Yup. Horner gets and deserves a lot of crap for recycling, but his Titanic score is one of the greats. And I think it has a lot to do with the films success. Titanic tears me up pretty good every time, and that stuff is a big part of the reason. (That, and the crushingly beautiful photography.)Tricky I Shadow said:
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ryutaro's mama
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GhaleonEB said:
I thought it was OK. I really wish Enya had accepted and decided to score film but I think Horner did a good job emulating that spirit.
On a side note, the OST version of "My heart will go on" still gives me chills.
Fuck that guitar, male backing vocals trash on the radio edit.
Titanic...It probably is my second favorite after Terminator. Maybe first. It hits all the right cheesy chords for me. It plays me easier than a pianist plays a piano.Scullibundo said:
The last scene was/is/ and will forever be too much
Yes...I'm crying now =[
It doesn't matter if he reuses music, or the same beats. As long as it works. It doesn't matter at all.
And yes, Titanic is still probably my most waited upon BluRay.
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shintoki said:
Yeah man.
This is quite possibly one best endings I've ever seen.
I still get goosebumps when the doors open and Jack is watching the clock, waiting.
Sheer perfection.
Every time I've seen Titanic, I get weepy when the camera pans over the photographs of Rose, and pauses on her riding the horse (right in the surf). By the time of the final pan to the restored dome over the grand staircase, I'm a blubbering mess. Every. Single. Time.ryutaro's mama said:
It's moments of poetry like that throughout the film that elevate it to where it is with me. It's got warts, but mother of god it's just a great story, beautifully told. The movie is an emotional roller coaster like no other.
Don't get me started on how Cameron uses that dome through the film. One of my favorite cinematic touches ever.
Oh no, I rewatched the ending to the movie...Probably doesn't make it better. It's not just the soundtrack, Soundtrack has no effect on it's own.Jewbacca said:
2nd. I completely admit to being a bitch with this shit and horror movies. :lol Thrown in a decent sappy movie and I'm done for. :lol
GhaleonEB said:
Going through the life she lived for both her, and Jack. Follow it up with going in the same meeting place when they went to dinner with. The grand hallway on Titanic...with everyone who passed away on the ship cheering them on.
It's just too much. Other movies I would probably critique it. I can't do that with Titanic or sappy movies.
SCULLIBUNDO
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You guys are getting it all wrong. That isn't the saddest part at all. The saddest part is when you see Mr. Andrews for the last time. Because everybody is thinking he's blaming himself for the death of 1100 people by refusing to clutter his masterpiece with cumbersome and ugly life boats. But really, he's just built one of the most beautiful pieces of engineering mankind has seen and its like G-d just came along and kicked his sandcastle over. I know I cry when I think about all that beautiful architecture going to waste.
Scullibundo said:
For me, the best part of Titanic was seeing all the people who were actually there. Before the movie, I'd read up on all sorts of disasters, and the sinking of the Titanic was the most fascinating for me (just ahead of Mt. St. Helens). I'd also seen two of the previous Titanic movies leading up to Cameron's. Whenever it was Jack and Rose, yeah, it was neat to see the story of the ship through them, but it was more interesting for me as a retelling of the disaster itself and not the love story.
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Wait for the 3d release.Gui_PT said:
ragingadamo
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The woman at the end of the Early Show clip ruined the whole segment.:lolFirewalkR said:
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Gui_PT said:
It's a solid soundtrack, however the recycling is terrible.
I literally cringed during my first watch after listening the exact same song used for the
fall of the mother tree
when Neytiri's dragon dies
That was fatal. I can't believe he dared to recycle such an important and meaningful song twice.
Maybe I'm picky, but I'm a composer.
Garcia said:
Perhaps you have a point, but I wouldn't say it is less of an important event... in itself perhaps it is but at that moment everything is falling apart
everyone is dying and the na'vi are getting crushed
So I saw Avatar 3d two weeks ago, my first 3d experience, i must say I was not impressed with 3d. I saw it in a theater featuring Real D 3d and just as i thought originally, wearing the glasses over my prescription glasses was very annoying.
We did not get very good seats so different parts of the screen looked different than the parts we were seated optimally for. Some of the effects were cool where stuff floated out of the screen but it didnt really seem to add much to the movie.
Thought the movie was very good though.
We did not get very good seats so different parts of the screen looked different than the parts we were seated optimally for. Some of the effects were cool where stuff floated out of the screen but it didnt really seem to add much to the movie.
Thought the movie was very good though.
MiamiWesker
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It is official now worldwide, congrats to Avatar. I really really enjoyed Avatar but I still won't put it above some of Cameron's other movies and I feel Titanic was better. Even though this movie is making crazy money I still feel it has a way to go to match the fever that went along with Titanic.
Having Cameron break his own record is unbelievable, the man deserves huge amounts of credit.
Having Cameron break his own record is unbelievable, the man deserves huge amounts of credit.
Annihilator
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Saw it on saturday and it was good. Highest grossing film good? No way, but whatever. I usually never agree with the "masses".
Lumpy Onion
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Finally got around to seeing it and was quite impressed. I saw it in IMAX 3D and it was my first time seeing anything like this before. I heard it was almost 3 hours long, but it went by in a snap and I never found my mind wandering. I hope to see it again next week.
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Bitter sweet for me.Dead said:
I want Avatar 2 but I just started reading Battle Angel and I'm FLOORED by it so I can't wait to see what he does with that movie . . . and I don't want to have to wait 8+ years to find out.
I thought some how Avatar's development was related to the Battle angel movie . . .
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But he keeps talking about it!jett said:
He even said that they now have a good script for it in some Dec interview.
When I was fresh off seeing the movie for the first time, I really wanted a sequel as soon as possible. Now though, I would slightly prefer he moves onto something else, especially after reading that he secured the rights to the novel about the atomic bombings in Japan (and as we all know, the man can do disasters justice and then some).Dead said:
Black-Wind said:But he keeps talking about it!
He even said that they now have a good script for it in some Dec interview.
Maybe but when asked about what could he do next he only mentions Avatar 2 and The Dive. I believe he said he has had a good script for years, but he would have to check it out again. I think he has lost interest in the project. Even if he wanted to, I doubt he'll be able to squirm away from Avatar 2. I doubt there's anyone on the planet more in love with the world he has created than himself.
Black-Wind
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Yes, he has said that theres gonna be more Avatar in the future and yes, he did say that "The Dive" would most likely be his next film. But his reasoning for wanting to do "The Dive" next instead of Battle Angel was because, according to him, he doesn't want to do two 4 year movies back-to-back (making me assume that it aint gonna be a huge timesink for him). As for Avatar 2 . . . IDK what to say there. :/jett said:Maybe but when asked about what could he do next he only mentions Avatar 2 and The Dive. I believe he said he has had a good script for years, but he would have to check it out again. I think he has lost interest in the project. Even if he wanted to, I doubt he'll be able to squirm away from Avatar 2. I doubt there's anyone on the planet more in love with the world he has created than himself.
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Well fuck... I just saw this on twitter from a US Navy Sailor in Bahrain.
I'm stuck at work until Friday.
I'm stuck at work until Friday.
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Solo said:
I dunno how much faith I would put in that piece of info. Hiring crew before he's even started writing the script? :lol
CassidyIzABeast
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Battle Angel or gtfo. The only way I'll believe is if the news comes from Marketsaw
Neverender
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Saw it again at Imax Melbourne today. First time was RealD at a local cinema. I couldn't really notice a difference to be honest, besides the screen size and the amazing sound. The 3D seemed pretty similar.
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