tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post5127626670972037695..comments2024-01-30T04:32:47.585-05:00Comments on The Cooler: Lip Service: Across the UniverseJason Bellamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-82920892175662660042010-01-15T11:22:29.332-05:002010-01-15T11:22:29.332-05:00It is very interesting for me to read this post. T...It is very interesting for me to read this post. Thanx for it. I like such topics and anything connected to this matter. I definitely want to read a bit more soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-84245338135188545742009-12-31T14:13:44.520-05:002009-12-31T14:13:44.520-05:00You may interesting another review on Across the U...You may interesting another review on Across the Universe movie at<br /><br />http://sensit.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/across-the-universe-2007/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-37043234806889390042009-10-22T14:04:21.498-04:002009-10-22T14:04:21.498-04:00ok i just have to ask, wth no offence to anyone, h...ok i just have to ask, wth no offence to anyone, how could u have turned ff the movie? it was a great movie. The music was amazing. I loved every minute of it.Biancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375262950352001530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-4456164901310450122009-10-07T15:15:26.318-04:002009-10-07T15:15:26.318-04:00Argh, do I have to be the one to admit to loving t...Argh, do I have to be the one to admit to loving this movie? You're dead on about a lack of story, but for me this movie has never been about some cliched romance. I've always seen it, and loved it, just for what it is - a cinematic illustration of the Beatles' songs that only loosely ties together the character's stories. <br /><br />I guess Taymor's vision just totally floored me, or at least entertained me enough not to care about what was happening to whom. The same can NOT be said about Mamma Mia!, which didn't have an ounce of the creativity on display here.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and I do think the ending was pretty romantic...(blush)...Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-42886106334895292872009-10-03T10:02:26.282-04:002009-10-03T10:02:26.282-04:00Yeah, I'm in agreement.
It's the perfect ...Yeah, I'm in agreement.<br /><br />It's the perfect example of a poorly thought-out musical. Kind of like Mamma Mia! it just wants to deliver the songs at expense of any cohesive plot.Calum Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410595002533524268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-64541919727698355492009-09-30T14:26:40.439-04:002009-09-30T14:26:40.439-04:00This was a fun movie to watch - mostly; it got ted...This was a fun movie to watch - mostly; it got tedious at times - so I agree with your assessments. Some songs worked; some bombed. Some needed to be cut out like <i>For the Benefit of Mr. Kite</i>; besides disliking the song, the montage was nutty.<br /><br />For me part of the enjoyment was the audience - and here, now, I've thought of a comment for your previous post on special audience experiences. First, the lights went down, the opening frame came up, and a whole row of teenage girls down in the front yelled, "We love this movie!" Then, of coure, when it came to "Hey, Jude," well, you can guess the rest, I may have joined in in the refrain as well - or at least wanted to go down and join them.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-25323819568174980082009-09-29T08:09:19.226-04:002009-09-29T08:09:19.226-04:00Adam: "Cardboard" is a good word for the...Adam: "Cardboard" is a good word for the characters. And, indeed, I have no idea what Taymor was trying to achieve. The movie is a strange blend of overly literal interpretation and strange (empty) psychedelic interpretation.<br /><br />FilmDr: I'm not surprised you only lasted 20 minutes. Seeing it in the theater, this is one of those that you keep watching not because it maintains your interest but because you're there -- you paid for the ticket and you're going to watch the whole show. Still, in the film's few moments -- and it does have moments -- I was thankful I was watching. But none of that erases this: "Why watch something that waters that down, and reduces each song to a witty gesture or a half-hearted plot point?" Well said.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments, fellas.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-90503653726434225882009-09-28T10:56:04.502-04:002009-09-28T10:56:04.502-04:00Excellent review. I found I could only take about...Excellent review. I found I could only take about 20 minutes of <i>Across the Universe</i> before I turned it off, and I suppose I couldn't stand it due in part due to my great respect for the Beatles. I've heard of a curse that tends to surround Beatles-related rehash movies such as the Bee Gees' Sergeant Pepper films, but it makes sense. The Beatles usually did a superb job with the production, writing, and so on of their music. Why watch something that waters that down, and reduces each song to a witty gesture or a half-hearted plot point?The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-41358892791365935712009-09-28T10:48:15.327-04:002009-09-28T10:48:15.327-04:00It's a cliche to say so, but speaking as a Bea...It's a cliche to say so, but speaking as a Beatles fan I took some offense to <i>Across the Universe</i>, which I read as The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Music of the 1960's. The movie treated the counterculture and the Vietnam War as if today's generation had never heard of either- what was the tagline? Something like, "...and then Vietnam came, and everything changed". O rly?<br /><br />Taymor did a decent job with a couple of the songs, such as "With A Little Help from My Friends" and Bono's "I Am the Walrus". Everything else was irritating. I intensley disliked, for example, the idea of having "I Want You" sung by a stereotypical cartoon-faced Lyndon Johnson. That was stupid. Or having an Asian lesbian singing "I Want to Hold Your Hand"; sure, it's an <i>original</i> idea, but it makes you never want to listen to the song ever again! What is Taymor trying to do to us?<br /><br />And furthermore, the characters- Jude, Lucy, etc- are all cardboard. But Taymor isn't going for a dehumanized Kubrickian approach or anything- she honestly wants us to care about these characters, which is downright impossible. I agree with you that the film feels strangely unimaginative.Adam Zanziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.com