So I just watched the new-ish movie Across the Universe. All I have to say is one word: wow. This film was absolutely incredible - touching upon civil unrest, human emotion, and a whole spectrum of societal differences.

It’s based in the 1960s during the Vietnam-era anti-war movement. Here’s the synopsis:

“Across the Universe, from director Julie Taymor, is a revolutionary rock musical that re-imagines America in the turbulent late-1960s, a time when battle lines were being drawn at home and abroad.

When young dockworker Jude (Jim Sturgess) leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up by the waves of change that are reshaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing anti-war movement in New York’s Greenwich Village. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers fin themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.”

I’ll be totally honest when I say that this film is truly one of the best and most moving that I’ve seen so far this year. (Oh and check out Juno.)