ONCE: Say It to Me Now

maint on May 29th, 2007

The love story from ONCE, set to the song Say It To Me Now.

 
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Anonymous | July 19th, 2007 17:06

An scannán is fearr ariamh!

That means - The best film ever! - in Irish.

Thanks lads. Iontach (wonderful).

Anonymous | May 29th, 2007 21:09

I like it very much!
Wayne Evans

Anonymous | June 8th, 2007 14:20

great movie great lyics and music
julie hardman

Anonymous | June 10th, 2007 00:52

awesome movie. loved it.

Anonymous | June 9th, 2007 02:57

great movie!!

check out review :

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Anonymous | June 4th, 2007 10:24

Once = Beautiful

JR

Anonymous | June 30th, 2007 22:18

An incredibly beautiful film. It just takes you away to place we all want to go. Let's have more movies like this one.

TU

Anonymous | July 16th, 2007 23:11

This movie kicks so much ass, that my ass will never be the same.

Anonymous | July 8th, 2007 15:47

Brilliant, real, amazing, unadorned, simple, beautiful, soulful...
Why are movies like this so rare? SEE IT... it will feed you.

Anonymous | January 30th, 2008 08:13

yep, once
(or twice, in my case)
siska

Anonymous | June 15th, 2007 11:50

Does anyone know if the scene in which Marketa walks from the store while singing "If you want me" is posted somewhere?

Anonymous | June 15th, 2007 22:54

there is no other movie quite like this. it is simply in a class of its own. one of my new favorite movies.

Anonymous | June 21st, 2007 19:55

This is the movie you always hope to see when you enter a theatre. It proves the major studios have forgotten how to make real movies for real people, and have lost the magic captured in this film. I left the theatre wanting to see the characters again. I also have told everyone to go see it and buy the soundtrack CD. This is now one of my all time favorite films.
Karen S.

Anonymous | June 22nd, 2007 01:32

Brilliant. This is why we go to the movies.

SB

Anonymous | June 22nd, 2007 14:03

This is one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time. Simple, yet very touching. The music with this is perfectly placed and definitely goes with the different parts of the story line. If you're a musician of any level, this is a must see movie. It will be inspiring.

Anonymous | June 22nd, 2007 18:58

I too loved this movie, the characters grow on you-and the music moves you!
The simplicity of words, the importance of how life moves so quickly-makes you respect people who live....to the fullest.
yuonhee

Anonymous | June 24th, 2007 11:21

The songs in this movie just resonates with my soul... Beautiful movie, wonderfully great story... touches not just my heart but moved my spirit as well.

Art

Anonymous | June 24th, 2007 20:14

Fucking brilliant. I want to see the sequel.

Anonymous | July 24th, 2007 09:11

The person that used profanity to describe the movie, must not have much of a vocabulary. Fantastic, would have worked. Kids do occasionally get on web pages that they aren't suppose to be on. Keep it clean, Please!

Anonymous | July 24th, 2007 12:44

Ah, my friend, you have encountered a cultural difference. In the Irish usage, it is not profane. It means REALLY. Watch the movie and it will become clear that the use of the word is entirely without malice.

Anonymous | July 24th, 2007 12:49

This is making me cry. I crying hard.

Anonymous | July 24th, 2007 13:39

I feel that the music combined with acting/film perfectly expresses the arrays of emotion the characters display. Music has such a huge impact on how humans perceive situations and experience different emotions. Because music is practically the third primary character in this film, the emotions are so much richer.

Anonymous | August 18th, 2007 20:19

I actually wept.
8/18/07 23:00 EST. I've just seen this flick at the Tara Arts in Atlanta. It's a hit. I knew I would add this and the sound track to my collection not half way into it. I hate the term "instant classic", but I'll be damned if this ain't it. If you think I'm gushing, go see it.

Good work, when does the band tour?
JDK

Anonymous | July 28th, 2007 15:08

I have been waiting to see this movie. I just bought Swell Season and it is an amazing record. I listen to it everyday. Life should be pleasantly simple.

Anonymous | July 29th, 2007 22:18

Gawrgeous, as the Irish say... a truly beautiful film with wonderful music and fine performances... I want to see the sequel too. I can't even decide which song should be nominated for the Oscar - any will do. Ahh, what a film. Run, dont walk. I can't remember the last film that affected me as much.

tee

Anonymous | July 30th, 2007 18:14

On a dollar for dollar production cost comparison, there is no other movie that even comes close to this 'bound to be a classic'. Even if it had cost $10 million to make, it is still way ahead. Tone in NZ

Anonymous | August 24th, 2007 21:05

The moment the movie ended I was still in a ONCE daze. My sister and I went immediately to the 'record' store and bought the soundtrack. Everytime I hear SAY IT TO ME NOW I cry and sigh to catch my breath. I love how this movie celebrates the passion and raw, soul baring emotion of their music. This is honest music with no smoke and mirrors. Bravo and thanks to all who made this movie.

Anonymous | August 31st, 2007 20:00

I play guitar and sing myself and always believed in performing your song with the emotions intended in the lyrics. This, i think, is very difficult and both artists in this movie execute it very well. It almost made me cry. GREAT MOVIE!

Anonymous | September 7th, 2007 22:40

Thank you. Thank you . Thank you!

Anonymous | September 10th, 2007 19:09

What word is he asking her to translate into Czeck, when they stand on the shore? It sounds like 'dear love'. I think she answers "I love you', not sure,though, I can only guess (I'm Polish). Any Czecks out there? Beautiful film and music, but so painful to watch, subconsciously waiting for this typical Hollywood ending that I usually don't like. I guess that's life, "you can't get always what you want". Their lives won't be the same anyway, their encounter is a little treasure they can take with them for the rest of their lives.

Darek

Anonymous | September 12th, 2007 06:21

This song moved me so much, then every song that followed filled me with so much emotion it made me numb.
The most moving picture i have ever seen.
Thank You

Robyn McLean

I'm sure we have all loved and lost.

Anonymous | September 24th, 2007 15:16

who gives her the piano? him or her husband?

Anonymous | September 29th, 2007 15:29

Well, i think he asked what's "do you love me?" in Czech.

Anonymous | October 1st, 2007 11:31

who gives her the piano? him or her husband??

Have you no romance in your heart? Seriously, of course Glen gives Marketa the piano. He uses the money that his ol' Da gave him for London. You see him going into the piano shop near the end.

This is probably THE perfect indie. Fox, do EVERYTHING you can to push this onto the Oscar radar. America (and the world) needs this sort of imaginative, hopeful, expressive, genuine love story . . . and so much more real for being a story of unrequited love (so UN-Hollywood, so UN-Julia Roberts!!)

Anonymous | October 4th, 2007 12:55

I saw this movie on a Monday night, late ... just me and about 4 others in the Theatre. Normally when a movie ends, the credits roll and everyone just gets up and leaves....not this movie..the few of us that were in the theatre that night didn't budge from our seats until the lights came on. Over the next 5 days I saw the movie 2 more times. I took my wife one day and my 10 year old son another day...and both times it was the same...no one moved until the house lights were on. An incredible film. I have never been so moved in my live by a film. It was only showing in my city for a couple weeks. I certainly hope Once makes it to DVD and soon.

As far as the seen where "the guy" asks "the girl" what the Czech is for " do you love him?" her answer is translated to "It is you that I love"

Anonymous | October 11th, 2007 06:17

Music is beautiful comunication!

Anonymous | October 15th, 2007 16:25

saw the film on a long plane journey loved it watched it twice and went straight out to buy the sound track had to order it so bought a frames c d until i get the once c d my kind of film

Anonymous | October 30th, 2007 20:46

Congrats on 2Morrow win in Moscow. Well done you guys.

Anonymous | November 1st, 2007 06:58

It's not a fim about unrequited love though, to the person who said that... that would have been a much more self-indulgent and far less interesting film than this. Thye both have an intense connection to the other; she tells him in czech "it is you that I love" when they're by the sea, but she's married, with a kid, and he's still screwed up about his ex. That's why it's so bittersweet - it would have been perfect at another time in their lives, but that's just not what happens sometimes. Superb film. I wouldn't have gone to see it if it had Cillian Murphy in, I think him dropping out was actually a bonus in retrospect.

Anonymous | February 1st, 2008 11:47

Yes, she answered "Ilove you", when he asked her, if she loves her husband.

Anonymous | January 17th, 2008 11:47

Simple great movie,

Simple, touching, inspiring AND GREAT MUSIC ..

BTW: In the scene by the shore

He asked: How do you say "Do you love him ?" She says "Milujes ho ?"
He asked: "Milujes ho ?" and she replied "Miluji tebe" = I love you ..

- i thought i might help out, if anyone wondered what is it that she said ...
(i think it was actually nice, that they made people wonder, not knowing what was the translation ...)

Mino

Anonymous | January 17th, 2008 15:02

Mind blowing. Gives me a feeling a can't explain. EP

Anonymous | November 23rd, 2007 19:11

Vote for Once and for Marketa at http://www.awardsdaily.com/
They deserve it!

Anonymous | November 27th, 2007 09:02

Amazing film, I like it very much. If I understand well, you don't know, what he wants translate in czech...she answerd him in czech:"do you love him?", and he put this answer her (about her husband). She said "no... I love you", but in Czech, so he didn't understand it. I hope, that I wrote it well, becouse my English isn't too good. But I understand Czech:-)

Anonymous | March 15th, 2009 07:15

I AM 51 YRS. OLD AND HAVE NEVER A MY LONG TIME BEEN SO TOUCHED BY A GREAT MOVIE AND THE MUSIC IS DEFINETLY WORTH THE OSCAR IT RECEIVED. I HOPE THE SWELL SEASON COMES BACK TO THE U.S. IN 2009 BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I JUST SAW THE MOVIE.I HAVE BOUGHT THE CD AND LISTEN TO IT LOUDLY ALL THE TIME.
THANKS GLEN AND MARKETA FOR TOUCHING SO MANY!!!!!!!

Anonymous | December 30th, 2007 19:36

Simply awesome! I absolutely loved this movie! Glen and Marketa were wonderful!

Anonymous | December 31st, 2007 16:36

I LOVED this film--so bittersweet! Glen and Marketa should have Oscars....

Anonymous | February 19th, 2008 15:50

My wife and I were stunned with the beauty of the music and story. What a refreshing change. And for about $250,000 US !!!!

Anonymous | January 5th, 2008 07:54

Their relationship, their music, all is great!! Without holywood stars the films would be much better!!

Anonymous | January 6th, 2008 15:15

Beautiful, beautiful......
So real

CD