Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

bombersflyup Once is an amateurish little music/romance film, but touching nevertheless.I like Glen Hansard's type of sound, like that of the one and only "David Gray." It really carries the film, as many of the other aspects aren't explored and are underwritten. It's a very a clever way of marketing yourself in today's world. He has also had some acting experience in the 1991 film "The Commitments," which I also liked. I don't really understand Marketa's character's choice at the end, as she looks out the window. Overall it is a little light on substance, but I liked it.

huggibear Minor spoiler: I thought the beginning was a bit difficult to understand because of the Irish accents, but as the movie went along, I was able to pick up what they were saying. There were sporadic times when I couldn't understand what they said, but I got the main point and gist of the plot. The girl (Marketa) is really from the Czech Republic, she's an immigrant in this movie and speaks both her native language and English, but there's a conversation between her and her mother that is in their native language. In this movie, they do not subtitle that conversation. However, I don't think it was all that relative to the main plot. So if you are from another country and you understand English, then you'll like this movie. I truly wasn't expecting the way it ended, but it was good. The main characters shared a very sweet, enduring friendship that ended up with a nice surprise for the girl (Marketa) and an accepting ex-girlfriend/love. Making friends like that would be so cool. I wish! This movie was just simple and the music was great as well.

Prismark10 Once is a nice twee film that by and large avoids the 'Oirish' stereotypes and tries to be true to its feelings even though it is bittersweet.The main characters are nameless. He is a busker trying to make a living when someone is not stealing his takings and also repairs vacuum cleaners in his father's repair shop. She is a Czech immigrant who asks him to repair her vacuum cleaner and she also plays piano.Together they meet and decide to produce and record music together, he writes a song to win his ex-girlfriend back who is in London. She has a toddler living with her and her mother as well as a husband back in the Czech republic.The film has been compared to 'Brief Encounter', I see it as an urban, streetwise romantic drama which certainly dangles a sweet love story but also hints that they have other factors that threaten to keep them apart. It is also a small scale film filled with some good songs which elevates the film more than it deserves to as the story is too basic.

Allguns Allguns John Carney shows with Once that a great movie can be made with only three things: A good idea, a camera and the will of making it work. From scene one this movie touched me, 'cause it felt so real, unlikely most of big budgets movies. All the long shots, showing the real movement of the city. Terrific, there is no other words.Despite being amazingly done, Once is not flawless. I felt that John Carney wasn't comfortable using the camera in the beginning, I felt like he couldn't find the right spot. The first duet shows it clearly. But he started loosing up, relaxing and he find himself a couple scenes later.Talking about flaws in the movie, this is one of a few movies that feel completely organic, alive, a movie that flows. That said, the scene during the break of the recording session, when the protagonist go to the room with the piano, couldn't be more artificial. I wont lie, I was ashamed with that simple scene. The girl walks randomly through the studio and end in a dark room with a piano illuminated by a lamp. C'mon! There was many other better situations to create that particular scene, without losing the organic feeling.As I said above, this movie feel so real and organic, mostly to someone in the "amateur" music, that one can see himself in some scenes. Like the rehearsal of the five members band in a little bedroom, or the big dinner party with all the parallel conversations and music jam. The montages, the walks, the talks, the characters. ALL SO REAL!Casting non-professional or at least no high profile actors, made all the difference. When there is no spotlight in the actors, it is easier to fall for the story. I mean, if a actor that I like is on the movie, I'll wait for him to be on screen, I'll go for the detail in his performance, maybe even taking a side before the development of a discussion. That affects the viewer. But this movie doesn't have this problem!The whole story is credible. Is not a fairy tale, or a cliché-novel, it is a story of two completely strangers who find themselves in the world and become friends. From scene one to the end credits, is a lovely story of someone you could know or even be.I wont lie, I wanted the two to end together. But there was the ex's, to who everybody want to get back and try to make it work. That felt so real, like it had happened to me. Oh wait, it did! Anyway... Although, the movie wouldn't be that great movie with them together in the end. Buying her the piano wouldn't be such a big deal if they were together. It would be a big present, but not THAT BIG DEAL.And the music. What can I say? I love Singer-Songwriter stuff, like Damien Rice and Laura Marling. I'll buy the soundtrack as soon as possible. And I need to learn the jam of the bus. "F*CK HER, F*CK HER... F*CK HER, SHE'S GONE!"