sam_gamgee | (no subject)

I went and saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull today. Now, it's also been a long time since I've seen any of the others and I don't know if I've actually seen the first three all the way through (*gasp!*), but I wanted to see this one in the theatre. But I did enjoy it (even with a few moments of "heh, that reminds me of this time on SG-1....").

But seeing it made me think of how much I love music and going with what I said yesterday, I really need to look into doing something with music and either theatre or movies. Granted, John Williams isn't my #1 film composer (he's probably #3 or #4 - depending on which I answer first for Howard Shore [Lord of the Rings]), but he's still amazing (even if I sometimes think he's as subtle with the use of his themes as a sledgehammer). But that's the thing - when you hear the Imperial March or Indy's theme, or pretty much anything else he's done, it's identifiable and recognizable and it can make you feel a certain way and remember things. (My #1 is Hans Zimmer and #2 is Danny Elfman.)

Yes, I have gotten tuned into LOLcats. Why do you ask? (Though, I'm mostly blaming