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ElspethOllie Posted Sat 14 Jun, 2008 12:22 AM |
| I have come to the conclusion that it was pretty overrated. Like, really overrated. It's good if you have ADD but I don't have ADD. They skipped from bloated music production, to bloated music production every five minutes. It was pretty exhausting. |
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heyjude Posted Sat 14 Jun, 2008 12:31 AM |
| Agree with you there! Though Jim Sturgess was nice to look at, and Joe Anderson did a good job singing "Hey Jude" :-) |
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ElspethOllie Posted Sat 14 Jun, 2008 12:36 AM |
heyjude wrote: Though Jim Sturgess was nice to look at
His hair bothered me. It was a couple of snips shy of being a full blown mullet. |
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minnmess Posted Sat 14 Jun, 2008 5:42 PM |
I liked it!
i didnt think it was the greatest movie ever, but certainly entertaining.
At the end, all i could think was: why doesnt a cute british boy sing Beatles songs to me from a rooftop??
Although i also couldnt stop thinking about how Evan Rachel Woods (Wood?) is dating Marilyn Manson. |
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hennypenny Posted Sat 14 Jun, 2008 10:04 PM |
minnmess wrote: I liked it!
i didnt think it was the greatest movie ever, but certainly entertaining.
At the end, all i could think was: why doesnt a cute british boy sing Beatles songs to me from a rooftop??
Although i also couldnt stop thinking about how Evan Rachel Woods (Wood?) is dating Marilyn Manson. |
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kiwi Posted Sat 14 Jun, 2008 10:50 PM |
Haven't seen it, probably won't now.
Those things can be a bit hit and miss (mostly miss) anyway. |
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goosey_84 Posted Sun 15 Jun, 2008 1:21 AM |
ElspethOllie wrote: I have come to the conclusion that it was pretty overrated. Like, really overrated. It's good if you have ADD but I don't have ADD. They skipped from bloated music production, to bloated music production every five minutes. It was pretty exhausting.
lol my friend told me to pop in high school musical on mute put sgt. pepper's on my record player and take some acid and that would be what 'across the universe' is like. |
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jambut Posted Sun 15 Jun, 2008 2:24 AM |
my girlfriend loves it i thought it was ok.
It sort of copied loob brothers for the beginning and then turned into Rent. Bit wierd and then it just goes off on one about how good drugs are. Watch iy but Rent is better. |
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minnmess Posted Sun 15 Jun, 2008 4:23 AM |
jambut wrote: my girlfriend loves it i thought it was ok.
It sort of copied loob brothers for the beginning and then turned into Rent. Bit wierd and then it just goes off on one about how good drugs are. Watch iy but Rent is better.
definatly agree that it has the Rent factor |
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lilly Posted Sun 15 Jun, 2008 12:10 PM |
I must say that I quite liked it.
Ok, the storyline is nothing new, and if you detest every sort of musical you shouldn't even go near the movie, but I still think it's worth watching! They did an amazing job with the visuals, and with basing a story on Beatles-songs as well, in my humble opinion ;) |
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jambut Posted Sun 15 Jun, 2008 9:26 PM |
| Did they ever do a stage version of it? |
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megg_inc Posted Tue 26 Jul, 2011 11:36 PM |
goosey_84 wrote:
lol my friend told me to pop in high school musical on mute put sgt. pepper's on my record player and take some acid and that would be what 'across the universe' is like.
Yup. That! ;) I also agree with Anne's opinion in the film thread:
weirdmom wrote: Across the Universe.
It had its moments but overall I thought it was pretty awful.
They should have stuck to the love story and not made "statements" about the 60s. Those numbers made me literally groan out loud.
And the supporting characters seemed pretty useless and did not contribute much to the plot.
Jim Sturgess is indeed nice to look at (I agree with the hair thing though) but I've seen him recently in 'The Way Back' and boy, it was so much better.
And Kristy, maybe the youtube dude will sing for you :P |
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minnmess Posted Wed 27 Jul, 2011 12:14 AM |
megg_inc wrote: And Kristy, maybe the youtube dude will sing for you :P
Haha, I'll ask.
I can't believe that in my original assessment of the movie I didn't talk about how much I hate the part with Bono. |
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