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Any reviews?

Tthip Wrote:Any reviews?

"One Week" is premiering next Monday...

chris Wrote:"One Week" is premiering next Monday...

Ah ha - I see.
I guess when I see the premier is Monday - I should actually read the date also.

The trailer for Nothing Really Matters.....

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Quite the trailer... I don't really know what to make of it. Seems like a little bit of a messed up flick.

[quote="fny1996"]The trailer for Nothing Really Matters.....

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Tthip Wrote:I ran across this still from the movie:
And if I had one week to live - Mr. Downie would probably be someone I would like to sit down and talk to for awhile also.

This still is Gord's complete scene. The movie is OK - it tried too hard to be touching; and the jokes, of which there were many, seemed almost out of place.

It also dragged on - despite a soundtrack featuring Sam Roberts, Wintersleep, and Joel Plaskett - who performs a song as a busker.

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fny1996 Wrote:The trailer for Nothing Really Matters.....

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What a funky looking movie.
And the credits list four people - with Gord being one of them - I wonder how his part in this movie turns out.

I'll give it a thumbs up. I had just come from seeing Atom Egoyan's "Adoration" right before it, so it was kinda nice to watch something a little more light and that I could laugh through.

If you want a lot of "Canadiana", then this is the movie for you. It'll be interesting to see if this movie makes it into the American market.

Gord did a good job! :thumb:

I'm looking forward to the soundtrack more than anything.

Tthip Wrote:

chris Wrote:

This still is Gord's complete scene.

And now I know what he's doing with his hands there! :wink:

One Week was filled with many "I've been there" scenes showcasing the Canadian landscape. That's why I was interested in the movie and it mostly delivered. For the Hip content, Gord was good. I also enjoyed Plaskett's performance (for the most part the audience around me didn't recognize either of them).

It would of been nice to see a Hip or Gord song on the soundtrack. Maybe something like Let's Stay Engaged.

For anyone that liked the soundtrack, Emm Gryner and Great Lake Swimmers are performing at Dundas Square on Thursday evening.

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One Week
Directed by Michael McGowan
By Erin Oke

One Week tells the story of Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson), a failed writer turned middle school English teacher who is sleepwalking through his life until he’s diagnosed with terminal cancer. His first instinct is to buy a motorcycle and head west from Toronto to wherever the road takes him, much to the chagrin of his practical fiancée Samantha (Liane Balaban).

It’s a very Canadian adventure, showcasing this country’s beautiful landscape and stopping at every bizarre “World’s Biggest” monument along the way. Like any good road trip, the soundtrack is amazing, filled with atmospheric indie rock provided by Stars, Great Lake Swimmers, Sunparlour Players and the like. The Canadian music scene is featured so prominently that the film has Joel Plaskett busking on the Toronto streets, while the travelling Ben smokes pot with Gord Downie and sings along with Emm Gryner to “Un Canadian Errant.”

Joshua Jackson (best known as Pacey from Dawson’s Creek) gets better and better in the lead role, growing into the character’s transformation. And Liane Balaban (New Waterford Girl) is equally strong as the tightly wound Samantha, who is left behind to bear the strain of Ben’s diagnosis and subsequent departure.

The script employs a third-person voiceover narration (by Campbell Scott) that is so well written that it elevates the film by adding some perspective to a journey that could otherwise become self-indulgent. The narration is paired with some neat editing that cuts together flashes of photos and stock footage to show Ben’s fleeting thoughts and memories.

The result is a whimsical and heartfelt meditation on mortality and relationships that doesn’t cop out with easy solutions but still manages to find some hope to cling to. (Mongrel Media)

Tthip Wrote:I ran across this still from the movie:
And if I had one week to live - Mr. Downie would probably be someone I would like to sit down and talk to for awhile also.

Driving past my local Cineplex tonight I see that One Week is set for major release soon...

Early March I believe. Joshua Jackson was on The Hour last night to promote it...

I wish i hadnt read what gord's scene was before seeing the movie

Glad I read the review but wish the reviewer had left out that specific detail