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02/12/2007 06:37:05 PM · #1

Trailer

I cannot even contain myself until September.

Message edited by author 2007-02-12 18:37:55.

asimchoudhri

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

02/12/2007 06:52:47 PM · #2

pretty cool... can't wait until it's on isohunt... i mean, in the theaters :-)

Shecoya

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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

02/12/2007 06:58:46 PM · #3

Looks awesome .. thanks for the heads up :)

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02/12/2007 07:02:53 PM · #4

Originally posted by asimchoudhri:

pretty cool... can't wait until it's on isohunt... i mean, in the theaters :-)

Psshh! You can't watch an epic movie like that anywhere but in the theater! Come on now!

Zal

Nikon D200

02/12/2007 07:06:30 PM · #5

Wow, I wonder how much they paid to license all those Beatles songs!

alfresco

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02/12/2007 07:16:52 PM · #6

All you need is love ...

mikephotomike

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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

02/12/2007 07:16:55 PM · #7

that movie looks like a smack in the face to all beatles songs.
they shouldn't be used to promote that crap, what a disgrace.

alfresco

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/12/2007 07:18:58 PM · #8

Originally posted by mikephotomike:

that movie looks like a smack in the face to all beatles songs.
they shouldn't be used to promote that crap, what a disgrace.

Knowledge is power:
At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios' Across the Universe is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical "The Lion King") and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (The Commitments).

A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with "Dr. Robert" (Bono) and "Mr. Kite" (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy � against all odds � to find their own way back to each other.

All you need is love.

Message edited by author 2007-02-12 19:25:27.

strangeghost

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02/12/2007 09:19:40 PM · #9

The movie looks interesting, the snatches of Beatles' covers sounded pretty good to me. I'll go see it!

Cutter

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

02/12/2007 09:46:16 PM · #10

There was one major problem I had with the trailer:

It showed WAY WAY too much. The story looks "involved" and has "arc", so why not let the viewer discover most of that in theatre? They could have showed 1/5th and still portrayed it as an interesting movie...ah well. Trailers should tease with characters and motion, not story and detailed plot.

alfresco

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/12/2007 10:04:18 PM · #11

Originally posted by Cutter:

Unfortunately they do that more and more. I noticed it years ago with tv shows, they would show all the interesting parts ---including the big surprise blah blah blah whatever--- in the teaser. I think teasers should be just that, teasers.

Of course it could be cultural, and the culture is changing. Paraphrasing a fragment of story I read (I think it was in the kite runner) ... An Afghani went to see John Wayne blockbuster. He was talking about it with an American and said blah blah blah where John Wayne gets shot and dies. The American, having yet to see the movie, was less than happy the ending was ruined. This confused the Afghani since from his view it's the journey that's important; knowing what happens isn't the point, knowing the journey is.
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Back to your regularly scheduled thread, full of love ....

Nothing you can sing that can't be sung ...

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

02/12/2007 10:15:39 PM · #12

Originally posted by Zal:

Wow, I wonder how much they paid to license all those Beatles songs!

Well Jackson might be needing some extra cash these days. LOL.

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

02/12/2007 10:32:38 PM · #13

Originally posted by escapetooz:

Trailer

I cannot even contain myself until September.

Ok I just saw the preview and my chick flick alarm just went off. :P So my question is how's does your bf feel about this movie?

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

02/12/2007 11:47:24 PM · #14

Images of broken light...

02/13/2007 06:05:07 PM · #15

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by escapetooz:
Trailer

I cannot even contain myself until September.

Ok I just saw the preview and my chick flick alarm just went off. :P So my question is how's does your bf feel about this movie?

Are you kidding me? He's hippe to the max (along with all our friends)! He's real artsy too.

I wouldn't call this a chick flick at all... I'd say more along the alternate/indie lines.

02/13/2007 06:06:24 PM · #16

Originally posted by mikephotomike:

that movie looks like a smack in the face to all beatles songs.
they shouldn't be used to promote that crap, what a disgrace.

Have you seen any commercials lately? I'd rather see their songs in an awesome hippie revolution movie than a Target add.

Coooome on. That's what their music was FOR!

09/24/2007 12:04:55 PM · #17

Originally posted by escapetooz:

Trailer

I cannot even contain myself until September.

Oh look. It IS september and I just saw it last night. And it was AWESOME.