Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition) - Region 1 DVD

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I was enjoying this film until the "I Am the Walrus" scene...and the next 20 minutes or so after that were quite annoying and completely unnecessary to the story. The fact that this is a musical was all that really kept me watching even after seeing all the unnecessary bits, but I wasn't blown away by the film at all.

surprisingly good, occasionally surreal.
not 100% perfect but entirely entertaining. what really makes this movie worthwhile are the songs. what an awful idea it seems to redo beatles songs, and i like many people had huge reservations about the film because of it. i'm not a huge beatles fan but i do like their songs and redo-ing them seems wrong. however, they're great. even my father ... read more

Description: Across the Universe from director Julie Taymor is a revolutionary rock musical that re-imagines America in the turbulent late-1960s a time when battle lines were being drawn at home and abroad. When young dockworker Jude (Jim Sturgess) leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing anti-war movement in New York s Greenwich Village. As the body count in Vietnam rises political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find Across the Universe from director Julie Taymor is a revolutionary rock musical that re-imagines America in the turbulent late-1960s a time when battle lines were being drawn at home and abroad. When young dockworker Jude (Jim Sturgess) leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing anti-war movement in New York s Greenwich Village. As the body count in Vietnam rises political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad. With a cameo by Bono Across the Universe is the kind of movie you watch again like listening to a favorite album. ... (more) (less)