Comments for MoviesShouldNotSuck http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com Let me tell you what to think Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on On the Importance of Music by Beyond the Pines and other delightful tunes | MoviesShouldNotSuck http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/02/on-the-importance-of-music/#comment-187 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:14:44 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=197#comment-187 [...] amongst other delightful selections, which, incidentally, reinforces my belief, relayed in a previous post, in the importance of music in the success of a film. Actually both of these films demonstrate the power of an effective [...]

]]> Comment on On the Importance of Music by breezyk http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/02/on-the-importance-of-music/#comment-186 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:36:24 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=197#comment-186 I Was listening to an interview with a writer who has done both books and film lately, and e was saying the one thing that separates te two genres really is score and music. He never realized until he started making them, but when you watch an initial cut of a movie with no music yet it’s like all the feeling has been sucked out of it. I sort of agree- the music makes the movie something really special

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]]> Comment on Soundtrack Competition Part I by Steve http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/10/soundtrack-competition-part-i/#comment-172 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:35:25 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=216#comment-172 Lol We’ll see… I don’t know about WWIII, but maybe a small skirmish ;)

As for omissions, there are many, but that’s what the next round will cover.

]]> Comment on Soundtrack Competition Part I by eksith http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/10/soundtrack-competition-part-i/#comment-171 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:37:46 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=216#comment-171 Ladies and gentlemen, and that’s how Steve started WWIII in the New Year. :P

Granted, this is still opinion, but it will be hotly contested opinion with “Aha, I knew it” or “absolute rubbish!” and maybe a few gems with “[insert hyperbole] with complete disregard for [insert favorite staple]” by the end of this.

… And you’re missing 2001 ;)

]]> Comment on On the Importance of Music by Steve http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/02/on-the-importance-of-music/#comment-161 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:26:55 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=197#comment-161 Oh yes, listening to District 9 soundtrack excerpts on YouTube – I remember now. Yes, very excellent music. Profound and sublime.

]]> Comment on On the Importance of Music by Steve http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/02/on-the-importance-of-music/#comment-160 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:21:05 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=197#comment-160 Yes, the Zimmer Batman music is right up there too. Powerful stuff. I recall liking District 9 (and its soundtrack) when I saw it but I can’t recall any of the music at present. Will have to rewatch (or at least YouTube it). The Cell and Black Hawk Down I haven’t seen yet (BHD more or less deliberately as it seemed very political at a time I didn’t want to be bothered with political films). I think I’ll make an effort to see The Cell, based on your positive review. Thanks!

]]> Comment on On the Importance of Music by eksith http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/02/on-the-importance-of-music/#comment-159 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:59:27 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=197#comment-159 Ah, speaking of Bourne’s drum loop, my mistake. It was John Powell (just looked it up). I think it was the same used in Man on Fire : “Sanchez Family”. Also a good soundtrack, but a wee bit repetative.

]]> Comment on On the Importance of Music by eksith http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2013/01/02/on-the-importance-of-music/#comment-158 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:46:11 +0000 http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/?p=197#comment-158 Black Hawk Down’s soundtrack caught me a bit offguard. I was expecting quite a lot of that “ass-kicking music”, but it was quite poignant as well. “Ashes to Ashes” was somewhat expected (after all it’s Hans Zimmer), but “Hunger” really hit the stomach.

Similar genre blend: The Cell (from 2000) intro by Howard Shore and Master Musicians of Jajouka (sampled). Also, The Cell’s visual impact was very, very strong on me. I had never seen anything like that before or since (I don’t think) and the surreal, horrifying, beauty of the imagery is still with me after all these years. The soundtrack went very well with it.

District 9′s work by Clinton Shorter also caught my ears; particularly “Harvesting Material” which was short, but had a Zimmer like vibe (which used the same drum loop in Bourne Identity’s “Escape from Embassy”, also by Shorter). And “Wikus Is Still Running”.

Addendum to Zimmer’s work: Dark Knight’s the Joker theme. Can’t dance to it, can’t snap your fingers, can’t even call it a beat for a lot of its duration, but all you need is just a few seconds to know who’s on screen without opening your eyes. It’s unsettling, harsh, cluttered and captures the thought process (or lack thereof) of the antagonist.

]]> Comment on Some Entertaining History Lessons by Steve http://moviesshouldnotsuck.com/2012/12/27/some-entertaining-history-lessons/#comment-155 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:07:49 +0000 https://moviesshouldnotsuckdotcom.wordpress.com/?p=194#comment-155 Post script: http://gawker.com/5971346. An interesting national discussion is only beginning…

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