Across the Universe

This movie is a story intertwined with 32 songs from the Beatles catalog and I am sure that most have heard about it by now. The first time I saw this movie was when I was on vacation with my mom in Florida. Now I think that the most interesting thing was that she had lived through "Beatlemania" and seen them live in concert - so her perception of the songs are deep-rooted. My vision of the songs comes from listing to them on vinyl in my childhood home, singing and dancing in my glitter-speckled ceiling in my old living with my brother, Micah. Obviously as I have gotten older I have found more meaning in the songs and managed to not get jaded by the perversions done by certain American Idol performers... This movie brings their music to light in a way that dazzled both a seasoned fan and younger, well-versed fan.

I am not going to go through person-by-person or scene-by-scene on here as I hate to be a "spoiler", but I will share what I enjoyed.

The most moving scene to me is "Let It Be". This song has grown increasingly more important to me as I have grown up. Everyone sees hard times and this song speaks true to people in different ways. Seeing this song brought to life in this movie is hands down one of the most amazing scenes. It occurs during the Detroit riots in 1967. At first when you hear the voice you don't think that it would be a young child singing. The soul in this boys voice is chill-inducing. As the scene unfolds & the choir comes in with the full-blown version of this song, a simple singer/piano tune suddenly hits you in your bones. It's one of those moments in a movie that if you don't get emotional at this you might want to check your pulse. I have this song on my Ipod and can tell you right after watching the movie I was holding back tears when listening to it again.

I highly recommend watching this movie - preferably with someone that isn't going to sing-along (I enforced this rule with my own mother!!!) so that you can really enjoy the voices of these exceptionally talented actors. And lastly, I am not impressed by Bono's appearance in this movie (might be the overexposure of him in general that aggravates me) but I never noticed 'til this movie how much he looks like Robin Williams... Enjoy!