Beat, Beatnik, Beatles

[innerSpaceman]

I enjoyed every musical number in Across the Universe. Great covers of Beatles songs, with some of the numbers being quite cleverly presented and visually splendid.

It seemed so agreeable to me that the Beatles catalog is full of so many absolutely ubiquitous classics that you can pretty much write any story - - and find a way to tell it with 25 Beatles songs.


So why did they choose to tell this one?

The tale of the folks living communally in 60's NYC was beyond trite, and I didn't much care for the characters. Jude was a hottie, though.


But I was glad they didn't do the obligatory song for every Beatles-named character. When you meet in short order Maxell, Lucy, Prudence, Sadie, Dr. Robert, Jude and Jo-Jo ... you tend to assume a certain set list. But that was thankfully not the case.


All in all, a worthwhile experience for the musical elements.