They Make Thier Way Across the Universe

Yesterday I got Across the Universe for Valentines Day. I’m not even going to get started on how Valentines is a ridiculous holiday; because it forces the people in relationships to buy stuff for one another and people who are not in a relationship to feel terrible about them. Anyway, I got that movie and was very excited because I think the film was very well done. My friend got the soundtrack before the movie came out in theatres, and when we listened to it we both felt like all the songs had been butchered. I felt that John Lennon must be turning in his grave; I was so disappointed I almost didn’t see the movie. However, I went to see it anyways and the film was amazing. Seeing the remixed songs actually to video was so interesting. I was really excited they put the song Strawberry Fields Forever in the movie, because that is my favorite Beatle’s song. I also thought it was a cool scene with the strawberries nailed to a canvas, and when the strawberries were falling from the skies like bombs. The best song the film portrayed was I want you when max goes into the military office and Uncle Sam comes out of a poster with his finger pointed at him saying, “I want you.” Later when the lyrics get to, she’s so heavy; the soldiers to be are carrying the statue of liberty on their shoulder. I thought that was so neat that the screenplay writers came up with that part, because it fit with the song and the story of the film so well.