Wtf the music
I don't remember all this cheesy 50s music badly put on top of scenes for no reason. Is this a recent change?
shareComplete novel version, I agree with you. Original score fits much better.
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I agree the 50/60s style music was out of place and jarring but wish they would have originally done something similar...but better.
I like the period music but by the time they put some in it didn't work. I hate the Stevie Wonder song.
Actually, i like a lot of the epic, orchastral music but would have liked some moments of appropriate, fitting rock n roll.
I liked the Stevie Wonder song when I was a teenager, but it seems out of place now. It's far from his best work. I never liked modern music in period films. They only period song in the 1983 version was "Gloria". The score in the 2005 version may have been heavy handed, but I commend the effort. I didn't like the original score at all.
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Yes, what you saw was a special edition. When I bought this "special" dvd years ago, I thought it had additional scenes, and/or outtakes. When I watched it with a friend, we both constantly complained every 5 minutes with every new song, and turned it off after about 35-40 minutes! Horrible idea. I gave it away eventually.
"I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this."
I hate how they dubbed over the movie with all the new music. I like the original version better.
shareI don't know which version I saw but whichever it was, the music was awful - ridiculously obtrusive.
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I wish there was a version with a combo of the extended scenes + the original score. Then the movie would be perfect.
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