It's Probably Japanese...

I have been to several movies this past week and I would like to share some of the experience with you, gentle viewer.

1st was the incredibly well done Transformers!



I'm not going to give anything away, but the movie exceeded my expectation greatly, if not even raising the bar for other action movies. The plot didn't fizzle after the 1st half hour like I thought it would. I was completely on edge the entire 2hr 23min. The visual effects were stunning and never felt forced or out of place. *Cough* Spiderman 3 *Cough*
But the thing I most worried about was the movie falling the way of "Masters of the Universe" (thank you Kyle for the reference) in that it would follow the plight of the humans while the transformers were left as really expensive extras in the background. That was thankfully not the case. The human aspect of the film didn't overshadow the Autobots struggle against the evil (and kick ass) Decepticons.


Even the smoking hot Megan Fox couldn't draw too much attention from likes of the robots in disguise. But maybe that's just 'cause I'm a bit of a fan boy. OK, a queer fan boy. But just the same there was plenty of guy-candy (that's right I said it! and I'm only partially ashamed of myself!) in the movie between Josh "whatever his last name is" and one Mr. Shia LaBeouf. But even still I couldn't take my eyes off of the incredible job they did with the special effects.


Amazing! I honestly think it has raised the bar. When I saw "Live Free or Die Hard" the other day I kept waiting for all of the vehicles to echo out that perfect sound, letting me know they were about to transform into 10 story Robots and help John Mcclain kick some cyber terrorist ass! Alas it didn't happen and I left the theater with just a twinge of disappointment. You can't blame a guy for dreaming.

Speaking of "Live Free..." there was another trailer shown for the upcoming Julie Taymor film "Across The Universe." I Get a little more jazzed to see this each time I see a trailer for it.



Jim Sturgess who plays Jude in the film reminds me a whole lot of Ewan Mcgregor. At least his singing voice does. I certainly wouldn't be the first person to realize the similarities between this film and Baz Luhrmann's eye candy-rific Moulin Rouge. The second trailer played much like a music video with (what I believe to be) Jude singing The Beatles (Duh!) "I've Just Seen a Face." My Mom would play The Beatles all the time and I had completely forgotten about this song until I heard it again in the theater. I'm psyched to purchase this soundtrack. In the mean time I will be pulling out all of my Beatles stuff in preparation!

I leave you with the original Beatles track that was covered for the trailer as well as the Transformer's theme song from the 2007 movie soundtrack (Amazon). It's been reinterpreted by Mutemath, and it's not all that bad.

Enjoy

Mutemath - Transformer's Theme

The Beatles - I've Just Seen a Face


**Bonus**
I can't hear the words "Across The Universe" without thinking of Fiona Apple's superb cover from the "Pleasantville Soundtrack." As well as the wonderful video that accompanied it. Here's that track as well as the video to watch and download in iPod compatible format, Y? Because we like you. M*O*U*S*E! -Err, force of habit. Sorry.

Fiona Apple - Across The Universe



Download iPod Compatible Video Here

Nowhere, Man!

I love Target! (Duh!) I go there at least 4 times per week. And if they had the song from their latest commercial playing on a loop in the store, I might never leave. Unless you haven't bothered to turn on your TV since January 4th, when the Ad 1st ran with the Golden Globes, you must have seen it by now. It contains the sweetest cover of the Beatles song "Hello, Goodbye" that I have ever heard! I immediately "googled" the commercial in an attempt to find out where I could get this song, and after a few misleads I was able to track it down to a Bossa Nova/Jazz/ sometimes Jingle singer, Sophia Shorai. Unfortunately, the song seems to have exclusively recorded for Target, and is not available on any record. Hateful! So that is a serious bummer, but at least someone uploaded the full version to Youtube, so I can see/listen whenever I'd like. In the mean time I check everyday to make sure the recording hasn't been produced in its entirety. *sigh* If you haven't seen it yet, check it out below. You can also catch The Beetles original version as well as some tracks from a band who got their name from the song's title. Enjoy!




The Beetles - Hello, Goodbye

Hellogoodbye:

Oh, It is Love

Baby, Its Fact

Here (In Your Arms)