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It was interesting, but...

posted 19 years ago by Awakening124
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I think it was the score that killed it for me. In a film where there should have been very little music, if any, it blasted you with overdramatic orchestra that kinda killed it.
That's my opinion anyway.
That and Rae Dawn Chong was so friggin' annoying, and the (pretty much) rape scene was just a bit disturbing and made me hate the character despite the fact that they don't know any better.

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[–] Pinky2000 17 years ago

The musical score was there for dramatic reasons. I thought that it was fitting to many scenes - hell the whole movie.

What did you find disturbing about the rape scene? What rape scene? They are caveman. Did not think they understood the meaning of NO means NO back then. It's all very primitive.

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[–] Awakening124 17 years ago

I know it's primitive man and everything, but it still disturbed me somehow, not sure why.

And of course the music was there for dramatic reasons, that's the whole point of a score, I just found it way too over the top.

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[–] Pinky2000 17 years ago

Well some parts of the score way over the top but I think for some parts, it really let the audience know the feeling of the characters being that the dialog was so limited. You kinda get wrapped up in it.

As far as the rape scene - I respect your opinion. I mean who would want to be grabbed up by some random caveman and violated. There are still a lot of them running around today. I see your point.

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[–] moviegeek71 17 years ago

Rape?!!? She was on her back, masturbating! She rejected the sexual advances of Amoukar but when Naoh "mounted" her she didn't put up a fight at all. She got exactly what she wanted.

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[–] scottythefield 16 years ago

Two different Rae Dawn sex scenes, there. The first one was basically rape; the second one, she instigated.

[–] Starcraft_rules 10 years ago

Score fits the film perfectly. I see you were expecting Planet of the Apes type of score, but they went with 2001 instead.