I thought this film looked really cool when I started reading about it and saw the previews and trailers. The concept seemed cool. It was a heavily Beetles influenced love story. I missed it in the theaters and heard some not so great reviews of it. I think I now know why people didn’t like it. This film really seemed like it was trying to copy the success Baz Luhrmann’s success with Moulin Rouge!. The only problem was the movie just didn’t seem to have much direction. Now I know this sounds crazy because how could a movie have no direction when there obviously was a guy called a “director” directing it? I don’t really know the answer to that question, but it just seemed to lack an over-arching vision.
Starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess (21) and set during the Vietnam War, this movie follows the romance of an upper class girl and a poor artist. Sounds a little bit like Moulin Rouge, right? The tagline also happens to be, “All you need is love.” I’m not sure why Luhrmann did it so well and Julie Traymor didn’t. This turned out to be one of those movies I had to force myself to watch - and that doesn’t happen very often. Maybe it’s because I’m not a huge fan of musicals. If any of you have seen it and have some thoughts, I’d love to hear them.
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I think I enjoyed the movie alittle more than you did. I thought it was alittle slow at times, but still charming. The music was great and the art direction was cool.
Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for it. I might give it another try at some point. I think if they trimmed 30 min off of the film that would have helped a lot for me.