Remain unconvinced that the Bono-starring, Beatles-appropriating flick Across The Universe is gonna be a high-concept train wreck? End the uncertainty below. And remember kids: Uncle Sam wants you so bad.
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Here comes a rubbernecker of a train wreck.
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Have we learned nothing from the lessons of the Sgt. Pepper's movie? Jeezus - it's like the same bad idea all over again.
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It gets worse...
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Someone should really have a quiet word with someone.
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come on...it looks promising.
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DAMN, looks like I'm going to have to find another use for that that tupperware full of mushrooms I was saving for this...
GOOD THING WEEN'S ON TOUR.
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While this movie looks shitty as all hell, I will still be seeing it for Eddie Izzard and Eddie Izzard alone.
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i don't know... i still trust julie taymor...
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How.. HOW does this shit get made?!!? RIAA and MPAA take note - another perfect demonstration as to why you're totally fucked.
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oh the horrors that went on inside those boxes afer they closed...THE HUMANITY!
no seriously, what is this, "The Wall" for pussies?
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The movie still has a chance to be something. If the write up said anything positive about this clip, all you minions would be gushing in the comments. Just cuz pitchfork says something, I mean stereogum, doesnt mean we have to agree, kids.
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Who are the Beatles? Ohhhhh! You mean the guys that did the soundtrack for the Las Vegas Cirque Du Soleil show. Lovely to see their widows cashing in on licensing as far as they can.
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make your own opinion after going to www.acrosstheuniverse.com and listen to a cover of "strawberry fields forever" that will make you cringe
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oh my god, that was so disturbing. what r they thinking?? what's the point of this film??
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to John:
yes, if this site said the movie was the greatest thing ever, i'd still bash the shit out of a movie based on beatles songs with characters named jude, lucy, and jojo. way to be symbolic, just beat me in the skull with the imagry next time.
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John, is pretty dead on, some people troll these comment boards looking for a good reason to dribble their snide, jaded commentary on anything that they can.
All I can say is that I am intrigued with this concept, it looks beautifully shot and has some rad choreography. Those of you who would automatically write this off are probably John Lennon fans who would get mad at you if you pointed out to them that they are John Lennon fans...
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seriously... julie taymor... 'titus' was great. all you losers who didn't go out and see 'the fountain' because it took itself too seriously should be trying to find a way to make up for that.
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There IS a good movie to be made and plotted by Beatles tunes. This might be it. I'm not disgusted by the clips. I'll see it. I didn't see Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but the clips I've seen of that look much worse than any of these.
Nice undressing sequence. Seriously, that was pretty good.
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I agree D! I couldn't help but crack a smile at the brilliantly choreographed strip-part.
I dunno what the hell that just was I just watched, but I do know that if the majority of the film is as weird as that, it'll be a hoot to watch with...I dunno...a crate of whiskey? Certainly it would be foolish, borderlining on criminal, to watch it while NOT under the influence of something.
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Even if we're all hipsters with our noses in the air, that doesn't mean the scent of shit can't reach our nostrils.
I mean have the people that defended this scene even WATCHED it? Sure it looks nice. But if i wanted to listen to two hours of shitty beatles covers, i'd go to youtube. Another movie about the free spirit of the 60's? And a musical? What the shit. Didn't Hairspray JUST come out?
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seriously. hating for the sake of hating pisses me off just as much as the next guy. but this is absolute TRASH. it has a fucking animated uncle sam coming to life out of the poster to sing i want you ... uh, forget about the she's so heavy part, i guess. it's like they asked themselves, where else have i seen these 3 words together?
so unbelievably bad. i can't believe anyone allowed this to be made.
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This looks as bad as the fucking Wall...and my god did I hate The Wall
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sigh.. if only a movie could be based on the work of Cloud Cult, then all of us stereogummers would be able to move on with life.
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Yeah, I had flashbacks to The Wall,too. (yikes!)
Julie Taymor can be a genius but her stuff doesn't always track well on film. Parts of "Frida" were made-for-TV biopic dull and parts were a kitchen sink train wreck (and some parts were really beautiful.)
Mercifully, I've had a lifetime to fill up on the Beatles and don't really need to listen to it anymore.
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I must go break all my U2 CDs and never speak of them again.
The comments on My Space made me laugh.
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I HAVE seen the film and it's quite intense - surprising, emotional, creative, and, I must admit, a bit silly at times. I was one of the few that liked Bono's cameo. But overall an engaging and moving experience. Give it a chance...
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I'm a little worried that even watching it out of curiosity could ruin my favorite songs with that lame mental imagery.
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my problem with it is this: i don't want this movie fucking with the intent of these songs. i know, music is subjective, it means different things to different listeners. i'm with that. but not in a million years did the beatles write "i want you (she's so heavy)" about the overreaching arm of uncle sam, "want"ing to pluck kids off the streets and draft them into an illogical war. yeah they pull this shit off with abba in mama mia and queen in whatever that west end play was called, but fuck, this is just different. i'll be hard pressed not to watch it (rubbernecking the train wreck, as mentioned above), but it'll be out of a morbid curiosity. which i wish i didn't have. damn.
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All I meant by my post is that you wouldnt judge the newest CYHSY album based on snippets but rather the collective album.
That being said, the movie scenes are definitely lacking promise and I would stand corrected if it sucked. I just hate how the comments on this site have changed as it has become more popular (yeah that sentenc sounded pretty snobby, I know)
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The Rolling Stones just called. Production for THEIR live-action/animated musical movie was canned after a dispute between them and Pixar because Disney wanted the title changed from, "Exiled Beggars with Sticky Fingers on Main St." to the more family friendly, "Ruby's Sugar Babylon", complete with Ruby Tuesday's and Cola-Cola sponsorship.
PS - About the CYHSY comment: I beg to differ. I only listened to one snippet of their last album which happened to be the chorus to "Satan Said Dance", or whatever its called. After that, I knew the rest would suck and didn't bother to listen to anymore "snippets". From what I've read, I think I made the right decision.
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I actually kind of want to see this movie, but I'm afraid I will be turned off by so much Bono. Fuuuuck.
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It looked great, but my ears hurt.
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i was going to say, "poor julie tamor", assuming she'd been screwed by the protracted legal battle, as is usually the case with these things in hollywood. but...uh...you won. couldn't you have waited 20 years to see if it was a cult hit so you could release your genius, a la ridley scott?
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I'm sorry, but this movie really does look like rubbish. The clips and/or trailers I've seen have completely turned me off to it. And even in concept, a movie loosely held together through covers of Beatles songs could only be either half-decent or staggeringly awful.
And none of that in-between quality is going to get me to want to sit through this.
I'm staying away.
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