Across The Universe
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 08:46amLast night we watched Across The Universe by Julie Taymor. We liked it. I was afraid it was just going to be randomly thrown together Beatles songs with trippy visuals and a clunky storyline. Glad I was wrong. Obviously, the songs drive the story, but the story worked. The guy that played the lead, Jude, was head and shoulders above the rest of the cast, though. The cameos were great fun and included Bono, Salma Hayek, Joe Cocker and Eddie Izzard. I woke up this morning with songs in my head.
We enjoyed the reinvention of some of the music…particularly “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” which, set in the right context, is a really sad song.
Here’s the trailer.
Megan on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Aw, see, I just watched it over the weekend and it was so-so for me. My chief reasons being:
1. It was_way_too long
2. Evan Rachel Wood drives me nuts and I didn’t really enjoy her singing
3. Some scenes were super cheese-tastic (Dear Prudence…ugh. And I LOVE that song.)
BUT, I agree with you that Jude kicked tail, and I really enjoyed the cameos. Bono was great, as was the imagery. I guess I set my expectations too high—now I’m bummed that I didn’t like it better.
Excited to see that Jude is in the upcoming Other Boelyn Girl flick. Yet another film for which I need to adjust my expectations.