Ah....but the problem is when they switch back and forth. Why can't you use numerals from 0:00 to 23:59 like everyone else?
Don't you use the 12-hour-system for everyday purposes in Norway? Like "eight in the morning" / "eight in the evening"?
BTW, with a little bit of Latin and the knowledge that "a.m." stands for "ante meridiem" and "p.m." for "post meridiem", it is also quite easy to tell them apart. The system is not entirely logical though, as the time between noon and 1 o'clock in the afternoon is correctly labelled "p.m.", but continues with "12", instead of starting over with "0". The same with midnight being "12 a.m."
Wow...from MINORITY REPORT to the AM/PM ordeal....who would have thought?
Yeah... blame it on Rick15, though. I'm just trying to be a smart-ass (as always)...
As for Minority Report, I think I respond more to the action and suspense parts of the score, and less to Sean's theme and the more lyrical passages. BTW, I still find the use of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony over Anderton's crime-solving puzzle a very appropriate idea. After all, it is logical (as Schubert is played as diegetic music), and it fuses so well with the imagery and the dramatic context of that scene.
Terrific score for a quite good Spielberg film (I only have complaints with the dentist scene -oh, and that LexLuthoresque music-, a few too-long chases and that predictable and too optimistic third act -with Cruise dressed like Lucas' Palpatine !).
Album is a little too long for me, but it contains Sean's theme, Spiders' theme, Anderton Escape's theme, that ghostly choral theme... All in the late 90's minimalistic Williams new approach, of course (so lovers of Empire Strikes Back will... well... "strike back", as I already read in this thread). That for me is not "autopilot".
It's playing now... and I think it is a good Williams effort. But not great. Especially the action cues sound like 'generic-Williams-action-mode' and some of them coul easily be from Jurassic Park, Indy or Harry Potter, save for the passages with the themes or motives.
It's mostly a matter of ornamental writing and orchestration which makes me feel that way. His use of xylophone and staccato ornaments never differs greatly. Of course, it is his style, but a composer with the skill he has should be able to make them more unique.
Love the score even though I used to find it a little difficult and dull from time to time. But now all of it has changed. Every time I listen to it, I like it better. 'Can You See Me', 'Sean and Lara', 'Spyders' 'Anderton's Great Escape' and 'A New Beginning' are especially gorgeous...
Wonderful and very dark score by the Maestro! Definitely worth the listen.
