All You Need is Love, Love is All You Need

Rating: 9/10 (17 June 2010)

Originally, I wasn't a Beatles fan. I kind of thought their music all sounded the same, and was really weird (other than a few exceptions like "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be"). This movie totally changed my perspective on it. I've learned to really appreciate the Beatles and their music, which I now think is brilliant, because of the movie. It skillfully mixed multiple references and successfully crammed 30 songs into 2 hrs. The visuals are stunning, and the story was so much better than I expected it to be. The main characters, Jude ("Hey Jude"), Lucy ("Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"), Max ("Maxwell's Silver Hammer"), Prudence ("Dear Prudence"), and Sadie ("Sexy Sadie") help make the story what it is. This isn't a movie where there are few scenes that stand out. The movie as a whole should stay in your mind long after leaving the theater or watching the DVD. Some of my favorite scenes were "I am the Walrus", "Let it Be", and "All You Need is Love". Spectacular cameos were made by Bono and Salma Hayek, who actually sing (SHOCKER). This movie is one that you need to see and enjoy for what it is, not what others expected of it.