It is Friday. It is movie day. My favorite theater re-opened with all new seats and clean floors. I went to see Once. I knew zero about it, just that it ranked very high on Rotten Tomatoes.
So here's the deal, 85 minutes and no one got beheaded, no one screamed, no one drove their car into another, no one flew off a roof, no one farted or barfed, no one was made of metal, no swords no guns, no knives, no one cut off a dick and fed it to a dog. Can you believe it? That alone is worth the price of admission.
I forgot what tenderness can be on a screen. I forgot what a whisper, a glance, a moment captured looked on a screen. And can you imagine a loving mother, grandmother, father? Sober friends enjoying A COUPLE of beers. Simple clothes, common streets, a dog and a sunrise and NO meant NO. Holy Mother of God ~ NO MEANT NO.
And if that isn't enough; songs, gorgeous songs about love and life. I began to remember what it was like to be touched lightly, kindly, deeply at the movies. You must see Once - maybe Twice.
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