I managed to skip Ocean's 12. Ocean's 13 was made partly to apologize for 12 and do it right. (Or that's what they said in interviews). It's not boring, but it is a bit on the busy side. It did hold everyone's attention, including my father's and grandmother's which is saying something.
"Once" does actually function as a musical just not in the way most people are used to. It's what I like to call a modern musical or realistic one. The character's express their innermost feelings for each other and their ex-spouses through song. The song's have a vital reason for being in the film. And the music is at the center of the story - it is why the two people meet, it's what motivates them, and it is what pushes the plot forward. In most traditional musicals - the music isn't really a plot element. It is well dialogue or used to express emotion. Some of musicals don't even have much of a plot - the plot is just there so we can hear a bunch of cool songs and see a bunch of cool dance numbers.
ONCE reminds me a bit more of the play musical - where we have quite a bit of dialogue and scenes without music, but the music is still at the center of it, it expresses the theme, who the people are, and drives the action forward. Examples include: Caberet, Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, The Committments, That Thing You Do!, Ray, and Walk the Line. When you watch them, you don't necessarily think "musical" even though that's what it is. And as a result the film reaches a much broader audience.
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"Once" does actually function as a musical just not in the way most people are used to. It's what I like to call a modern musical or realistic one. The character's express their innermost feelings for each other and their ex-spouses through song. The song's have a vital reason for being in the film. And the music is at the center of the story - it is why the two people meet, it's what motivates them, and it is what pushes the plot forward.
In most traditional musicals - the music isn't really a plot element. It is well dialogue or used to express emotion. Some of musicals don't even have much of a plot - the plot is just there so we can hear a bunch of cool songs and see a bunch of cool dance numbers.
ONCE reminds me a bit more of the play musical - where we have quite a bit of dialogue and scenes without music, but the music is still at the center of it, it expresses the theme, who the people are, and drives the action forward. Examples include: Caberet, Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, The Committments, That Thing You Do!, Ray, and Walk the Line. When you watch them, you don't necessarily think "musical" even though that's what it is. And as a result the film reaches a much broader audience.