[Closed] Recent Viewing Part III

I hate that people says that the ending is ridiculous, if the whole film was building for that ending.

[spoiler]The disaster scenes with the train and plane are impressive[/spoiler]

Invictus

I liked this - it's a well-made feel-good film. Everyone involved in it did a good job. But as a piece of drama, I'm not sure - there's never a sense that anything is a struggle, everything seems to come so easily.

The Ring

For some reason I expected this to be good. It wasn't.

Sneakers

Now, this I love. Have watched it several times, but not for a few years till today. One of the best films of its type. Wonderful score by Horner - one in which so many of his frequently-used devices originated.

I rather liked the Bosnian entry.

Indeed. [spoiler]I think people got annoyed because of the aliens and religious stuff. Personally I thought the ending was great. Especially when he's driving to his parents and everyone is in a panic since the world is about to end and Beethoven is playing. Kinda makes it sadder in a way because one thinks about how this music will be lost as well when everything is destroyed. What I found most amazing was the scenes when the Earth got burned off at the end. The plane crash was good too; there's just a silly movie mistake I noticed when I first saw it and that's when the police man is looking in horror in the wrong direction when he first sees the plane.[/spoiler]

Peter

Caprica is back on Sky1 after been off for it seems like ages. Can't remember much about what was happening when it took the break.

Yes, it has been cancelled. It's a shame it is finishing.

I'm watching it now and it just reinforces how much I enjoyed it before.

The thing I like about it is the world they live in and some of the ideas. Some of he storylines are a bit corny though.

Does this ring any bells with you Tom?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNXnW_StFbE

Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 and 3

It's funny how sequels tend to throw more and more action in every time, yet they become duller and duller. Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned here. That said, it's not like there was a huge difference between the movies. All three movies are rather stupid, but they have their laughs and occasional enjoyable moments. I'd rate them something like:

POTC1: 6
POTC2: 6
POTC3: 5

It's funny how all three scores have blown me away though. POTC1 introduced some hugely entertaining themes, that have become famous even among non-filmscore fans. POTC2 introduced the wonderful Davy Jones theme and the theme for the Kraken. And the third one introduced the 'Hoist the coulors' theme, the extraordinary love theme, the 'Up is down' theme, and some great standalone cues. A disappointing surprise that the 4th installment didn't do anything for me.

Peter

never saw it before

I prefer the first as well, but in comparison I don't think it's that much better than the second one. The third one is certainly the worst, but I think it had some fun moments. They threw way too much action into the scenes though, and the maelstrom action scene at the end was so over the top it became an embarrassment.

People who've seen the 4th say that it's smaller though, with a more simple storyline, and from what I hear it might be as good as the first one. In any case, it's not a franchise I care enough about to go and see in the cinema. I'll rent or download it when it becomes available on dvd.

Peter

I am guilty of continuing to buy music to a movie just to have the set (though I can't think of an example at the moment) but I not bother with this 4th pirate movie music.

Zimmer's getting bored lately or is it my idea? He only delivers for larger projects, like Inception.

I guess the money comes too easily for him to quit. You can tell which scores he puts the effort in to - I'm sure for each of them he makes more money than most of us earn in a decade, so it's a shame he doesn't just concentrate on them.