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Across the Universe tagline: All you need is love.
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| Directors: Julie Taymor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 out of 42,538 votes |
“Across the Universe” Movie Review
“Across the Universe” Plot Summary
The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
excellent and artistic film
This film is extraordinary. It is extremely artistic, thought provoking, and has substance. It may not be for everyone. If you have no sense of over laying, or collage, or recognizing parallel stories from history repeating themselves, you may not connect with it. But I found this film to be over the top creative and entertaining. Since I grew up in the 60’s, and I appreciate the music of the Beatles, there was a personal connection to all of it. A lot of fun yet deep emotions were brought to the surface. I know a creative mind when I see one and Taymor and her collaborators are a ‘10′ in this regard. I will see it again.
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As an American, I came of age in the late 60’s, and when it comes to this film, I will cut to the chase: It was a touching, beautiful film. Of all the films that I have ever seen, and I have seen thousands, this one went by the fastest. Toward the very end, I looked at my watch and thought, ‘Yikes!’ this will end any minute, and 3 minutes later it was over. It left me wanting more…….a lot more. I wanted to see more sequences, about the horror that was Vietnam, and more about the raw, confusing, and slightly naive politics of the young people who thought that they could change the world. Those two issues are very complex, but this film was much more about the love affair between it’s two lead characters. I honestly think that if it was thirty minutes longer, with about 15 minutes devoted to each of those topics, and with a few seconds devoted to man’s first walk on the moon, (I can’t believe they left that out.) it would have been a masterpiece. Obviously, that is not what Julie Tamor, or the writers had in mind
In most films when they re-do famous songs it always leaves me cold. Not with this film. I am trying to find out who sang for the actors during the dance numbers. (Was it the actors themselves?) If not, there were some truly superb, powerful, clear, honest, on key, melisma free singers who sang for some of the cast. (I kept thinking how they sounded like Ewan McGregor, and Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge – they shocked the producers, who let them try their own singing in that film.) I thought the re-do of the Beetles songs sounded fantastic, except for ‘Mr. Kite’ which I hated. Also the way they synched the songs with what was going on in the story, and the way they synched certain lyrics with a few things on screen here and there was very clever, and refreshing
I have always remembered the 60’s with the Dickens quote from A Tale Of Two Cities ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…….’ If you are too young to have lived the 60’s, look that entire opening sentence up, and see this film, because it so perfectly captures the awe and turbulence, the artistry and combustion, and more than anything the wonderment and beauty of that controversial time in American history.
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Best film of 2007
Though still unreleased in the Netherlands, I was fortunate to see it at a special screening of Oscar nominated movies. This was the only film shown for which the audience actually applauded at the end. Yes, it’s that good
Creating a story which encompasses the gamut of ’60s era experiences, the film uses 32 Beatles songs to tell its story. At once a moving love story and a stunning exploration of the counter culture emerging in reaction to the Vietnam war, the film grabs from the beginning and doesn’t release you until the last credits have rolled off the screen
I saw every major film last year, and was one of the few who thought 2007a weak year. So many of the film released left me both disillusioned and depressed at the state of the world. This one gave me hope….hope not only that the world can actually be a place of beauty, but also hope that film is not a dying art. I was totally engaged throughout the movie, and didn’t want it to end
I am amazed that it is already out on DVD in America, and am ordering it today. I rarely buy a movie, but want this for my permanent collection, and want to support director Julie Taymor in her career. This movie is a keeper, and I hope more people see it.
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