A new found love

For the past 3 weeks i've been watching sh*t load of movies..especially those featured in the recent Oscar...i'm just waiting to get a copy of There Will Be Blood..and i would khatam the whole lot...adding to that movies are slew of unnamed movies that didn't make it to Oscar...like Persepolis...a french cartoon with the backdrop of Iranian revolution...and it's in monochrome...how cool is that..and recently just watched Lars and the Real Girl...based on a true story abt a delusional guy falling in love with a sex doll....and how his friends and family supported him all the way regardless the circumstances...and NO...yup...no indecent scene...family approved :)

But the movie i want to write abt is Across the Universe....and it's a musical..yeah me..musical..like day and night..the last movie I've watched and liked was That Thing you Do by Tom Hanks if it can be considered a musical...but this movie made me fall in love again with the Beatles...over 30 songs from their album was presented in a seamless storyline...a simple story abt a boy and a girl falling in love but what make it different than the rest was the background of the movie...they set it during the riot of the 60's..the vietnam war...social injustice...and psychedelic era of hippies...in your face technicolors type of movie...the movie are not meant to be dissected with intelligence but to be enjoyed as is...especially if you're a beatlemania...which i'm not...i got to admit..i do listen to them once awhile in the car or on the radio..but that's it...but this movie made me smile and sad in a corny way....it made me wanna listen to the lyric more carefully and enjoy the 2 hr music video extravaganza...

The movie rendition of Let It Be is THY best i've ever heard...regardless how many times artists esp Idol series belted out..it really captures the emotion of that era....maybe here i can really see the message what John and Paul trying to say......kudos to the writers for incorporating historical events like the riot in detroit...the home made bomb by the activist and many2 more...it made me look to up to wikipedia and read up...and i always hated history subjects!!

The cameo appearance by Bono U2 singing I am the walrus was funny and hip...Salma Hayek as the nurse..and other famous ppl that I dun recognise..

It made me looked for the soundtrack and while writing this entries...i'm listening to Come Together..their own rendition....it's a feast of musical celebration....the last time i listened to a complete album based on OST was The Last of the Mohicans....yeah..that long ago

Two charismatic characters representing Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin was respectedly portrayed..these are the ppl who made music and rock as what it is today...god how i wish i was born during their time...my father would loved this movie....kids may be turned off though....coincidentally I recently listened to Bob Dylan....and whoaaaa...their music carries messages abt current issues..sending messages..to the people..to the country and to the administration...what we've been listening to the MTV nowadays are bunch of crap about booties and bling bling.....

In essence...though we're now in 2008 but one have to look back in the past....cherish the memories...learn from mistakes and be wiser in the future...The Beatles have created music that can paved across time and beyond boundaries and yet still relevant till today....I just hoped the new cabinet would watch it.........just stop talking....and start listening...listen to the people....

Okay...i got carried away just now....back to the movie....i fully recommend to anybody to watch it...it got my seal of approval....just sing out loud....oh btw...most of the songs were sung by the casts themselves...no hindustan cum miming version here...and it was live......how bout that........