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Good for you, Marian! On both fronts. Now, bring on Day 2! (...and RotK) - Marc, 24-nut, and fan of Fikhtorr Drrazzen. 8O

How very nice. They get to the holy grail... and then rape it. - Marc, 8O

If I remember correctly, the snake reflection removal rumor has long been put to rest. The early reports that LFL was going to remove flubs in the film were due to an unclear report about the retouching of the old prints. By removing artefacts, they meant stuff like scratches, spots, and lines that were on the print. - Marc, who thinks removing flubs digitally is okay, as long as it is done BEFORE theatrical release (not after 22 years! )

That's a good point, but I enjoyed the latter one more as a comedy, while What Women Want didn't have as much good jokes, IMO. - Marc, who will now watch the RotK trailer. And again, and again, and again...

Don't know. I never really remember his quotes, or those of any other composer. I like his anecdote from spotting Schindler's List with Steven Spielberg, though. "I think you're going to need a better composer." "I know, but they're all dead." LOL - Marc

Watched some movies on the bus to and from Paris this week. What Women Want (yawn), Miss Congeniality (slightly better) on the way to Paris and Braveheart (great film, always a pleasure) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (poor script, macho violence, annoying kid) on the way back home. - Marc, not feeling like discussing these films, and wondering why he can't see any new posts since this morning. :?

You mean in the opening battle? Yeah, that did annoy me, but I guess it was meant to show the chaos of the battle. Unfortunately, due to the violent shaking and the crappy pan & scam, I couldn't see what was going on half the time. I just shrugged to myself and ignored it. If anything important had happened, they'd probably explain it later. - Marc, who will go to Paris tomorrow. John Williams - Gilderoy Lockhart from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (OST)

I've watched four films this weekend (so far, four-and-a-half if you count Friday night ). I taped The Patriot Friday night and watched it yesterday morning. I liked Williams' score A LOT, but the movie... not so much. The battle scenes are awesome, but the movie is very unbalanced. Several times, the makers tell us that violence and killing is bad, and cannot be justified, and then within 10 to 15 minutes, the brutal killing starts again, in a way only blockbuster spectacle films can bring them. The score was used in what I feel was a very maniputalive (yet very effective) way. The music gave goosebumps several times, which is not something that quickly happens. A nice ride, but not a great film. I missed the first 10 minutes or so of Jerry Maguire on Saturday night, but that didn't stop me from watching it, and thoroughly enjoying it. This is the kind of drama I like. Good acting, A-standard production, and an occasional dose of humor. Cuba Gooding Jr. is brilliant in this film, Tom Cruise is an above-okay actor (not great, but good nonetheless), and Renée Zellweger is always nice to watch, both as an actress and in her appearance. Gladiator and Trainspotting were also on last night, and I taped those two right after each other and watched them this morning. In Gladiator I took special notice of Zimmer's music, as it is a score that often leaves filmscore fans devided over whether it's good or not. Well, the music is good, and the action stuff is pretty neat at times, but it's just not fitting for the story. I mean, he used the same musical techniques on M:I-2 for crying out loud! There's too much modern pseudo-synth coolness and not enough symphonic kick-in-the-pants bombast. I already saw this film over two years ago, but it's still quite enjoyable. It also contains more graphic violence than The Patriot times two, but then again, it's a more brutal environment this film takes place in. Trainspotting was good, and sometimes makes you feel like your tripping yourself. The scene where Ewan McGreggor has to go to the loo suddenly is great, and what follows is both disgusting and amazingly fun. A good movie, but I don't feel it really came out well, being broadcast right after the mega-spectacle dollarfest that is Gladiator. - Marc, who wanted to watch Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace too this afternoon, but didn't feel like it after sitting through both Gladiator and Trainspotting. BTW, that half film I watched was Beverly Hills Cop II on Friday night, just the last hour or so. John Williams - Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale from Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones (OST)

Cool. - Marc John Williams - The Magic Of Halloween from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (20th AE)

That's just scary. - Marc James Newton Howard - The Carnotaur Attack from Dinosaur (OST)

There ya go. It's no suprise Pixar's films make more money on HE than in the theatres. - Marc, who thinks it's rediculous an obvious summer movie comes out in Holland only a month before christmas. James Horner - Attack on Murron from Braveheart (again... )

Yeah it's cool, isn't it. They also used that track in the trailer for Titanic (now there's a coincidence ). Anyway, remember that Finding Nemo still has more money coming. It still has to be released in most of Europe. - Marc, who has to wait until November 27th at least to see this film. John Williams - Destruction Of Krypton from Superman

John Williams a pedophile? Huh? - Marc, who likes Williams because of his music, and not because of his looks/image and thinks everyone should choose their favorite artist by his/her performance. John Williams - Destruction Of Krypton from Superman: The Movie

Cool. Thanks. - Marc John Williams - Destruction Of Krypton from Superman: The Movie

The last film I watched has to be Mission: Impossible, which I watched last Wednesday. I've also been watching an episode of Band of Brothers every day (I watched part 9 today), and this afternoon I watched three of the short films from The Animatrix (World Record, Beyond and Final Flight of the Osiris. I also caught a short bit of The Godfather Part II last night on TV, but I only saw about 10 minutes. - Marc John Williams - Daryl Arrives from The Witches of Eastwick

But then how DID they do it? - Marc, who's getting more eager to know this by the minute. James Newton Howard - Neera Rescues the Orphans from Dinosaur

The computers in Star Wars were used for match moving. Because those battle shots were comprised of various seperately shot elements, the camera movements had to be duplicated exactly. Of course, the technique is pretty common today, but back then, it was a really big thing. - Marc, who'd still like to know how the Death Star Trench and Endor Briefing simulations were done. James Newton Howard - They're All Gone from Dinosaur

I can't find this score anywhere. We need an official complete release dagnammit! Not just so I can finally get my hands on it, but also so we can stop having to make our own complete scores. - Marc, who likes the film. John Williams - Zam the Assassin and The Chase Through Coruscant from Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

That Genesis simulation animation, with the planet and the canyons and the fire. From what I've read they invented the particle system technique to do the fire. I don't think there's any CGI in the movie that's combined with really filmed stuff. Oh right, yeah, of course. I was thinking of a live action/CGI combination, but there's this bit, yeah. Now I remember. BTW, how did they do that animation of the Death Star trench in Star Wars? Did they do that with a computer too, or did they do it another way. - Marc John Williams - Zam the Assassin and The Chase Through Coruscant from Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Well, I think one of two things is going to happen at the 2004 Oscar Ceremonies. Either The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King goes on a downright Oscar sweep and takes home A LOT of those shiny golden statues, or the Academy will once again ignore this film because it's a sequel (even though it not really is) and because it was a box office hit (which it'll surely be) and another X-million people will totally lose faith in them gits. - Marc, who was very surprised when A Beautiful Mind beat FOTR for Best Picture in 2002 and when the new Best Original Score rule was announced this year. James Horner - Attack on Murron from Braveheart

Go here. (One of the ghost puppets.) - Marc

Wrath of Khan had CGI? - Marc, who was unaware.

I don't have it at all. - Marc Danny Elfman The Bat Cave from Batman

Hmm... 1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 4. Jaws 5. Star Wars 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 8. Superman: The Movie 9. Jurassic Park 10. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone This is the first time I've made a top ten. I've thrown the Indy scores in there too, even though I don't have them on CD. Missing is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, simply because I don't have a good enough image of this score. Note that I like my scores loud, BTW. - Marc, who has yet to find a score with the magnitude of TESB, or one that has touched him as intimately as E.T.

This'll never beat Titanic. I think The Return of the King is too much a part of a franchise to be as big as that film. - Marc Danny Elfman - First Confrontation from Batman