I watched an old Heath Ledger flick called "A Knight's Tale," or something like that. It opened with a lil English midieval village getting ready to watch a jousting tournament. The entire village was doing the "boom boom CLAP," which of course devolved into Queen's "We Are The Champions." A little later in the song, some of the actors were actually mouthing the words! Nearly all the music in this flick was rock, & it was just so out of place that it detracted from the story, rather than enhance it.
To me there's nothing much odder than an historical movie with modern rock playing over it. I've seen this done with cowboy flicks, too. (In "Young Guns," Emilio Estevez actually hollers out "Let's ROCK," at some point in the flick, as he rushes out into a gunfight! BLEAGH!!!)
I dunno who makes these stupid decisions - the director, producer, script writer, whatever - but it shows a naivety & lack of sense that just irks the hell outta me.
To me there's nothing much odder than an historical movie with modern rock playing over it. I've seen this done with cowboy flicks, too. (In "Young Guns," Emilio Estevez actually hollers out "Let's ROCK," at some point in the flick, as he rushes out into a gunfight! BLEAGH!!!)
I dunno who makes these stupid decisions - the director, producer, script writer, whatever - but it shows a naivety & lack of sense that just irks the hell outta me.