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« on: October 08, 2007, 01:16:08 PM »

I don't know how many of you are Beatles fans, but Across the Universe is incredible! Has anyone else seen it? Due to the limited release, I haven't found very many people!
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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2007, 02:00:18 PM »

I feel as though this movie has already been discussed, but i can't seem to find the thread? (Maybe someone with wicked-mad search function skills could step in, or tell me I'm crazy...)

Anyway, I think it looks like it's gonna be -awesome-, but I'm pretty sure I won't get the opprounity to see it until it comes on DVD.
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2007, 10:54:46 PM »

this shit is crazy.  I remember seeing the trailer for it being played with Spider-man 3, and then freaking out near the end.  IT started out nice and easy, and I started to feel like this trailer is wasting my time.  Then at the end everything went to hell, the hugest acid trip I have ever seen while not actually under the influence.  I may jsut see this movie for that acid trip feel.
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2007, 11:03:06 PM »

I'm more intrigued by it than anything.  After I saw the trailer I was like, "..."  I definitely want to see it, though.
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2007, 01:25:06 AM »

I'm avoiding it based on how garish it seems and the fact that its conceit is incredibly overdone. If we could maybe not see another movie about young people fighting the oppression of society while finding true love in the sixties for maybe another ten years that would be more than fine with me.
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2007, 10:37:41 AM »

I'm avoiding it based on the fact that I never want to see Bono singing the Beatles.

Ever.
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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2007, 09:30:50 PM »

I definitely want to see it, but I'm not sure that it is out in my town.  I hope so though, I should get on that.
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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2007, 06:15:24 AM »

Can anyone actually think of a worse idea than this?

I'm struggling.
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« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2007, 01:21:08 PM »

Oreo Pizza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkEc67m_jvM
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« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2007, 04:15:03 PM »

I'm only one person and I simply don't have the budget these jokers had so I'm struggling to think of anything remotely this bad.

I think tonight I'll download some child pornography, a video editing suite and a few Rush albums.
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« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2007, 04:28:11 PM »

fuck you tommy i was reading this thread in a class where we're talking about racism and the professor is reading an impassioned plea from the parent of a child who is a minority

i couldn't afford to laugh
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« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2007, 11:48:02 PM »

no where near me plays this so i am sad...
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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2007, 02:39:05 AM »

I enjoyed it a whole lot.

They way overdid it on the Beatles references and the narrative seemed to get high and lose itself a lot, but it was pretty fun. Some really good covers in there. Some really not so good covers in there. Some amazing trippy visuals, though. The army recruitment office scene was amazing.
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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2007, 08:42:03 AM »

I saw it last night.

I really, really, really enjoyed it.


That is all.
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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2007, 09:09:29 AM »

 I enjoyed the shit out of it. Seriously amazing and beautiful, great singing (Joe Cocker kicked ass!) I think it is the MOST IMPORTANT movie to me since Pan's Labyrinth.
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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2007, 06:37:42 PM »

I heard praise about it from my sister, who saw it.
Then again, she is of the impression that most movies that make it to the theater are good.

I'll just torrent it in a month or so, and then pretend I can do better Beatles covers.
I'm such a bad person.
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« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2007, 09:28:32 PM »

I saw it.  Everything about Bono's cameo made me cringe (although it was funny how he just left them stranded in ass-nowhere because he just could not be bothered to give a shit), but most of it actually didn't offend me that much.  All the identical square-jawed soldiers struck me as a bit more Devo than Beatles, though.
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« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2007, 04:23:55 PM »

Can anyone actually think of a worse idea than this?

I'm struggling.

It cannot get worse.
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« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2007, 04:28:42 PM »

hotlinking is a pretty bad idea, yeah.
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« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2007, 08:41:20 PM »

I really, really disliked it. If all of the covers and scenes were as good as I Want You (She's So Heavy), Revolution, and Strawberry Fields Forever, then the movie would have possibly been one of the best movies I have ever seen. Sadly, the rest of the movie was crap.
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« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2007, 02:41:14 AM »

You know what?

Once the Bob Dylan biopic is released I say filmmakers put a fucking moratorium on the Sixties. In their entirety.
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« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2007, 11:11:11 AM »

Johnny C: But then Cate Blanchett wouldn't have the chance to win ANOTHER Oscar Tongue.



PS: On another note, I say they take the hatchet to the current revival of Elizabethan movies. PLEASE. Or at least Scarlett Johanssen. D:

As for Across the Universe... eh. The ticket was paid for by a friend, so I didn't lose anything (save for the amount of time spent in front of the screen). Popular opinion is that the trailer is misleading, and I concur. I expected more than the contrived mess Julie Taymor "delivered." I think "vapid hollywood musical" pretty much sums it up.
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« Reply #22 on: October 20, 2007, 12:33:30 PM »

Man, you guys are incredibly jaded. Do we like anything around here anymore?
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« Reply #23 on: October 20, 2007, 03:05:56 PM »

I think it's assumed that we all like Questionable Content, if that counts.
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« Reply #24 on: October 20, 2007, 03:36:39 PM »

You obviously haven't paid much attention to these forums, then.
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« Reply #25 on: October 20, 2007, 05:34:09 PM »

Man, you guys are incredibly jaded. Do we like anything around here anymore?

Wait, wait. Chuck is scolding us for being jaded?

I think we might have a serious problem, guys.
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« Reply #26 on: October 21, 2007, 09:30:26 PM »

Can't lie, went to go and see it again.
It seems like people are on either one side of it or the other. No one seems in the middle. Apparently you either love it or hate it.
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« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2007, 01:43:44 PM »

Man, you guys are incredibly jaded. Do we like anything around here anymore?

THINGS I DON'T PERSONALLY LIKE
  • garish shit
  • Avenged Sevenfold (may fall into previous category)
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« Reply #28 on: October 25, 2007, 05:29:34 AM »

I enjoyed it.  There were a few things it sorta beat to death but I enjoyed the musical arrangements and the visual effects.  It delivered.
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« Reply #29 on: October 25, 2007, 06:24:02 AM »

Man, you guys are incredibly jaded. Do we like anything around here anymore?

THINGS I DON'T PERSONALLY LIKE
  • garish shit
  • Avenged Sevenfold (may fall into previous category)

Are there things that you don't impersonally like?
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« Reply #30 on: October 26, 2007, 02:43:45 AM »

Jimbunny, I don't think it's possible to not embrace hate as a friend.

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« Reply #31 on: October 26, 2007, 10:42:10 AM »

Ever not tried it?
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« Reply #32 on: October 26, 2007, 11:57:09 AM »

Are there things that you don't impersonally like?

  • jimbunny
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« Reply #33 on: October 27, 2007, 05:57:25 AM »

That was strangely cathartic.
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