe that protecting Jews from the Nazis during the holocaust was the right thing, even though it was against the law in Germany at that time. I think everyone agrees. So what 'good' are you doing by 'making a statement' to the industry? So they charge too much, so what? What is the big problem? Oh well, that is life. Probably they do so because they have to, what with all the internet sharing... Is it worth breaking the law to make your statement? Are the music industry's cd prices a noble enough cause to break the law? If you think so, take a trip to Haiti for a week. It certainly changed me...

Oh yeah, I was going to do that at one point, but my html skills failed me as <a href="http://www.soundtracksreviewed.blogspot.com/">Soundtracks Reviewed</a> looks, well, exactly like that. Later on I figured out your nice little shortcut that puts in the updated html tags, but forgot to turn my signature into them. Thanks for the reminder.