Posts Tagged ‘The Fountain’
Why directing Wolverine 2 isn’t a good idea for an established director.
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When in the hands of a great director a comic book franchise can transcend it’s genre. Look no further than Christopher Nolan’s classic The Dark Knight for proof of such. Unfortunately, most of the time these properties don’t turn out the way fans hoped they would. The later X-Men films are good example of rushed productions, bad scripts, and studio interference. While Brett Ratner’s X-Men 3 was bad, the schlockiness really came to a head with the laughable X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie may be regarded as completely terrible by most sentient beings, but general love of the character Wolverine was enough to put butts in the seats. The film made $373,062,864 million worldwide, a sequel was greenlit, and the search for director to helm it has begun.
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Score Your Week | The Fountain
At the beginning of the week here at Filmdogs, a member of the pack will be offering a recommendation for a soundtrack to help you speed up those never ending work days and (if possible) inspire you.
British composer Clint Mansell is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky. Particularly his main theme for Requiem or a Dream. However, it’s his darkly epic work on the director’s third film The Fountain that really made me take notice. Read the rest of this entry »
