This week’s screening was of Detroit Rock City and I ended up really enjoying it. I kind of knew how the film was going to go and that it wasn’t going to be as easy to get the tickets to go to the concert. I loved every minute of the movie and I loved all of the jokes in the film. The whole film reminded me of the late nineties and early 2000 comedies that emerged that are really ridiculous, like Bubble Boy and Dude, Where’s My Car. Movies that when you’re watching them, you realize how ridiculous they actually are. I also really enjoyed the soundtrack of the film and listening to the soundtracks for the two films for the past two weeks remind me of two other films with very good soundtracks, that I would say is based off a comic book series that has a cult following. 

This week, the reading that really stuck out to me was the reading “Cult Cinema and Music” and there are a few reasons why. One of these is that music is always my favorite thing to listen to in movies, and I will always remember the soundtrack to a film that I love. I could make a list right now of the soundtracks that I love listening to, but that list would probably be a few pages long. Another reason is that I love musical movies. I could watch a movie musical any day, as long as the music is good. I have the La La Land and The Greatest Showman soundtrack saved to my phone because I love the music in those movies. I could sing along to these movies if they appeared on TV or if someone played it randomly. What I am really trying to say is that if the music in a movie is good, then the audience is probably going to remember it and leave the movie either singing one of the songs in the movie or even humming along to one of the scores in the movie.

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Now let me talk about the movies that in my opinion have a better soundtrack than Detroit Rock City and Dazed and Confused. The films that I am talking about are Guardians of the Galaxy, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The soundtracks to these two films I fell in love with. I fell in love with them both so much that after I saw the first film on opening night, I immediately purchased the soundtrack and I also purchased the soundtrack of the second film weeks before the actual film came out. The soundtracks of these two films became iconic within the comic book fandom and everyone fell in love with the music. I also love the scores for both of the films, I could literally hum the theme of the Guardians right now. I love the music of both of these films and I believe they are the best soundtracks, and also the scores for both films are very good. Also, the director, James Gunn, picks out the music himself for the films.

There is something very funny about the Guardians, they were originally a cult comic book. Before the films came out nobody knew about them, except for a cult following of people that knew about their comics, and when Marvel announced the film, people wondered if this would be Marvel’s first failure. But, as we know history, it didn’t and ended up becoming one the biggest franchises. Just like how Detroit Rock City is based off a cult rock band, both Guardians films are based off a cult comic book. 

Now to finish this off, I want to say that there are many other film soundtracks that I love, but Guardians soundtrack for some reason has something special about it to me. Maybe it is because it is recognizable music or that the music is heavily associated with the film. I also want to mention that James Gunn has some of the best taste in music and that I can’t wait for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to come out so that I can have some more music to listen to. Also, I challenge everyone to a dance-off, even though I would lose horribly.