Recent Viewing Part IV

Agree! Great David Shire score, particularly the orchestral New Worlds theme.

Which, you know, given his score turns out often to be the cheesy ad music floating through the background of scenes, couldn't possibly have been part of the point...
Every sci-fi film benefits from a score that tells you something about that world. And the commercial optimism of BLADE RUNNER is unconvincing.

Agree. Unmatched.

Ralph, there's a movie called 2010?

2010 is far more straightforward than 2001, obviously, but it's not bad for what it is -- and it's certainly one of Peter Hyams' best films.

And there is also one called 2012.

And 1984, 1941 ...

This one, right? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/ 'cause the director's work doesn't really echoe to me, is this any good? i adored 2001 (and i don't expect anything near as good though).

The film isn't without its flaws but there are some real spine tingling moments like the one mentioned above ( and the bit where "Dave" visits his dying mother ). A great cast, Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, special effects that have stood the test of time and a decent story. But as Thor said, this is straight film making, don't expect anything as esoteric as Kubrick's film.

I don't think a lot of the score is your cup of tea though D, being very 80's synths ( I like it personally ) except for the fully orchestral and awesome, New Worlds theme.

I'd say it's worth your time.

Dr Floyd - what's going to happen

David Bowman - something wonderful!

...... I never noticed this before, but I didn't write the sentence above.

Transformers - Age of Extinction



There is ONE thing that Michael Bay does really well. He's a great visualist. He knows how to sweeten the eye candy for me to crave more. The staging of his cameras, the flyover, the tracking shots, the dolly moves, use of steadicam, then adding percussive score, the kinetic energy that he bring to an scene, is insane.

But outside of that, he's really isn't a great storyteller. A good one, to a point. There are moments in the movie where I'm completely taken out of it, simply due to the ridiculous way the story was told. For example, why would you show Optimus (in glorious Blue/Red flame job mode) in front of the XSI building (the headquarter of the same people who have been hunting them!) while Mark Wahlberg's character is right inside the cab trying to fly the drone to capture an image of an employee's badge. Why would you show the three Autobots (Optimus Prime included) in car mode, then, two cuts later, show Optimus in robot form while smashing angrily responding to a piece of information within the same shot. Now, I can understand that it they might not have had enough money to render the 3-4 seconds of Optimus transforming, but these types of things happened so many time through out the movie. Cool shots that do not connect from one cut to the next frustrates me, because it really tells me that Michael should have planned this movie better.

Score wise, Steve Jablonsky's effort is a wash. There were some good moments, but most of the new melodies were lost, drowned out by the sound effects. The theme for Tessa was a good choice, only because it was vocal based and heard during the quiet moments. The twist is that the theme is coming from Mark Wahlberg's character Cade Yeager. Coincidentally, these were moments I liked the most, because you actually get to understand Cade and why he does anything. Lockdown's theme were heard for the most part, but it felt a bit under-powered, especially for such a formidable adversary.

Jesus, did Bregt have a sex change too!?

I'm so confused...

PICS FOR PROOF!!!!

He's a man now? Crikey, this day is getting weirder and weirder.

To be fair, it's far more focussed than LOST. And with LOST, things only started to go completely haywire after the first couple of seasons. I think it's worth a shot.