I was expecting to hate it. Hell, I was planning to hate it.
To my utter surprise, it's actually quite moving. Visually amazing, as well, although that part isn't a surprise; Julie Taymor really is a bit of a genius, as it turns out. Of course, T-Bone Burnett, who supervised the music, most of which is exquisite, is the real hero of the piece.
I was hoping that the gospel version of "Let It Be" was on YouTube, but while we're waiting this clip gives you a pretty fair idea of what the film is like.
Obviously, this is gonna be a real pop culture Rorschach Test....
Postscript: I seem to have read somewhere that the studio mucked with Taymor's edit; don't know if it's true, but the happy ending does feel totally tacked on. Has any reviewer noticed?
Another postscript: My former colleague Maitland McDonagh -- one of the sharpest film critics wearing shoe leather -- nails the movie here.
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Apparently, there was a piece in the Times about the "artistic differences"... sounds like a 2-disc DVD's in the offing!
Hmmm. I'm pretty dubious, but your word carries a lotta weight....
I was dubious too.
I must have seen the trailer seven or eight times over the last couple of months, and every time I wanted to throw my show at the screen.
I don't want to oversell it -- there's a lot wrong with it -- but the good stuff is out of this world.
Let's just say you won't be bored...
I respect your opinion, Steve, but this movie has all the ingredients of a dreadful theater-going experience IMHO, especially the contrived musical numbers and the 60's look-alikes. (Oh, no...I just had a bad acid flashback to that awful TV mini-series "The 60s.") Every clip I've seen--including the one here--makes me wretch. I simply can't bring myself to risk wasting good movie money on something that looks so awful from the start. I'll wait to see it on DVD, if at all.
Anonymous:
I saw "The 60s" and it was the biggest piece of shit ever. Believe me, I know what you're saying.
This, despite its flaws, is something else.
Julie Taymor really is a bit of a genius
I loved Titus.
You can expect lots of energetic, quirky style from Julie Taymor.
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