Damn this movie.
Across the Universe.
Should have stayed across the universe.
Why. Was this movie made. WHY.
As if the Beatles needed ANOTHER visit. ANOTHER reincarnation. ANOTHER rehashing.
This movie was deliberately made to suck younger and younger generations into loving "the greatest band of all time", as well as give the already unnecessarily HUGE pool of Beatles' fans something to chew on before the next special edition album collection featuring a song Paul wrote when he thought of something sad one day.
Jesus Christ.
The fact they made a movie that spools in songs...fucking 34 Beatles' songs... around a loosely contrived plot does nothing but show how far people will go to make some gaudy attempt at a movie/attempt at appreciation.
"But Kyle, you didn't see it yet!"
I did. Online. For the sole purpose of being able to say I watched it, and fucking hated it.
For one, most of the songs don't fucking make sense when inserted into the movie. Some are merely put in to emphasize a character's name: "Jude" and "Dr. Robert" are sung because they have characters in the movie named just that in order to put in the song.
See the dumb fucking circle here? Me want to put in song. Me found fun song. Me make some part of movie about fun song to put in fun song.
It's a collection of poorly contrived, albeit linear, music videos. With horrid, overly colorful graphics.
Now, it could be because I'm not a Beatles fan [and I definitely am not after THAT], but this movie did not need to be made. Beatles shit keeps coming. And won't stop. I get it; the were a great band from back in the day. Were. WERE. They're gone; no more. There are millions of bands out there who are FUCKING BETTER THAN THE BEATLES, yet aren't recognized as such because we can't let the fuck go. Let go. The Beatles are overrated. Vastly overrated. They're old news, man, and you're doing yourself and current artists and musicians a disservice by saying, "Fuck this new stuff, I'm popping in 'Abbey Road'."
It's the same reason I can't take kids my age seriously when they listen only to oldies and claim their favorite band is [insert band from the 60s-70s here]. Guess what? Nine times out of ten, they're all DEAD. They don't tour or make music anymore. It's fine to appreciate those bands, but come on. Do yourself a favor and check out current music, and I guarantee that if you look hard enough you'll find a band that will rock your socks off harder than the oldies do. If you can't find any, you're not looking hard enough. Just don't fall back on what you grew up with and what your parents listened to. Christ.
"You just don't get it, Kyle! The Beatles are [insert whatever argument I've heard before]!"
No. I do get it. They had hit songs, and legions of fans. Lots of bands do.
"But the symbolism!"
Yeah? Porcupine Tree has symbolism. So does Opeth and Katatonia and Pain of Salvation...but I bet you'd blow it off and say it was "hokey" or "dumb". Ahem Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ahem.
I get it. Beatles were good. Lots of bands today are good, yet they have to live in some fucking fan- and media-created shadow because the Beatles are the be-all and end-all of music. It's not like I didn't give them a chance; I grew up subjected to Beatles, and many of my friends are super Beatles' fans so of course I had to sit down and hear "just this one song" that would definitely change my opinion. My opinion? I respect them as artists, and I respect their impact on music at their time. What I don't respect, is having to watch some shitty movie-cal written solely to put in Beatles' songs. What I don't respect, is having people say they love music and refuse to listen to nothing but the oldies. That's why they're called oldies, man; they're old. You're young. Find new stuff.
Worthless movie. And god damn it, what am I going to have to do to escape the Beatles' inevitable and constant resurfacings?
The Uncle Sam portion of "I Want You" was priceless. Especially when the soldiers are holding up the Statue of Liberty screaming, "She's so heavy!"
...THAT is how far they go to put a song into this movie.
And yeah, she came in through the bathroom window.
Blech.