Review: Across The Universe

Vero and I watched Julie Taymor’s Across The Universe last night. Across The Universe is a film which incorporates 33 Beatles tracks interwoven into the story so that it acts like dialogue. Think a Beatles musical but intermixed with actual speaking (whereas a musical is all singing (of course!)). It’s a love story, set against the 60s.

Hmm…I’ve been struggling with what to say about this film all night long. Sometimes I feel my words can’t do something justice. I have made the word Palmer and BEST MOVIE EVER commonplace. 😉

That being said, Vero and I loved this film and if you love the Beatles, you’ll love this film.

I don’t know what to say really…it transported me to another time, another ideal.

I love Julie Taymor’s stuff. She created the sets/costumes of The Lion King musical. She created Titus (only the greatest Shakespearian film ever). The imagery, the self-indulgence…it’s chaotic but moving.

So…just go see it. This message goes out to the Beatles fans that I particularly know – Sam, Marc-Andre, Benoit, Troy…just go see it. Open yourself up to a fantastical voyage.

iplaying: All My Loving – The Beatles (With The Beatles)