Across the Universe, is a powerful little movie, that suffers from power outages for most of the movie. With only two songs maybe three that really click, "Let it Be, Revolution, and All You Need is Love" It tells an interesting intertwined story of Jude and Lucy. It has both it's ups (the songs I mentioned) and the downs. Most of those being bad visuals during some of the songs, and the length at 2 hours and 13 minutes. Though I will say I really liked Bono's Cameo. It was in my opinion anyway very well done. I'd give the movie 7 out of 10 for at least trying to do something different, even if it didn't do it very well. Plus there is just something I like about it, but the words escape me, to describe it.

Hamlet 2 is both interesting and insane? I guess would be the best word for it. It is a funny piece that while fighting censorship and oppressive behavior. Falls short of it's goal of supporting the arts. It has it's funny moments, with Elizabeth shue and the rest of the cast. But Catherine Keener and David Arquette characters are more of a hindrance to the movie then a help.  Though I guess that was there story line, but most of the scenes with them just felt odd and out of place. But overall it's a good movie, that gave me a couple of laughs, which is what I wanted from it. I'd give it 7 out of 10. Interesting movie, not really for everyone though.

Virando um video-blog.

Se inventar e misturar tendências é a nova demanda de algumas bandas de rock, o Queens Of The Stone Age acertou em cheio. Em setembro, os músicos entram em estúdio com os indies Arctic Monkeys para compor músicas novas, segundo o líder do QOTSA, Josh Homme.
Em entrevista para o New Music Express, Homme conta os amigos da Inglaterra embarcam de Sheffield para Joshua Tree, Califórnia, no mês que vem, especialmente para as novas composições. "Estamos nos reunindo apenas pra fazer algumas músicas, sem pressão", completa Homme.
Quem escolheu o local da fusão foram os garotos dos Arctic Monkeys, por ser algo  bem diferente de onde os britânicos estão acostumados.
Vale lembrar que o Queens Of The Stone Age adora incrementar participação de músicos “da moda” nos seus trabalhos. O CD mais recente da banda, “Era Vulgaris”, contou com o “Stroke” Julian Casablancas,  no som “Sick Sick Sick”.

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Antes mesmo de chegar nas lojas, o último disco do Queens of the Stone Age já estava entre os queridinhos do ano passado. Oficialmente, o álbum "Era Vulgaris" foi lançado nos Estado Unidos dia 12 de junho de 2007, mas os músicos liberaram,  antecipadamente, algumas novas canções na internet, inclusive a música que deu nome ao novo trabalho e não faz parte do track list.

Quem conhece a banda de Josh Homme, o marido de Brody Dalle (ex The Distillers), não vai achar muita novidade no som do disco, mas vai sentir a energia empolgante que o rock destes americanos consegue transmitir.

As preferidas dos rockeiros, no CD, por enquanto, são as músicas “Sick Sick Sick”, que conta com uma palhinha de Julian Casablancas, dos Strokes e o som “I'm designer”. Quem participa também de “Era Vulgaris” é Trent Reznor, do Nine Inch Nails e o guitarrista Billy F. Gibbons, do ZZ Top.

Além das demais nove faixas, o álbum ainda vem com quatro bônus que somente quem comprar o disco vai poder conferir. Vale lembrar que será a primeira estréia oficial do novo baixista Michael Schuman, que acompanha Troy Van Leeuwen, Lap Steel, Joey Castillo, Dean Fertita e Josh Homme.

"Era Vulgaris" mantém o jeito direto do QOTSA de fazer um rock and roll forte e direto, sem modernismos. Não há previsão para o disco de Homme e companhia chegar ao Brasil, mas já da para ter uma noção do que vem por aí no My Space da banda.

Track List “Era Vulgaris”

Rekords Rekords 2007

1. "Turning On The Screw"
2. "Sick, Sick, Sick"
3. "I'm Designer"
4. "Into The Hollow"
5. "Misfit Love"
6. "Battery Acid"
7. "Make It Wit Chu" (releitura de "I Wanna Make It Witchu" - Desert Sessions)
8. "3's & 7's"
9. "Suture Up Your Future"
10. "River In The Road"
11. "Run Pig Run"

Para quem não gosta de musicais, mas que gosta de uma história engraçada e de História mesmo,é um filme a ver. Não é um filme que nos deixa de boca aberta, mas é uma bela homenagem aos Beatles. Se gostam de Beatles nem que seja um bocadinho devem ver.

Quando a Realizadora perguntou ao Paul Mccartney o que ele não gostava no filme ele disse "O que há para não se gostar?".

Para terem uma pequena ideia aqui fica uma das músicas e o trailler.

Hey Jude

Trailler

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Synopsis:

Au début des années 1960, Jude, un jeune ouvrier de Liverpool, décide d'aller aux États-Unis pour retrouver la trace de son père, concierge à l'université de Princeton. Sur le campus, il se lie d'amitié avec Max, un étudiant indiscipliné issu d'une famille riche. Invité à célébrer la Thanksgiving chez ce dernier, Jude a le coup de foudre pour sa soeur Lucy, une collégienne dont le petit ami est allé se battre au Vietnam. Max décide d'abandonner ses études et part avec Jude s'installer à New York. Les deux amis logent chez Sadie, une chanteuse plus âgée qu'eux, qui vit avec d'autres colocataires aux ambitions artistiques diverses. Après avoir appris la mort de son petit ami, Lucy décide de les rejoindre. Et tous ensemble, ils se laissent emporter par la fièvre révolutionnaire de l'époque.

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J'ai un mot en tête après avoir vu ce film:

WOW

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Imprisonment of people that speak out against the government is becoming unsettlingly frequent. There was Professor Geelani a few years back, Binayak Sen last year and Ajay TG this year. And these are merely the high profile cases that find their way into the media.

So many of us, the Indian middle class, feel so complacent and secure sitting on our plush couches watching fluffy shows like Big Boss on our flat screen televisions and driving to expensive restaurants in our glittering cars. Once in a while, we see newsreports of bombs and terrorists which disturb us a little. Like frightened children swallowing a fairy story to rationalise surroundings that we don't understand, we accept draconian laws trustingly and have touching faith in the police who we believe will use all this power we give it to shoot all the bad guys and make the roads safe for our new cars.

In the meantime, the people who can see what is really going on and who speak out against it are slowly being erased - the mild form of this removal is that they are ignored and the extreme form of their disappearance is that they are arrested - and we have no idea that this is going on.

Ours is a country where each of us has the freedom of speech and expression, and the right to ask questions when we can see that rule of law is not observed. By ignoring our right and allowing ourselves to be lulled into complacence, we are creating a frightening country for ourselves to live in. And by our indifference we are allowing the few heroes who champion our cause to be annihilated.

1. Phantom of the Opera - I think the music in this movie is better than the movie itself, at least the recent one by Andrew Lloyd Webber - it's one of mine and dh's favorite movies, and we always end up getting the music stuck in our heads for weeks afterwards...
2. Garden State - I actually listen to the Garden State soundtrack all the time and love it - it's very indie rock / folky and all the different artists are so good. I think my favorite is probably 'Only Living Boy in New York' by Simon and Garfunkle but the whole thing is excellent.
3. Juno - The only thing better than the movie Juno, was the soundtrack. I especially love that song, "We sure are cute for two ugly people..." - oh the song is called 'Anyone Else But You' and it's by the Moldy Peaches but I like Ellen Page and Michael Cera singing it even better. And again, I always get that soundtrack stuck in my head.
4. Chicago - Cell Block Tango, All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle - the music IS the movie and both are so, so good! A lot like Phantom of the Opera I guess in that it kind of started with the musical and was turned into a movie later so obviously the music is great, but yeah there you go...
5. Across the Universe - Being born in the 80's, I can say I love the Beatles, but you know I can only love them so much, having never seen them in their hayday, but this movie made the music come alive for me in an awesomely unreal kind of way. And now I love the Beatles in a whole new amazing way. And yeah of course the soundtrack is amazing - how could it not be?

So what are you're Top 5 Movie Soundtracks?

Como o Bruno é super ligado em novas tecnologias e adora cinema também, comprei de presente de aniversário dois novos filmes em blu-ray, um antigão que eu adoro, já vi e revi em todos os formatos (VHS, DVD...) e um novo liiiindo que ainda não tinha visto. Aí, claro, me convidei para ver com ele.

O primeiro é o "As Aventuras do Barão de Munchhausen". Aventura e diversão garantida, com John Neville, Eric Idle e Uma Thurman. Eu adoro especialmente a cena do balão feito com calcinhas e roupas de baixo das mulheres da vila! Vou encontrar fotos para mostrar pra vocês.

Se você ainda não viu, compre ou alugue e veja!

Mais informações e onde comprar, aqui

O outro, que ainda não tinha visto, é o Across The Universe. Comprei aqui porque não tinha achado em outro lugar. Tem tudo para ser um dos meus filmes preferidos, ainda mais com tamanha qualidade de imagem!

O legal é ver como dois filmes separados por tantos anos de história e tecnologia (um é de 1988 e o outro de 2007!) ficam tão envolventes em alta definição... sou fã disso...

Um dia ainda vou ter o meu equipamento de blu-ray.

I recently saw Les Chansons D'Amour (Translated, Love Songs) and I really enjoyed it.  I have always been a fan of musicals, but mostly the classics like Les Parapluies De Cherbourg or Singing In The Rain.  

This film was a breath of fresh air after seeing Across The Universe and being forced to listen to the soundtrack almost every day at work.  I have loved the Beatles since the age of 5, and the songs never get old to me, unless I listen to the soundtrack.  The story was so ridiculous and then Lucy just pissed me off, along with Sadie's version of Helter Skelter.  I thought I had lost my ability to love musicals, but oh how I was wrong.

The music is beautifully written so that the lyrics are more similar to a conversation than a song.  After I saw it I started playing the DVD during the day just for the music.  I only wish I knew more french so I could sing along...

Here is one of my favorites (Couldn't find one with English Subtitles):

It is a Thursday night, I am tired and just in that mood where my thoughts are deep when listening to Rufus Wainwright's remake of the Beatle's Across the Universe is just the right way to pass time.  Just one of those nights.

The music video featues an even younger Dakota Fanning.  Wow..has it been that long ago.  Peace out.

Muhtemelen bildiğiniz gibi dünyanın en ünlü grubu Beatles'dır. Kendi dönemlerini kasıp kavurmakla kalmamış bugün bile en çok dinlenen grup olduğu tahmin edilmektedir. Size bu filmle ilgili kısa bir öneri vereyim: Beatles'la alakanız yoksa bu filmi izlemeyin. Film tamamen Beatles müzikleri üzerine kurulmuş. Sözleri bilmiyorsanız şarkıların Beatles olduğunu anlamayabilirsiniz. Hatta belki filmi beğenmeyebilirsiniz bile ama Beatles'ın şarkı sözlerini de biliyorsanız film tadından yenmiyor. Neyse daha vurucu yorumlarıma yazının devamında yer vereceğim.

Aslında ben filme beklentisiz ve cahiliyetle başladım. Film hakkında hiç bir fikrim yoktu. Sadece filmin adıyla aynı bir Beatles şarkısı olduğunu biliyordum. Hatta filmi izlemeden önce Across The Universe şarkısını da dinledim (bu şarkı NASA tarafından derin uzaya dinletilmiştir). Film başta sıkıcı bir romantik müzikal gibi geldi. Hatta ben film iki farklı dönemde geçiyor sandım. Filmin ana karakterlerinden biri Amerikalı diğeri İngiliz olunca ve İngiltere o günden bu güne pek değişmediği için ben farklı dönemlerde geçiyor sandım. Fakat daha sonra bu iki karakterin yolları kesişti.

Senaryo gerçekten çok iyi. Tamamen Beatles şarkılarının sözleri üzerine kurulmuş. Tabii şarkıların asıl kastettiği anlamda kullanılmıyor olabilir ama yine de gerçekten çok güzel oturtulmuş. Ana karakterlerin adı Jude ve Lucy olunca insanın aklına direk şarkılar geliyor zaten. Bu da size sanki daha önce okuduğunuz bir kitabın filmini izliyormuşsunuz hissi veriyor. Fakat kitap filmleri gibi kalitesiz bir performans sergilemiyor. Hatta açıkçası benim Beatles deneyimimi genişletti diyebilirim.

Filmden psikadelik (psychadelic) bir tat aldım diyebilirim. Bunu uzun zamandır müzikte görüyordum ama sinemada o kadar yaygın değildi. Bu filmde olması gereken de buydu bence. Hafif uyuşuk tat tam uymuş. Tam da dozunda kullanılmış. İşin ucu kaçırılmamış.

Yukarıda Beatles deneyimimi genişletti demiştim. Biraz bunu açayım. Ben genelde Beatles şarkılarını kendime yorarak anlarım. Bu filmde hem başkalarının üzerinde hem de aklıma gelmeyecek şekillerde gördüm. Örneğin I Want You şarkısını ben bir bayana yönelik olarak düşünürdüm ama filmde bu şarkı Sam Amcanın asker seçiminde kullanılmış. Gerçekten görmeyi tahmin edemeyeceğim görüntüler vardı. Gene I Want You da (şarkının bir diğer adı da She's so heavy'dir) She's so heavy kısmını yine bayana yönelik düşünürdüm ama filmde buradaki she özgürlük (filmde özgürlük anıtı olarak yansıtılmış ama ben özgürlüğü kastettiklerini düşünüyorum) olarak kullanılmış. Bu tarz değişiklikleri bence görmeniz Beatles deneyiminizi genişletecektir.

Açıkçası filmin tek kötü yanı sadece Beatles dinleyicelerine hitap etmesi olmuş. Ama zaten sinemanın amacı da bu değil mi? Her kesimin kendini bulması... Kısaca eğer müzikal yetiniz gelişmiş ise bu filmi izlemeniz şart.

If you didn't know, I am a HUGE fan of musicals. I believe they are the best kind of movie. Who wouldn't want a world where every one breaks out in song, and you automatically know the dance moves and choreography? Here are my top ten musicals that I know of RIGHT NOW. I will continue to see more and more musicals, and they will continue to added to the top of my list.

1. Rent*
   -A rock opera about 8 friends living with AIDS in NYC in 1989.
2. Chicago*
   -Centers around Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart, two murderesses who find themselves on death row together in 1920's Chicago
3. Sweeney Todd:Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
   -A barber goes out to avenge what is right under his nose.
4. Across The Universe*
   -The love story of Lucy and Jude is combined with the anti-war movement and  protests of the 60s. Based off of over 30 Beatles songs.
5. Grease*
   -Grease is set in the 1950s at Rydell High School, a typical school. The action centres around Danny Zukko and Sandy Olssen and the groups of friends they are involved with at Rydell.
   
6. Hairspray*
   - A show about discrimination on a popular dance show. Set in 1962
7. Phantom of the Opera
   -Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love. The Phantom decides to kidnap her and imprison her with him in his lair. Raoul is now the only one who can stop him. (taken from IMDB)
   
8. Mamma Mia!*
   -The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.
9. Annie
   -A story about an orphan looking for her real parents. When she can't find them, she gets taken in at Daddy Warbucks house, who is a local millionaire.
10. Legally Blonde
    -A frat girl becomes a lawyer in order to win back her close-to-be fiancee.

 *=I know EVERY word in EVERY song, and most of the speaking parts.

ver um filme musical é sempre um risco. há uns tempos vi o sweeney todd  do genial tim burton mas foi o primeiro filme dele que não gostei e eu vi o planet of the apes. disse para mim: tão cedo não me arrisco a ver um musical.
nem sei explicar muito bem, mas se as personagens começam a cantar assim do nada, acho tudo tão ridículo que nem consigo entrar no filme. há, no entanto, filmes musicais que me deixaram arrebatada, como o genial all that jazz do não menos genial bob fosse, el otro lado de la cama , dancer in the dark ou o les parapluies de cherbourg e o ó pai ó, recomedado uns posts antes. e até este fim de semana tinha a minha lista-de-filmes-musicais-que-gostei assim: bem curtinha. mas depois vi o across de universe e a lista cresceu. 33 temas dos beatles que entram na história no momento certo, e a prova que há sempre uma canção dos beatles pronta a adaptar-se a um qualquer momento da vida de uma qualquer pessoa. não vou contar a história do filme - claro que é sobre o amor e uma das personagens chama-se lucy, outra jude -  só digo que vale a pena, mesmo para gente, como eu, preconceituosa com filmes-musicais.

So I write this after going back to a past time that was mine before the internet, blogging and gaming on the PSN.  Watching movies.  My wife, son and I watched a movie that I had been wanting to see ever since I first saw the previews for it.  Our youngest was not in the mood as he wanted to continue and improve on the 31% completion he has with Jak and Daxter on my old PS2.  He did come through near the end of the movie as it was getting late and I asked him to save and quit.  He went to bed ten minutes later but not until we had a snack.

It was kind of funny because as we were having our snack, our oldest was mentioning how the song we had just heard was stuck in his head.  That is pretty cool because I approve of the music and the message that is the music in this movie.

For those of us who are familiar with the songs of the Beatles and the beauty that was their music, I hope you have had a chance to watch "Across The Universe".  I won't go into a review of the movie as it has been out for a while now but I do want to talk a bit about what the movie meant to me as I watched it with my son who will be leaving for high school at the same time we welcome our third child.

Next month, September.  It is a matter of weeks now.  It has always been a matter of weeks as far as the baby goes and as of Wednesday, it will be our 36th week of pregnancy.  I am glad that our 13 year old wanted to watch this movie with us and I was privileged to be able to watch this with him and my wife since he will be starting on his own journey around the same time.  I want him to be able to talk to us and share his journey with us while he is in high school.

This movie provided an opportunity for us to talk about what used to be as far as civil unrest and and The Vietnam War goes.  It was not a deep long drawn out discussion but it was us communicating on a deeper level than the often unidirectional nature of the Parent and Young Child.

I like that sort of discussion.  It helps to focus him from his new interest.  Girls.  =)  I don't want him to have tunnel vision when it comes to girls and does know he is leaving us to go to school.  He had asked what it was like to be like to be in love already so I know that his interest is more than passing.  He is thirteen after all.  It was funny because it was still before the summer when he would turn away and be embarrassed about a woman's breasts being shown on TV.

There is a part in this movie where a breast is seen and there was nothing.  I looked at him and his mom and nothing, no reaction from either.  Our family is growing.  From the new baby to the teenage son to us as parents who can talk to our oldest about such things love, war, civil unrest and being grounded in the knowledge that he is a part of a family, a community.  But I have digressed into other blog topics so I will bring it back to the movie.

I have to say that when I saw the preview for "Across The Universe" I was expecting to watch a musical.  Yes there is singing in this movie but not the kind of singing I saw in other musicals.  The singing in this movie had some substance.

Perhaps is because I am nearing my 39th year four days before the due date of my third child.  Perhaps it is because I have grown up listening to that music (as my parents played it) and know where it comes from.  I didn't think this movie was a musical.  It didn't feel like it.  It felt like more.

Curtis is one of my favorite ensemble actors. He's been in a few of my favorite shows including Xanadu, All Shook Up and Taboo. He can take even the smallest role and turn it into something amazing. My first experience with him was in Xanadu as Thalia the muse of comedy and other roles such as one of the Sirens and as the Cyclops. Even though those are not huge roles in the show, he had me captivated by his performance and his distinctive singing voice. He also starred in All Shook Up as Dean Hyde, and in Taboo as a member of the ensemble and played one of the dorm buddies in Across The Universe during the song "With A Little Help From My Friends". On top of all that he's also absolutely adorable lol.

That's all about Curtis for now. I'll be writing more later I'm sure. For now enjoy. :]

para o mundo não, para as pessoas:

"vc pode aprender a jogar o jogo... e aprender a ser você mesmo"

it's easy... all you need is love...

love is all you need.

]]> http://blogdoeusozinho.wordpress.com/?p=79 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:32:12 +0000 victorporto http://blogdoeusozinho.wordpress.com/?p=79 Saudade é um pouco como fome.
Só passa quando se come a presença.
Mas às vezes a saudade é tão profunda
que a presença é pouco:
quer-se absorver a outra pessoa toda.
Essa vontade de um ser o outro
para uma unificação inteira
é um dos sentimentos mais urgentes
que se tem na vida.

(Clarice Lispector)