Across the Universe

Across the Universe
It's a musical slash romance slash vietnam war era tribute. And it's probably the strangest movie I have ever seen, backed by my roommate who said, "Yep, it's official; it's the oddest movie I've ever seen." Well, that was one of my roommates. The other is pretty much in love with the movie and probably wonders in complete perplexity why we think it's so strange. I wouldn't have labeled the movie with the superlative "oddest" if it had stopped at the singing, jumping from character to character, and switching from one geography to another, introducing new characters throughout the movie. I couldn't help myself, though, when the psychedelic colors and fantasy characters started to appear. I truly enjoyed the first part of the movie and, yes, some parts throughout, but it was..... WEIRD! I've begun to put all kinds of stuff into my Netflix queue, and this was by far the strangest so far. But if you like out-of-the-ordinary, Across the Universe
may be just your thing.

My other discovery today came from Stumble Upon, which I just tried for the first time today. It's similar to Pandora, a site I've been in love with since last summer. This one is Musicovery and it apparently allows you to choose your mood. It then picks music for you. Pretty ingenious. It does seem to slow my internet browsing a little at times, though, something Pandora also tends to do. It's usually just the speed by which I can move from tab to tab in Firefox, though.