Throughout the Universe (UMD, 2008) For PSP zero80

The Beatles’ songs might have offered the soundtrack for the lives of these coming of age within the 1960s, however their in depth catalogue acts because the literal soundtrack on this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer Jim Sturgess stars as Jude, a younger man engaged on the docks in Liverpool. Keen to flee, he travels to Princeton the place he meets Max (Joe Anderson). Nevertheless it’s his assembly with Max’s youthful sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wooden) that adjustments him. They shortly fall in love, however their relationship is examined by the chaos of the late 1960s and Max’s unwilling tour in Vietnam. All through the movie, characters burst into classics from the Beatles: frat boys sing “With a Little Assist from My Buddies,” whereas Uncle Sam bursts from a recruitment poster with strains of “I Need You (She’s So Heavy).” U2’s Bono makes a cameo as a counterculture chief and croons “I Am the Walrus,” and actor-comedian Eddie Izzard offers a trippy rendition of “Being for the Advantage of Mr. Kite.”Sturgess has the voice, attraction, and attractiveness to fill Shea Stadium with hordes of screaming younger ladies. As Jude, he is earnest and definitely able to carrying the movie. Wooden capably balances Lucy’s naiveté and data, simply transferring between her love for Jude and her ardour for her trigger. Although the performances are sturdy, it is Taymor’s gifted route that makes ACROSS THE UNIVERSE so fascinating to look at. As in FRIDA and Broadway’s THE LION KING, she proves herself an artist with creativity few can match. Director of pictures Bruno Delbonnel additionally deserves reward for his contribution to the hanging visuals. He has labored with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on AMELIE and A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, and he brings the identical sense of romance and whimsy to this distinctive musical.