Once

I am not a fan of mushy soppy stuff but I think Once is not mushy enough to make me not watch it. It’s simple, unexpected and deep. It’s raw, natural and moving. I will remember this movie for a long time. The music cuts from the movie are staying in my current playlist for a while. It pictures how life/dream/love, in general, simply goes — in a way that you can almost relate. It makes you think you have gone through their share of this world. It’s so familiar that it makes you wish that somehow you will be able to walk the characters’ steps and walk through similar rounds just to know how it’d actually be like, even just for once.

Thanks to Wikipedia for the image.

Tags: once, movie review, Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova

August Rush

Sometimes the world tries to knock it out of you. But I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales.

Yeah boy, I am with you! The movie was a great watch. I heard from a friend a couple days ago that is was a great watch (thanks for the tip!). The movie is about music and how a kid heavily believes that it will lead him to find his parents and them to him. I thought it was a heavy drama (which I am not a big fan of) at first but it wasn’t that at all. Sure, there were tear-jerking drippy moments but it’s not overdone. I don’t remember myself crying — hehe. The tracks were also great so I had to download it too.

It stars Freddie Highmore (the kid from that Spiderwick movie), Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Thanks to Wikipedia for the image.

Tags: music, august rush, soundtrack, musical, freddie highmore, keri russell, jonathan rhys meyers, instrumental