Requiem for Mutants: The Score of 'X2' (2003) (V)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

This short film is a behind-the-scenes look at the scoring of the movie "X2". Included in this mini-documentary...

Cast

Damon Intrabartolo	...	Himself
John Ottman	...	Himself
Bryan Singer	...	Himself
Patrick Stewart	...	Himself

Runtime:

11 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Company:

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Trivia:

This short featurette is on the 2 Disc DVD for X2 (2003).

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Worth a listen

This is a documentary on the 2-Disc DVD release of X2, and it deals with the music of said motion picture. The majority of this is interview bits with John Ottman, as he talks about his type of score, who and what are his inspirations, and, the definite high point of this entire presentation, the specific themes to the film, immediately followed by portions of them playing, over some clips of the movie put to them. As positive as that is, it doesn't last all that long, which I suppose is why they tacked on the somewhat superfluous and awkward footage also found here. Why were Singer and Stewart in this? Neither are interviewed or otherwise add something(apart from the latter's charm, but that does nothing to combat how terribly out of place they both seem and are). In total, this comes to about eleven minutes, and they don't really drag, nor do the aforementioned portions take up *that* much time. Indeed, there are some good things to this, if it does, overall, come to about average quality for what it is. If you're interested in the, in my opinion rather magnificently composed pieces of the feature, and the forces who put it together, this is fine for a watch... just know you'll either be fast-forwarding, or have to sit through material of the orchestra messing up(!). I recommend this to anyone on whom the aforementioned description fits. 5/10