Aged by its soundtrack
Evanescence? That reeks of the early 2000s
shareI can't stand people like you.
Evanescence doesn't sound "dated" in the least, neither does any other song in this damn film.
Bring Me To Life sounds fresher than 90% of today's music.
If you're going to single out a film for having dated music, actually pick a film that HAS dated music.
Secondly, you do realize time is a straight line, right? All music will be "dated" by your logic....So what's the solution? Ignore music? Does score not sound dated?
Maybe they should release new cuts of the films with new songs every 8 years?
Honestly!
"See it with someone you love...Go by yourself"
"I can't stand people like you."
That's out of line, directed as it was at somebody who merely had the audacity to express a one-line opinion you disagree with.
As for the substance of the argument: Evanescence is dated, regardless of your personal preference in music, and in this movie it is a distraction. And not all music ages at the same rate; some musical styles are passed over more quickly than others, and some are more evocative of their time than others. This would be a feature, not a problem, if the movie were a period piece, but it isn't. Ironically, that's part of the problem here: if the movie had used more forgettable music, it would have faded into the background more easily. In a sense, the soundtrack is too good for its own good.
The larger problem is the use of melodramatic music to garner unearned sympathy for failed characters, particularly in the funeral scene. we have no reason to care about the death of Elektra's father, so crank out the Evanesence to signal the audience that this is an emotional turning point. It doesn't work; music can't make up for the shortcomings of the script.
Congratulations...I also can't stand people like you!
Evanescence does not sound dated. I don't care if it came out in 2003...It doesn't sound dated. And it sure as hell isn't a "distraction".
Ever seen the show Supernatural? They play mostly 70's..80's music as a choice...So does that mean that Supernatural is dated???
Was Iron Man 2 dated by it's ACDC soundtrack?
Of course not!
People need to stop being so moronic.
Seriously.
The larger problem is the use of melodramatic music to garner unearned sympathy for failed characters
Any use of music in film can be accused of this, if it's an accusation at all.
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Sounds like someone really loves his evanescence...but seriously you didn't seem to actually address his argument at all, you just provided some examples of why you think the original poster is wrong.
But what he said was that not all music ages the same. A lot of music from the 70's and 80's has a place in Supernatural because the music that they selected has aged well, and held up to a point that it could fit in really any time period. AC/DC doesn't feel aged in Iron Man because it still is universally beloved. Audiences still enjoy this music, it's still relevant to them today. (Not to mention for Iron Man, AC/DC ages the character in a good way, when he's listening to Suicidal Tendencies in his workshop, or wearing his Black Sabbath shirt in the Avengers, we can see the time period that he matured in)
So why did the original poster think Evanescence aged poorly? Probably because their fan-base has dramatically fallen off in a way that points to them being just a fad in that brief time period of the early-mid 2000's. There's nothing wrong with that, but if you were making a movie today it's highly unlikely you would want them on your soundtrack, unless you were specifically trying to evoke that time period. Another example: The movie Orange County with Colin Hanks and Jack Black. The girls in Colin's school are obsessed with Crazy Town- Butterfly. Because this song was really only popular in a very specific window of time and hasn't held up years later, we can say that those scenes in Orange County contain a joke that won't fully live up to time, other than the girls liking a "bad" song.
Do you see now that music ages differently? That Bach can be played over anything to this day and no one will notice, but if you were to play Limp Bizkit in anything but a period movie, everyone would giggle?
I agree with everything you said.
I am Tigro, bow down to my greatness.
Evanescence "Made Of Stone" Underworld Awakening soundtrack (2012)
Evanescence "New Way To Bleed" Avengers soundtrack (2012)
That's me winning the argument.
And this is me just showing off.
Daredevil was freaking made in 2003!
Bring Me To Life wasn't even released until after the movie came out.
So the movie had a song that was ahead of it's time, and now 13 years late it has to be criticized?
Iron Man 2 chooses a songs from the 70's (that sounds more aged than Evanescence ever could) and that's fine????
And no this is not about my love for Evanescence, none of the songs on this movie sound dated in the least.
If the original poster thinks pointing out that a song "reeks" of the year it was released is clever or ironic...well....I don't know what to say.
I'm sorry, but nobody is watching Daredevil and saying "Gosh! the music in this film sounds so old!"
"See it with someone you love...Go by yourself"
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You're getting real worked up and butthurt about nothing, lmao. Evenasscense is definitely an early 2000s phenomenon, and it does date this movie to the early 2000s, along with the visual effects. I definitely had a flashback to the early 2000s when I watched Daredevil just from the soundtrack. I mean, come on, who listens to that stuff any more?
uh a lot of people?
as someone just mentioned, Evanescence was even on The Avengers soundtrack share
And this is me just showing off.
Daredevil was freaking made in 2003!
Bring Me To Life wasn't even released until after the movie came out.
So the movie had a song that was ahead of it's time, and now 13 years late it has to be criticized?
Two months isn't really ahead of its time. Unless its time was really that brief, which would go against your argument. And 13 years on from 2003 would be 2016. This was you showing off?
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Emmmm.... I did. I was thinking that today nobody would pick that song for those scenes.
It took me out of the movie. Maybe it works for you, but for me it looks like a way to sell the soundtrack and nothing more.
I bet that you feelings are just nostalgia. How old were you? 16 or less?
And don't get me wrong, it's ok if you like it, but I think most would say that that song sounds dated. Many would say the same thing about songs I like, but I have no problem.
Music needs to work supporting the visuals, otherwise is a fail. This song is shouting "listen to me, am i cool song or what?" and it shouldn't be doing that.
Agreed with the OP, the music makes this feel pretty dated. It could have done without the very "early 2000's" sounding music.
shareI'll just say what the original poster really means.
Christopher Nolan didn't use any songs in his Dark Knight Trilogy so no other comic book film should use music either.
This Internet consensus is laughable, basically saying all those past superhero movies with hit songs that people loved are lame now...Just "because".
Not gonna fly.
"See it with someone you love...Go by yourself"
I totally did. I grew up as a teenaage with Nu-Metal etc., so it was my thing back then.
I've grown up since then and (like the kids of today will notice about DubStep in a few year), Nu-Metal kind of sucked. It definitely reeks of early 2000's. It's a really easy way to date your film.
But the thing is... Evanescence sucks. Crappy, generic pop metal with a boring, coma-inducing singer. Amy Lee has a decent voice but she doesn't do anything with it. She has a dynamic range beginning with 1 and ending with 3. And absolutely zero emotion.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
the soundtrack is by far the best thing about the movie. I have it on my IPod. A lot of awesome tunes on it
shareby cheezmunky » Tue Feb 4 2014 02:22:48The thread's about how the movie's "aged by its soundtrack," not about whether or not anyone thinks "Evanescence sucks," because that sort of thing depends on an individual's tastes.
But the thing is... Evanescence sucks. Crappy, generic pop metal with a boring, coma-inducing singer. Amy Lee has a decent voice but she doesn't do anything with it. She has a dynamic range beginning with 1 and ending with 3. And absolutely zero emotion.
Regardless of whether you think "Evanescence sucks" or not, the OP and LookielouE1705, who said "Evanescence is dated," are clearly wrong, because as GuyYouWishYouWere pointed out, to this day, Evanescence's music is still being used.
P.S. While I don't agree that Evanescence's music is dated, I do think they were too prominent in Daredevil. It felt like there was one Evanescence music after another, and another, and another...even though, really, there were probably only two. They should've just used "Bring Me to Life" and left "My Immortal" out, because the latter didn't even fit in the scene it was used in. share
I like both songs but I thought it was weird to hear them almost back to back.
shareDude, it's 2 & 1/2 years later.....and Evanescence still sucks the very same balls they did when you first tried to convince us otherwise, waaaaayyyyy back in 2014. Give it up, they suck, they're irrelevant, move on.
shareExcellent response, GYWYW.
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