Su
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Post by Su on Jan 19, 2008 20:30:43 GMT 3
well, this an "old" movie, but one of my favourites!
Sin City, I've already seen it a million times, and I never get enough!
Espectacular!
and, oh my god, I really like Josh Hartnett! ;D
so HOOOOOOOOTTTTT!
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Post by davis on Jan 20, 2008 12:06:15 GMT 3
I just saw a wonderful Irish movie called "Once". A magical little film with a beautiful soundtrack! I don't really know how to describe it, so I'll let US critic Roger Ebert do the talking:
“Once” was shot for next to nothing in 17 days, doesn't even give names to its characters, is mostly music with not a lot of dialog, and is magical from beginning to end. It's one of those films where you hold your breath, hoping it knows how good it is, and doesn't take a wrong turn.
It doesn't. Even the ending is the right ending, the more you think about it.
The film is set in Dublin, where we see a street musician singing for donations. This is the Guy (Glen Hansard). He attracts an audience of the Girl (Marketa Irglova). She loves his music. She's a pianist herself. He wants to hear her play. She doesn't have a piano. He takes her to a music store where he knows the owner, and they use a display piano. She plays some Mendelssohn. We are in love with this movie. He is falling in love with her. He just sits there and listens. She is falling in love with him. She just sits there and plays. There is an unusual delay before we get the obligatory reaction shot of the store owner, because all the movie wants to do is sit there and listen, too.
They love music, and they're not faking it. We sense to a rare degree the real feelings of the two of them; there's no overlay of technique, effect or style. They are just purely and simply themselves. Hansard is a professional musician, well known in Ireland as leader of a band named the Frames. Irglova is an immigrant from the Czech Republic, only 17 years old, who had not acted before. She has the kind of smile that makes a man want to be a better person, so he can deserve being smiled at.
The film develops their story largely in terms of song. In between, they confide their stories. His heart was broken because his girlfriend left him and moved to London. She takes him home to meet her mother, who speaks hardly any English, and to join three neighbors who file in every night to watch their TV. And he meets her child, which comes as a surprise. Then he finds out she's married. Another surprise, and we sense that in his mind he had already dumped the girl in London and was making romantic plans. He's wounded, but brave. He takes her home to meet his dad, a vacuum cleaner repairman. She has a Hoover that needs fixing. It's Kismet.
He wants to record a demo record, take it to London, and play it for music promoters. She helps him, and not just by playing piano. When it comes down to it, she turns out to be level-headed, decisive, take-charge. An ideal producer. They recruit other street musicians for a session band, and she negotiates a rock-bottom price for a recording studio. And so on. All with music. And all with their love, and our love for their love, only growing. At one point he asks if she loves him, and she answers in Czech, and the movie doesn't subtitle her answer, because if she'd wanted subtitles, she would have answered in English, which she speaks perfectly well.
“Once” is the kind of film I've been pestered about ever since I started reviewing again. People couldn't quite describe it, but they said I had to see it. I had to. Well, I did. They were right. "
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Post by mackiemad on Jan 20, 2008 15:46:45 GMT 3
i have to admit. i am a fan for musicals and Hairspray was fab. i laughed, i sang and i felt really good at the end. more importantly ellijah kelly was an inspiration! he is like sammy davis jr, but young again and not high. dances beautifully and sings like and soulfull angel. but WHAT is all the hype about zac efron? his voice aint that good! and he has nothing on elijah kelly...smokin'!
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Post by annie on Jan 21, 2008 16:58:49 GMT 3
well, this an "old" movie, but one of my favourites! Sin City, I've already seen it a million times, and I never get enough! Espectacular! and, oh my god, I really like Josh Hartnett! ;D so HOOOOOOOOTTTTT! it can't be older than this.."Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" starring Liz Taylor and Paul Newman (my forever favorite leading man  ) it's my favorite classic movie. Before it was a movie it was a book and stageplay. It was written by Tenessee Williams. The story is all about conflicts in relationships among the family...and what really is needed to resolve it...which is to just to talk about it openly. (for me, that's it anyway) Plus, i really like Paul Newman here. i think i posted somewhere in this forum, about which character in a movie that Marat could play...and i said Paul's character in this movie. My favorite scene...was the ending...when Paul finally gives in to his feelings.... |
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Post by Giselle on Jan 30, 2008 19:39:31 GMT 3
"there will be blood" and "no country for old man" are awesome movies
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Post by maratski on Jan 31, 2008 20:15:53 GMT 3
For the one's who didn't saw Heath Ledger best performance on the white screen:
' BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN ' in every country available on DVD !!!
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) it's my favorite classic movie. Before it was a movie it was a book and stageplay. It was written by Tenessee Williams. The story is all about conflicts in relationships among the family...and what really is needed to resolve it...which is to just to talk about it openly. (for me, that's it anyway) 
