Film Has Two Versions; Only One Is Julie Taymor's - by Sharon Waxman
OK, first of all, one the one hand you've got the director of the Shakespeare adaptation Titus and the biopic Frida, and on the other hand you've got the director of Christmas With the Kranks and Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. Who are you going to believe? But, secondly, "a $45-million psychedelic love story set to the music of the Beatles . . . stars Evan Rachel Wood as Lucy, an American teenager, and Jim Sturgess as Jude, a British import, who fall in love during the turbulent 1960s . . . combining live action with painted and three-dimensional animation and puppets, and featuring cameos by Eddie Izzard, dressed as a freakish Mr. Kite; Bono, singing 'I Am the Walrus'; and Joe Cocker, singing 'Come Together' "??? Haven't they ever heard of that Bee Gees movie from the 70s?
The movie itself doesn't sound all that interesting (I watched the trailer), I think that's why they through in the animation and puppets. Who gives a shit about another teenage girl falling in love with some British dude. Oh no, all he does is doodle while there's a revolution going on. Shut up!
ReplyDeleteAlso I think any movie falls apart when Bono is allowed to sing anything, especially 'I am the Walrus'.
Besides, they already made a movie with all Beatle's covers that sucked. It was called 'I am Sam'.
That should be 'threw' not 'through'
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