August Rush

Have any of you seen August Rush?

I just saw the movie without much expectation from it. Except that I will be seeing Jonathan Rhys Myers in it. I was drawn to the movie out of a fangirl admiration for the cute Jonathan Rhys Myers.

I’m glad I did though. Not solely because of Rhys Myers but because the movie is absolutely endearing and the music is absolutely beautiful.

In summary, the movie is a musical journey of a young orphan (Freddie Highmore) to find his parents. Amidst his search, at the same time it is also a search of a young couple in finding their heart’s greatest yearning and how these three characters are brought together by music.

I only just realized that one of the songs in this movie was performed at the recent Academy Awardsm which was won by one of my favorite songs “Falling Slowly” from the movie, Once, which I have yet to see. Anyway, the song that was nominated from this movie is the song “Raise It Up”. It’s a beautiful song about courage and not giving up.

Plus, Jonathan Rhys Myers’ character is a lead singer from a rock bank so he sang 3 of the songs in the film. He’s absolutely gorgeous and talented. I will look for a clip and will post it later on.

If you want to know more you can check out wikipedia.