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I'm far more excited about this score than I am for the film itself, lol.
I'd still rather get an expanded release of the original, though. Next year is the 25th Anniversary. One can dream.
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Nov 12, 2024 - 4:30 AM
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Thor
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I thought this was a very good film.
You can't compare it to the original, one of the most iconic films in film history, with one of the most iconic scores. If that's your benchmark, it comes up short.
But taken on its own, it's far more textural than I had expected. It's certainly digital, but Scott makes the most of it and "grains" it out with smoke, light, objects, as usual. He's never been very good with interpersonal relationships, and with the extra gravitas of written dialogue, it sometimes becomes pompous. But so did the original.
HGW's score was also good, I thought. The battle and action music didn't do much for me, but there's some really lovely stuff for the more down-tempo/dreamy, or when there are ethnic elements. And the references to Zimmer's music are tastefully used throughout. Its first major appearance, for a flashback scene, was goosebumps all over.
I expect the soundtrack to be very long, and in need of whittling. But we'll see. I saw Richard Harvey credited in the end titles, but it went by so quickly, I didn't notice what he did. Maybe some supervision of the choral material, which he tends to do well.
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For all the griping about Hans Zimmer on this site, people are going to have to admit that his absence is keenly felt in this film.
Indeed, of all the departments in which this entry fall short of the first film (and it's cerrtainly not cinematography, art direction, costumes, sound or VFX), I'd venture to say the score's merely serviceable quality is the most impactful.
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Nov 14, 2024 - 2:02 AM
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Pawel P.
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Watched the movie yesterday.
Pros:
This is a great spectacle. The siege of Numidia is thrilling, but the most spectacular are the fights in the Colosseum.
Denzel Washington steals the film.
There is no boredom here, a lot is happening.
You don't get the impression that you are watching a completely different film that feeds on the legend of its predecessor. From the beginning we feel that we are in the same world we were in 24 years ago.
Cons:
Strange monkeys (Someone watched the ending of " The Mummy Returns" too much? And definitely saved up for CGI), plus sharks swim in the Colosseum and for a moment it becomes "Sharknado" mixed with "Meg".
I'm not entirely convinced by the main character - or rather the way his character is being developed - but I can't reveal more because I would spoil it.
A few script shallows.
The film's finale itself, a bit chaotic, and not without too much pathos, but that was to be expected
The score is very good, but there's no way it will gain such pop-cultural appeal as its predecessor. A lot of ethnic music and choirs, let's say a mix of Harry Gregson-Williams from the great "Kingdom of Heaven", a very good "Prince of Persia" and a mediocre "The Last Duel". It should hold up on separate listen, especially if they make a cool, thoughtful album out of it, which HGW is capable of.
To sum up, I liked the movie, despite some issues.
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