I watched Across The Universe for the first time last night.

[RevolutionaryActs]

OMG! Why didn't you people tell me about this movie? Sooooooooooooooo good. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445922/


And I want to marry the guy who played Jude. :P



And I've decided I've been away from DU for too long, since I can't type correctly anymore. :eyes::rofl:

[sasquatch]

1. Lame

:spank:

[RevolutionaryActs]

6. Don't make me beat your punk ass.

:P

[sasquatch]

35. Oh you wish you could

:P

[shaniqua6392]

2. My daughter saw this a few weeks ago and loved it.

I don't ever remember seeing a preview for it. I am going to rent it soon though. Thanks for the review.

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. Yes, do!

It's sooooooooooo good. :bounce:

[siligut]

3. Bought the DVD!

You know those movies that are going to be future classics? We buy them. Just the music alone! Eddie Izzard and Bono? Come on! Dana Fuchs is a goddess!

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. I know, Dana is my girl-crush.

:wow:

[siligut]

38. And there is something so right about that! She is amazing!

:wow:

[redqueen]

4. Is it good?

I wasn't sure I'd want to see it... I wouldn't want to see some of my favorite songs massacred... but if it's good then I look forward to seeing it. :)

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. My mom and I loved it.

As did my brother and SIL (which shocked my mom and me). The interpretations of the songs are so spot on the movie.. hell, they're just great on their own. Highly recommend it! :bounce:

[Shine]

9. yeah, i saw it last w/e and was pretty impressed, too

for some reason, i was resistant to seeing it, but the family consensus won out and it was much better than i was expecting.

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. You can't go too wrong with a movie that features only Beatle songs.

;) :hi:

[Shine]

15. It reminded me of "Moulin Rouge", in how the characters sang the words of the songs

as part of the dialog. Very cool.

[RevolutionaryActs]

17. Much agreed.

On IMBD someone said "if Hair and Moulin Rouge had a baby this would be it." :rofl:

Moulin Rouge is my favorite movie of all time too! :D

[Ava]

11. it was a visual heaven

i was pissed it didn't get even nominated for best direction or cinematography.

as for the writing of it i will say this.. it definitely had some flaws. it ran too long, it could have left out some stuff, and could have added more. however, the flaws of the movie are also part of its charm imo.

all in all i thought it was a great movie.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. What you said and.......

Jude's hawt. He reminds me of Ewan. Mmmmmmm.

[Ava]

13. lol, yes he is hawt

but a little too pretty for my tastes.. the accent rocks though. i want to go to college at LSE and find me a british boy :rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. British, Irish, Scottish... I'm not picky.

An Aussie works too. :rofl:

[Ava]

23. yup.. i like all those too

accents are sexy.. as long as they aren't southern accents :( *sigh*

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. That's not true.

Southern accents can be quite sexy. :evilgrin:

[Ava]

30. not when you hear them all the time

:rofl: personally i hate my accent. every time i hear myself in an interview i cringe. i definitely have an accent :rofl:

[Pacifist Patriot]

14. Added it to my queue. Thanks for the rec. Always looking for movie suggestions.

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. Excellent.

Be warned, it's all earworms. :P

[Iggo]

16. I dunno, man.

I needed therapy after I watched Frampton and The Bee Gees murder the Beatles in that old St Pepper movie. I don't think I could go through that again.

[RevolutionaryActs]

18. Noo, this is good stuff.

Promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMo-lLL2Pug&feature=related

:hi:

[Ava]

24. i cried my eyes out during that part

i do wish that the boy had sung the whole thing though(although i get why he didn't)... not a big fan of the woman's voice.. she waaaaaaay over sung it.. the beauty of that song is the simplicity(as the boy sung it).

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. I agree.

I get misty just listening to him sing it. :cry:

[Ava]

29. yup

did you see him at the oscars?

[TommyO]

21. I saw this a few weeks after it premiered at a good all-digital theater

and loved it, I bought the DVD the day it was released and have watched it several more times and have shared it with friends.

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. I wish I could have gone to see it in the theater.

But it wasn't playing near me. Boooo.

[riderinthestorm]

22. I just watched it too last night. I loved it also!!

My youngest daughter watched it with me last night, and had to re-watch it today already. The Beatles tunes are excellently done, the story is fine, the cinematography is really good. It was fun to watch it with my daughter and comment on all the history stuff. We actually looked up the picture of Kim Phuc, the running Vietnamese girl in that famous photo at Trang Bang. The speech by Paco at the first rally could have been done at any anti-war rally today, it was so much of the same rhetoric - spooky.

And Jude?! Wow! But really everyone was good.

This is definitely going to be one I purchase.

[graywarrior]

28. Ain't seen it yet.

Now I guess I have since YOU liked it.

[RevolutionaryActs]

31. YES!

You'll love it. I hope. If not, you suck. :P And remember.. JUDE IS MINE! :P

[graywarrior]

32. I live ALAN, so there!

[RevolutionaryActs]

33. You do?

I don't think I believe you. I think you hate him. :silly:

[graywarrior]

34. Liar.

[Frank Cannon]

36. People either loved the movie or hated it

It's one of those polarizing films, kind of like Napoleon Dynamite.

I, for one, thought the cast was talented and possessed wonderful voices. I liked how the Beatles songs were implemented in the movie, even if they made the plot kind of thin and it ran kind of long. Visually, the film was amazing.

Overall :thumbsup: from me.

[WannaBeGrumpy]

37. I love that movie...!

It's my boyfriends favorite! That's actually how we met.

[bikebloke]

39. Joe Cocker

It was nice to see Joe Cocker again. At first, I thought the homeless guy was a lot like him. Then I realized it was him.

[SteppingRazor]

40. I turned it off halfway through -- and I almost never do that.

I'm a massive Beatles fan, and I loved the movie's cinematography, but I thought the movie used its musical numbers to cover up a plot flimsier than single-ply TP.