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• Across The Universe [Deluxe Edition]
• Across the Universe
• The Savages
• Things We Lost in the Fire
• King of California
• Margot at the Wedding
• The Invasion
• Feast of Love
• The Jane Austen Book Club
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I don't usually buy movies, but I had to own this one. It was barely in the theaters long at all. I love the reinterpretation of the Beatles music. I don't know how the critics got it so wrong when this movie came out. Julie Taymor is such a genius & all the actors did a great job.

The songs of the Beatles were the soundtrack of my teens, and I remember witnessing the civil rights riots, participating in peace marches, debating fiercely with classmates, but even more so with my parents who could not understand why their perfect daughter had become such a rebel and talked treason. But more than that, it may be the only movie that truly captured the innocence of those times. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during the late sixties and witnessed the Summer of Love as well as the war protests at Berkeley, tear gas, ranks of police and all. This movie really took me back to those days and how much we wanted to change the world and make it a better place, and how willing we were to take action and speak out.

What an amazing place and time that was to be young and alive. We simply wanted justice and peace in the world. My generation wanted to make a positive difference in the world so badly, and with total innocence, we set out to do what we could. We did not understand why adults were so angry or why the police and National Guard were called out to stop us.

this movie is simply a masterpiece. The music, the visuals. Like Lucy, we pitched in where we could.

How anyone that calls themselves a fan of The Beatles music can give this "film" anything more than 1 star after hearing the horrendous version/cover/bastardization of one of the greatest Beatles songs of all time,Helter Skelter,should be ashamed of themselves. Across The Universe should be shot across the universe never to be heard from again.

so basically all this movie is is a device to popularise the beatles back-catalogue to make some cash for sony, which is stuggling a little in today's download culture. sony also owns columbia pictures, which made Across the Universe.

all Across the Universe wants to do is remind you of the beatles and their tracks - which it does by cramming/culling as many of their songs into the running time as possible - so you go out and buy them. Across the Universe is just a cheap and nasty exploitation movie.

The 50-50 joint venture Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns rights to more than 250 Beatles songs. Bowl Brush HolderSTAINLESS TOILET BRUSH W/STAND

I don't think the filmmakers care if Across The Universe sucks or not - Julie Taymor was replaced by the studio and the film was recut by Sony itself to its own specifications - as long as it gets the punters to fork out for old beatles tracks. fortunately it was not very successful.

basically the reason for this movie's existence is that sony acquired the rights to the beatles songs a few years ago. which is why this movie is bereft of a decent storyline, decent singing, and very little charm and none of the creativity for which the beatles were famous.

Still, a huge achievement, and incredibly creative and stunningly beautiful. It gets a little tiresome at times though. The music is for the most part outstanding, and the visual representations of the songs are pure genius at times. Particularly outstanding were the visual representations of the songs "I Want You/She's So Heavy," depicting soldiers being sent off to war with Uncle Sam pointing his finger and singing "I Want You." (How could you not love that). It's even better to watch the second time when you can skip through all the boring dialogue, and jump to your favorite musical numbers. Yes, the plot is flimsy, so don't go expecting to find some amazing dialogue and story line. Many of the scenes are just pure fun (and made me wish I could have been in this film) such as the scene in the bowling alley or the one set at Princeton - "I've Just Seen a Face," and "A Little Help From My Friends." We travel through time to the draft for the Vietnam war, the Detroit riots, the Electric Koolaid acid tests and the Merry Pranksters in their magic bus, the disillusionment that came from the violence of the counter-revolution, and finally it all wraps up neatly with the rooftop performance- mirroring the Beatles' own final concert.

It begins with a kid from Liverpool coming to find his father in a very apple pie America. I do love the way that the movie outlines actual events in history though. The movie was about 30 minutes longer than it needed to be.

Beatles Purists comlpain, but I love the Beatles passionately and felt that this movie only enhanced my understanding of the whole era and their music. . There are cute little Beatles references throughout, such as names of characters, mention of someone coming in through the bathroom window, etc.

I heard mixed reviews, but finally broke down to see it, and within the first 30 seconds I was hooked. This movie blew me away. Also, Bono's psychedilic "I am the Walrus" leads into an underwater version of "Because." It made me feel like I was in an altered state of mind despite my sobriety.