Once
Once is one of the most talked about films of this year. It won the audience award for best dramatic film in world cinema at this year's Sundance Film Festival and is nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2008 Independent Sprit Awards. The film is about, a street musician (Glen Hansard) who works for his father during the day and at night, plays his music on the streets of Dublin. Then one day he meets a Czech immigrant (Marketa Irglova) who's also into music like he is as she plays the piano. Soon the woman begins to help the street musician by creating a demo, so that he can shop it to the record companies over in London. Soon their love for music and each other begins to show in the songs.
Talk about having another movie to consider for movie of the year. Once is a musical event of the year. This was a great film, which has great directing and great lead performances. Director John Carney, who also wrote the screenplay for this film, did a great job here. I thought his screenplay was also great. I liked how he establishes the connection between two people from different nationalities and lets viewer see the lives two main characters live. Other thing that was so great about it was that his screenplay doesn't try to force a serious relationship between the two main characters, which would happen in most films.
Both Glen Hansard and Marteta Irglova give great genuine performances here, as their chemistry with each other was great.Both Hansand and Irglova wrote the music for the film. I hope they at least get nominated for the music of this film because it was just great and moving. Their musical voices were beautiful. Their songs are filled with pure passion and emotion that's not seen in most musicals. It has that magical feel to it that makes a film of this kind enjoyable to watch.This film was a nice break from the violent content and the serious subject matters that are seen in almost any other film. Once is magnificent and hart-warming film from start to finish.
5 Stars
Rated R
86 Mins
Stardust
Stardust is the follow up film to director Matthew Vaughn's debut film Layer Cake. The film centers on a young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) who's trying to pursue the woman (Sienna Miller) of his dreams, by going on a quest to retrieve a shooting star. When he finally finds the star, it transforms into a beautiful woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes). But a cold and old witch (Michelle Pfeiffer) wants Yvaine's youth. It's up Tristan to protect her from the evil witch. Robert De Niro, Ricky Gervais, and Peter O' Toole co-stars in the film.
Stardust was a fun and delightful dark fairy tale. I like that fact the Matthew Vaughn is making different kind of films like this one, as he did a good job with this film. The screenplay was magical and funny at time. They also added dark themes that are also like the type that Tim Burton adds to some of his own fairy-tale type films, which helps it not feel like your run-of-the-mill fairy-tale. The effects were also very good, as helped with the film's atmosphere. The acting was good, as there were good performances from Charlie Cox and Claire Danes. It was really nice to Claire Danes and Michelle Pfeiffer acting again, as they haven't been heard of, as of lately. The only performance that I thought wasn't good was De Niro's performance, as it was a little over the top for me but he's still one of my favorite actors.
Stardust is fun fairy tale ride that most of you and your kids will enjoy.
3.5 Stars
Rated PG-13
127 Mins
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