That being said, Trevor Rabins' 'Flyboys' is so unashamedly derivative I don't think I can stomach it. Talk about completely aping Williams' 'Saving Private Ryan' and, more specifically, 'The Patriot' (within the main theme, no less!).

These are superficial complaints that I hope will be glossed over after I begin to like the score more as a whole. Seemed to get a lot better reviews than I'm used to seeing from Rabin scores (*** 1/2's...), so it's gotta be worth something.

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Originally posted by nuts_score:
I saw the film . . . it was pretty awful. It had Dean Devlin's stench all over it (he was a producer).

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I haven't been up to date at all lately with current film scores or Rabin's output of the last few years, but I always have liked him. I even think his score for 'Con Air' is reasonably enjoyable, and have always respected 'Armageddon' for what it was. And though I remember the album for 'The 6th Day' being pretty dull, I still think that "Adam's Theme" from that score is one of his peak moments as a film composer. I never saw 'The Great Raid' -- never even heard of it, heh.

nuts,

I don't really have any intention on seeing the film. But I do like Jean Reno.

And up until only very recently I thought it was Jude Law in the lead role, not James Franco. Why? Sorry, but [especially at quick glance], Law comes to mind before any other Hollywood actor...

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