Post #83466 by Formikahini on Mon, Mar 29, 2004 4:13 PM

*On 2004-03-29 15:57, tiki mick wrote:*That's exactly what I am talking about..the movie was half-way decent....but why are they putting rock music as the soundtrack? It just does not make any sense at all!

And I actually like Bowie (a little bit) but WHY use it in a medieval era story?

How come a "knights' tale" did not use the Chieftains?
"Because," she said, taking a big puff of her cigar, "ya gotta reach da kids! Kids dese days, dey don't know nuttin'! Ya gotta put in a little sex, a little rock'n'roll, a little Snoopy-Snoopy-Dog - Dat's what dey understand! puff "

(And I adore Bowie! But for the LOVE o' TIKI keep him out of a midieval banquet scene!!! Jimminy Cricket!!)

It IS insulting - that they make movies that dumbed-down. Are our teens THAT bad? Please tell me no; otherwise, I need to quit my job now, as it is apparently hopeless. At least they tossed in little bits to make the kids who'd vaguely stayed awake in their British Lit classes feel smug. ("Ooh, Chaucer! We were supposed to read him - um, not that I did...")