Word: wondrously
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...Mummy Returns, and one great film (Spielberg’s A.I.) that everyone hated? Furthermore, who ever thought that Tim Burton would make a truly, undeniably unwatchable film (Planet of the Apes)? Please, save us Santa. Repeat viewings of It’s a Wonderful Life are indeed wondrous, but some chestnuts can roast for only so long...
...tall - could not touch the tenets of Buddhism, the destruction of part of the world's cultural heritage caused widespread outrage. It highlighted the contrary nature of the "nation" of Afghanistan, a place forever falling apart under the weight of war, but which over millennia has also produced wondrous works...
...atmospheric “Prologue” that begins the soundtrack, with its tinny, haunting melody, conjures images of fallen leaves swirling in an autumn breeze under a full moon. It is the music of cinematic anticipation, of something wondrous about to happen. A movie cliché, perhaps, but one that is tremendously effective for Rowling’s world of wizardry...
After the “Prologue,” the soundtrack ranges from soaring (“Harry’s Wondrous World”) to frenzied (“Hedwig’s Theme”) to downright creepy (“Christmas at Hogwarts”). Throughout, though, Williams maintains an air of magic befitting a Potter tale. There are chimes and bells aplenty to keep things mysterious—even the full-blown orchestral passages have a certain otherworldly feeling about them...
...Prologue,” which so readily evokes images of midnight mystery, may remind you of similar music that accomplished a similar goal in Williams’s 1982 score for E.T. The sweeping melody of “Harry’s Wondrous World” smacks of the closing theme from 1980’sThe Empire Strikes Back, also by Williams. And the eerie holiday vibe of “Visit to the Zoo” will make you swear that you’re listening to Williams’s soundtrack from 1990’s Home...