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Not quite a musical.
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"I was skeptical about Once, after reading a very poorly written synopsis. I was even more skeptical after the first few minutes of the film proved to be shot in first person with a shaky camcorder, with awkward dialogue and Irish accents thicker than the wool sweaters the Irish love so much. However, I stuck with the film, and after about ten minutes found my ear adjusted to the dialogue, and fell in love with the voyeur-first-person-perspectiv e on the quirky relationship between a vacuum-cleaner-repairman-stree t-musician and a czech-born-mother-pianist-flow er-salesgirl. Hansard, plays an anonymous vacuum-repairman whom we meet playing his original songs on the street for change. His song seems of little siginifance initially, but as the story progresses, the viewer will find his songs (actually, all of the songs), sort of present a subtext to the film, revealing the character's true thoughts and feelings that they are unable to express. Musical haters need not fear--there ... "
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"Once had been on my “Want to see it” list for a while. Finally, just recently I got the chance to sit down and watch this film. Before I continue, I feel like I should put a disclaimer that I am a total sucker for romantic films…and (probably not surprising) I loved Once! So much so, that it left me a bit speechless. I was blown away by its pure, authentic approach to the relationship that developed between the two main characters in this story. It seemed pretty true to how love is in real life and how past choices affect current situations. It’s beautiful and I think that even if you’re not one for what’s normally defined as a “chic flick”, you’ll dig what’s going on in this movie. Oh…and an added bonus is that the soundtrack rocks! "
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Oscar Picks (WOOOOOO!!!)
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"No lengthy explanations as to why, just short and sweet; here are my picks for tonight's 80th Annual Academy Awards.- Best Visual Effects: Diana Miao for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'- Best Sound Mixing: Alan Meyerson for 'Transformers'- Best Sound Editing: Skip Lievsay and Joel Dougherty for 'No Country for Old Men'- Best Original Song: 'Falling Slowly' from 'Once' written and performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova- Best Original Score: Dario Marianelli for 'Atonement'- Best Makeup: Liz Dann for 'Pirates of the Carib "
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"I felt mostly comfortable watching this movie, that I felt I was a little sibling, wishing I got a quarter every time someone said the f-word, (cha-ching!) , and following the characters around with my video camera. Big brothers and big sisters always ignore little sibling tag-alongs. The music was very nice. In fact, I was going through Circuit City's soundtrack section when I saw "Once." I didn't get it because I never saw the movie. So I looked for the movie and WOW. Expensive! Finally after thinking it over for a few months, I gave in. I enjoyed the storyline of the movie but still don't know why that "Old World" of people have to cuss so much. I guess they're a bunch of Fornicators Under Consent of King -ers. My British friend said it's a way of life now, to profane everything casually. "
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""Once" - modern day musical - heartwarming with a great soundtrack. (Jon Randy via Twitter) "
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"Once is the kind of movie that only comes along once (no pun intended) in a great while. It is a deeply moving and original film, shot on a near non-existent budget that defies easy classification. Ostensibly, it's a musical, but it's shot in a neo-realist style. It is also a drama, and almost a romance. It is has the best songs for any film musical since Evita and is certainly one of the best films I've seen this year. Set on the streets of Dublin, the movie follows an unnamed street busker who I'll call the guy, which is how the character is referred to in the closing credits. He is played by Glen Hansard of The Frames, who also wrote the songs (Trivia: the part was almost played by Cillian Murphy, who dropped out because he found Hansard's songs too difficult to sing). < "
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"August Rush = totally lame. Saccharine sweet, poorly acted, cheesy dialogue. I kept groaning almost anytime someone opened their mouth. The kid, Freddie Highmore ("The Spiderwick Chronicles"), is trying to find his parents who don't even know he exists. They just had one really great night together and just "feel" that someone is out there. Almost every single movie cliche exists in this film. Avoid. Avoid. Young Guns II is not a real improvement on the first film. Everyone who made it alive out of the first movie is back and they brought some friends. Viggo Mortensen ("Eastern Promises") and Gil Grissom (William Peterson) take a bow. This time the story is told in flashback with Emilio Estevez ("Bobby") as a really unconvincing old Billy the Kid trying to get a pardon for his past crimes. His young Billy is equally fake, only now, instead of the steely glare, he's got the maniacal laughter. Lame and disappointing. But Keifer still ... "
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"Despite the several recommendations I had to watch this movie, I was genuinely impressed. It was way bigger and better than I imagined. A true modern day musical where people don't break into song on the street but rather sing along to their cd player while walking down the street. The soundtrack truly made this movie worthwhile. I loved it. "
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Oscar Nominations: My Thoughts
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"Well, I just checked out the list of movies nominated for Academy Awards, and my feelings on the films nominated are a bit mixed. On the plus side, this will be the first year that I've seen a lot of the films nominated. I'm just about overjoyed that "Juno" and "There Will Be Blood" were nominated for Best Picture, since both are amazing movies. Johnny Depp got nominated for "Sweeney Todd," a movie which picked up a few other good nominations. I personally think the other movies in the Best Costume category don't stand a chance.I'm also excited about "Persepolis" getting nominated for best animated film (I've not seen the movie, but I loved the graphic novel series), and "Once" being nominated for best original song. If "Falling Slowly" wins, it will be the best thing to happen to Glen Hansard since The Frames started recording. I would love nothing more than to see this rocket him and the band to the f ... "
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"10/10 people. I was not expecting to be blown away by anything with a Sundance seal of approval. More often than not, Sundance endorsements are about quirky people patting other quirky people on the back and telling the rest of us we're idiots for liking Terminator. I do have an artsy fartsy streak, and I admit I'm a sucker for music-oriented films. Hell, I love That Thing You Do! How many grown men admit that?! Once feels like real time. It has a deliberately slow pace allowing the music and lyrics to tell a lot of the story. (not too slow -- it's not even 90 minutes) And please, fellow rockers, don't panic at the cover. Sure this is singer-songwriter territory. I have Lars Ulrich on my desktop wallpaper, ok? Some Kind of Monster is a work of genius. But this music is flat out good. I mean really, really good.Boy meets girl, boy very fond of girl. Both are lonely and at crossroads in their lives. Both are trying to determine if they're reboundin ... "
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