I don't understand why STAR DUST received low ratings from critics. I guess it's because it was based on a book... ever notice how fans of the book will always give the movie a low grade because the movie is NEVER 100% faithful to the book?
I love the movie. I love, love, LOVE it so much, I want to watch it again!!?! Call me shallow, uncritical... whatever you want. I'm not a picky movie-goer. I watch movies to be entertained. And STAR DUST certainly more than does the job.
I left the movie on a musical high (all hail ILAN ESHKERI !!! the new demi-god of soundtrack compositions). True, the movie was good on its own... with the fantastic special effects and the great plot. But, I've said this and I say it again: THE MUSIC MAKES THE FILM.
Can you imagine the TITANIC without James Horner's music? Without MY HEART WILL GO ON?
Didn't think so. ;-)
Back to topic. I left the cinema on a musical high, but also filled with such happiness and optimism. I believe in L.O.V.E! The glistening, rainbow-covered, pink aura surrounding the idea of it. Of candle-lit dinners and a romantic violin concerto playing in the background. Of the hero taking a bullet meant for his beloved and dying gladly in her place. Of soulful eye-gazing and hand-holding, underneath a starry sky and surrounded with all of Mother Nature's glory.
It's nice to believe in an idea. Idealism tempered with realism is the best mix, I think.
~ ~ ~
Funny how my favorite love song is also the most beautiful sacred song I've ever heard.
Then again, God's love for us IS the best romance story ever told.
PANUNUMPA
Ikaw lamang ang pangakong mahalin
Sa sumpang sa'yo magpakailan pa man
Yakapin mon'g bawat sandali,
Ang buhay kong sumpang sa'yo lamang alay,
At mapapawi ang takot sa 'kin
Pangakong walang hanggan
Ikaw lamang ang pangakong susundin
Sa takbo sakdal, liwanagan ang daan
Yakapin mong bawat sandali,
Ang buhay kong sumpang sa'yo lamang alay
At mapapawi ang takot sa 'kin
'Pagkat taglay lakas mong angkin
Ikaw ang siyang pag-ibig ko
Asahan mo ang katapatan ko
Kahit ang puso ko'y nalulumbay,
Mananatiling ikaw pa rin...
At mapapawi ang takot sa 'kin
Pagkat taglay lakas mong angkin
hi ate gabi. ganda ng stardust!!! <3 haha wala lang.:p
ReplyDeletestardust is love!!!
ReplyDeletewaaah, did you just give away the ending? oh well, its ok, im not planning to go to the movies. :)
ReplyDeletebtw, whats your favorite soundtrack?
Haha! Don't worry, Mika, that wasn't the ending. WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT!!
ReplyDeleteWhew! Ang dami kong gustong OST! Off the top of my head... I really love Hans Zimmer's work in GLADIATOR. There's also James Horner... his LEGENDS OF THE FALL music is simply breathtaking. And TITANIC was also splendid. Also BRAVEHEART!!
And LORD OF THE RINGS, of course.
What's YOUR favorite soundtrack? ;)
awww, my parents and little sister are watching it right now... i decided to stay home and practice. i ended up using the internet. hahaha
ReplyDeletemy favorite OST? hmmm, theyre from really old movies ha. :P
i love the OST of Vertigo (1958), The Third Man (1949), The Godfather 1 and 2, City Lights (1931, Charlie Chaplin was the director, actor, and composer for the movie! multi-talented!)... i love old movies, hahaha
Oooooh... I haven't seen/heard any of those yet, well, except for The Godfather 1 & 2. Ang ganda nga naman ng music ni Nino Rota... he co-wrote the song "What is A Youth" from Zeffirelli's version of ROMEO AND JULIET (yet another lovely OST).
ReplyDeletepahabol... another favorite: the OST of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and Once Upon a Time in the West, both by Ennio Morricone
ReplyDeletewaaah!!! i love that soundtrack too! nina rota's one of my favorite film composers. even before the Godfather, he mades really catchy soundtracks for italian films. :)
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