Across the Universe: My Opinion

Across the Universe is a musical about the 50's and 60's that contains all Beatle songs. All of the Characters in the movie have names from Beatles's songs, which is definitely essential to the tone of this story. It is a love story about a bunch of hippies and they sing and dance to the whole thing, which I guess is why it is a musical. I don't want to give to much away, this movie was great and I had a great time when I went to see it. I went with some other Beatle enthusiasts that really enjoyed it as well. The critics didn't like it, probably because they were judging it from a different standpoint than we were. I liked how the words of the songs were extremely appropriate for the things that were happening in the story. The special effects and the colors used are amazing. The costumes are more of a contemporary interpretation of the hippie, beat nick style. There are many innuendos relating to the pop culture of the time and anyone familiar with the Pranksters and the Cafe Wha? amongst other things are in for a laugh. There were a lot of new twists on the original Beatle songs, some where sang unaccompanied, some where sped up, some where slowed down, and some were sang by Bono. The movie was a great audiovisual experience and if you like Beatle songs and have a taste for the Hippie era you will love this film.