on paper, this sounds like a bad idea. a musical based on the songs of the beatles? i mean it's been done before-i've always wanted to see sgt peppers lonely hearts club band, generally regarded as one the worst movies ever made wherein peter frampton and the bee gees save the world from (if memory serves) aerosmith
but i'd heard some good things about across the universe so on a damp sunday, i tuned in and....
well, visually its stunning. julie taymor is an underated director. i remember seeing her version of titus (andronicus) a few years back and being knocked out by it
i was surprised to see that the screenplay was by dick clement and ian la frenais. it didn't seem to have any of there ususal with or warmth
and the beatles knew how to write a good tune or two (i still prefer ray davies though)
but bono is not an actor (worst cameo ever?)
after about half an hour, i stopped trying to make sense of it all and just let the film wash over me, enjoying the tunes and spotting the beatles references.
all in all, not a bad film for a low blood pressure post-dialysis wet sunday afternoon
and i think i'd like to see it again at some point
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I've never heard of this though the brief appearance of Bono is enough to put me off. It's a shame it's not that good because the Beatles have been associated with some pretty decent films - Hard Day's Night and Yellow Submarine.
ReplyDeleteactually, its not too bad. there's something about it that's....
ReplyDeletei mean, its been 4 days since i saw it and i'm still thinking about it and i spent about an hour at dialysis last night streaming clips from the movies on youtube