Across the Universe

"Music is the only thing thats makes sense anymore...play it loud enough and it blocks out the demons."

~ Jo-Jo, Across the Universe

The movie's due out in September, but I'll probably just wait to rent it. The previews I've seen look ok-entertaining.

It would be cruel to call "Across the Universe" a two hour music video because it tries so hard to be more than that, but it wouldn't be entirely inaccurate either. The movie can be summed up as a series of punctuated scenes and characters each represented by a Beatles song and strung together by a boilerplate love story.

Of course, these criteria don't preclude the movie from being a true gem...

...In the best of cases, a movie allows music to transcend its established history. In the worst of cases, music is exploited for its most superficial meaning. Sadly, too often, Across the Universe is guilty of the latter.

~from a commentor at imdb.com who apparently screened the movie

I like The Beatles music. And I often don't understand the meaning of many of their lyrics. But I liked the first quote from the trailer and the preview made me want to see the movie, so I'm sharing.