I was dragged to the movie Across the Universe, I had no idea what the movie would be about. So when the first scene began as a musical i had to restrain hitting my friends. they know how i feel about musicals. However this movie was amazing. Dealing with the Vietnam war times i immediately saw the parallels to our own Iraq war. In class i remember Mr. O'Connor speaking about how the play Crucible was written during the Cold War era. Immediately i saw how they were connected. Their is an atmosphere of mystery and accusations in both time periods.
Across the Universe showed people protesting the Vietnam War, and the police. We all know the protests from then, and similarly their are quite a few now. In one random trippy scene, a monkey randomly appears. Many people feel that President Bush looks like a Monkey. That is how i believe the movie portrayed his appearance. I feel the movie was bashing teh war because in teh end their was no shown good that came from the war. All that came was death and deportation.
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Actually Josh, I saw this movie too. I thought it was really interesting to compare how people are acting towards the war today versus then. There are so many similarities such as signs and petitions, however it doesn't seem as violent today. It seems as though things are different? But what you said about the movie paralleling Bush with the monkey, I can kind of see that if you analyze it closely.
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