Once post

This isn't so much about the movie as about my post called Once's Oscar Nod.

It got a deluge of hits after the Oscars. 107 hits to be exact. I was able to track the hits with my Stat Counter which is a fun to look at from time to time. I've posted about the ocean mystery. So I took a look to see where my Once post viewed from.

The majority of post were form the US. Several from Canada as well. Both of which is to be expected. Two from the Czech Republic. Well Marketa Irglova is originally from the Czech Republic so again not much of a surprise. A hit from Dublin, another from London, one from the Isle of Man, one form the Netherlands, two from Spain, one in Thailand, one in Cambodia, one from Hong Kong.

I won't list all of them but an interesting and very wide range of places heard from. I'm just curious as to exactly how they got to my post. I did a couple of searches and didn't see my post get listed.

Well anyway. I think it is cool.

One more post about Once

One more little note about Once winning best song. This comes from a story at USA Today:

As best-original-song winners Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova were escorted down the usual route to the press room in the adjacent Renaissance Hotel, they were taken on a detour to an isolated spot in the wings of stage left where host Jon Stewart waits when he's not onstage.

Stewart greeted them with unprecedented news: When the show returned from a commercial, Irglova would get a second chance at the mike. As Stewart explained to her, "They were going to let you say something and (the orchestra) cut you off by mistake." He turned to Hansard, "I wanted to let Marketa say her thanks."

As they waited for the telecast to resume, Hansard leaned over and held his Oscar near Irglova's. "Mar, let's make 'em kiss." She laughed and said, "They are two guys." "But it's Hollywood," Hansard joked.

After Irglova gave a heartfelt speech, Stewart's next joke was a verbatim repetition of the kissing exchange he had just heard.

So Stewart gave her another shot at the stage and Irglova gave him a brand-new joke.

Falling Slowly from Once

Ok, I really like this movie. I'm so glad Once got some recognition which it very much deserves. I strongly recommend that you rent his movie. You won't be disappointed. Here's Falling Slowly from the movie Once:

Great Night at the Oscars

I have to say I didn't watch all that much of it. But it was great to see Falling Slowly performed.




But it was even better when they won for best song:

Once's Oscar Nod

I mentioned Once, this great film, in an earlier post.

I didn't realize that one of the songs is up for original song at the Oscar. Also the stars of the movie will be singing it on the show. There was a story about them in the Sunday Post.

From the story:

The couple are camped out in Hollywood, having just hit the Grammys (two nominations, zero wins), with another, more significant awards-season date looming: Next Sunday, they'll perform their nominated song, "Falling Slowly," on the Oscars.

Which is strangely hilarious, Hansard says, because "when we finished shooting that scene" -- the one at the music store, where his nameless character ("a Guy") teaches Irglov¿'s nameless character ("a Girl") the song on the piano -- the director, Carney, said: " 'And Oscar for Best Song goes to "Falling Slowly." ' Which we all laughed about. How absurd!"

Says Irglov¿: "He was just trying to express how great it was. But it's pretty funny now."

Guess there's a reason to watch the awards this year. It would be really great if they won.

Odds and Ends

And now for something completely different. Here's a story about how the lyrics in one of the songs in Spamalot have been changed. Here's the relevant paragraph from the story:

"Because we don't laugh at sad people. Mike Nichols (the show's director) requested it and he's right. We changed the lyrics in London, on tour, on Broadway and in Las Vegas. We think that it's now too sad. Britney Spears is being tortured to death and we don't want to be on that side."

I don't think the new lyrics will work as well but I guess the only way to find out is to see the show again.

Netflix

I finally joined Netflix and I really like it. I think I'll be watching many films that I wanted to see in the theater but never got around to. One I particularly like is a film called Once. This is the review I posted:

What an incredible film. I guess this is what Hollywood would call a small film. But there is nothing small about it at all. It tells the story of two strangers whose lives cross for a very brief time. And how meeting changes their lives. The ending is bitter-sweet but somehow you know that each person has come out the better for knowing the other. The songs are an integral part of the story and in many ways serves as a back ground story on each of the major characters. The songs are also fantastic. This is one very enjoyable movie!

Some of the stuff I will be getting will be well for lack of a better phrase junk but you can justify it by saying your paying $9 a month to rent films as opposed to about that much just to see one film.

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