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Jul 28, 2021 - 1:01 AM
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Saw the film on Friday.
It's Jaume Collet-Serra abandoning his usual Besson-inspired style, and trying to do Stephen Sommers-like aesthetics in a combination of THE MUMMY and THE AFRICAN QUEEN. Unlike Sommers, however, he isn't quite adept at treating the pulpy action with a degree of seriousness. This is far more comedic and "light", i.e. wholesome Disney family entertainment. So hokey galore! But entertaining throughout; you always remain curious about the next setpiece. Jesse Plemons does a hilarious riff on Christoph Waltz. CGI is overkill, but production design is excellent. No doubt inspired by the original Disney attraction.
James Newton Howard's score was -- like every piece of genre fare he's done in the last 15+ years -- highly uneven. Some great parts, some totally bland. The bland parts include the action music. I mean it's big and bold (plenty of fanfares and cymbal crashes), but no real thematic strength, IMO. The heroic/swashbuckling stuff all seems like notes on a string without any heart (do NOT expect another "Escaping the Smokers" here!). And a little bit of RC elements thrown in. But there were some good parts. JNH always does awe and wonder well, and this is particularly evident towards the end. Best part is undoubtedly the exotic, Latin guitar theme that opens the film - and whose chords are later revealed to be an arrangement of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" ("reimagined", as the end credits says, by JNH and the band members). Gets a full metal workout in a flashback scene. That was fun.
In short, I'm expecting - like RAYA - to make my own playlist of the highlights that weed out some of the rather generic stuff.
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Jul 28, 2021 - 5:21 AM
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Ado
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Saw the film on Friday.
It's Jaume Collet-Serra abandoning his usual Besson-inspired style, and trying to do Stephen Sommers-like aesthetics in a combination of THE MUMMY and THE AFRICAN QUEEN. Unlike Sommers, however, he isn't quite adept at treating the pulpy action with a degree of seriousness. This is far more comedic and "light", i.e. wholesome Disney family entertainment. So hokey galore! But entertaining throughout; you always remain curious about the next setpiece. Jesse Plemons does a hilarious riff on Christoph Waltz. CGI is overkill, but production design is excellent. No doubt inspired by the original Disney attraction.
James Newton Howard's score was -- like every piece of genre fare he's done in the last 15+ years -- highly uneven. Some great parts, some totally bland. The bland parts include the action music. I mean it's big and bold (plenty of fanfares and cymbal crashes), but no real thematic strength, IMO. The heroic/swashbuckling stuff all seems like notes on a string without any heart (do NOT expect another "Escaping the Smokers" here!). And a little bit of RC elements thrown in. But there were some good parts. JNH always does awe and wonder well, and this is particularly evident towards the end. Best part is undoubtedly the exotic, Latin guitar theme that opens the film - and whose chords are later revealed to be an arrangement of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" ("reimagined", as the end credits says, by JNH and the band members). Gets a full metal workout in a flashback scene. That was fun.
In short, I'm expecting - like RAYA - to make my own playlist of the highlights that weed out some of the rather generic stuff.
I will probably see it, but it does look pretty cornball, and The Rock mugging it up to the camera full time.
I do miss the best of JNH when he composed melodic and thematic music
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Same here - JNH, unfortunately, has said in an interview that he would not like to go back to his earlier style anymore. Probably a necessity to get hired these days. But the last score of his I really liked was THE LADY IN THE WATER.
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Studio Executive: "Wait -- what's that thing right there?"
Poor Unsuspecting Composer: "You mean this part of the cue?"
Studio Executive: "Yeah, that."
Poor Unsuspecting Composer: "Oh, well, that's the theme."
Studio Executive: "Yeah, no, we're not gonna have one of those."
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Jul 28, 2021 - 8:14 AM
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Solium
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Saw the film on Friday.
It's Jaume Collet-Serra abandoning his usual Besson-inspired style, and trying to do Stephen Sommers-like aesthetics in a combination of THE MUMMY and THE AFRICAN QUEEN. Unlike Sommers, however, he isn't quite adept at treating the pulpy action with a degree of seriousness. This is far more comedic and "light", i.e. wholesome Disney family entertainment. So hokey galore! But entertaining throughout; you always remain curious about the next setpiece. Jesse Plemons does a hilarious riff on Christoph Waltz. CGI is overkill, but production design is excellent. No doubt inspired by the original Disney attraction.
James Newton Howard's score was -- like every piece of genre fare he's done in the last 15+ years -- highly uneven. Some great parts, some totally bland. The bland parts include the action music. I mean it's big and bold (plenty of fanfares and cymbal crashes), but no real thematic strength, IMO. The heroic/swashbuckling stuff all seems like notes on a string without any heart (do NOT expect another "Escaping the Smokers" here!). And a little bit of RC elements thrown in. But there were some good parts. JNH always does awe and wonder well, and this is particularly evident towards the end. Best part is undoubtedly the exotic, Latin guitar theme that opens the film - and whose chords are later revealed to be an arrangement of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" ("reimagined", as the end credits says, by JNH and the band members). Gets a full metal workout in a flashback scene. That was fun.
In short, I'm expecting - like RAYA - to make my own playlist of the highlights that weed out some of the rather generic stuff.
I will probably see it, but it does look pretty cornball, and The Rock mugging it up to the camera full time.
I do miss the best of JNH when he composed melodic and thematic music
I don't mind a fun cornball adventure film. I've really grown tired of all the end of the world films and anti-heros . But the film needs to be funny and I didn't laughed once , not even a smirk while watching the trailer.
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The most exicting music from James Newton Howard, period.
Big, thematic, fun orchestral score, more in the line of King Kong (some stylistic ideas are sparkle over the action stuff, like Sub Attack or The Tree Fight), even there is a nod to Jerry Goldsmith in cue 'Encantado', some people say Han and the Princess, but i think is more the love theme from The Mummy. The song from Metallica is terrific, the second part is a lot of fun.
The suite is really awesome
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CD release, please ! 
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