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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (page 1/ 4) ------ performed by The Beatles ATU is dope! | Reviewer: DK | 10/26/09 I am a huge Beatles fan, and they broke up 2 years before i was born. I am a purist, and I defintely cringe when I hear American "idols" butchering their songs. But Across the Universe if different. In my opinion, it is the best movie to come out in a long time. I bought the DVD - and my g/f and I love watching a couple songs at a time. Honestly, the plot matters not - the songs are amazing, the performances are fantastic - and I think the Beatles themselves would have been proud to call this their own work. That verion of I Want to Hold Your Hand sends shivers down my back it is so beautiful. I only wish they redid all 208 (ish) Beatles songs! And to all you Beatles fans out there - pick up the Beatles Mono box set - it's fantastic, and Yoko needs the money! sad | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/22/09 makes me sad that so many people think across the universe is legit.. if you really want to know what hippies look like fckin watch woodstock, guys. also.. nothing could ever be as good as the beatles and i don't know why anyone ever bothered trying Think about this | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/27/09 Many of the people here writing reviews may have never heard these songs before the movie "Across the Universe". It is surprising how influential the Beatles were and how good a songwriter John Lennon was and most people only know the name of the band and maybe two of their songs. wow | Reviewer: c | 7/19/09 I love the movie. the songs may have been interpreted based on the lyrics but that's fine...the beatles were weird and so were their songs. it's hard to grasp the meaning of them. I love how eddie performed this song... and those of you who don't like the acid trips need to realize that it was a major part of the 60s. I don't supportthe drugs in anyway but It helped form todays society. Honestly people! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/7/09 whats with all the fighting!!!! yes the movie version of the song was different......but honestly its not worth fighting over! and the movie wasnt a big acid trip....there was plenty of meaning behind the plot if you care to sit down and actually pay attention to it rather than ranting that the songs are too different from the originals......And really i know what its like to be upset that its different i'm like that with books and the movies based on them but honestly give it a rest already! amazing | Reviewer: tracy | 7/3/09 this song is amazing the beatles are amazing. stop harshin the newer versions. its just a way for the new generations to listen to the classics. this is the stuff rock n roll was formed by and think all of us can appreciate that. so dont talk mess. listen and enjoy. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/15/09 I love Across the Universe. It's one of my favorite movies. The fact that there were so many Beatles songs in it was an added bonus. I loved the Beatles before the movie, and I loved them after. For the people who are saying that the whole thing is one big acid trip, that's because the movie was placed in the 1960's. Drugs were very much a part of pop culture and it's quite realistic to have the characters drawn into that. A movie like that isn't there to censor everything and only display the nice and good things about the 60's. You can't pick and choose. You have to take the good with the bad. I have to agree that they did rely a little too much on the songs to carry the movie through, but I honestly loved that aspect. If you love the Beatles, who doesn't want to hear their songs over and over again? And they had a lot of talented actors and actresses performing. No, they didn't sound anything like John, George, Ringo, and Paul (and Pete, depending on where you're from). But at least they weren't American Idol rejected little upstarts who thought they could outdo them. And do you know how many more Beatles albums were sold after the film's release as opposed to before? The movie opened the floodgates for more teenagers to listen to the original Beatles. So, why are some people whining about it? People love to bicker. This is my proof. | Reviewer: V. | 4/13/09 I like both versions on the song for "Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite". Now donʻt get me wrong here, mate, I love the Beatles. My dad is friends with Ringo Starr from secondary school. I realise that yes, many people love the way Eddie Izzard sang it, and yes, many people prefer the Beatles. But honestly, both versions are good.It is hard to duplicate the Beatles because, well, theyʻre the Beatles. But Eddie Izzard did a fine job for being Eddie Izzard. He was great.His odd, "Mad Hatterʻ ramblings added perfectly to the song. This scene is my favourite scene in the film. I think that truly the only difference is the original is by the Beatles and is a song and that the Eddie Izzard version is not a song, not by the Beatles and he added his own twist on it. Both are great! (Oh and, acid trip scenes are what make this film a truly "60ʻs" film, because without it, it just wouldnʻt be the same.) wrong | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/23/09 Across the universe was a terrible movie. They let the songs tell the story, sure, but the plot was horrendous. They ruined a lot of great songs with terrible interpretations and they forced certain beatles songs tell a story that they werent composed to tell. Horrible. I like both | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/12/09 being for the benefit of Mr. Kite is a great song and Eddie Izzard did a damn good job with this song. the idea was The Beatles song was perfect show of the times. before you judge listen to the commentary. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4