John Williams got me interested, but Stone was not on par

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2019)

As a soundtrack collector i have many John Williams scores in my collection, i praise the man for his incredible ways of finding direct paths to the soul with his music. Fragile, highly emotional, joyful yet never over the top and true.
Many times when i find a good soundtrack, the movie is just as good. But this time it was not the case.
It feels like Stone couldn't decide on the the overall theme, the screenplay makes it feel like an over the top action movie, yet he does cover some serious drama and political topics. The camera work and gore doesn't fit the drama he wants to show.
Cruise's performance likewise doesn't do justice to the drama parts, he never looks very fragile and the breaking point (which i'm sure Kovic had) goes unnoticed.
I feel Cruise could've performed the drama, but Stone was not critical enough.
Williams's work was the best part, so good in fact that it ended up in the trailer of "Carlito's Way"
Personally however i will always be reminded of Ari Vatanen when i hear this movie's soundtrack. With Ari's voice talking about his life in the Youtube video "Ari Vatanen - The Poet of Rallying" and Williams's his music, I'm moved in a much bigger way than Stone was able to achieve in 145 minutes.