Movie: Once
Michelle and I got to talking about romantic movies. It was born from her apparent lack of movie taste. She would argue that it's her boyfriend's lack of taste. Either way, they rent craptacular movies. Movies like Balls of Fury.
As with most conversations between a man and a woman, ours naturally went into romance and romantic movies. I gave her my faves, she gave me hers. We have different tastes.
That was the mentally I had going into this weekend when, after going through dozens of borrowed CDs containing hundreds of songs, my mind wanted some visual stimulation.
A quick search of new movies in the paper was disappointing. I did not want to see AVP 2, saw Legend last week, Beowulf was a definite no, and a pass to both One Missed Call and Walk Hard. Sweeney Todd sounded interesting but not this week. Bloor Cinema didn't have anything interesting either, which was a surprise.
Scanning the paper, my memory was tickled at the word "once." A positive online search and I was off.
It's always fun falling serendipitously for serious quality, even if it was a little bit planned.
Wow.
Once is a fantastic movie. It's a simple story about people living their lives and things happen as they have a habit of doing and their lives change a little bit for the better. It's character-driven with not a whole lot of plot. It's a music lover's movie. It's a love lover's movie.
Simply, it is one of the best movies I have seen in a good long while.
From the first duet, Falling Slowly, the movie and music will grab your heart and mind and not let go until you yearn for similar story in your short life.
There is so much more to tell but it's best to let you discover it all for yourself.
Enjoy a good story, for once.
As with most conversations between a man and a woman, ours naturally went into romance and romantic movies. I gave her my faves, she gave me hers. We have different tastes.
That was the mentally I had going into this weekend when, after going through dozens of borrowed CDs containing hundreds of songs, my mind wanted some visual stimulation.
A quick search of new movies in the paper was disappointing. I did not want to see AVP 2, saw Legend last week, Beowulf was a definite no, and a pass to both One Missed Call and Walk Hard. Sweeney Todd sounded interesting but not this week. Bloor Cinema didn't have anything interesting either, which was a surprise.
Scanning the paper, my memory was tickled at the word "once." A positive online search and I was off.
It's always fun falling serendipitously for serious quality, even if it was a little bit planned.
Wow.
Once is a fantastic movie. It's a simple story about people living their lives and things happen as they have a habit of doing and their lives change a little bit for the better. It's character-driven with not a whole lot of plot. It's a music lover's movie. It's a love lover's movie.
Simply, it is one of the best movies I have seen in a good long while.
From the first duet, Falling Slowly, the movie and music will grab your heart and mind and not let go until you yearn for similar story in your short life.
There is so much more to tell but it's best to let you discover it all for yourself.
Enjoy a good story, for once.
