Reasonable film. Reminded me somewhat of 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by Robert Heinlein (when will that become a film?). I wonder if the four get enlightened by the thunderbolt of his passing and go on to spread the truth to the rest of humanity?
What let it down for me was the soundtrack. Some kind of out of a tin orchestral Disney *beep* Would have been a LOT better with an edgier score by Radiohead, or something.
Haha, if I remember correctly you're not the only one who thinks that way about the soundtrack...
*Google google to find something I read a long time ago*
I remembered correctly, the director actually agrees with you:
"I wanted the music to be eerie. Maybe even scary sometime. I wanted the audience to be caught up in the mystery of POWDER. Jerry from the moment we first glimpse the boy in his basement had the music announcing him as some kind of angel that we did not need to be afraid of."
"Who the Hell was I to tell one of the greatest composers in the movies that I wasn't happy with what he was doing?
Finally one day I just mustered my courage and said, " Jerry, to me the score feels too sweet too soon." I said that I was afraid that the music was becoming something that is rushing what should be our gradual discovery of the innocence and goodness and the very human being that POWDER turns out to be.
When I said this, he patted me on the head, said he understood and sent me on my way, not changing even one note and leading me to believe that I didn't understand what my own film needed."
(Long version here: http://pohocounty.blogspot.com/2009/05/jerry-goldsmith-and-powder.html )
BTW, I agree too.
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Yes, just imagine the emotional impact of the film's climax set to Radiohead. *eye roll*
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