My Latest Obsession: The Movie “Once”
Filed under: Obsessions - June 4, 2007 @ 4:09 am
My friend J asked if I wanted to go see the movie Once with her. I asked her what it was about, and she said it was an Irish, romantic, musical feel good film.
This immediately turned me off, so I looked it up on Rotten Tomatoes. It got a 97%! Because of this and the fact that it was only 95 minutes long, I decided it was worth the risk of paying $6 at the Tivoli to watch.
Sidenote: I get seriously annoyed when movies are over 2 hours long. I find it inconsiderate on the director’s part to take up more of my time than that to get his or her message across.
Spider Man III - 2 hr 20 min.
Pirates of the Caribbean III - 2 hr 45 min.
Give me a fucking break!
I watched the movie, and was successfully cynical at least halfway through, despite the lead guy’s cute scritchable red beard paired with a scarf (I LOVE that combo) and that he worked in a vacuum repair store (I LOVE vacuum repair stores). I sat in the dark theater, arms crossed, thinking, “It’s cute, but it’s no 97%.” Also, I’ll bet some people could have used subtitles. (”Fookin’ bat trees” = “Fucking batteries”)
But then something happened. Maybe it was the great music. Maybe it was the unpredictable nature of the film. Maybe it was the non-American ending. It sure as hell wasn’t the corny playing frisbee on the beach scene. But I got hooked.
As J and I headed to the CD store to get the soundtrack, I turned to her and said worriedly, “I’m not like one of those Rent obsessed idiots, am I?” (Even though I never saw Rent, I know it sucks.)
J assured me, “No, no, the RFT said that Once is SO not Rent.”
Phew.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:32 am
There, there BTK…no need to feel insecure about your softer side. We still know that deep down you will always be the cynical, bitter, hater - about- town that we’ve grown to love and worship.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Gee, sounds like sort of an Irish “Amelie” to me. J told me about it. Now I’m going to have to watch it! My softer side is flourishing right now anyway.
June 7th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
There is nothing wrong with being a RENT fan, dammit. It is my favorite Broadway musical. Until you have seen it you have no place to dis it, Girlie.
I suppose I will have to put Once on my Netflix queue.
June 10th, 2007 at 9:10 am
My lady friend dragged me to see this film. It was definitely better than Rent! (Which is not saying much, sorry Gina but I HATED Rent) Actually, I did like this film–except for the fact that I kept getting confused between the female leads. Thank goodness for American films, where if there are two female leads they generally cast a blonde and a brunette (much simpler).