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¿Question #5127?
puffinge: Do you enjoy the use of leitmotif in a movie you are watching? Why? Do you have a favorite movie that uses this? Something other than a movie?

ocdspectrum: All no.
Woelf: You forced me to look this up. Yes, I do like it if it's done well and is not overbearing. The original Star Wars Trilogy does it extremely well.
adamw: I hate these types of questions. So superior are we? You don't want an answer. You want justification.
DHEK: Huh... what is a "leitmotif" anyway? It would be handy if you asked questions using simpler words or gave an explanation, you know.
Onionking: Oh god, how tacky. So deliberate and intentional.
POvidiusNaso: Only in the Star Wars ones or the Indiana Jones action sequences.
Leo-T: Usually, yes. Depends on the film. I thought it was used masterfully in the LotR trilogy. I've noticed it in operas as well, but nothing really leaps to mind at the moment.
Redbeardin84: Stop using your PC
ZiggyZambo: ?
scriptorum: Only if it's not preachy. No. No.
Nekura: Yes. Recurring musical themes can really be a powerful tool in carrying the mood and setting atmosphere for characters. Star Wars is a great example of that - the Imperial March is so well known because the impact it had in the movie.
gattling: Not watching a movie. John Williams uses the leitmotif in the Star Wars films quite well, thank you very much.
duLac956: They're usually corny. I like the ones in the Indiana Jones movies, though.
brainrob: Occasionally. Depends on it's use. No. Yes - Wagner was pretty good at the leitmotif ...
Cromaa: Huh?
vampywife: as long as the movie is a good movie, it can have all the leitmotif it wants.
MisterCranky: I enjoy a movie that uses Leif Garret as its leitmotif. My favorite leitmotif in boardgames is the music that plays in my head whenever I win.
jasta6: What the heck is leitmotif?.................................
Big Bad Lex: James Bond: Do-do-do-do, do do do, DANNARR, dada dar!
JackRandom: I do not especially enjoy films that center around a theme or motive... nor do I dislike them. I guess it's not that important to me, and therefore I have no favorite leitmotif-film!
darthcliff: Never had a leitmotif. Is it made with scotch?
kimapesan: It's appropriate for only a few genres of film, basically fantasy (and Star Wars fits this category). It helps to keep the film unified and grounded, somehow.
puffinge: I love it. I remember the old Miss Marple movies on Mystery using this device.
javelin98: No
Lord_Prussian: Not sure--it's been too long since I took 10th grade english or whenever I learned the term.
skelebone: Eh, I can't say that I've noticed it.
heli: l'opera de Wagner
Randy Cox: Huh? Bill, you must speak English. And not some geek English, either.
jttm: Ahh, and here comes Bill. He sees Cranky charging up, so the race gets heated.
chaddyboy_2000: I don't even know what that is.
Spielfreak: It's OK -- it helps set the mood. The LotR movies all used this, with different music for different races.
CDRodeffer: I don't have the foggiest idea what you're getting at.