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It's June, so what better time to talk Oscars, right? I finally saw Once last week, and it seems that all the hype is well deserved. But the thing that will stick with you is the music (it is a musical, afterall). Which brings us to the Oscar talk. If "Falling Slowly" doesn't score a nomination for best original song, there is no justice in this world. It's a beautiful song sung by the two leads in the film (Glen Hansard of the Frames and newcomer Marketa Irglova) and, this being a musical, the song is actually an important piece of the story -- unlike a lot of the winners of this category that just play over the closing credits. So my vote at the half-way point is "Falling Slowly" from Once. We'll see if that holds up between now and December. |
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Posted by Kip Mooney @ 12:11 PM Mon, Jul 02, 2007
I loved the songs too, but it appears most of these songs have existed in one form or another long before the movie was released. Do you think the Academy will be smart enough to overlook this and give Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova their well-deserved nomination(s)--hey, if "Dreamgirls" can get 3 and "Cold Mountain" can get 2, I say "Once" deserves at least that many?