I love that, uncageg! See ... the thing about this movie is that the score is actually pretty good. But the movie was made almost like a non-musical film with a non-musical cast ... and then they just wedged these songs "from another planet" into it.
It's oil and water, and they just don't mix. If you watch the first part of the movie (where there is no singing) right up through the plane crash and into their first encounter with Shangri-La, the movie is good! I've shown it to people, and they look at me and say they can't figure out why this bombed. Of course, I tell them, "wait, they haven't started singing yet."
Then comes the tunes ... from the non-musical singers (except for Bobby Van) ... and they just don't fit! But I also know people who have never seen the movie who love the soundtrack. Again, I say, "just you wait until you see it." Therein lies the mess!
Here's a pop version of that song, uncageg---by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, no less!
The Things I Will Not Miss from LOST HORIZON
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 4/19/11 at 02:49 PM