I like reading your site besauce you can always bring us new and cool things, I feel that I must at least say thanks for your hard work.- Henry
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Katsumi October 27, 2015
Hey Matt,Just stumbling this afonreotn and needing to get away from the computer, but thought I'd chime in about Once'. I agree with most of your review, though must say the camera work or lack thereof was more distracting than beneficial I'm pretty tired of the overused excuse of we wanted to add to the scene by shaking the hell out of the camera' which seems hardly warranted in what for all intent and purposes is a romantic comedy. I did find the end of the film disappointing, yet I understand [Expand]
why the filmmakers chose this route. Not sure I'd classify Once as a musical, perhaps better described as a film where music is as much a part of theme as a character in its own right but I see your point. This is very much an independent film and as such often suffers, ever so slightly, with dialog heavy scenes and limited locations yet remains interesting because of the obvious on-screen chemistry between the couple. I'd recommend this film to anyone. [url= [link=
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Open October 29, 2015
I would agree with you that handheld is ovueesrd. However, this move was shot by a two-person crew on a micro-budget, and I think success of the film is in credit to the compelling nature of the story and music. It overcame its production value (which didn't bother me at all). It's definitely a musical, though it's just a modern version of one. The majority of the film, and it's focus, are on the music. This musical is fortunate enough to have an excellent story.
I like reading your site besauce you can always bring us new and cool things, I feel that I must at least say thanks for your hard work.- Henry
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Hey Matt,Just stumbling this afonreotn and needing to get away from the computer, but thought I'd chime in about Once'. I agree with most of your review, though must say the camera work or lack thereof was more distracting than beneficial I'm pretty tired of the overused excuse of we wanted to add to the scene by shaking the hell out of the camera' which seems hardly warranted in what for all intent and purposes is a romantic comedy. I did find the end of the film disappointing, yet I understand [Expand]
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I would agree with you that handheld is ovueesrd. However, this move was shot by a two-person crew on a micro-budget, and I think success of the film is in credit to the compelling nature of the story and music. It overcame its production value (which didn't bother me at all). It's definitely a musical, though it's just a modern version of one. The majority of the film, and it's focus, are on the music. This musical is fortunate enough to have an excellent story.
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