Originally Posted By Yookeroo "The soundtrack of Tron Legacy is really cool. It was a good idea to chose Daft Punk. If Disney is going to do another movie, I hope they bring them back." And M83 for Oblivion.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I always find the Oscar winners for Best Song to be strange <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/movie-pages/oscarsongs2.php">http://www.digitaldreamdoor.co...ngs2.php</a> On the one hand you have: 1939 - 'Over the Rainbow' 1942 - "White Christmas' 1947 - "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" 1956 - 'Que Sera Sera' And then you also have... 1977 - 'You Light up My Life" 1987 - 'You Take My Breath Away' (Berlin) 1988 - "Let the River Run" 2005 - 'Its hard out here for a pimp'
Originally Posted By oc_dean WOW! Where do I start? Where I live, just north of Sydney, people are only mildly movie-goers. Compared to my previous home, around Hollywood, California. With that in mind - I had to queue up for the Lone Ranger! That's a first where I usually go to see movies. Secondly, packed. Thirdly, people actually applauded at the end of it. And fourth - People right next to me enthusiastically said a few nice words like - That was absolutely terrific!! As they got up from their seats. Where I live, people are generally conservative. So, I don't know what's going on, back at my former home - the U.S. for people to be so overly critically on the Lone Ranger. If people don't see it, it's going to be because they listened to movie critics. That's their first mistake! The second mistake is to think - Oh, it's just a kid's Western. (Thinking of the 'squeaky clean' 50s TV version of it). People here at LP know me to be a huge critic! Do I need to cite examples? ;-) I panned "Oz" ... I had more than a few choice words about the new Superman movie. This one - I can see the producers, and everyone else involved really worked hard to create what I thought to be one of the most enjoyable movie experiences I've seen in a while. And I prefer it over the PotC films. I'm not into westerns. I can vaguely think of a 1997 Best Picture film that I passed on. (To this day) But as a built-in Disney films person ... I knew I was going to see this - No matter what the previews, commercials, critics had to say. This isn't one of those - "Well, I'm not into westerns, so I'll pass" type of films - When it's really, just an overall enjoyable action film (yes, some violence - Not for kids). I can recall some other "western/sh" films of late, that were kind-of .. or .. a lot cheesy (The one with Daniel Craig and the aliens from outerspace - Wild, Wild West with Will Smith) .... Instead, I found Lone Ranger to be "cheeky" in a good way! Just enough comedy in places. Overall, I was surprised at how well it was made. Very impressed. A future Bluray in my collection!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <1977 - 'You Light up My Life" 1987 - 'You Take My Breath Away' (Berlin) 1988 - "Let the River Run" 2005 - 'Its hard out here for a pimp'> You didn't mention "Say You, Say Me," perhaps the worst song ever to win that award. And I remember "Let the River Run" did tick me off because it beat out the exquisitely evocative "Calling You."
Originally Posted By leemac <<1988 - "Let the River Run">> Carly Simon is not on trial here! Love the melody of that tune even if lyrically it isn't her strongest work. Working Girl deserved so much more Oscar success in '88. It is a near flawless movie IMHO. Melanie Griffiths just came up against Jodie Foster and the Best Picture went to Rain Man.
Originally Posted By leemac <<The soundtrack of Tron Legacy is really cool. It was a good idea to chose Daft Punk. If Disney is going to do another movie, I hope they bring them back.>> Agreed. Although Daft Punk's recent success might price them out of the movie business. I managed to pick up the 2-disc special edition of the soundtrack and it really is exceptional stuff.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Agreed. Although Daft Punk's recent success might price them out of the movie business. I managed to pick up the 2-disc special edition of the soundtrack and it really is exceptional stuff.<<< The soundtrack is one reason why I like the movie so much. The music fits perfectly to the visuals.
Originally Posted By leemac <<1977 - 'You Light up My Life">> That beat Candle On The Water - I know what I would have picked.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>That beat Candle On The Water - I know what I would have picked.<< Candle was a minor Adult Contemporary hit, while You Light Up My Life was the most successful hit single since White Christmas. True, YLUML hasn't aged well, but at the time, it really wasn't much of a contest.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It's now being used (along with Debby Boone) to hawk some apparently pretty sketchy plastic surgeons.
Originally Posted By mawnck >> to hawk some apparently pretty sketchy plastic surgeons.<< Like I said ... hasn't aged well. Guffaw.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Don't get me started on Celine Dion's Titanic song beating out Elliott Smith's Miss Misery at the 1998 Oscars. Haven't hear Miss Misery? LISTEN TO IT!!!!
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Re 250 I've seen that. As for Candle in the Water well I just that Pete's Dragon is not my favorite Disney film
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Pete's Dragon is not my favorite Disney film<< Well now you'll get a second chance with the reboot.* *Not a joke...they are remaking Pete's Dragon
Originally Posted By oc_dean "Hey, did someone just write a post in the number 243 slot, that's on topic? Aeh, ignore it! Lets just continue on our OFF topic nonsense!"
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Hey, did someone just write a post in the number 243 slot, that's on topic? Aeh, ignore it!<< Well, you LIKED it. We don't know what to do with that.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>*Not a joke...they are remaking Pete's Dragon<< Yep, but it's not going to be a musical, so it's unlikely that Candle on the Water will make it into the final cut, unless they use it for the credits and/or a montage of some sort
Originally Posted By leemac <<As for Candle in the Water well I just that Pete's Dragon is not my favorite Disney film>> I can get that. I do have a fondness for it. Ultimately Ron Miller should never have been a producer - he just didn't know how to construct a movie. Pete's Dragon has a wonderful cast that does well with a script that is pretty clunky. The director was a Type-A TV director and it felt like it. However the weakest link was Miller. So many promising movies like Tron, Pete's Dragon and Escape to Witch Mountain suffered with him as producer before he even became Prez in '80. Personally I'd prefer a Bedknobs and Broomsticks remake to Pete's Dragon. I loved Mary Norton's books as a kid. The movie is a guilty pleasure even though Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi couldn't quite work out how dark to take the film.
