Agreed on both counts. There are plenty of songs that are just kind of thrown in to movies and don't get associated in people's minds. The thing I've always admired about Tarantino is that he (almost always) chooses songs that don't have a connection to a previous movie. "Across 110th Street"...
No, but are you going to tell me that if you hear "Also sprach Zarathustra" used somewhere that you aren't going to associate it with 2001: a space odyssey?
Fair point regarding "Fox On The Run". I work with a guy (he's 26) who played that soundtrack for weeks after the film came out and every time I heard it, it made me think of DAC. I had forgotten that it wasn't in the actual film itself.
I guess I feel like certain songs belong to certain...
I think they did a pretty good job with the 2nd film as far as that goes. Only "Fox On The Run" was bothersome in that I immediately associate it with Dazed And Confused. The first film however, I disagree. To me they used too many songs that were iconic in other films.
"Hooked On A Feeling"...
I hope so. I think Ant-Man And The Wasp is one of the most under-rated comic book films in the last few years. I thought it was the perfect balance of action, suspense, humor and even some romance. It's the type of film I could probably throw on in the background when I'm doing stuff around...
Why do you think that? Infinity War was going to have asses in the seats no matter who distributed it. There was already a huge built-in audience. I don't think anyone decided to go or not go based on the distributor. The $318 million that Paramount got out of Iron Man was astounding at the...