I did not like ONCE

[jbm2]

I did not like ONCE #1

Posted: 11/9/13 at 11:15pm

Just saw the Tony Award winning Once. I did not like it!! Some good songs, but that's it. I didn't care about the characters and found myself wanting to leave at intermission. I stayed, hoping it would get better. It didn't.

[Phantom4ever]

I did not like ONCE #2

Posted: 11/9/13 at 11:32pm

I did not enjoy it either. It was a cool idea to have the audience come on stage before the show and have the cast playing instruments like it was a real bar. But..........then when the show started, nobody around me in the front mezz seemed aware of it and kept right on going. People were debating whether the show had started or if they were still in the pre-show music phase.

And then when the dialogue really started........I just didn't get it. The Girl (her character doesn't have a name, right?) was told that she had to leave (or something like that), the Girl said "No" and the audience exploded with laughter and "awwww that is soooooo cuuuuute!" comments. I thought that I must have missed something. And then more and more lines like that from the Girl. Dead pan delivery. Explosive laughs. The only catch was that she really wasn't saying anything funny or cutesy or witty. The only time the show got me was during the song Falling Slowly. Otherwise, It was just a mess of seemingly random songs and monotone line readings by the Girl that the audience LOOOVED and an interminable wait until the Boy and Girl finally mercifully get together.

And yes, I can still respect you and discuss your argument and not your personality, even though this is an internet message board, we can still argue with civility. Or at least try to. Updated On: 11/10/13 at 11:32 PM

[chewy5000]

I did not like ONCE #3

Posted: 11/9/13 at 11:38pm

Good for you

[PalJoey]

I did not like ONCE #4

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:07am

This thread is reserved for people with no taste.

[Phantom4ever]

I did not like ONCE #5

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:09am

For paljoey:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

[FishermanBob]

I did not like ONCE #6

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:11am

Thanks for letting us know.

[Sutton Ross]

I did not like ONCE #7

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:17am

"line readings by the Girl that the audience LOOOVED and an interminable wait until the Boy and Girl finally mercifully get together."

They don't get together. They don't even kiss. He leaves. Did you actually see Once?

[jbm2]

I did not like ONCE #8

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:26am

Totally agree phantom.

Just my opinion

[Phantom4ever]

I did not like ONCE #9

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:47am

Oops. Ok so they didn't get together. So it's an interminable wait to find out that they did not get together. Not much of a difference there.

[oasisjeff]

I did not like ONCE #10

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:49am

I can't believe the message board has gone on this long without a thread about Once...

Now t/d/b/a haterobics on here.

[After Eight]

I did not like ONCE #11

Posted: 11/10/13 at 6:28am

"Just saw the Tony Award winning Once. I did not like it!"

Neither did I, nor the person next to me who slept through it, nor the person next to her who walked out midway.

[chewy5000]

I did not like ONCE #12

Posted: 11/10/13 at 6:37am

Good for them, too.

[Kad]

I did not like ONCE #13

Posted: 11/10/13 at 7:58am

You mean people don't all like the same thing?!?

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[dramamama611]

I did not like ONCE #14

Posted: 11/10/13 at 7:59am

I loved it. The 80+ people I brought loved it -- overwhelmingly so. I was moved by it, immensely.

Different strokes.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[trentsketch]

I did not like ONCE #15

Posted: 11/10/13 at 9:17am

Not everyone is going to like this show. It's a very faithful adaptation of a tiny little indie musical where the characters don't even realize the songs they're performing reflect their emotional state as the story progresses.

Most people will actually remember the ending if they paid attention. It's kind of a big part of the entire concept of the story and happily ever after or not makes a huge difference.

[CarlosAlberto]

I did not like ONCE #16

Posted: 11/10/13 at 9:22am

Well, I'm sorry you did not like ONCE. I love both the film and the Broadway musical. I thought it was well done and I originally thought a stage musical version was totally unnecessary because I love the film so much, but I was pleasantly surprised. I'm so glad it received the Tony award recognition it deserved.

[muscle23ftl]

I did not like ONCE #17

Posted: 11/10/13 at 10:25am

I agree with the poster. I also stayed for the whole show to see if anything would happen. What a waste of time. But I didn't even find the music to be good, I'd give this show a zero. It doesn't even belong to an Off Broadway stage. It was a calamity.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

Updated On: 11/10/13 at 10:25 AM

[ClydeBarrow]

I did not like ONCE #18

Posted: 11/10/13 at 10:28am

Know what I didn't like? CATS!

"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah

[wonkit]

I did not like ONCE #19

Posted: 11/10/13 at 10:28am

I didn't care for it either, and I was most surprised that something so slight was treated like earth-shaking theater. I couldn't distinguish one song from another, and thought the performances were terribly mannered. But people with me sobbed at the end. Why live theater is so fascinating!

[Kad]

I did not like ONCE #20

Posted: 11/10/13 at 10:58am

A "calamity"?

The super typhoon was a calamity.

This was a show you just didn't like.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[gleek4114]

I did not like ONCE #21

Posted: 11/10/13 at 11:05am

Clyde,

The only thing I enjoyed about CATS was the song Memory. Literally the only thing I liked.

[suestorm]

I did not like ONCE #22

Posted: 11/10/13 at 11:29am

the Girl said "No" and the audience exploded with laughter and "awwww that is soooooo cuuuuute!" comments. I thought that I must have missed something. And then more and more lines like that from the Girl. Dead pan delivery. Explosive laughs.


It's fine u didnt but everyone around you seemed to love it... maybe it shows you just didn't get it?

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Updated On: 11/10/13 at 11:29 AM

[Sutton Ross]

I did not like ONCE #23

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:17pm

Exactly Sue. This person didn't even understand they they didn't get TOGETHER at the end. Kind of a huge plot point to miss. No special effects, no smoke, no major costumes. It was simple and beautiful and the music was exquisite. Some people just don't get it.

[Liza's Headband]

I did not like ONCE #24

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:24pm

Every single person on here who thinks a show is a "calamity" because it's bad needs a reality check. Please turn on the news and watch the coverage of the 10,000+ dead in the Philippines. I think you'll be OK if you feel like you wasted just 2 hours of your day. How terrible for you.

ETA: great minds think alike. Just realized Kad already made mention of this. Updated On: 11/10/13 at 12:24 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

I did not like ONCE #25

Posted: 11/10/13 at 12:26pm

It's okay Liza's Headband. The theater queens on this board due tend to be way too melodramatic. Poor, poor them.