"Once"

We just watched a movie tonight that I really enjoyed called "Once".

I had heard a little bit about it in previews, reviews, and even Kimi's Blog. Oh, and I see it even won the Academy Award last night for "Best Song".

I really enjoyed it as I was watching it, but it's one of those films where the more you think about it afterwards, the more you like it even more.

It was heartwarming, a bit melancholy, romantic, subtle and inspiring. You can tell it was a low budget film (filmed in only 3 weeks!), but that quality only enhances the experience of viewing it. It made it seem so "real". I checked afterwards to find out that the two lead actors in the film were indeed the song writers/musicians for all of the music. That's cool.

I just looked it up on imdb.com and found some really great trivia about the film. My two favorite tidbits are that the "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy" song was totally improvised and spontaneous, and not meant to actually be in the film.

My other favorite tidbit that I found out after reading was this:

(minor spoiler for those care...)

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There is a moment when the guy asks the girl whether she loves her husband. She responds, "No. I love you." However, her response is in unsubtitled Czech, so the man does not understand her. nor do audience members who don't know the language.

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Love that.

I also love that the two title characters don't have actual names. The credits only list them as "Guy" and "Girl".

This film reminded me somewhat of "Before Sunrise", another movie that I've always loved.

If you liked that movie, see "Once". You'll really enjoy it.
(Sis, I'm talking to you) :)

Oh, look! Here's the trailer. (how handy!)