Topic: Across the Universe (Read 22449 times)

LizziL · « **on:** 08 Oct 2007, 11:16 »

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!

ThePQ4 · « **Reply #1 on:** 08 Oct 2007, 12:00 »

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.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #2 on:** 08 Oct 2007, 20:54 »

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.

leave for no raisin · « **Reply #3 on:** 08 Oct 2007, 21:03 »

I'm more intrigued by it than anything. After I saw the trailer I was like, "..." I definitely want to see it, though.

Johnny C · « **Reply #4 on:** 08 Oct 2007, 23:25 »

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.

Darby Crashed · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 Oct 2007, 08:37 »

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

Ever.

teh_Shannon · « **Reply #6 on:** 10 Oct 2007, 19:30 »

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.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #7 on:** 11 Oct 2007, 11:21 »

Oreo Pizza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkEc67m_jvM

Johnny C · « **Reply #8 on:** 11 Oct 2007, 14:28 »

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

Wink · « **Reply #9 on:** 11 Oct 2007, 21:48 »

no where near me plays this so i am sad...

Ozymandias · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 Oct 2007, 00:39 »

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.

Yakob · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 Oct 2007, 06:42 »

I saw it last night.

I really, really, really enjoyed it.

That is all.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 Oct 2007, 07:09 »

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.

GenericName · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 Oct 2007, 16:37 »

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.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #14 on:** 15 Oct 2007, 19:28 »

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.

KvP · « **Reply #15 on:** 18 Oct 2007, 14:23 »

Quote from: tommydski on 11 Oct 2007, 04:15

Can anyone actually think of a worse idea than this?

I'm struggling.

It cannot get worse.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #16 on:** 18 Oct 2007, 18:41 »

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.

Johnny C · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Oct 2007, 00:41 »

You know what?

Once the Bob Dylan biopic is released I say filmmakers put a fucking moratorium on the Sixties. In their entirety.

Lise · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Oct 2007, 09:11 »

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

.

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.

ForteBass · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 Oct 2007, 10:33 »

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

GenericName · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Oct 2007, 13:05 »

I think it's assumed that we all like Questionable Content, if that counts.

ForteBass · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 Oct 2007, 13:36 »

You obviously haven't paid much attention to these forums, then.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Oct 2007, 15:34 »

Quote from: ForteBass on 20 Oct 2007, 10:33

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.

LizziL · « **Reply #23 on:** 21 Oct 2007, 19:30 »

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.

Johnny C · « **Reply #24 on:** 24 Oct 2007, 11:43 »

Quote from: ForteBass on 20 Oct 2007, 10:33

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)

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #25 on:** 25 Oct 2007, 03:29 »

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.

jimbunny · « **Reply #26 on:** 25 Oct 2007, 04:24 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 24 Oct 2007, 11:43

Quote from: ForteBass on 20 Oct 2007, 10:33
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?

Lise · « **Reply #27 on:** 26 Oct 2007, 00:43 »

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

jimbunny · « **Reply #28 on:** 26 Oct 2007, 08:42 »

Ever not tried it?

Johnny C · « **Reply #29 on:** 26 Oct 2007, 09:57 »

Quote from: jimbunny on 25 Oct 2007, 04:24

Are there things that you don't impersonally like?

jimbunny

jimbunny · « **Reply #30 on:** 27 Oct 2007, 03:57 »

That was strangely cathartic.

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #31 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 16:27 »

"Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic. "
Yes, dearie, but then I might get fussed at even more.

Anywho. I just watched this on Netflix Instant View!
I found it amazing, myself. Some of the covers weren't the best but they fit the mood of the scene. Now I'm going to go off listen to the Beatles.
That is all.

Johnny C · « **Reply #32 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 19:39 »

At least you're off to listen to The Beatles instead of the Across The Universe OST.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #33 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 21:15 »

Of what I've heard of the soundtrack, the only two covers I've liked are the "Hey Jude" and "With A Little Help From My Friends" covers.

LizziL · « **Reply #34 on:** 01 Dec 2008, 21:46 »

Man, it was shocking to see an old thread I created back up....
I really, really loved the cover of 'I Want You [She's So Heavy]'

tuna ketchup x · « **Reply #35 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 12:07 »

Quote from: Wikipedia

Romantic relationships develop between Lucy and Jude, and between Sadie and Jojo. One night, Prudence (who seemingly holds a crush on Sadie) becomes depressed, and hides in the closet the entire night. Realizing where she is, the rest of the cast coax her out of the closet, showing that they completely accept her sexuality.

This movie sounds fanTAStic!

Chesire Cat · « **Reply #36 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 21:01 »

I actually had one of my most pleasurable movie going experiences going to see this in theatre.

KvP · « **Reply #37 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 21:20 »

I too enjoy witnessing other people's most cherished and beloved songs being brought to life in the most literal and artless way possible.

Plus it has Bono!

Chesire Cat · « **Reply #38 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 21:39 »

I have a long running dislike of Bono.

But the movie wasn't bad it just wasn't historically good. But those cherished and beloved songs incite cherished and beloved memories.

Reed · « **Reply #39 on:** 02 Dec 2008, 23:14 »

Quote from: Chesire Cat on 02 Dec 2008, 21:01

I actually had one of my most pleasurable movie going experiences going to see this in theatre.

Are we to take your pleasure in this movie going experience literally?

sandysmilinstrange · « **Reply #40 on:** 04 Dec 2008, 07:59 »

I thought the girl who played Sadie was amaaaaaazing. Jojo as well. Actually, I was pretty impressed with the whole cast.

And songs coming to life in a literal way? "Let it Be" was done in what I'd consider to be the exact opposite way that it was written and it was beautiful as a result. It wasn't a great movie, but I'd argue that it's pretty good.

The only thing I didn't like about the movie was getting hit over the head with song references that the filmmakers were afraid that we might miss.

"You might have murdered your granny with a hammer for all I know." Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Got it.

Later we see Max actually using a silver hammer. Seriously, we know where his name came from.

"She came in through the bathroom window!" Come on, now.

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #41 on:** 07 Dec 2008, 06:23 »

I agree, all the Beatles' references got kind of old. I thought they were clever at first but then I got tired of them.

Another one, "I told myself, when I'm 64, I'd be out of this place, but I'm still here."

imapiratearg · « **Reply #42 on:** 07 Dec 2008, 10:08 »

Quote from: sandysmilinstrange on 04 Dec 2008, 07:59

"She came in through the bathroom window!" Come on, now.

This is the only one you mentioned that I don't get.

Joseph · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 Dec 2008, 13:14 »

Go listen to Abbey Road.

Why the hell would you want to see a movie as trashy looking as this if you haven't been listening to Abbey Road?

Abbey Road.

It's the best thing The Beatles ever did!

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

"Oh! Darling"

"Here Comes The Sun"

"You Never Give Me Your Money"

That entire side 2 medley.

"Her Majesty"

Go listen to Abbey Road!

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #44 on:** 07 Dec 2008, 14:21 »

Jesus what the hell?

Train of thought as I'm watching this trailer:

"funky indie film about moving countries"
"Hippie film... god I hope this isn't about protest"
"World changed? Sounds too political for me"
"Gods this is turning into Requiem for a Dream; in 90 seconds.."
"Uncle sam reaching out of his poster...?!"
"wtf"
*Brain melts*

sandysmilinstrange · « **Reply #45 on:** 08 Dec 2008, 08:16 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 07 Dec 2008, 10:08

Quote from: sandysmilinstrange on 04 Dec 2008, 07:59
"She came in through the bathroom window!" Come on, now.

This is the only one you mentioned that I don't get.

It's a song. Nothing terrible about the line or the context, I was just getting tired of the "Hey, did you guys know we have Beatles songs in this movie?" bit.

Quote from: Dark Flame on 07 Dec 2008, 13:14

Why the hell would you want to see a movie as trashy looking as this

Because it's colorful and fun, and the lead cast did an amazing job.

Joseph · « **Reply #46 on:** 08 Dec 2008, 11:05 »

Out of context. I can sort of maybe understand wanting to see this movie. I have no compulsion to, and I think it looks awful, but I can understand the impulse.

I can't understand it if you haven't listened to Abbey Road enough times to know where "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" is from.

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Author Topic: Across the Universe (Read 22449 times)

leave for no raisin

Wink

tuna ketchup x