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Midnight Sun
Joined: 02 Aug 1999 Posts: 1759
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2002 9:51 pm Post subject: Scorpion King: Good |
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Title says all. The movie was an 80's style action flick with current special effects. Lots of references to Conan. Its not Amelie but it certainly was as enjoyable. |
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Templar
Joined: 17 Oct 1999 Posts: 592 Location: the planet of the apes
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 6:40 pm Post subject: Scorpion King: Good |
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How obtrusive is the soundtrack? I don't care how good/bad the individual songs are -- I just think that fantasy movies like this need a symphonic score, like [i]Conan the Barbarian[/i]. A contemporary music soundtrack can really date a film, in a bad way. So, are the songs way in the background, only over the opening & closing credits, or can I look forward (*shudder*) to Creed and Godsmack blasting forth every time the Rock flexes a muscle? |
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Midnight Sun
Joined: 02 Aug 1999 Posts: 1759
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2002 6:54 pm Post subject: Scorpion King: Good |
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I dunno. There are parts in which you can hear guitar riffs but the Godsmack song starts with the end credits. |
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Tyrannorabbit
Joined: 04 Oct 2000 Posts: 3985 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2002 1:03 am Post subject: Scorpion King: Good |
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I might catch this in the cheap theaters. I like sword-swingin' high adventure as much as the next guy, but I'd much rather it have a lot of blood and nudity. Extreme violence and extreme earthiness is, for me, the whole point of a movie like this. |
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Icarus
Joined: 26 Jan 2001 Posts: 1697 Location: where anger and euphoria collide
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2002 10:22 am Post subject: Scorpion King: Good |
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quote: Originally posted by Templar:
How obtrusive is the soundtrack? I don't care how good/bad the individual songs are -- I just think that fantasy movies like this need a symphonic score, like [i]Conan the Barbarian[/i]. A contemporary music soundtrack can really date a film, in a bad way. So, are the songs way in the background, only over the opening & closing credits, or can I look forward (*shudder*) to Creed and Godsmack blasting forth every time the Rock flexes a muscle?
I totaly agree with you. There's definitely a place for rock soundtracks. Especially when a movie is meant to have a specific date stamped on it where popular music of the era is a main focus ([b]Fast Times At Ridgemont High[/b] for example). Many times I find it very annoying to hear crunching guitars during a scene that would have been better with heart pounding symphonic score. I've always thought that soundtracks can make or break a film for me.
With some movies it's a tough call. For example could [b]The Matrix[/b] have been done without the high octane techno score that will sound dated in about 10 or so years? Could a score have been written a movie with that much intensity? Personally I think with the right conductor it could have been done. |
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Templar
Joined: 17 Oct 1999 Posts: 592 Location: the planet of the apes
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 6:43 pm Post subject: Scorpion King: Good |
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You know, before this thread was even started I was talking over this Scorpion King movie and its soundtrack with someone at work, and I said that contemporary music soundtracks definitely had a place in some types of movies, and [b]Fast Times at Ridgemont High[/b] was the example I used. Great film, and the music added a lot to it then and still does because it captures that era so well. |
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Tyrannorabbit
Joined: 04 Oct 2000 Posts: 3985 Location: Canada
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 12:54 am Post subject: Scorpion King: Good |
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Of the numerous problems I had with _The Matrix_, I have to say that in ten years, the worst of them is probably going to be the soundtrack/look of it which is, I'llbetchaanything, gonna age very, very poorly. People in 2012 will look at it and laaaaaaaugh like we do a big-ass plaid butterfly collars.
No, wait, it was the ending. Yes. Ending sucked. |
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