So, I had this post planned for today and it is to tell you about the movies I watched this Valentine's day. I watched two movies, not because they were of that theme (they just happen to be), and I loved them so much I just have to talk about them.
- Across The Universe
This movie! It is like Mamma Mia but with Beatles songs. I love musicals, I love the Beatles so I was bound to love this movie, and I really did.
It's set in the 60's during the Vietnam War, Jude travels from his hometown, Liverpool, to America, to meet his father and ends up staying there once he befriends Max, who attends the university in which his dad works. Later he moves to New York with Max and meets Sadie, a wanna-be singer who owns the apartment they eventually stay in, Jojo, who uses music as an escape after his brother dies in a shooting, and Prudence who runs to New York to escape an abusive relationship. Max's sister comes to stay with them during a summer and that's when she and Jude fall in love.
That is just a snippet of everything that happens in this movie. Obviously it has an amazing soundtrack sung by the actors themselves. Very good casting and there's an interesting detail that most of the characters look like famous musicians (Jude looks like Paul McCartney, Max like Kurt Cobain, Jojo like Jimi Hendrix and Sadie like Janis Joplin) and are named after "characters" in Beatles songs (Hey Jude, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Dear Prudence).
I absolutely recommend this movie!
- One Day
After watching that last movie I grew to like the lead actor aka Jim Sturgess so I just had to watch another of his films and because I'd heard of this one before I decided to watch.
This movie takes place in the same day, 15th of July (St. Swithun's Day), from 1988 to 2006 and shows the lives of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew. It shows the highs and downs of their lives and shows them since the they meet til they finally get together, but I must warn you, this movie did not have an happy ending.
Like I said, this movie will make you cry because you will care for the characters and the movie will break your heart, maybe not as bad as it did mine (I am very weak when it comes to these things) but still.. all the same, it is very lovely so I definitely suggest it!
Rating: 8/10
So those were the movies, I plan to do more movie reviews in the future as well as books and tv shows and lots of other things (even though I'm not the best at them, I am aware)! If you happen to like this movie you tell how you felt about them and definitely leave suggestions for more movies for me to watch! Bye for now!
-Maria
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