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re: I hate the movie
Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:00 pm EDT 06/25/18
Posted by: WaymanWong 12:58 pm EDT 06/25/18
In reply to: re: I hate the movie - bobby2 10:15 pm EDT 06/24/18

I couldn't get past the major miscasting of Daniel Day-Lewis as Guido Contini.

As for cutting ''Be on Your Own,'' I imagine they wanted Yeston to write a new number for Luisa that could be Oscar-eligible.

So you wound up with the stripteasy (and dreary) ''Take It All,'' which actually did get an Oscar nomination for Best Song.

I thought the Academy should've nominated another new song instead: ''Cinema Italiiano,'' which was livelier and more fun.
Link 'Cinema Italiano'' (with Kate Hudson) from 'Nine'
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re: I hate the movie
Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:36 pm EDT 06/25/18
In reply to: re: I hate the movie - WaymanWong 12:58 pm EDT 06/25/18

Just for the hell of it, I threw the soundtrack into my phone and I do actually listen to some it now and then. The orchestration under Penelope Cruz doing "A Call From The Vatican" is pretty thrilling. I find "Take it All" to be a fine song on its own out of context, but, of course, it pales in comparison to "Be On Your Own" in context. I always find I like the idea of "Cinema Italiano," but tire of it before it finishes.
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re: I hate the movie
Posted by: Chazwaza 04:32 pm EDT 06/25/18
In reply to: re: I hate the movie - WaymanWong 12:58 pm EDT 06/25/18

Eh, i find that song to not only be forced in (in a re-write of the Press character that doesn't help the themes and conflict of the story), but musically lazy and lyrically awkward in many spots. I definitely don't think it deserved an Oscar nod. It's also staged in seemingly the only way Rob Marshall can conceive of a musical number in a movie... it's so unimaginative and tiresome. Same for "Take It All".
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