Across The Universe

Yes, it's somewhat rambling.

Yes, some versions of The Beatles songs are bad.

Yes, there are too many songs (although, I couldn't disagree more with this argument, you can NEVER get enough of The Bealtes!).

But I loved it. It's a very lovely story, very well and beautifully made, colorful, well acted, entretaining, touching both cheesily with a young love story and nostalgically with harsh subjects such as Vietnam and the revolution. You must admit is has potencial. It has all you can ask for. I was very disappointed in many versions of the songs such as 'Oh Darling', 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', and many others. And sad they didn't include 'Sexy Sadie'. Well, not sad... just surprised, given that there's a character named Sadie, you would expect that.

The story is very coherent actually, despite the rambling, and it's extremely beautiful. Nevertheless, the rambling has a signification, so it's not really rambling, but it can sometimes take your attention away of the truly important thing.

It's clearly a visual feast and it's also very entretaining despite the enormous ammount of songs. The performances are great, a very talented young cast, I absolutely adored Jim Stugess. Evan Rachel Wood and Joe Anderson really surprised me, too. It also has one of the greatest cameos in the history of cinema, which was Bono's. I just love him, and he was excellent and absolutely stunning singing 'I Am The Walrus', and in the closing credits performing 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds', with his beautiful, beautiful voice.

Across The Universe it's a must-see. One of the best American musicals (I say American because, let's face it, it has nothing to do with Fellini, I mean, you really can't compare, but you also can't base your critics in comparisons, can you?)