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Across the Universe (2007)
leave the Beatles to the Beatles
no, no, no, no, no. as a die hard Liverpudlian Beatles fan this film upsets me to the point of tears. cant ppl let the memory of the Beatles stay true instead of having half arsed Americans and the likes of Joe cocker ruining it. sorry but this is just a cash cow. previous reviews have mentioned that this is a great take on bringing Broadway to the big screen but for me leave it treading the boards so that it doesn't have to insult true Beatles fans with cheap second rate covers. only the Beatles could perform Beatles songs and that still rings true today, and as we are 2 Beatles down i don't think we will ever hear that magnificence again
Cass (2008)
great lead performance by Anozie
i 100% disagree withe davideo-2 about this feature. the only thing that lets this film down is the over use of a black screen fade out between scenes and the apparent low budget. The use of the news reel footage of what was happening at the time adds nothing but realism to the situations that were happening at the time. Any attempt to try and reenact scenes such as the heisel disaster would have looked cheap and insulted the memory of those who lost lives and loved ones on that tragic day. Yes the editing could have been better but for what essentially is a low budget film by a fairly inexperienced director it is an entertaining viewpoint into the life of one of Britain's most famous football casuals. The acting was brilliant all round and most of the fight scenes well choreographed even if they did lack the gore of rise of the foot soldier (a brilliant film about the life of Carlton leech) or the high budget effects of greenstreet (a Hollywood let down in the football violence genre) yes this is no ID or The Firm but it is a good honest insight into what went on and IS based on real events unlike the aforementioned 2 films