Movie Rec....see it NOW
"Across the Universe" (2007)
Okay, so I've owned this movie since the day I rented it like 3 years ago. I went immediately back after viewing and bought a new one. I love it that much. I'm only mentioning it now because I finally got my dad to watch it with me, and he liked it. That's saying something because 1) he hates musicals, and 2) he doesn't like talking about Vietnam for obvious reasons.
It's a musical, but I usually don't care for too many musicals, so that is SAYING SOMETHING. And they own my heart for pretty much making it all Beatles songs. No gushy, mushy, sugary pop type of shit. It stars Evan Rachel Wood (recently seen on True Blood), and Jim Sturgess (whom I'm starting to really crush on, he's pretty damn cute). Oh and there's cameos by Bono from U2, Selma Hayek, Eddie Izzard, and another guy I forgot his name but dad pointed him out and said he was a rock legend...I'm so fail right now.
Story is set during the Vietnam War era in the United States, mainly in NYC. A bloke named Jude from Liverpool comes to the states illegally to find his long lost father he never knew. Things get a little bit mixed up, he meets a GREAT guy from Harvard (I mean great, I love this guy's character), his sister Lucy (ends up being his love interest), and they all take a journey down the road to love, friendship, music, art, drugs, and war.
If you have not seen this movie, where the fuck have you been? I swear, I think it may be the best musical I have ever seen in my life. (yes, I like Grease, Rent, and Meet Me in St. Louis, but that's about it :p ).
SEE IT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Okay, so I've owned this movie since the day I rented it like 3 years ago. I went immediately back after viewing and bought a new one. I love it that much. I'm only mentioning it now because I finally got my dad to watch it with me, and he liked it. That's saying something because 1) he hates musicals, and 2) he doesn't like talking about Vietnam for obvious reasons.
It's a musical, but I usually don't care for too many musicals, so that is SAYING SOMETHING. And they own my heart for pretty much making it all Beatles songs. No gushy, mushy, sugary pop type of shit. It stars Evan Rachel Wood (recently seen on True Blood), and Jim Sturgess (whom I'm starting to really crush on, he's pretty damn cute). Oh and there's cameos by Bono from U2, Selma Hayek, Eddie Izzard, and another guy I forgot his name but dad pointed him out and said he was a rock legend...I'm so fail right now.
Story is set during the Vietnam War era in the United States, mainly in NYC. A bloke named Jude from Liverpool comes to the states illegally to find his long lost father he never knew. Things get a little bit mixed up, he meets a GREAT guy from Harvard (I mean great, I love this guy's character), his sister Lucy (ends up being his love interest), and they all take a journey down the road to love, friendship, music, art, drugs, and war.
If you have not seen this movie, where the fuck have you been? I swear, I think it may be the best musical I have ever seen in my life. (yes, I like Grease, Rent, and Meet Me in St. Louis, but that's about it :p ).
SEE IT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!