It's October, we're already 3 episodes deep into heroes and its starting to pick up, House is kicking so much ass its impossible and last friday i saw perhaps the most beautiful and visually engaging movie i have seen in a while: Across The Universe.
Across the universe is this musical about the lives of a group of friends during the '60s...their loves, their triumphs and losses, all with kickass songs by the beatles. This movie is about love, love above all things and overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles, yes its not the type of movie a very cynical and jaded S.O.B. like me would watch, but once i saw the trailer for the movie and all that beautiful psychodelia i knew i had to go watch it. I was very surprised by it.
Now, when watching a musical one has to analyze the acting or should i say the singing? because what these characters say when they're not singing is just...stuff thats between the lines, the message is conveyed always in the song (to my opinion), but just the characters singing is part of it, for the message to be fully conveyed and interpreted by me (or the audience) i have to look closely to the dance scenes...yes the coreography...its amazing how interpretative this dance moves can be...and last but not least...the props, the stage everything...its all part of the magic...and this movie had it in spades. I think Julie Taymor is indeed a visionary, she brings the best elements of theatre to movies...and she brings stuff that was cool in FRIDA to this movie. Across the universe is a visual orgy of tantalizing wonders (my critic's word for this movie) and i wouldnt be surprised if i see it again
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