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TaftTaft Posts: 454
edited February 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
Anyone see the movie yet? Just awesome. One of those rare gems, independently made, great music, moving plot...

Its getting rave reviews nation wide, I have never seen a movie with this high of a rating on Rotten Tomatoes, 46 positive reviews and only 1 negative review!!! 98%, for perspective, last year's Oscar movie, The Departed is at 93%:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/once/
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  • TaftTaft Posts: 454
    Oscar buzz growing, soundtrack up to #3:

    http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-oncesong29may29,1,2868895.story?ctrack=4&cset=true
  • AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
    I really want to see it...only partially because I'm a Frames fan. I've heard all good things since Sundance. Hopefully I'll go this week!
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I really wanted to see it but I think I missed it in the cinema... it looked really good.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    When I heard Glen Hansard was in it I avoided it like the plague. My Dad told me it was one of the most boring things he has ever seen.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • TaftTaft Posts: 454
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    When I heard Glen Hansard was in it I avoided it like the plague. My Dad told me it was one of the most boring things he has ever seen.

    Well the Sundance Film Festival audience, Dublin Film Festival audience and 97% of movie critics who have reviewed it with very positive reviews must be wrong, and your dad must be right. Actually, he is probably just small-minded....like you.
  • AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
    I saw it last night. It was really good, although not quite as good as I was hoping. I still cried :/

    Glen's so charismatic, it was kind of hard to accept him as a washed up street busker since he just pops off the screen. That said, he's a much better actor than I imagined. I'd heard it described as a musical, and while I wouldn't go that far, I think the music was used perfectly and it was really moving. I liked the ending as well.

    It's a small, quiet film, and while that might translate as boring to some...I thought it was great.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    I saw this last weekend. Definitely one of the most beautiful films I can remember seeing.

    I wasn't even that big a fan of The Frames going in, but I just picked up the soundtrack to this.
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    Taft wrote:
    Well the Sundance Film Festival audience, Dublin Film Festival audience and 97% of movie critics who have reviewed it with very positive reviews must be wrong, and your dad must be right. Actually, he is probably just small-minded....like you.

    Oh snap
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • TaftTaft Posts: 454
    Once is currently the #1 music related movie of all time on IMDB. Ahead of oscar winners The Pianist, Amadeus, Some Like IT Hot, Walk the Line etc....:

    http://www.imdb.com/chart/music
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Taft wrote:
    Once is currently the #1 music related movie of all time on IMDB. Ahead of oscar winners The Pianist, Amadeus, Some Like IT Hot, Walk the Line etc....:

    http://www.imdb.com/chart/music
    :eek: wow, I really must see this
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Is Once in it?























    Sorry could'nt resist.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • TaftTaft Posts: 454
    For those in and around NYC, the two actors from the movie (Glen Hansard and Marketa Igrlova) are playing a show at the Gramercy in July:

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003ECEE65D29DB?artistid=1136823&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=52
  • bedface cooper.bedface cooper. Posts: 193
    I so want to see it... Why do I live right at the arse of the world?
    Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your own home.
  • TaftTaft Posts: 454
    Updated tour dates for Glen Hansard and Marketa Igrlova:


    Jul 24 2007 7:00P Gramercy Theatre New York, New York

    Jul 25 2007 7:00P The Brattle Theatre Boston, Massachusetts

    Jul 26 2007 7:00P 9:30 Club Washington D.C., Washington DC

    Jul 27 2007 7:00P The Fillmore at the TLA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Jul 28 2007 7:00P Chicago Old Town Chicago, Illinois

    Jul 30 2007 11:30P Tonight Show with Jay Leno Los Angeles, California

    Aug 1 2007 12:30A The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Los Angeles, California

    Aug 1 2007 8:00P The El Rey Los Angeles, California

    Aug 3 2007 1:30A Last Call with Carson Daly Los Angeles, California

    Aug 4 2007 7:00P Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco, California
  • AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
    The Chicago date sold out before I even found out about it! :( The Frames are playing here later this summer, though - hopefully they'll play some of the Once songs then.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I finally got to see this film. It's just beautiful :o

    I don't like the ending though but it really is so lovely.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    what a fuckin great film
    Dublin Leeds Berlin Wembley
  • rhinomagicrhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,552
    We saw this for the first time about three or four weeks ago. It's a brilliant film.

    Congrats to them for winning the Oscar for their soundtrack work. It was well-deserved, as are all the accolades and renown.

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  • hodgehodge Posts: 519
    big time bump

    but i just felt the need to share my thoughts on this film

    absolutely amazing

    i friggin love the song 'when your mind's made up'
    ..and you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    I hugged the Falling Slowly piano at the music shop in Dublin :o
    Binary solo..000000100000111100001110
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    one of the best of the year. Saw The Swell Season live, they were awesome.

    Best musical of our generation, period
  • lannerslanners Posts: 458
    glad someone revived this thread because this movie is well worth it. the music is incredible and when they beat out Enchanted's five million nominations at the Oscars, i was thrilled!!!

    If you haven't seen this movie yet, go get it.
    i. am. mine.
  • Glorified Irish GuyGlorified Irish Guy Posts: 350
    I still havent seen this movie, the closest iv come is when i rented it but my dvd player broke, glen and marketa are playing the oxegen festival this year, gotta check them out
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    loved it
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    Hinny wrote:
    I hugged the Falling Slowly piano at the music shop in Dublin :o
    that scene FLOORED me, you can't fake that chemistry
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Glorified Irish Guy wrote:
    I still havent seen this movie, the closest iv come is when i rented it but my dvd player broke, glen and marketa are playing the oxegen festival this year, gotta check them out
    I think you'll either love it or hate it. It's a romantic musical but it's certainly not a chick flick. It seems to be romance for boys... cos as many men as women seem to love it.

    I thought it was fantastic :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    *hangs head in shame*

    I still haven't seen it :o

    Someone will not be happy with me :( :p
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc&feature=related
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    what I love about the film is that there's nothing pretentious or stereotypically Irish about it... the way Irish films can often be. It's just a beautiful film that could really have been set anywhere and it shows Dublin just how I see it... not how film makers think it SHOULD be shown.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    what I love about the film is that there's nothing pretentious or stereotypically Irish about it...
    I was wondering when the obligatory drunken bar fight scene would come up :D
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