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The Firm
Posted on 8/28/24 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 8/28/24 at 6:28 pm
Recently on HBO and I watched it once again. Every time I watch it I can't help but think the soundtrack absolutely sucks. The disjointed piano keys, etc... Think the movie could have been much better with a decent soundtrack or maybe even no soundtrack.
Yep. I feel better having vented to you good people.
Yep. I feel better having vented to you good people.
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Posted on 8/28/24 at 6:53 pm to Tridentds
Eh, I like it for the time.
Away from that, the movie is simply incredible. It's all there Mitch - oral acts and what not.
Away from that, the movie is simply incredible. It's all there Mitch - oral acts and what not.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 7:09 pm to Tridentds
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the soundtrack absolutely sucks. The disjointed piano keys,
Wasn’t that some kind of jazz medley?
Posted on 8/28/24 at 8:35 pm to Tridentds
Saw it in the theater at Pecanland Mall when it came out. Awesome movie.
It’s one of those that locks you in right at the bevy and doesn’t let go.
I’ve always had a little crush on Jeanne Tripplehorn.
It’s one of those that locks you in right at the bevy and doesn’t let go.
I’ve always had a little crush on Jeanne Tripplehorn.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 8:40 pm to Tridentds
I lived in Memphis a few years before this movie was filmed and it was fascinating to me.
Decided to watch it a few months ago and still really enjoyed it
Decided to watch it a few months ago and still really enjoyed it
Posted on 8/28/24 at 8:48 pm to Tridentds
I’m watching it right now. I’ve been watching the J.G. books that have been made into movies the last few nights. I think The Pelican Brief is my favorite.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 9:01 pm to FLTech
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I lived in Memphis a few years before this movie was filmed and it was fascinating to me.
I love it for the Memphis nostalgia
Posted on 8/28/24 at 9:12 pm to Tridentds
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disjointed piano keys
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Posted on 8/28/24 at 9:14 pm to Tridentds
Jeanne Tripplehorn was fire that movie
Posted on 8/28/24 at 10:50 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Memphis was an awesome city when I lived there (late 80s) - It was a great place to grow up - Very sad to see how shitty and just terrible it has become
Posted on 8/28/24 at 11:14 pm to LSUDAN1
Definitely. She was hotter than Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 6:48 am to Tridentds
Ending sucked.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 6:50 am to Tridentds
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Every time I watch it I can't help but think the soundtrack absolutely sucks. The disjointed piano keys, etc... Think the movie could have been much better with a decent soundtrack or maybe even no soundtrack.
Dave Grusin did the original score, including the main theme that you're talking about. He was Sydney Pollack's main composer and even did the original music for The Graduate (although that was rightly divided with Paul Simon credited on the popular songs for that film). Seven of his scores were nominated for Oscars, including The Firm, and he won for The Milagro Beanfield War (1989).
He was also nominated for an Oscar for "It Might Be You" from Tootsie, cowriting with the Bergmans.
I think the artistic choice for the "disjointed keys" (your words) was a jazzy-blues number ("We're in Memphis, but there's something wrong" kind of thing).
Going back, this is a film I watched in the cinema in 1993, I believe with my father. Also, in somewhat of a rare occurrence, I read the book after I had watched the film, a situation that, outside of novelizations of course, I believe I have only done with Andromeda Strain and portions of A Song of Ice and Fire.
This post was edited on 8/29/24 at 6:53 am
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:46 am to Tridentds
I am currently listening to the Audio Book by Grisham that picks up about ten years after the firm with Mitch and Abby. The book is "The Exchange". Just a few chapters into it but pretty solid so far.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:53 am to Tridentds
I need to give this a go. YEARS ago I read the book and absolutely loved it, it was probably one of my favoriate books I'd ever read at that point in time. I immediatley watched the movie afterwards and was turned off beucase of the changes. It's been so long I have no idea what the changes were, but i rmeember there were some pretty big ones especially with how it all wrapped up at the end.
Maybe with the passage of time I'd appreciate it a little more now.
Maybe with the passage of time I'd appreciate it a little more now.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 8:07 am to Tridentds
poor gary busey lol
Posted on 8/29/24 at 8:32 am to WG_Dawg
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I immediatley watched the movie afterwards and was turned off beucase of the changes. It's been so long I have no idea what the changes were, but i rmeember there were some pretty big ones especially with how it all wrapped up at the end.
I will say I liked the movie because of the acting and the atmosphere created by the director. Hal Holbrook, Gene Hackman and Wilford Brimley as the heavies? The scene with Paul Sorvino? The hit team with Jigsaw and Hank from Breaking Bad?
The ending of the book was much, much better, but I can enjoy the film for what it is. I view them as separate, although related, experiences.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 12:24 pm to VoodooGlowSkull
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I think The Pelican Brief is my favorite.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 1:08 pm to Tridentds
Loved Wilford Brimley as a villain.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 1:12 pm to Ace Midnight
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The ending of the book was much, much better, but I can enjoy the film for what it is. I view them as separate, although related, experiences.
Spoiler I guess but how was the book different than the movie? Just curious.
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