The cinematography was also lackluster. But the landscapes and Martin Sheen were great. But come on—The Shins? This isn't Garden State.
Ultimately, there was way too much music in this film. It was a beautiful trail, they did not need to rely on music to carry the film.
i can't stand music breaks in movies, this one was no exception
shareYeah the music was all over the place in this film. But I've hear worse soundtracks; this wasn't too distracting.
shareI completely agree, the music choices were terrible. It didn't quite ruin the movie for me, but the bad music certainly didn't do it any favours.
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I just saw it and I was thinking about how much I really enjoyed the music.
The James Taylor - Walkin On A Country Road and Alanis Morrisette - I'm Sorry.
At first I thought it was kid of weird, but when I asked myself why, I found myself enjoying it.
Also the guitar music background was nice.
I think if you actually saw this movie without that music it would have seemed longer, maybe too long, and not as flowing.
The music was very good.
Same, I downloaded the song by Alanis because of this movie. Love that song.
shareDidn't like Morisette's song in it.
shareI loved the main theme. I thought it was simple, but elegant and fit the movie perfectly. The pop songs though were a bit distracting.
After a little bit of searching, I see it's called Ventura. Here's a link to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk5XdFeOCUI&feature=plcp
I love James Taylor's songs, especially "Ön A Country Road" however transporting this American sounding song to the Spanish countryside seemed a little incongruous. Perhaps just the guitar parts would have worked better.
shareYes, I rolled my eyes a bit at the music choices, especially with the similarities to the Garden State soundtrack. The Shins? Check. Coldplay? Check. Nick Drake? Check. While I love Nick Drake, the similar combination was a but formulaic.
The Alanis Morisette song was annoying.
Loved the guitar soundtrack and James Taylor, although I agree with a previous poster that it was a bit out of place in Europe.
Can you spell "over-reaction", boys and girls?.... I knew you could. How in hell can music ruin a movie? It may detract from or lessen the effect of a movie, but ruin it? I think some people must have a tenuous grasp on the meaning of this film.
shareThe music was great...it carried the movie and emotions very well.
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Ditto here. Yeah, it was superimposition of American music from time to time -- but the soundtrack in general was varied, and it included a lot of music that was from vaguely to very regional. Also, you had an American and a Canadian making the trip -- not to mention the fact that they _do_ listen to the Shins et al. in Ireland, and the Netherlands, and in Spain, too. I think if all the music had been strictly regional and/or specifically religious and contemplative, that would have resulted in a different complaint. I generally don't like the imposition of American culture into places where it doesn't belong (Disney movies drive me crazy with this -- Eddie Murphy as a Chinese dragon, complete with the occasional street talk? really?), but it didn't seem especially intrusive or off-point here.
To be fair, I guess I wouldn't have been bothered by a soundtrack that was entirely "foreign" to the surly American, to go along with the idea of a character needing to go meet reality as it was, rather than having it all come to him in his typical controlled and affluent American environment. Isn't that kind of what travel is about anyway? So I guess you could make the point that cutting the pop tunes might have resulted in a positive effect for the storyline. But "ruined the movie"? Nah. Some pretty good music in there, actually.
As for Morrisette's "Thank You," I continue to be amazed at how anybody could not absolutely love that song, especially anybody who understands the sense of it. Different strokes, I guess.
As for Morrisette's "Thank You," I continue to be amazed at how anybody could not absolutely love that song, especially anybody who understands the sense of it. Different strokes, I guess.
Too true -- the song was totally on point.
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Couldn't have said it better. I thought the music was beautiful, fitting and well-chosen. To each his own, I suppose. But I agree with you, jmin-1 and the others who enjoyed the music in this beautiful film.
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Are you ever NOT going to fall for that??
I would normally agree about James Taylor, but the clip was a nice bit of comedic relief that played off the James Taylor reference a few minutes prior in the movie.
shareI agree, the music was most of the time inappropriate and superfluous.
shareI truly loved the soundtrack in the whole movie, and thought it worked well with the scenes.
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