Blogging Laziness and Beatles Songs
My laziness since I last blogged is just pathetic. I have been incredibly tired and frustrated. It's not just because of my car and laptop situation. I think I may have caught up on my sleep this weekend, at the expense of not grading any of the papers I collected this week. Now, I'll have to get on the ball this week.
Alas, the van Mom and Dad were bringing me had transmission problems, so they had to put it in the shop, so I won't see it until next weekend.
I was here all day once I got home from work, yesterday, alone. I could have cleaned the house. I could have graded papers. I didn't do anything. I played Carnival Games on the Wii and then watched Across the Universe.
I really enjoyed Across the Universe. It was basically a musical composed of Beatles songs strung together to make up the plot. The main cast was relatively unknown, but gosh, they could sing, especially Sadie and JoJo (characters who, I think, were likely based on Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix). There were some songs that were thrown in from left field, sort of. The most apparent was "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" which is wacky anyway, but took place in this freaky, acid trip circus. Eddie Izzard was Mr. Kite. I love Eddie Izzard, but, in this role, he acted like Johnny Depp and looked like Tim Curry. They could have just gotten either one of them and been done with it. If I were going to throw in one of the Beatles's silly songs, I would have used "Octopus' Garden." There was an underwater scene already in the movie where that song would have fit in.
Bono played Dr. Robert and looked sort of scary, but he did a good job with "I am the Walrus."
********Spoilers Below*********
My favorite parts of the movie were when JoJo came to New York, when Max got sent home from Viet Nam, and when Jude came back from Liverpool.
The song the first scene was based on was "Come Together," and was sung by JoJo and Joe Cocker, who played three different parts during the song. I lurve Joe Cocker and was a little shocked to see him.
The song when Max came home (by way of a VA mental hospital) was "Happiness is a Warm Gun." Selma Hayek, my fav. latina actress, was a bunch of nurses a'la the oompa loompas in Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It also had this crazy dancing priest that mesmerized me.
The song when Jude came home came back was, of course, "Hey Jude," which is probably my favorite Beatles song, and the entire scene came together well worked well.
The plot itself is pretty bland, and predictable, but the music makes it worth seeing. When I was done watching it, I wanted to watch The Doors and Head. I'm kind of interested in I'm Not There, too.
Alas, the van Mom and Dad were bringing me had transmission problems, so they had to put it in the shop, so I won't see it until next weekend.
I was here all day once I got home from work, yesterday, alone. I could have cleaned the house. I could have graded papers. I didn't do anything. I played Carnival Games on the Wii and then watched Across the Universe.
I really enjoyed Across the Universe. It was basically a musical composed of Beatles songs strung together to make up the plot. The main cast was relatively unknown, but gosh, they could sing, especially Sadie and JoJo (characters who, I think, were likely based on Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix). There were some songs that were thrown in from left field, sort of. The most apparent was "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" which is wacky anyway, but took place in this freaky, acid trip circus. Eddie Izzard was Mr. Kite. I love Eddie Izzard, but, in this role, he acted like Johnny Depp and looked like Tim Curry. They could have just gotten either one of them and been done with it. If I were going to throw in one of the Beatles's silly songs, I would have used "Octopus' Garden." There was an underwater scene already in the movie where that song would have fit in.
Bono played Dr. Robert and looked sort of scary, but he did a good job with "I am the Walrus."
********Spoilers Below*********
My favorite parts of the movie were when JoJo came to New York, when Max got sent home from Viet Nam, and when Jude came back from Liverpool.
The song the first scene was based on was "Come Together," and was sung by JoJo and Joe Cocker, who played three different parts during the song. I lurve Joe Cocker and was a little shocked to see him.
The song when Max came home (by way of a VA mental hospital) was "Happiness is a Warm Gun." Selma Hayek, my fav. latina actress, was a bunch of nurses a'la the oompa loompas in Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It also had this crazy dancing priest that mesmerized me.
The song when Jude came home came back was, of course, "Hey Jude," which is probably my favorite Beatles song, and the entire scene came together well worked well.
The plot itself is pretty bland, and predictable, but the music makes it worth seeing. When I was done watching it, I wanted to watch The Doors and Head. I'm kind of interested in I'm Not There, too.