I watched the movie "Across the Universe" last weekend, and it's weird. Really weird. But it actually doesn't suck, which really surprised me.

I love the Beatles - was raised listening to them (I'm a John Lennon gal). So I was afraid that a music based around their songs would just make me angry. While it wasn't perfect, it was pretty good and an interesting story to boot.

It's set in the Vietnam-era 1960's, and shows how the war changes the lives of a brother and sister and their English friend Jude. There's some bizarre cameos by Eddie Izzard, Bono and Salma Hayek.

The best part is of course the music. Believe it or not, I bought the soundtrack. I've heard the Beatles versions of most of the tunes so many times that it's nice to hear new takes on the music. Nothing can compare to George Harrison's original 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' or 'All You Need is Love' but I really do enjoy these new versions.

Am listening to them while I write this, in fact.