As much as I enjoy the original X-Men theme by John Ottman, there's no denying that Hans Zimmer delivers an equalling compelling score with this. That's just how it is with Zimmer. Whether a movie is a box office bomb or a huge hit, his music never fails to bring epicness, nostalgia or emotion to make it worth watching.
Lmfao this is the most phoned in shit imaginable. Right up there with Zimmer’s Spider-Man music, actually embarrassing. This can’t touch the 90s theme, let alone the Ottman one.
It was a decent X-Men film. It sits somewhere nicely in the middle of "good" ones (X2, First Class, Days Of Future Past) and "bad" ones (Origins:Wolverine, Apocalypse). 2 main things ruined this one: The generic Debari villains/Vuk, and the poor way the Mystique character was written and executed. Jennifer Lawrence is a good actress, but her performance, change in appearance and cringy "X-Women" line spat at the Professor....all ruined what could've been a slightly better film. Hans Zimmer's score, the visual effects, Sophie Turner's performance, and the Train Sequence were the only outstanding things about this final installment.
Just wondering if any xmen fans saw resemblance between the deviants and the skrulls from the original UN cut of xmen Dark Phoenix? Cause I certainly did! (First two pics deviant, third pic original skrull from xmen DP)
And the fact that the Original 3rd Act was completly cut out is a crime against humanity. Jean Gray sacrificing herself to save the earth and her family from the Skrulls invasion, was a way more emotional ending. I want to see the 1st cut so badly
That is why if you are going to do a live action adaptation of the Dark Phoenix saga, it needs to be at least 2 whole movies. You cannot cram that entire storyline into one 2 hour long movie.
Knowing how the film got trashed and barely no one went to see it, i can see a Captain Phillips happening were a filmmaker asks for permission to use cues or direct score tracks of a lesser known film like Captain Phillips did in using the score for United 93, and most won't even notice it since the score matches well with the film. I say this since the score for Dark Phoenix is top Zimmer and can see specific cues or tracks this one being used in other better received films that audiences would appreciate.
That would be pretty awesome. I very often imagine certain score tracks appearing in movies or shows that they were never intended for, with Dark Phoenix (along with other Zimmer scores) being among them.
For the same example, in 007 No Time to Die, the public's evaluation of the film was not good, but it produced a score that matched James Bond's magnificent exit.
Good cast of actors, for the most part, poor, sub-par writing and character development. Even knowing this was the last film in the series didn't justify the lack of energy and effort put into this one.
