Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 These folks disagree. And them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,129 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Krampus:Excellent Christmas horror! Yes, they Americanized the legend for a modern market, but it's a very well-made film that is full of fun and has the feel of a throwback to Amblin films of old.Loved it.EDIT: Whoops, wrong thread. Should be in newer films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Forming a complete version of the TPM score is far, far more complicated than just combining those two sources; There was also a ton of extra music released inside video games that people have ripped out. There's a million complete fan edits you could download.It's not that hard to do until you get to the Battle of Naboo. Then it just becomes a clusterfuck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Not bad at all. Good storyand sound effects, Anna Farris could have done a better job playing Sam though. Mark Mothersbaugh's score was really excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Not bad at all. Good storyand sound effects, Anna Farris could have done a better job playing Sam though. Mark Mothersbaugh's score was really excellent!So Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is better than The Empire Strikes Back?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 YES! Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I think bollemanneke is just trying to make us hate him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 No offence, but Meatballs didn't have unique superheroes who weren't superheroes at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is an animation gem, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a charming and fun film, but for excellence in film-making Empire Strikes Back is untouchable bollemanneke. You'll just have to deal with that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It's no How to Train Your Dragon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Cloudy had better laughs, I thought. I think I preferred it. The racial prejudice allegory was cute in Train Your Dragon, but I'm 38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I can deal with that fact. All I'm saying is that ESB really is not my kind of movie at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,349 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I can deal with that fact. All I'm saying is that ESB really is not my kind of movie at all.So basically you are saying only kiddy movies are for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 No, I'm saying that Cloudy had more character development and less artificial dialogue. Yesterday I watched Star Wars 1 and things like 'you are meant to be trained/I am meant to discover you' just drive me mad. Roger Ebert kept writing that you didn't have to watch SW for its story, so I'm not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,349 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I am meant to train you to discover love for Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (crying) No! That's not true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Most of us who love the Star Wars movies now first saw them when we were pre-teens or young teenagers. Watching them for the first time in your 20s won't have the same effect, especially if you are blind. They are very visual movies. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Almost time to watch this. The girls asked to make sure it was on. They've gotten used to the tradition. Made me get a bit tearful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The PianistGood movie. My second time seeing it since I saw it in theaters in 2002. Incredible journey this guy went on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Most of us who love the Star Wars movies now first saw them when we were pre-teens or young teenagers.Watching them for the first time in your 20s won't have the same effect, especially if you are blind. They are very visual movies.All films are visual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Some depend more on visuals to tell their story. Others that are more talky and dialogue-based are less visual. Whatevs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Yes, that's what I meant.Anyways, I've never seen Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs before. I probably should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 You probably shouldn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I saw it in theaters and thoroughly enjoyed it and its score. Haven't revisited either since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I saw it in theaters and thoroughly enjoyed it and its score. Haven't revisited either since.I can't remember the score. It was pretty generic. In fact I can't remember anything that composer has written outside of the rugrats theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Most of us who love the Star Wars movies now first saw them when we were pre-teens or young teenagers.Watching them for the first time in your 20s won't have the same effect, especially if you are blind. They are very visual movies.All films are visual!So that's why my local theater won't allow seeing eye dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I saw it in theaters and thoroughly enjoyed it and its score. Haven't revisited either since.I can't remember the score. It was pretty generic. In fact I can't remember anything that composer has written outside of the rugrats themeBlasphemy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I saw it in theaters and thoroughly enjoyed it and its score. Haven't revisited either since.I can't remember the score. It was pretty generic. In fact I can't remember anything that composer has written outside of the rugrats themeBlasphemy!Is it? Are there really that many Rugrats fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Mothersbaugh was never really able to break away from Devo the way Elfman did from Oingo Boingo. His scores are hard to take seriously, but there's some fun stuff, especially in the Wes Anderson films. Rushmore is probably my favorite, from what little I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The Witches of EastwickI didn't get it. This is supposed to be a beloved movie? I had never seen it before and didn't really know what to expect, but I figured it'd be at least enjoyable. But it dragged, the funny parts were quite few and far between. While the idea of a devil coming to town and making three housewives realize they are actually witches, and in the end they turn the tables on him, sounds good on paper, it just didn't execute at all. What a weird movie. Oh well.Even the score, I dunno. Seemed like a lot of it was just hte main theme over and over again. At least that's all that really stood out from one viewing. Maybe the main theme is just too hit-you-on-the-head and not subtle enough. But its probably what the director wanted. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I don't think it's that beloved. I agree it's not very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Whoever said it was beloved?- E.T., who enjoys Witches of Eastwick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The Witches of EastwickI didn't get it. This is supposed to be a beloved movie?Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I'm glad he decided to cher his opinion with the class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The one who makes the little booby dolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The Witches of EastwickI didn't get it. This is supposed to be a beloved movie? I had never seen it before and didn't really know what to expect, but I figured it'd be at least enjoyable. But it dragged, the funny parts were quite few and far between. While the idea of a devil coming to town and making three housewives realize they are actually witches, and in the end they turn the tables on him, sounds good on paper, it just didn't execute at all. What a weird movie. Oh well.Even the score, I dunno. Seemed like a lot of it was just hte main theme over and over again. At least that's all that really stood out from one viewing. Maybe the main theme is just too hit-you-on-the-head and not subtle enough. But its probably what the director wanted. Who knows.So you like Ant-Man but not this?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Yea, why is that so surprising?Tell me what it is you liked about Witches of Eastwick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Yea, why is that so surprising?Tell me what it is you liked about Witches of Eastwick?The score... Jack Nicholson... Chere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Nicholson was good in his final scenes, but man did the film take a long time to get there.What was great about Cher? All 3 witches were drastically underwritten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,335 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 It's Miller so it's "beloved". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Mothersbaugh was never really able to break away from Devo the way Elfman did from Oingo Boingo. His scores are hard to take seriously, but there's some fun stuff, especially in the Wes Anderson films. Rushmore is probably my favorite, from what little I've heard. Why is it hard to take his scores seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The Witches of Eastwick wasn't very well received when it came out, it's not a particularly good movie. I don't mind it though. I'm fairly sure there's no cult for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Mothersbaugh was never really able to break away from Devo the way Elfman did from Oingo Boingo. His scores are hard to take seriously, but there's some fun stuff, especially in the Wes Anderson films. Rushmore is probably my favorite, from what little I've heard. Why is it hard to take his scores seriously?I tend to think of his film output as just kinda quirky and not that substantial...easy to listen to but only superficially inventive/colorful and doesn't really resonate with me. Again I haven't listened to a lot of it but I don't know if there's anything he's written that I would really call a great score, whereas his Devo stuff was great satire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The Witches of Eastwick wasn't very well received when it came out, it's not a particularly good movie. It had boffo box office though.And for the puzzled: it was produced by the infamous Guber/Peters duo, the second one being a former star hairdresser, and it is well-known they made for a living hell for directors. Miller had to endure daily interference and at one point Peters even ordered him to make the movie more like ALIENS because he had just seen ALIENS an found it cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 How meddlesome were they on Batman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Quite, but obviously it did the picture some good, at least if you consider its success. BR is the Batman movie, stylewise, Burton wanted to make, BATMAN is the one Peters wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Cher was very attractive in this movie and I don't really find her attractive otherwise.There's also this neat scene where Mr. Homn/King Terak takes Jack Nicholson to the store and he walks in whistling the theme. Supposedly, that's John Williams whistling. It's just weird, like the rest of the movie.2:42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I watched Gone Girl again the other day. What a great picture in every respect. It reminded me there's reason to actually look forward to the new Bruce Wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Watched The Umbrellas of Cherboug yesterday for the first time and cried my eyes out (what an immortal musical theme!) so I'm thinking of watching Die Hard today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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