Here Comes The Sun... right into the cinema

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 2007)

Oh, what a beautiful, beautiful motion picture this is! It didn't even start out that well. An awfully polished version of "Helter Skelter" and then some dancing and I thought this was the "Sgt. Pepper's" movie all over again. Thankfully, though, the movie got better with time. Much better.
A great part of it has to do with the fact that the whole thing is built around the immortal music of The Beatles, of course. The weird thing is that none of the versions of the songs done by the actors is really any good all by itself (so DON'T get the soundtrack), but they were enhanced drastically by the beautiful and mind-blowing imagery and the charming story.
"Across The Universe" tells of the coming of age of a group of flower-power kids. The main storyline concerns a young couple that's torn apart by the Anti-War movement during the 70's. The whole thing is actually told very innocently. There's no explicit sex or excessive violence. The story may be a bit clichéd and not a hundred percent believable (how could it be with people starting to dance and sing all the time?). However, that's not the point, because the movie does bring across the spirit of the time period during which it is set in a fashion that reminded me a lot of "Forrest Gump".
"Across The Universe" is very entertaining, appealing to the eye and the ear and it introduces a whole cast of new, talented faces. If there's one beef I have it's that my favorite Beatles song, the one I mentioned in the headline, is not used in the movie. Apart from that I can only recommend all of you - even those of you who don't like Musicals - do go see this brilliant tribute to the Fab Four and the 60's.