COMPASS & LOTR comparison - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalaith · 12-26-2007, 02:23 PM

I saw it today and I thought it was good but not great. The acting was well above average for a fantasy film, and lots of the visualisation was very fine.
What let it down was that they rushed through the story at bewildering speed, but also, that the score just wasn't a patch on LotR. It was cheesy bog-standard "fantasy epic" stuff. It's when you don't have it that you realise what a difference a really stirring score can make.

12-26-2007, 02:23 PM	#11
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	I saw it today and I thought it was good but not great. The acting was well above average for a fantasy film, and lots of the visualisation was very fine. What let it down was that they rushed through the story at bewildering speed, but also, that the score just wasn't a patch on LotR. It was cheesy bog-standard "fantasy epic" stuff. It's when you don't have it that you realise what a difference a really stirring score can make. __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling