Why is everybody so down on this movie? I think it looks perfectly fine and like the previous posters said it could benefit from a fall release. Joe Wright knows how to handle classic stories (Sense and Sensibility, Anna Karenina and Atonement) and John Powell will no doubt give it an extra boost even if I'm sorry for Marianelli. It seems to me like people (critics and viewers alike) are already sharpening their knives before having seen the movie. I for one would rather watch this than the umpteenth Marvel superhero (aren't people suffering from superhero fatigue yet, I know I am...)!
With Powell on board, this could turn out to be great! Regardless of whether the movie is a bomb or not, the score could be fantastic.
Well the original score was going to be that fantastic old fashioned score that we all would love but the producers obviously did not want that. Powell is a great composer but what he can at this point that is going to surprise us? Especially when the producers want something simple...
If the re-editing -- and virtual dumbing-down of the whole concept, seemingly -- is true, this is yet another Warner Bros. disaster, pure and simple.
A genuine shame, because Wright looked as if he was going to produce a genuinely interesting take on the material. Sounds he may have done that -- and freaked everyone out.
Throw out the music, recut the film, change the release date = disaster in the making. Warner Bros. is baffling how they greenlight these films (like CLOUD ATLAS, JUPITER ASCENDING) then -- like this one -- have buyer's remorse over the film that results. Unless they are just worried about the "ethno-sensitive" pressure about the casting or portrayal of Tiger Lily, in which case -- why did they make the film in the first place?
The producers thought the original score was more complex - translation, more interesting. Powell is a great composer, but I still wish Marianelli did it. To me, he belongs to that rare breed of uniquely talented living composers such as Elliot Goldenthal and Mychael Danna that I so much cherish and admire.
Why the grumble about Powell? I mean, am i the only one who think this as an even satisfying news? I mean this is John Powell, it's not your daily occasion where you get to be replaced by him.
Well, just dont get too deep about this though. He is still not confirmed, and with the time constraint and the problematic subject matter, Powell can drop out, and the likes of Christophe Beck, Andrew Lockington, or Henry Jackman will be the substitute we all dont want.
On the other hand, I think Powell is great. His How To Train Your Dragon scores have provided me with many hours of grand listening. PAN could be quite an inspiration to his composing chops.
Why the grumble about Powell? I mean, am i the only one who think this as an even satisfying news? I mean this is John Powell, it's not your daily occasion where you get to be replaced by him.
Well, just dont get too deep about this though. He is still not confirmed, and with the time constraint and the problematic subject matter, Powell can drop out, and the likes of Christophe Beck, Andrew Lockington, or Henry Jackman will be the substitute we all dont want.
Sorry, but I think Andrew Lockington would do a great score for this too. I continually go back to his "Journey" scores. I'm still excited to hear Powell do his take on this.
My sadness here is that few collaborators in film have intertwined music with onscreen action as effectively as Marianelli and Wright have. ANNA KARENINA was a peak -- let's hope not the last -- of how involved music can be in a film. What we're likely to get here is great musicality doing all the things it's meant to, but I'd be surprised if it's a striking a viewing experience as it would have been. (Of course, we'll never know, and it may be Marianelli's stuff didn't work, or it worked for a version of the film that didn't work, hence the redrafting of composer and - likely - recutting of the film.)
I don't mean to be cynical, but this movie (at least as the trailer is choosing to promote it) looks to be yet another oppressively "fanciful" epic that fell prey to technology that allows any image to appear on screen without an equally compelling story. Is anybody impressed with this imagery anymore?
And yes, we know that "every legend has a beginning." Half the trailers I see tell me so, and I think it goes without saying anyway.
I supposed it was supposed to be live action... what a horrible CGI! Is it Polar express bad.
Well... I was curious about the movie with its first trailer and Joe Wright/Dario Marianelli combo... since Dario is now gone and it is being turned into this generic piece of garbage, I couldn't make myself watch even the trailer and had to stop after like 40 seconds... :-/
