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Saw Harold And Kumar tonight which I found delightful. Funny, and smarter than I thought it would be.
Then snuck into Collateral, which was underwhelming. Some scenes were amazing, and others just seemd forced and laughable. It's a beautifully composed and shot film, though.
Some scenes were amazing, and others just seemd forced and laughable. It's a beautifully composed and shot film, though.
Yep, that was pretty much my reaction. I think if I'd left before about the last 20 minutes, I would have liked it much more. Because it's not so much that it falls apart, it's that it falls apart in such a bland clichéd way, and up until that point, it had been tense and atmospheric enough for me to forgive most of the plot holes. (Like, why didn't he just kill the lawyer first?)
The Vangelis soundtrack is on the Blade Runner Director's Cut DVD. I'm guessing that's the original source material for the bit-torrent.
Anybody know anything about the remake of Zatoichi? It's playing in DC; should I make the effort to see it?
I've got the Blade Runner soundtrack right here.
It's a bit stretchy from over playing but...
I've got the Blade Runner soundtrack right here.
Is it the Vangelis version? The much more common one is the soundtrack as performed by the Boston Pops (I believe), or perhaps the London Symphony. I disremember.
I finally watched An American In Paris all the way through.
Well, almost. Was there narrative in that interminable dance scene? Because I saw conflict; dance/costumes; no conflict.
I mean, was everyone else really just that goodhearted?
Is it the Vangelis version? The much more common one is the soundtrack as performed by the Boston Pops (I believe), or perhaps the London Symphony. I disremember.
Actually, it's something like the New England American Orchestra.
Not true - the Vangelis soundtrack was finally released several years ago.
Yes true. The Vangelis version was a re-recording in '94. It may be some of the music from the movie, as performed occasionally by Vangelis but it isn't the soundtrack.
The torrent I linked to is the full music soundtrack from the movie. It's all there and the quality is A++
Disc1: 01. Prologue and Main Titles 02. Leon's Voight Kampff Test 03. Sushi Bar - Damask Rose 04. Spinner Ascent 05. Blush Response 06. Wait FOr Me 07. Deckard Meets Rachael 08. Rachael's Song 09. Tales of the Future 10. Bicycle Riders 11. Chew's Eye Lab 12. Memories of Green 13. Blade Runner Blues 14. Pris Meets J.F. Sebastian 15. One More Kiss, DearDisc2: 01. Deckard Dream 02. Thinking of Rachael (Love Theme Different Take) 03. Esper Analysis 04. Animoid Row 05. Taffey Lewis Night Club 06. Salome's Dance 07. Zhora's Retirement 08. I Am The Business 09. Love Theme 10. I Dreamt Music 11. Morning At The Bradbury 12. The Prodigal Son Brings Death 13. Deckard Enters the Bradbury 14. Dangerous Days 15. Wounded Animals 16. Tears In Rain 17. Rachael Sleeps 18. End Titles
What you get on the Official Re-Recording is (according to Amazon.com):
1. Main Titles 2. Blush Response 3. Wait For Me 4. Rachel's Song 5. Love Theme 6. One More Kiss, Dear 7. Blade Runner Blues 8. Memories Of Green 9. Tales Of The Future 10. Damask Rose 11. Blade Runner (End Titles) 12. Tears In Rain
I love An American in Paris even more than Singin' in the Rain (although I know almost nobody else feels this way). For me, the whole movie is worth it just for the 'I've Got Rythym' number when Gene Kelly does the aeroplane.
The torrent I linked to is the full music soundtrack from the movie.
What's the source?
For me, the whole movie is worth it just for the 'I've Got Rythym' number when Gene Kelly does the aeroplane.
I admit I did like the airplane.
I know I'm a bit tired, but I fell asleep twice during that dance number, which I'd rather have had replaced with actual plot-related interaction between characters. I'm not saying it had to be replaced with dialogue -- they could have danced or sung the interaction. But it felt so gratuitous to me -- just an "Oh, dear, we have all these ideas and are almost at the end of the movie!"
I also recently saw Network. In my head, before I watched it, it was a mix between Videodrome and Broadcast News. Having seen it, I kinda still think so. Except it's much much bleaker than I'd have expected.
It probably wouldn't have been as bleak if you had seen it in the 70s; most of what they predicted hadn't come true yet.