I suppose. I'll be honest, the music didn't really stand out as much to me. But then again, I have no idea who M83 is. I don't listen to music. Only soundtracks. But I have heard Daft Punk many times before. So I had in my head what I expected, but was pleased what with what I got.
To be honest, I don't know how I feel about this movie. It's not like Evil Dead where I want to love it, so i'm not TOO conflicted.
I just think the problem with this movie, fundamentally is...it feels kinda pointless. I never really felt the stakes. Sure, wiping out humanity IS bad....but show me why. Show me why I should care, outside of basic empathy. It also had a lot of weird little problems that made me go..."Wait....wha? Huh? Can you try to explain that but not make it sound so silly?"
I wanted to enjoy it. And I did, for a long time. Until the middle act. But it sorta redeemed itself with the last act. It wasn't original, but it was a lot more interesting then the story that came before it.
Even if it was Independence Day meets 2001.
Eh. I'm glad there's a big budget Sci-Fi film out there...but I wish it was as intelligent as District 9 was. As much as I don't need a message or a point with every movie...I felt like there should've been one here. It was a Sci-Fi film that acted like it had a purpose, but didn't. Kinda like Prometheus. And that was disappointing.
Direction, and visuals were solid though. And they ALMOST made the film work just on that level. Until the story stuff started to kick in. I enjoyed the pace too. It was relaxing. And interesting.