Reviews of Across the Universe 2007
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Across The Universe is a prime example of style over substance -- of ambition over execution. As a conceptual experiment, Julie Taymor's Beatles musical is undoubtedly fascinating. Unfortunately, it was a huge letdown. The plot is clichéd and razor thin (it's difficult to care for any of the characters, especially the nominal Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix avatars played by Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy, respectively); the dialogue is horrid, which led to poor performances, and the nonsensical, showy…
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I have to say any statistician would be delighted with how mathematically straightforward the decline in quality is in Julie Taymor's work as it grinds on.
Comes off like a snotty MFA thesis-film with an unlimited licencing budget. Somehow also manages to remind me of the unrelenting solipsism of baby boomers. The sixties zeitgeist seems like a merciless black hole from the twentieth century and this film adds to the detailed topographical map of its naval...and I *like* The Beatles!
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An embarrasing travesty of utter shit, auto-tuned Beatles karaoke. Awful.
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This is the first movie I saw with Rita. Memorable.
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only good sequence is the black kid singing and then he is in a coffin. it's good because it's entirely irrelevant to the rest of this fucking bullshit
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Fascinante historia enmarcada en una epoca de cambios generacionales que marcarían la historia hasta nuestros días
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It's not a perfect movie - the 2nd act gets bogged down by one too many psychadelic musical numbers that do not serve the story - but it's very original and beautifully realized by Julie Taymour. Also, the cast of largely unknowns plus the amazing Evan Rachel Wood and some surprise drop-ins by the likes of Joe Cocker, Eddie Izzard, Salma Hayek and Bono make the film a wonderful movie experience.
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A beautiful, messy film. A lot of songs worked wonders, but others were just dreadful.
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close your eyes and i'll kiss u.. λα λα λαα
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Ugh ugh
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Curioso homenaje a The Beatles. No me gustó, a pesar de ser fan de la banda. Pudo ser mejor, aunque rescata varios puntos que sólo los "beatlemaníacos" pueden entender. Lo mejor, el homenaje a las figuras características de los años 60, tales como Janis Joplin y Jimi Hendrix, buena combinación para esta película. Bien ambientada en la época.
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the beatles