Across the Universe (2007)

mas que un musical

Una excelente película, muy bien lograda, con fotografía de calidad. Sumado a lo anterior, The Beatles de las más variadas formas. Una película para oir. July 1, 2008

ah hmm.

Okay, I thought this might be a nice piece of film to sit back to and enjoy. I mean who doesn't like the music of The Beatles? It took me aback to see how horribly the actor's sang and how only the thinnest lines of melody where used in the instrumentation. Then there was the plot, or absence thereof... Take a bunch of Beatles songs mix them in a hat and write a script??? I shan't hurl invectives at the director or writers, but shame on those who think this is good cinema. It makes Cannibal: The Musical look dramatically deep.

I thought it was a waste of a DVD disc. Someone could have used that disc to burn something worthwhile.

Thoroughly disgusted and have lost two hours of my lifespan to fecal splattering.

Only in Amerika July 1, 2008

Don't Miss It!!

This movie has had a HUGE impact on me, it is definitely in my top two movies(along with Moulin Rouge!). Across the Universe has made a Beatles fan out of me, and everyone I've showed it to. The music is great, the cast is awesome and even though this movie is set 25 years before I was born I loved it and it has changed the way I think about a lot of things(Yes, I am totally obsessed). So go rent it, you wont't be sorry! June 26, 2008

JULIE TAYMOR, OPUS 3

***** 2007. Written and directed by Julie Taymor. An Academy award and a Golden Globe nomination. The 60's seen through the songs of the Beatles. A unique vision developed by one of the most interesting directors of our time. I was already enthused a few years ago by Frida and the way Julie Taymor managed to give life to some of Frida Kahlo's paintings, now I can't but praise this film. The screenplay is uttermost smart, the actors perfect and Julie Taymor a director one has to count with. Masterpiece. June 24, 2008

To all the ones, who 'trashed' this movie....

I think most of the 1-star reviewers don't get this movie :

- "No/Thin Story Line ?" Of course ! This movie is based on the beautiful visuals and on the timeliess music of the Beatles. Does "Grease" have a deep story to tell us ! No way.
However, the overall message of the movie is beautiful. A really nice love story, captured in perfect pictures. No special plots needed !

- "Aweful interpretation of Beatles classics ?" Not in this one (however, the movie Sgt. Peppers comes to mind). True, there is hardly ever a cover version of a Beatles song, that surpasses the original, but the arrangements of the songs in 'Across the Universe' are beautiful. It is amazing, how well the songs go with the story, or vice versa.

- "The movie does not correctly portrait the political situation of the 60's ?". Again, how accurate does "Grease" represent the 50's ? This is fiction, and not a political essay !

Also, it is great, how some parts of the 'Beatles' stroy are being used as part of the movie (i.e. the 'Cavern Club' like beginning, the 'Strawberry Jam' production instead of 'Apple Productions', and of course the 'roof top concert' at the end of the film, to name just a few).

Again, the visuals are so important to this movie, that I strongly recommend the Blu-Ray version of this DVD.



June 18, 2008

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