Sepiatone Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Somebody recently ( not here) mentioned the movie POPEYE starring Robin Williams. It brought this to mind. I actually liked the movie. The casting was right, the sets were fantastic, and the costume and make up people did a fantastic job. MY issue is the music. For a movie that's supposed to be a musical, the music SUCKED! It contains the worst collection of songs ever written for a movie. And I use the word "written" most liberally. I suppose after all that money spent for sets, location(Malta), costumes and cast, there was no money left to pay a competent composer, I couldn't say. But, is this movie the ONLY movie that otherwise was good, but had sucky music? Probably not. Your inclusions are welcome. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 If a musical film has lousy music, I don't see how I could possibly like the film. What you're saying is like saying that you like like Duran Duran, but you don't like their songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 The movie "Popeye" had a BAD remix along with the bizarre, unintelligible lyrics. The soundtrack LP is better (far as music only - not lyrics) "Everything Is Food" is the best (in a manner of speaking) selection in the movie but for some reason not included on the soundtrack. Edited by: hamradio on Dec 9, 2013 9:03 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Honestly I did not see this movie, I only saw a clip, but A Knight's Tale uses modern rock songs on the soundtrack and for me that doesn;t make a lot of sense. And I know it's probably sacreligious or something, but I HATE Grease, both music and movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Obviously, nobody calls you Doo-**** Tracey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 > If a musical film has lousy music, I don't see how I could possibly like the film I guess you'd have to read, and read S-L-O-W-L-Y my original post to understand how, but I'll still try to explain. The story was good. Williams' Popeye was spot on, which is no surprise due to Williams being good at impression and mimickry, The casting of Shelly Duval was the perfect choice for Olive Oyle. And she did an excellent job of it. Paul Dooley as Wimpy was a pleasant surprise, as was Ray Walston as a perfect Pappy. The only downside was Bluto, who was done by an actor I'm not familiar with and don't remember the name of, and a far reduced role and presence of the famous Popeye memisis. The sets designed and built for the movie were also excellent. The costumes and make up work for all the characters was a marvelous achievement. In between the lousy music was a movie with much heart and humor. One but has to ignore the songs when presented to see a wonderful movie. Incidentally, I feel the same about the '70's movie BUGSY MALONE. A cute movie with an all kid cast and acted surprisingly well. The music, however, while not all that bad, was presented in a less than acceptable way. To me, anyway. AND to composer Paul Williams, I found out later... As far as A KNIGHT'S TALE, the modern rock music as it's score was a large part of the movies charm, as it wasn't intended to be that serious an historical presentation. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Sofia Coppola did the same thing as few years ago when she made "Marie Antoinette". She used modern rock music for the soundtrack. What was she thinking? It definitely did not work. Terrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 >Obviously, nobody calls you Doo-**** Tracey. Obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedeGuy27 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 The music for _Popeye_ was written by the astonishingly gifted Harry Nilsson (remember "Everybody's Talking" from _Midnight Cowboy_?). I believe he was in terrible shape when he did _Popeye_, drunk and near death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 > Sofia Coppola did the same thing as few years ago when she made "Marie Antoinette". She used modern rock music for the soundtrack. What was she thinking? It definitely did not work. Marie Antionette was an actual historical figure. I didn't see how Coppola thought it would work, either. But the characters and story in A KNIGHT'S TALE was total fiction ( I don't believe jousting tournaments were carried out that way, nor that Geoffrey Chaucer hung around a group like that), so it was, basically, a "novelty" movie. And the strains of AC/DC is certainly "novel" for ANY movie. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo2 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 You may have been meaning musicals, but I immediately thought of the Sergio Leone westerns. I can't stand the incessant and overuse of the famous and apparently popular music in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West - not that these movies are actually any good to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 *The music for Popeye was written by the astonishingly gifted Harry Nilsson (remember "Everybody's Talking" from _Midnight Cowboy_?)* Her performed the recording for the movie and had a big hit with it but he didn't write it. Fred Neill wrote it. Though Nilsson has plenty of other fine songs to his credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 "You may have been meaning musicals, but I immediately thought of the Sergio Leone westerns. I can't stand the incessant and overuse of the famous and apparently popular music in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West - not that these movies are actually any good to begin with." Hose apples, the Ennio Morricone soundtracks are exquisite, and the movies are masterpieces. Edited by: cigarjoe on Dec 11, 2013 5:57 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 My only remembrance of Popeye is the muddled memory I saw as a disappointed 11 year old. But I do recall that Paul Thomas Anderson uses one of the songs in Punch Drunk Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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