Across the Universe
Not an unpleasant film, just a kind of pointless one. There's something of a plot, and people named Jude, Lucy, Maxwell, Sadie, Prudence, and Rita are introduced. No Penny or Eleanor, oddly. The main dramatic tension is in wondering when they'll get around to each of their respective songs (sadly only three of them get theirs; I'll let you find out which). It's all kind of winky "she just came in through the bathroom window, get it??" kind of stuff, and Julie Taymor's usual visual flair is hampered by both her too frequent semi-fidelity to 60s history and her love of lousy digital effects. One short scene was filmed about two blocks from me, though, so points to her for that, but I think I probably would've had more fun watching A Hard Day's Night for the twelfth time.