The best musical film I've ever seen in my 22nd year of existence.

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2012)

The copy of this film was sitting in my memory files for quite a long time, then suddenly I decided to watch it. I couldn't believe that it took me years before watching it, gosh, it's Beatles musical. If I had known it before that the songs that they've used are all by Beatles, in a second, I'll play it right away.
I enjoyed the film a lot, from opening to end. I can't get enough of how they incorporate the songs to the scenes which tackles about revolution, yes, revolution in the eyes of the young adults. The plot is very empowering and touches some issues of the society including gender preference, infidelity, being an illegitimate child, and etc. There were lots of dancing(contemporary ballet?), singing and interpretation from the characters. Across The Universe is not your average teenage film, it has more depth in it, the story has it's purpose, an intention to liberate our minds, or just to simply refresh our memory of how the people from before handled the world war.
I like the acting of the cast. I'm deeply impressed with Evan Rachel Wood's performance, as this is the first time that I've seen her act. She seems dedicated with her role as her characterization is above average(she act naked and to me it's already a tough thing to do, that's why kudos to her), plus her voice sounds so wonderful(why I haven't noticed her before?why?). I'm certain that she gained another fan within this minute. Jim Sturgess is another factor why I decided to see the film. I want to see how will he act his character this time after seeing him in "21" & "One Day". I know that his a good actor but I'm not prepared to see that he is also a good singer. It seems that his a former band member way back in UK(isn't amazing?), and I'm totally into him now more than ever. I'm literally drooling from all of his scenes because he reminds me so much of the young Paul McCartney(can you imagine?), they look really alike(or perhaps it's just the music..) anyway I can say that he gave an exceptional performance with this production. There are also a lot of supporting characters that contributed on making this one of the best films such as "Prudence", "Max Carrigan", "Sadie" & "Jo-Jo".
The cinematography of this movie makes me real envious, the shots and camera movement were all so epic that I wouldn't mind to share the same excellency. The music scoring is undoubtedly one of the production's strength as well as the captivating visual effects. The colors, the allude, simile, metaphor, the lyrics were all factors of making this an unconventional state of the art and definitely a must watch.