• missingno@fedia.io
    1021·
    7 days ago

    I haven’t actually seen Tron: Legacy, but I assume the film cannot possibly be as good as the Daft Punk album it came with.

    • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works
      42·
      7 days ago

      It’s not. It’s a subpar plot and some questionable acting carried by gorgeous visuals and a stellar soundtrack.

      It’s still my favourite movie of all time, but the soundtrack is stil better.

    • BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com
      22·
      7 days ago

      Honestly, Tron: Legacy is not that bad compared to Tron: Ares, which I was going to write down before I saw your comment.

      • missingno@fedia.io
        11·
        7 days ago

        I haven’t seen that one either, but I’ll assume it’s worse purely on the basis of not having Daft Punk.

        • c0wboy dani@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          it does have Nine Inch Nails though and Trent has done some phenomenal soundtrack work (though obviously not comparable to daft punk)

      • enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz
        61·
        7 days ago

        Tron: Ares was not that bad either. The visuals were a clear upgrade from Tron: Legacy and a handful of clips I’ve seen from the original Tron movie. You can notice that that they put a lot of details in places like Ares’ HUD, consoles, the proprietary 3D printer and the virtual red-coloured world whose name I can’t remember right now.

        The soundtrack does complement the movie, although I noticed that they repeated certain “melodies” across the movie more than I would’ve liked. It’s obviously not at par with Daft Punk but it resembles the spirit of the Tron franchise.

        The plot is a real rollercoaster in terms of quality and believability. The backstory and plot of the main protagonists feel solid and so is the interaction between each other. Somehow Jared Leto decently fits the role of Ares and his dialogues don’t feel out of place or cringey. On the other hand, the story gives too much power to the antagonist to the point that it clearly feels unfair. Also some action scenes feel like they’re happening just because they have to, and probably give material for the trailers to give the viewers something to look forward to while watching the movie.

        If you have no qualms with the involvement of Jared Leto, I would recommend that you give this movie a try. It’s certainly not a masterpiece, but it’s surprisingly well made for a movie that that considered a flop by the users at Lemmy.

        • Wolf314159@startrek.website
          5·
          6 days ago

          Those “repeated certain melodies across the movie” have a name. It’s called a theme and is something that’s pretty common in movies, opera, musicals, symphonies, etc. An entire work can have a theme that is modified, built upon, expanded or changed as the narrative progresses. Individual characters or places can have their own unique themes. Daft Punk’s entire style is built on repetition, so it should be no surprise that their musical score work would highlight that.

          https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(music)

      • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        6 days ago

        Is that the current state of film sequels? The sequel from ten to twenty years ago that we all thought was bad is not nearly as bad as the latest sequel, what has happened to films?!

  • TeddE@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 days ago

    Pirates of the Caribbean. The plot, characters, actors, and effects are fine enough. Specifically the plot is bland; it’s deliberately a hodgepodge of everything piratey tossed into a blender. Johnny Depp’s performance is excellent, but more because it feels the script was shaped around his eccentric dude persona rather than them stretching their skills. None of this makes the film bad just mediocre.

    … but the score is a masterpiece. Instantly iconic, filled with layered motifs, carries the sense of adventure and perfectly shapes the mood of each scene. Both catchy enough to become an earworm, but orchestral and textured enough that it’s not unwelcome as one.

  • MrDrProf@lemmy.ca
    9·
    5 days ago

    Disgusting lack of Space Jam in this thread. For a kids movie, the artists on the soundtrack were not fucking around

    • Donebrach@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      The phantom menace is still probably the second best main-line star war second to empire strikes back.

      I had the Star war jibblies with first Rey StarWar cycle but phantom menace has all the good of any starwar

      “MeyChupaDeyWhulbuh SeyBulbah(saur)” said with all the gusto of a child never once chanced the opportunity to swear. 👌👌

      • sickday@fedia.io
        1·
        5 days ago

        The Phatom Menace hits sooo much differently if you’ve read the books to fill in a lot of gaps that the movie itself doesn’t take time to explain. I would say AotC and RotS don’t suffer from this as much, but The Phantom Menace does stand out in this regard.

      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
        10·
        6 days ago

        Kor-ah, Mah-tah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah.

        Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Yood-hah, Kor-ah.

        Kor-ah, Syahd-ho. Rah-tah-mah, Daan-yah. Kor-ah, Kee-lah, Daan-yah. Nyo-hah, Kee-lah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Syahd-ho, Kee-la, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Kor-ah, Daa-nyah. Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah.

        Kor-ah, Daa-nyah. Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Nyo-hah, Kee-lah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Syahd-ho, Kee-la, Daan-yah, Rah-tah-mah.

        Kor-ah!

        Fragment of an old Welsh poem translated into Sanskrit–how could you miss? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_of_the_Fates

  • kubok@fedia.io
    30·
    7 days ago

    Spawn. The movie was laughably bad and I have banned it from my memory. However, the soundtrack is a collection of collaboration between metal bands and electronic artists and is really awesome.

  • tmyakal@infosec.pub
    25·
    7 days ago

    Queen of the Damned was an abysmal movie with a surpassing solid soundtrack with some of the biggest names in music at the time collaborating.

    Jonathan Davis of Korn wrote half the songs and sang in the movie, but his record contract stated that he couldn’t appear on an album put out by another label, so the solution was to bring in guest artists to sing instead. Chester Bennington from Linkin Park, Wayne Static from Static-X, David Draiman from Disturbed, and Jay Gordon from Orgy. If you were a nuMetal fan back then, this was an all-star lineup.

    Also, honorable mention to Batman & Robin for being absolute dogshit but having one of the Smashing Pumpkins’ best songs on it.

  • Enekk@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 days ago

    Put in my vote for _Flash Gordon _. Now, look, I love the movie, but the Queen album that goes with it is incredible.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      7 days ago

      Have to disagree. The movie is awesome, lots of lines to quote, lots of visual gags. It (and the comic) were formative for me and it’s one of the few movies that I feel really understands the millennial gamer nerd culture. And of course the music is great, but I couldn’t agree with better.

      • 0ops@piefed.zipEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        It’s one of my favorite movies, but one thing I’ve noticed about it is that you can really gauge people’s interests by what they remember from the movie. I notice that a lot of people on the internet remember it for the video game references or the comic book editing and action, but to me it’s always been a music movie.

        • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          Yeah, indie music, gamers, goths, vegans, movies, martial arts, queer subcultures… There’s a lot of things to latch on to and think “this movie was made for me”

      • LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip
        2·
        6 days ago

        I’ll concede that labeling it as “not bad” was too harsh/critical.

        When the movie was released, the movie, the plot, the soundtrack, the special effects - were fantastic.

        You’re absolutely right, it did a fantastic job of capturing “nerd culture” for that time.

        It’s not that I feel the movie aged badly, but it’s not as “unique” or relevant as it was in 2010. Other films have picked apart pieces of what made SPvW such a unique experience (for example: Free Guy).

        Additionally, the current “nerd culture” has changed. You’ll be hard pressed to find younger gamers play pixel graphic games (although, they are missing out).

        Certainly, not all topics are outdated (ie: LGBTQ), but enough of is.

        The film is a perfect nerdy time capsule for 2010, but the soundtrack with that dirty grunge sound will be around for a lot longer.

        We are sex bob-omb. 1…2…3…4…

    • Strider@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      If you look into the details of the special (not visual!) effects the movie is even more awesome!