Hulk

So I went to a 12:01 showing of the Hulk tonight and really enjoyed.  i really appreciated the fact that the movie never hinted once to there ever being a previous Hulk movie that starred Eric Bana and was absolutely horrible.  Isn't that the great thing about film.  if you have the money you can try numerous times to make a great movie out of something completely and utterly hopeless.  When I say stuff like that it makes me think how talented stage actors are.  I mean a movie will only do well for two reasons: either it is really freaking awesome or there was an unbelievable marketing team who made a not so great product into something you need to survive upon.  Stage actors on the other hand rely completely on their skills to bring in the pay checks.  No reshoots just get on stage and ad lib if you mess up.  They practice for months and then perform the same show nightly for several years.  People will come to see it because that actor is really good or because the performance is different ever time.

This is a very random thing to talk about in a blog but I guess that is what these are for.  So much work goes into a film that we never see or hear about.  Maybe I am biased because I want to be a music supervisor for film in television, but the people who create the soundtracks for movies can be the ones who make or break a movie.  What is a movie without a great soundtrack.  Nothing!  What is the first thing you realize about a movie like Cast Away, I know strange example, there is no soundtrack the entire time he is on the island.  It creates a lonely effect that brings the audience in to mind of Tom Hank's character.  That was clever, the director and composer understood what they were trying to achieve and did it.  Other movies are great but have terrible soundtracks, like starship troopers.  Okay so its not a great movie but I had to throw it in there since I watched it again last night.  terrible soundtrack.  i hope the future never sounds like that.  Or what about the soundtrack to a movie like forest Gump.  Now that is a killer soundtrack, one that grabs your attention, gets you singing, reminds you of a time, gets you anger, makes you cry, or just makes you want to go out and by the cd, which i remember doing with my dad.  

Maybe that is why I love music so much.  the power it commands over the audience is unbelievable.  One day, maybe my name will be on the credits of a great movie, or maybe a  bad one, but hopefully its a great soundtrack that saves the movie.

Also, I am going to milwaukee this weekend to hang out wit Evan so that should be a blast.  Alright.....