Superman - Original Score

Batman: The Original Score

Advantages: The most powerful Batman score ever composed; an Elfman classic all the way
Disadvantages: So what if it isn't the most sophisticated score in the world?

of the basic characteristics that define his music, namely quirky rhythms, diverse percussion, and simply out-of-the-wall weirdness. Many other contemporary composers were baffled at exactly how to react to the highly original man, with admiration or digust? In 1989 however, the perception of Elfman changed drastically. Batman was the most ambitious project Elfman had ever embarked upon and he took full advantage of the opportunity. The musical duties were divided between Elfman, whose score would fill about 80% of the film, and Prince, who wrote a number of songs to be used at various points in the film as background music or more prominently during few sequences (like the art museum scene and the money-parade scene). With Prince taking care of the song-part of the movie, Elfman would employ the use of a large symphony orchestra of gothic ...

berlioz 24.06.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Batman (Score) - Danny Elfman

World Without Superman

Advantages: Best Superman animation for some time
Disadvantages: Only 75 minutes long

or another. Superman's nemesis in the story was Doomsday. A giant hulk of a creature that punished Superman and bought chaos and death to everyone he encountered. So it was with some interest when I heard DC were releasing a animated feature length film about this story that I though the consolidation of a years worth of story telling could be compacted down into a single 75 minute movie. Having watched this it was obvious that it was going to be impossible for the producers to capture the story in the way it was originally printed, so what they have delivered is a cut-down version that shrinks the story down. In my opinion this takes away the grand scale of the original and considerably dilutes the story in such a manner that the scope has been overlooked. The story is effectively split in the three parts, the first being where Superman fights ...

Timbo3107 15.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Superman - Doomsday (DVD)

Failed return for Superman

Advantages: Great special effects
Disadvantages: Poor story

the original franchise. Bryan Singer has definitely made a stylish film with excellent special effects, but the script is lacking and the performances are not very impressive. Brandon Routh may look like a younger Christopher Reeve, but I don?t rate his acting skills. Kevin Spacey is good as Lex Luther, but I think Gene Hackman is better in this role. I feel that comparisons to the original Superman films will always hamper this film and stop it being a success. ...

mozzie76 11.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Superman Returns (DVD)