Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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You all know that the soundtracks used in trailers are often not the soundtrack used in the movie, right? It's very common to cut a trailer to a piece of music from a pre-existing score.
Also known as the Jilli points at the screen and goes "Hey, that's the music from Dracula!" or "They're reusing that Danny Elfman piece again?" effect.
Or "Oh, here comes the Requiem for a Dream music again!"
Also known as the Jilli points at the screen and goes "Hey, that's the music from Dracula!" or "They're reusing that Danny Elfman piece again?" effect.
This phenomenon has spread to the Midwest, infecting a tall, handsome fellow who will, upon hearing the notes from any score, stop, listen for a few bars, and then declare the name of the composer. With 95% accuracy.
We finally saw Hobbit: Hey, It's a Dragon! yesterday. That was ... very bloated. My main reaction was that I want all of Thrandul's clothes (or at least the fabric), and makeup/skincare products.
Also, I made the mistake of opening my eyes ONCE during the Mirkwood spiders scene (I heard elves! I thought the spiders were gone!), right when one of them leapt at someone. I NEVER NEED TO SEE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THAT SCENE, EVER EVER EVER.
No, you don't.
Tho' Pete said he thought Shelob was much creepier. Whatever, still don't need to see anything from it.
Yes, Shelob was worse. But sheer numbers make up for it.
Jilli,
I am glad you made it through, I nearly screamed in the theater.
From WAY back
I saw the version with Cumberbatch as the Creature and I left feeling like the actors were probably more suited to the opposite roles. Cumberbatch is a more heady, intellectual actor and Miller seems to be more instinctual and in touch with his impluse, so I really wish I saw with the casting you did. I mean, they were both fine, but I felt that their characters were making them work against their natural tendencies as actors.
I've seen both versions at least three times. (I actually have lost track), and far prefer the Cumberbatch creature to Miller's, because I thought Miller as the creature was a far less fluid, less organic performance in terms of physicality. Paul preferred Cumberbatch in both roles, but I narrowly prefer Miller as Victor.
Miller was good in the creature role, and excellent as Victor, but Cumberbatch as the creature was astonishing. And while some of it came down to line delivery, most of it was really down to the way he moved. Which I would explain in depth, but I'm being called upstairs. Jilli's heard me go on at length about it, though.
Finally watched the new Captain America and Spider-man trailers. I liked them both, but I don't think either made me more excited to see their respective movies than I already was. I still think Spider-man 2 could suffer from too many villains syndrome, and the fact they seem to be pushing hard to setup the Sinister Six for the next one doesn't help.