I just finished watching Across The Universe (directed by Julie Taymor). Here's a brief synopsis: An American girl (Evan Rachel Wood) and a British lad (Jim Sturgess) fall in love amid the upheaval of the 1960's in this musical featuring classic Beatles songs and a mix of live action and innovative animation. When Lucy's brother is drafted, Jude and Lucy take a stand as anti-war activists.
Loved this film. The music is pretty amazing. I think I'm now in love with Jim Sturgess (he's British AND he can sing!!!). All the music is actually sung by the cast - which makes me that much happier. Visually it was very interesting - there were some trippy parts. And Evan Rachel Wood - I'm getting to really like her. I watched Thirteen (she plays a starring role as a teenager who becomes good friends with a wild girl at school and quickly descends into a world of sex and drugs) recently and was pretty blown away by the gritty performance she put in. I also like her as Sophie Ann Leclerq in season two of TrueBlood. I'll be keeping an eye on her. :) If you get a chance, check out Across The Universe.
Enjoy!
Have you read much Terry Pratchett? Good Omens is much more Pratchett-feeling than Gaiman-feeling, I think. I would recommend picking up some of his books! One of my favorites is "Witches Abroad." Gaiman is so dark, but if you want to pick up another really good (albeit long) one, I'd get "American Gods." :)
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!!!!I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE that movie! :) All of my friends think it's weird. But I love the Beatles and it is definitely one of my favorite movies EVER!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to see that you've joined the blogging world.
Andrea: Good Omens is my first foray into Pratchett or Gaiman. I did realize though, that I've seen a couple movies based on books by Gaiman (Stardust, Mirrormask). This makes me want to pick up the books.
ReplyDeleteTiffany: Did you also love Moulin Rouge?? Across The Universe totally reminded me of the way Baz Luhrmann's film look. :)
american gods was my favorite gaiman book (after his comics work with Sandmn). I also liked Neverwhere... even if it was a bit straight forward.
ReplyDeleteI'll be honest and say that I haven't actually watched all of Moulin Rouge. LOL But now that you've mentioned it, I will rent it or download it. haha I've heard great things about that one too.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, it's good so far!
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