Another movie post
A note on a totally different movie, just for the record, on
Now that I've rewatched the original cut of The Outsiders, by comparison with the new one, yes it is in fact the suck, because of the abruptness and the loss of all those amazing character development scenes. Coppola did right to remove the original score, it does drown out the performances of the young actors and comments on the action rather than being integral to it.
The main theme (not talking about the "Stay Gold" instrumental, the other main theme) is still one of my favorite movie music pieces, and at the same time I can see now that it's a huge drama queen like whoa.
There's so much drama on the screen already--it rarely gets more angst-ridden than the last 15 minutes of The Outsiders--that having that big violin piece is redundant. I stubbornly continue to like it even though I know it's better gone.